Media 100
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Media 100 is a manufacturer of video editing software
and non-linear editing system
s 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
. The current released software version is V13, released on October 16, 2008.
In the past, the editing systems were nearly exclusively based on custom hardware boards to be placed into Apple Macintosh computers, but Microsoft Windows
-based systems were available as well. Media 100 was initially established as a division of Marlboro, MA-based Data Translation, Inc. then spun off as an independent company in 1996. After absorbing or merging with several companies (Terran Interactive, Digital Origin, and Wired, Inc.) it eventually entered bankruptcy proceedings, with its assets and employees acquired by Optibase in March 2004 . It is presently owned by Boris FX
, which acquired the company from Optibase in October 2005 .
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...
and non-linear editing system
Non-linear editing system
In video, a non-linear editing system is a video editing or audio editing digital audio workstation system which can perform random access non-destructive editing on the source material...
s 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
Macintosh
The Macintosh , or Mac, is a series of several lines of personal computers designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc. The first Macintosh was introduced by Apple's then-chairman Steve Jobs on January 24, 1984; it was the first commercially successful personal computer to feature a mouse and a...
. The current released software version is V13, released on October 16, 2008.
In the past, the editing systems were nearly exclusively based on custom hardware boards to be placed into Apple Macintosh computers, but Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
-based systems were available as well. Media 100 was initially established as a division of Marlboro, MA-based Data Translation, Inc. then spun off as an independent company in 1996. After absorbing or merging with several companies (Terran Interactive, Digital Origin, and Wired, Inc.) it eventually entered bankruptcy proceedings, with its assets and employees acquired by Optibase in March 2004 . It is presently owned by Boris FX
Boris FX
Boris FX is a software development company specializing in integrated graphics and visual effects technology. The company is one of the leading software developers for 2D and 3D compositing, titling, and vector graphics applications used by broadcast media companies, filmmakers, post-production...
, which acquired the company from Optibase in October 2005 .
Legacy products
- Media 100 for 68K68kThe Motorola 680x0/m68000/68000 is a family of 32-bit CISC microprocessors. During the 1980s and early 1990s, they were popular in personal computers and workstations and were the primary competitors of Intel's x86 microprocessors...
and PowerPCPowerPCPowerPC is a RISC architecture created by the 1991 Apple–IBM–Motorola alliance, known as AIM...
Macintosh computers with NuBusNuBusNuBus is a 32-bit parallel computer bus, originally developed at MIT as a part of the NuMachine workstation project. The first complete implementation of the NuBus and the NuMachine was done by Western Digital for their NuMachine, and for the Lisp Machines Inc. LMI-Lambda. The NuBus was later...
slots. This system used two cards connected internally by a pair of short ribbon cables, and a breakout box with two cables, one connecting to an external port on each card. The highest software version supported is 2.6.2 - "Vincent", Media 100's first PCI version, released while the original NuBus model was still in production.
- Media 100 ICE (an accelerator card for rendering certain effect plugins faster on Adobe After EffectsAdobe After EffectsAdobe After Effects is a digital motion graphics and compositing software published by Adobe Systems, used in the post-production process of filmmaking and television production. Its main uses are the origination of 2D and 2.5D animation, visual effects compositing and finishing...
, AvidAVIDAVID stands for:* Advancement Via Individual Determination, a college-readiness system designed to increase the number of students who enroll in four-year colleges in the U.S....
, and Media 100's own systems) - iFinish (Windows version of Media 100i, based on the same hardware)
- Media 100 qx (the i / iFinish without the software, for use with the Macintosh and Windows versions of Adobe Premiere)
- 844/x (Windows-based real-time editing and compositing system)
- Cleaner and PowerSuite (an ICE accelerated version of Cleaner) Cleaner was previously known as Media Cleaner Pro and Movie Cleaner Pro and was owned by Terran Interactive. The Cleaner product line was subsequently sold to discreet/Autodesk.
- Media 100 sw (software-only version of Media 100 HD, now renamed Producer - see current products section below)
Current products
- Media 100 HD Suite (DigitalDigitalA digital system is a data technology that uses discrete values. By contrast, non-digital systems use a continuous range of values to represent information...
-only HDTV and SDTV NLENLENLE is an acronym. It may stand for:* Non-linear editing system* National Latin Examination* North Luzon Expressway* N.L.E. Tractors, a codename for Cultivator No. 6...
system) - Media 100 HDe (DigitalDigitalA digital system is a data technology that uses discrete values. By contrast, non-digital systems use a continuous range of values to represent information...
/ AnalogAnalog televisionAnalog television is the analog transmission that involves the broadcasting of encoded analog audio and analog video signal: one in which the message conveyed by the broadcast signal is a function of deliberate variations in the amplitude and/or frequency of the signal...
HDTV and SDTV NLENLENLE is an acronym. It may stand for:* Non-linear editing system* National Latin Examination* North Luzon Expressway* N.L.E. Tractors, a codename for Cultivator No. 6...
system) - Media 100 SDe (DigitalDigitalA digital system is a data technology that uses discrete values. By contrast, non-digital systems use a continuous range of values to represent information...
/ AnalogAnalog televisionAnalog television is the analog transmission that involves the broadcasting of encoded analog audio and analog video signal: one in which the message conveyed by the broadcast signal is a function of deliberate variations in the amplitude and/or frequency of the signal...
SDTV NLENLENLE is an acronym. It may stand for:* Non-linear editing system* National Latin Examination* North Luzon Expressway* N.L.E. Tractors, a codename for Cultivator No. 6...
system) - Media 100 Producer (software-only version of Media 100 HD)
- Media 100 Producer Suite (software-only version of Media 100 HD with bundled Boris Red 4 plugin for graphics, titles, effects and so forth)
- Media 100 i Tune-Up (upgrade for the legacy Media100i SDTV NLENLENLE is an acronym. It may stand for:* Non-linear editing system* National Latin Examination* North Luzon Expressway* N.L.E. Tractors, a codename for Cultivator No. 6...
system), - Final Effects Complete (a collection of effect plugins for Adobe After EffectsAdobe After EffectsAdobe After Effects is a digital motion graphics and compositing software published by Adobe Systems, used in the post-production process of filmmaking and television production. Its main uses are the origination of 2D and 2.5D animation, visual effects compositing and finishing...
)
Announced products
- Media 100 v11.6 (supports Intel Macs).
- Media 100 v11.5 (support firewire devices through the FireWire connector, support for P2 cameras, support for SDI audio for the Media 100 HDX hardware and improved Boris Red, BorisFX and Graffiti integration with faster rendering http://www.media100.com/press/press_release/ibc06.asp).
- HD Suite, HDe and SDe (The successors of the HD and i systems, based on a new OEMOEMOEM means the original manufacturer of a component for a product, which may be resold by another company.OEM may also refer to:-Computing:* OEM font, or OEM-US, the original character set of the IBM PC, circa 1981...
capture hardware)
External links
- http://www.media100.com/
- http://www.media100.de/
- Creative Cow Media100 Community Forums
- Unofficial NuBus Media 100 Info Site, not updated since 2004