Product Overview
Grass Valley's EDIUS Pro 8 provides the tools to quickly edit in real time with more formats and more resolutions. The versatile, nonlinear editor comes with more creative options and a real-time, no-render editing of all popular SD, HD, and even 4K formats.
Grass Valley EDIUS Pro 8 Features:
- Superior 4K workflow, including support for Blackmagic Design’s DeckLink 4K Extreme, Ultra Studio 4K, AJA KONA 3G (preview only) and EDL or AAF import/export with Grass Valley HQX with DaVinci Resolve 11
- Supports third-party I/O hardware from Blackmagic Design, Matrox and AJA
- Edit media files with different resolutions — from 24x24 to 4Kx2K
- Real-time conversion of frame rates on the same timeline delivers more efficient editing into the hands of editors
- Fast, flexible user interface, including unlimited video, audio, title and graphics tracks
- Support for the latest file formats — Sony/Canon RAW, Sony XAVC (Intra/Long GOP)/XAVC S, Panasonic AVC-Ultra/AVC-Intra 422, AVC-Intra LT/LT 2K and Canon XF-AVC (import only)
- Work natively with many different video formats, including Sony XDCAM, Panasonic P2, Ikegami GF, RED, Canon XF and EOS movie formats
- Fastest AVCHD editing on the market (up to 3+ streamsin real-time)
- Multicam editing of up to 16 different sources simultaneously, with video output support
- Improved MPEG decoder and encoder
- Improved H.264/AVC decoder and encoder (for fast encoding of 4K XAVC)
- Accelerated 4K H.264 playback
- Optimized for fourth-generation Intel Core i architecture
- New GUI design for faster workflows
- 64-bit native processing with maximum memory access for streamlined real-time editing
- Proxy mode workflow for legacy computers helps extend their usability and increase ROI
- Supports Intel Quick Sync Video for extremely fast H.264 export (for Blu-ray Disc burning)
- Fast handling of large quantities of still image files (JPG, TGA, DPX and others)
- Primary color correction (RGB) LOG (Sony/Canon/Panasonic)
- RAW decode (Sony/Canon)
- 3-way color correction (YUV)
- Motion tracking
- Built-in image stabilization
- Direct to Blu-ray Disc and DVD timeline export
- OFX support for Magic Bullet and Sapphire plug-ins
- Ability to save a current project as a template in order to re-use preferred track settings, screen layout, etc.
Grass Valley EDIUS Pro 8 Specifications:
- System Requirements
- OS: Windows 7 64-bit (Serve Pack 1 or later), Windows 8 / 8.1 / 10 64-bit
- CPU: Any Intel Core 2 or Core iX CPU. Intel or AMDsingle core CPU with a 3 GHz processor speed or faster
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM minimum
- Requirements for RAM and video memory vary depending on the project format.
- SD/HD projects - 4 GB or more RAM recommended
- 4K projects: 8 GB or more RAM recommended
- Graphics Card
- Supporting higher resolution than 1024x768 32-bit. Direct3D 9.0c or later and PixelShader Model 3.0 or later is required
- Requirements for video memory size when using GPUfx will vary depending on the project format.
- 10-bit SD projects: 1 GB or more recommended.
- HD/4K projects: 2 GB or more recommended
- Hard Disk
- 6 GB of hard disk space is required for installation.
- Drive with SATA/7,200 RPM or faster is required for video storage
- Available hard drive disk space should be twice the size of file to be edited
- RAID-0 is recommended for HD and above resolution editing
- Hardware Support
- EDIUS 8 supports the following Grass Valley hardware
- STORM 3G Elite
- STORM 3G
- STORM Pro
- STORM Mobile
- HDSPARK Pro
- HDSPARK
- Optical Drive: Blu-ray Disc writer is required when creating Blu-ray Discs DVD-R/RW or DVD+R/RW drive is required when creating DVDs
- Sound Card: Sound card with WDM driver support is required
- Network: Internet connection required for software license activation; thereafter Internet connection is required once per month to maintain usage
NOTE:
This is a specially priced product for educational institutions. Please call your Sales Pro at 800-356-5844 for more information on how to place your order. A faxed purchase order from your organization is usually required to fulfill this order at this price.