Cineform Announces Connect HD for High-Performance HD Video Editing

LOS ANGELES, CA, DV EXPO – CineForm, Inc. is announcingConnect HD, a high-performance high-definition (HD) accelerator forMicrosoft Windows-based video-editing applications.CineForm is alsoannouncing that the first video editing application to be bundled withConnect HD is the highly acclaimed Vegas 4.0 software from Sony MediaSoftware, the combination of which forms a comprehensive solution forediting HD video. Connect HD will be available for purchase standalone, or as a bundle that includes Vegas 4.0 software. Connect HD,together with the award-winning Aspect HD—already shipping, arethe industry’s only total editing solutions for HDV-formattedvideo.

Connect HD’s editing performance is based on the samepatent-pending video-processing technology that powers its real-timesibling, Aspect HD. The technology is built on CineForm’svisually-lossless high-definition editing codec, CFHD, which providesunmatched performance and visual quality for high-definitionpost-production applications.Connect HD maintains the identical AVIfile format used in Aspect HD, which guarantees compatibility withindustry-leading video editing applications like Sony’s Vegassoftware, as well as other Windows AVI-compatible applicationsincluding Adobe After Effects and Windows Media Player. In addition,Connect HD includes HDLink, CineForm’s I/O software that connectsPCs with HDV-compatible camcorders and DVHS decks.

Aspect HD, for high-end video professionals, includes all thetechnology in Connect HD, and adds CineForm’s real-time videopipeline which provides dozens of real-time transitions, color effects,graphic overlays, motion, and more, all within Adobe Premiere.

“CineForm is again leading the way in the HD videopost-production market, “said David Taylor, CEO of CineForm, Inc.“Connect HD extends CineForm technology by providing acceleratedHD performance within many Windows-based video applications.Whencombined with Vegas 4.0 software from Sony Media Software, theresulting performance and quality of high-definition video editing isstunning.”

“The HD video acceleration CineForm has achieved with ConnectHD and Vegas 4.0 software is extraordinary”, said Brad Reinke,Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Sony Pictures Digital, MediaSoftware group. “With Connect HD operating totally transparently,all the familiar and powerful features and performance of Vegas 4.0software work precisely as they always have, but now you’reediting with the breathtaking quality of HD.The result is a completepost-production solution based on Vegas 4.0 software for videoprofessionals that is absolutely breakthrough.”

The key to Connect HD’s unmatched editing performance isCineForm’s innovative patent-pending technologies including aproprietary and symmetric, yet visually lossless video codec.Afterediting, HD video is easily exported to a wide variety of HD, SD andweb distribution formats.

CineForm’s high-performance HD editing solutions enable wideadoption of HD in the independent film, professional videography,corporate and television markets by providing real-time, multi-streamvideo editing on today’s fast PCs.

Pricing and Availability

Connect HD is available from CineForm and select resellers beginningJanuary 19th, 2004 and is available in two versions: Connect HD standalone for the suggested retail price of $499 or as a bundle thatincludes Vegas software from Sony Media Software for $799. Both ConnectHD and Aspect HD are being demonstrated at DV Expo here in Los Angelesthis week in both the JVC and Core Microsystems booths.

About CineForm

CineForm, Inc., located in Carlsbad, California develops highperformance video technology and products for use in professionalpost-production applications. CineForm’s products includebreakthrough video editing technology and products that target therapidly emerging market for HD video content creation. For moreinformation, contact CineForm at 760-804-5905, x303; or visit theCineForm web site at www.cineform.com.