Apple presents the state-of-the-art desktop video and special-effects studio: The Apple Professional Video Production Solution. The solution delivers a high-quality digital video production studio anywhere you can put a computer. It gives CD-ROM–equipped Macintosh Quadra computers (800 or 950) true full-screen, full-motion video capabilities—without pixel doubling. And it contains everything you need to quickly and easily capture, display, edit, and output professional-quality video to videotape with professional-quality stereo sound mixing and editing capabilities.
The Macintosh Quadra computers are the perfect choice for video professionals who demand speed, expand-ability, and high-quality video capabilities. AppleDesign Powered Speakers, included in this solution, equip the Macintosh Quadras with CD-quality near-field stereo output.
These computers are complemented by VideoVision Studio, Radius’ newest and most advanced JPEG video capture card. This NuBus card puts hardware compression and decompression of full-frame, full-motion digital video at your fingertips. It allows you to capture, display, edit, and output 640-by-480-pixel digital video at 30 frames and 60 fields per second.
Equipped with VideoVision Studio and a 2-gigabyte MacinStor SpeedArray, Macintosh Quadra computers have ample processing power to exercise the capabilities of the solution’s video-production software: Adobe Premiere and VideoFusion. These programs bring professional-quality post-production capabilities to the desktop and offer an affordable alternative to costly special-effects hardware and outside production services.
To help create your sound tracks, the solution includes digidesign’s Audiomedia II 16-bit CD-quality sound card. This NuBus card puts a digital recording studio in your Macintosh. Its Sound Designer II stereo waveform-editing software makes it easy to edit and finesse sound for your videos.
The Apple Professional Video Production Solution. Just about everything a video producer needs. At a price just about every video producer can afford.
Features
Radius VideoVision Studio
•NuBus video card allows video capture and editing
•True full-motion, full-screen, flicker-free video with 640 by 480 resolution at 30 frames (60 fields) per second
•Professional-quality output to videotape
Storage Dimensions MacinStor SpeedArray
•External disk array provides 2 gigabytes of storage space
•Connects to high-speed Macintosh Processor Direct Slotdigidesign Audiomedia II
•NuBus digital stereo sound card provides direct-to-disk recording and playback
•16-bit 44.1-kilohertz and 48-kilohertz sample rates with digital and analog input and output
Adobe Premiere Deluxe CD-ROM
•Digital video production and editing software includes nonlinear, off-line editing capabilities and production of QuickTime movies
VideoFusion
•Special-effects software combines video, graphics, and text in QuickTime movies
AppleDesign Powered Speakers
•High-quality stereo separation and sound
•Excellent frequency response using transducer, tuned-port design, and active equalization
•Built-in noise circuitry for clear sound
Ordering Information
Apple Professional Video Production Solution
Order No. M2703LL/A
Suggested computers
•Macintosh Quadra 800 with 32MB of RAM, 1000MB hard disk drive, and external AppleCD 300 double-speed CD-ROM drive
•Macintosh Quadra 950 with 32MB of RAM, 1000MB hard disk drive, and external AppleCD 300 double-speed CD-ROM drive
Suggested displays
•Apple AudioVision 14 Display
•Macintosh 16-inch Color Display
•Macintosh 21-inch Color Display
•Radius Intellicolor Display/20
Suggested keyboards
•Apple Extended Keyboard II
•Apple Adjustable Keyboard
Hardware Specifications
Radius VideoVision Studio
•Compression: adaptive JPEG algorithm delivers variable compression ratios of 3:1 to 50:1
•Capture and replay: NTSC—640 by 480 pixels at 60 fields per second PAL—768 by 576 pixels at 50 fields per second
•Audio capture: 8-bit stereo or mono audio at 11 or 22 kHz
•Video inputs: 2 S-video and composite
•Audio inputs: 2 stereo and 1 mix
•Input formats: NTSC, PAL, and SECAM
•Output formats: NTSC and PAL
Storage Dimensions 2GB array
•4.5 to 7.5 MB/s transfer rates
•Consists of two 1GB drives in a single array
•5.1-ms effective seek time
digidesign Audiomedia II
•16-bit 44.1-kHz and 48-kHz sample rates
•Stereo analog input and output (RCA-type connectors)
•Stereo S/PDIF digital input and output (RCA-type connectors)
•10MB per minute sampling rate
AppleDesign Powered Speakers
•Full-range, tuned-port base-reflex system
•Active equalization for best frequency response at all listening levels
•Focused sonic dispersion for optimum personal listening
•Noise-reduction circuitry for audio clarity
•Built-in dual-input mixer and dual-channel amplifier
System Contents
Radius VideoVision Studio
•Video interface card
•JPEG compression and decompression daughtercard
•External connector panel for external video and audio connections