DPS Previews Future Hardware and Software at IBC 2001

IBC 2001, Amsterdam - September 14, 2001 - DPS, a business unit ofLeitch Technology Corporation, is giving visitors to the Leitch standat IBC 2001 a preview of two future products: dpsQuattrus(tm), thelatest generation in multi-layer, nonlinear editing hardware, anddpsVelocity(tm) 8.0, the next version of our acclaimed nonlinearediting system.

The dpsQuattrus hardware features real-time simultaneous playback offour video streams - in any combination of uncompressed or compressedvideo - and six dynamic graphics streams. An optional quad 3D DVEmodule adds four channels of real-time 3D effects, includingperspective, rotation and warp, without requiring an additional slot orIRQ in the host system. dpsQuattrus will not replace dpsReality ordpsVelocity in the DPS product family, but instead will represent thehardware platform for a new tier of nonlinear editing system for usersrequiring the additional video streams and real-time 3D effectsdpsQuattrus provides.

New dpsVelocity 8.0 features being previewed include multipletimeline support, real-time garbage mattes, multi-camera editing,real-time support for video files with alpha channel, and support for anew, optional external audio mixing console with motorized faders andintegrated jog/shuttle control. dpsVelocity 8.0 will also featureflexible timeline enhancements including as Track Mute/Solo, theability to use eight real-time mono audio tracks (rather than fourstereo pairs), independent variable track scaling, increased zoom-levelprecision, enhanced audio waveform representations and keyframingenhancements. A release date has not been established for dpsVelocityversion 8.0, but users can experience the power of dpsVelocity editingimmediately. dpsVelocity 7.6, featuring direct timeline integrationwith eyeon Software's DFX+ compositing software, is now shipping, andwhen dpsVelocity version 8.0 is released next year, existing users willbe given the opportunity to purchase upgrades at special upgradepricing.

"At NAB 2001, attendees were treated to technology previews ofdpsQuattrus and dpsVelocity 8.0, and the response was tremendous," saidBrad Nogar, Leitch vice president and general manager for postproduction. "The combination of dpsQuattrus with our next generation ofediting software will make for an unparalleled integrated editingsolution, while the exciting new features of dpsVelocity 8.0 continuethe evolution of the award-winning dpsVelocity nonlinear editingsystem."

About DPS - DPS designs innovative and flexible hardware andsoftware solutions that facilitate every aspect of video production andcontent creation from the desktop to the television studio. DPS's coreproducts include the industry-acclaimed dpsVelocity(tm) nonlineareditor and dpsReality(tm) Studio Digital Disk Recorder. www.dps.com