May 06th, 2005
PRIMEDIA’s Video Systems Announces NAB2005 Pick Hits Winners
New York, NY ---May 6, 2005 – PRIMEDIA’s Video Systems, the premier source of
in-depth information on professional video technology, announced today the 14 winners of the annual NAB Pick Hits Awards. The Pick Hits Award winners are selected during the annual National Association of Broadcasters convention from among hundreds of new products and tools on display.
“These are products that will impact day-to-day work for our readers,” says Video Systems Editorial Director Cynthia Wisehart. “We’re very pleased to recognize innovation and excellence.”
Rotoscoping (roto) is the process of manually extracting or isolating a portion of an image. It is one of the most fundamental tasks in visual effects. Silhouette Roto powers through roto jobs thanks to a user interface and workflow designed exclusively around the rotoscoping task. Beziers and b-splines are provided along with flexible and easy-to-use tools for drawing, reshaping, and transforming shapes. Shapes can be rotated, scaled, skewed / sheared, moved and corner pinned in a single mouse click. Silhouette Roto offers a multi-frame editing mode that ripples changes across a user definable range of keyframes.
A panel comprised of Video Systems’ senior editors and contributing editors who work in the field of professional video chooses the Pick Hits. Their expertise covers the areas of shooting, editing, video presentation, broadcast and web production, AV/IT and systems integration. The judges meet onsite at NAB to nominate and select final winners that meet the following criteria:
- Products must be new, and not shown at a previous NAB convention.
- Products must have some positive impact on the intended user's everyday work.
- Products must offer substantial improvement over previous technology.
- The prices of the products must be within reach of their intended users.
- The products must be available for purchase within the calendar year 2005.
“Our judges have decades of combined experience in video production and systems design, so they take this selection process very seriously,” says Wisehart. “The debate is always very lively.”
Winners of the Video Systems Pick Hits will be posted on PRIMEDIA’s Video Systems Web site (www.videosystems.com) as well as featured in the June 2005 issue of the magazine.
The 2005 Video Systems NAB Pick Hits award winners are:
- Avid iNEWS Instinct
- Century Optics Xtreme Fisheye
- Chyron ChyTV
- Ciprico MediaVault 4212
- Echolab Nova identity4
- JVC GY-HD100
- Lectrosonics SM
- LitePanels Infrared and LitePanels 1'x1'
- Miranda HD-Bridge DEC
- Panasonic AG-HVX200
- Reel Stream Andromeda
- Silhouette Roto (standalone)
- Sony HVR-Z1
- Special Stocking Stuffer Item: G-Tech G-DRIVE (100GB)
About Video Systems:
PRIMEDIA’s Video Systems is the premier source of information on professional video technology. The editorial staff brings firsthand professional experience in shooting, editing and designing video systems for production, postproduction, and presentation. Video Systems is the only publication committed to every-issue coverage of the four cornerstone disciplines in the video profession: Shooting, Editing, Video Display, and Integration.
About PRIMEDIA Business Magazines & Media
PRIMEDIA Business Magazines & Media is a leading producer of targeted publications, Web sites and exhibitions that bring sellers together with qualified buyers. It consists of more than 70 publications, 130 Web sites, 180 e-mail newsletters, more than 20 trade shows and more than 450 books and directories that serve professionals in 20 market sectors including: Agribusiness, Communications, Electrical & Public Services, Entertainment, Marketing and Transportation. More information about the company can be found at: www.primediabusiness.com.
About PRIMEDIA
PRIMEDIA is the leading targeted media company in the United States. The Company capitalizes on its focused content across print, television, the Internet and live events to offer highly effective integrated advertising and marketing solutions in some of the most sought after advertising demographic sectors including Enthusiast Media, Consumer Guides, Business Information, and Education. PRIMEDIA’s stock symbol is: NYSE: PRM. More information about the Company can be found at: www.primedia.com
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