EditDV
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EditDV is video editing software
released by Radius, Inc.
in late 1997 as an evolution of their earlier Radius Edit product. EditDV was one of the first products providing professional-quality editing of the then new DV
format at a relatively affordable cost ($999 including Radius FireWire capture card) and was named "The Best Video Tool of 1998". Originally EditDV was available for Macintosh only but in February 2000 EditDV 2.0 for Windows was released. With version 3.0 EditDV's name was changed to CineStream.
The EditDV product family included a number of related products, all sharing a similar name:
EditDV was built on top of QuickTime
and supported QuickTime filters as well as its own built-in effects and transitions. Effects could be animated using keyframes.
The user interface had a Project window for organising clips into bins, a Sequence window with a multi-track timeline for arranging clips into a program using three-point editing, and Source and Program monitor windows. A finished program could either be exported as a QuickTime movie or written back to DV tape using the "print to video" command.
. In early 2001 Media 100 released an updated version of EditDV under the new name CineStream 3.0. Later that year (October 2001) Media 100 was bought by Autodesk's Discreet Division.
CineStream for Macintosh required Mac OS 9. It was never ported to Mac OS X and faced increasing competition on that platform from Apple's own Final Cut Pro
application. Development of EditDV/Cinestream was officially discontinued in 2002.
Video editing software
Video editing software, is application software which handles the post-production video editing of digital video sequences on a computer non-linear editing systems...
released by Radius, Inc.
Radius (computer)
Radius was an American computer hardware firm founded in May 1986 by Burrell Smith, Andy Hertzfeld, Mike Boich, Matt Carter, Alain Rossmann and other members of the original Mac team specializing in Macintosh equipment....
in late 1997 as an evolution of their earlier Radius Edit product. EditDV was one of the first products providing professional-quality editing of the then new DV
DV
DV is a format for the digital recording and playing back of digital video. The DV codec was launched in 1995 with joint efforts of leading producers of video camcorders....
format at a relatively affordable cost ($999 including Radius FireWire capture card) and was named "The Best Video Tool of 1998". Originally EditDV was available for Macintosh only but in February 2000 EditDV 2.0 for Windows was released. With version 3.0 EditDV's name was changed to CineStream.
The EditDV product family included a number of related products, all sharing a similar name:
- EditDV Video editing software (Mac and Windows)
- SoftDV A QuickTime software codec for playing DV media, included as part of EditDV (Mac and Windows)
- MotoDV PCI-based FireWire interface with DV capture software (Mac and Windows)
- PhotoDV Software to capture high-quality stills from a DV tape using MotoDV hardware (Mac and Windows)
- RotoDV Software for rotoscoping (painting over video), released in Sept 1999 (Macintosh only)
Features
Unlike many other applications at the time which transcoded video to M-JPEG for editing, EditDV provided lossless native editing of the DV format. Only transitions (such as dissolves or wipes), effects (such as rotating or scaling the video, adjusting the audio level, or adding titles) and filters (such as changing the brightness or color balance) needed to be rendered.EditDV was built on top of QuickTime
QuickTime
QuickTime is an extensible proprietary multimedia framework developed by Apple Inc., capable of handling various formats of digital video, picture, sound, panoramic images, and interactivity. The classic version of QuickTime is available for Windows XP and later, as well as Mac OS X Leopard and...
and supported QuickTime filters as well as its own built-in effects and transitions. Effects could be animated using keyframes.
The user interface had a Project window for organising clips into bins, a Sequence window with a multi-track timeline for arranging clips into a program using three-point editing, and Source and Program monitor windows. A finished program could either be exported as a QuickTime movie or written back to DV tape using the "print to video" command.
Name changes and eventual demise
In 1999 the company Radius Inc. changed its name to Digital Origin. In 2000 Digital Origin Inc (and EditDV) was bought by Media 100Media 100
Media 100 is a manufacturer of video editing software and non-linear editing systems designed for professional cutting and editing. The editing systems are currently all based on OEM AJA Kona boards, with the exception of the Software-only Producer and Producer Suite, and run exclusively on Macs...
. In early 2001 Media 100 released an updated version of EditDV under the new name CineStream 3.0. Later that year (October 2001) Media 100 was bought by Autodesk's Discreet Division.
CineStream for Macintosh required Mac OS 9. It was never ported to Mac OS X and faced increasing competition on that platform from Apple's own Final Cut Pro
Final Cut Pro
Final Cut Pro is a non-linear video editing software developed by Macromedia Inc. and then Apple Inc. The most recent version, Final Cut Pro X, runs on Mac personal computers powered by Mac OS X version 10.6.7 or later and using Intel processors...
application. Development of EditDV/Cinestream was officially discontinued in 2002.