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Tool and VO screenThis has to be the easiest software we've ever gotten running. For more advanced compositing, EDIUS Pro 7 has a spline mask tool, so you don't have to use After Effects to get a really good mask.
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You can scale, rotate, add drop shadows, and feather your crops, all in real-time. When each clip is placed in the timeline EDIUS Pro 7 automatically registers the plug-in Layouter. Then, we finally noticed that you no longer have to use a separate plug-in for digital video effects such as scale, rotate, and crop. We spent about 20 minutes looking for a 3D picture in picture plug-in to scale video in our test project (the old way of doing it). Also, EDIUS Pro 7 boasts better handling of virtually any format of digital video and supports third-party hardware and software including an EDL exchange with DaVinci Resolve.
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There are a plethora of new features in Grass Valley EDIUS Pro 7, including an improved 4k workflow with support for Blackmagic Design’s DeckLink 4K Extreme, and up to 40 percent faster handling of AVCHD media. Can their Editing system hold up against the competition and deliver outstanding results worthy of the Grass Valley name? What's new in EDIUS Pro 7 For production, they've led the market in the last century, winning 18 Emmy awards for technical innovation, as well as having been in the industry at the highest levels for over 50 years. Grass Valley is hailed throughout the visual media industry as the finest in live switching. Now owned by Grass Valley, EDIUS has grown into a full-bodied professional editing program. EDIUS was developed by Canopus and was one of the first editing systems to utilize the capabilities of video cards to process layered video.