Truevision DVR
And here's the other one:
For more information, contact:
Mike Nikolich
Tech Image Ltd., 708/705-0040
Tom Ransom
Truevision Inc., 317/841-0332
Key Developers Announce Support For Truevision TrueVista Pro EISA Frame Buffer
INDIANAPOLIS, October 14, 1993-More than 50 leading video applications software
developers are enthusiastically supporting the new TrueVista Pro EISA, a
professional-quality frame buffer that features Truevision's revolutionary
DVR(tm) architecture. Truevision Inc. is a RasterOps Company (NASDQ ROPS).
Designed for use in professional broadcast and production studios, TrueVista
Pro EISA is designed for EISA bus, IBM-compatible PCs. The frame buffer
supports all major analog video standards, including: Betacam(tm), YPbPr
(SMPTE/EBU), GBR (RGB, Sync on green), Y/C (S-video) and composite video.
Producers can use the frame buffer to capture video stills or pass-through
video to one or both video outputs.
Image North Technologies, Inc., Waterloo, Ontario., is developing a greatly
enhanced version of its Inscriber character-generation package to take full
advantage of the frame buffer's advanced capabilities. "Inscriber for the
TrueVista Pro EISA will be a revolutionary product, extending the definition
and capabilities of a broadcast character generator," said Image North
Technologies President Daniel Mance. "The EISA bus provides the bandwidth
needed for quickly updating 32/bpp imagery. The animation capabilities of the
hardware also allows us the possibility of doing more with text than just
simple rolls and crawls."
Dennis Ricks, president and founder of Santa Clara, Calif.-based
CrystalGraphics, Inc., developer of Crystal TOPAS Professional(tm), a 3D
modeling, rendering and animation program, announced his company's support of
the framebuffer. "Truevision has always been the vendor of choice for the
majority of our TOPAS Professional(tm) customers," Ricks says. "We believe
this new DVR-based board is a step in the right direction by Truevision. We
will, of course, support it in our soon-to-be-released Crystal TOPAS
Professional 5.0."
Houston, Texas-based Ron Scott Inc., developer of the acclaimed HiRes QFX
image-editing software, also announced support of the new Truevision frame
buffer. "We have one of the very few products that runs in the native mode on
the entire family of Truevision products, without having to install a Windows
driver," said President Ron Scott. "We're a long-time support of Truevision
and we like the idea of the DVR architecture. It's the way all future
videographics engines should be designed. Naturally, we're very excited about
the possibilities of QFX with TrueVista Pro EISA."
TrueVista Pro EISA includes software such as an image loading utility for use
under Windows 3.1 or DOS, a Windows 3.1 driver, Autodesk ADI (V.4.2) driver and
capture/control utilities. A developer's toolkit is available for creating
custom applications and interfaces. Truevision also provides worldwide
developer support, including sample code, on-call technical support, plus a
solutions source book, which contains descriptions of more than 270 software
packages and solutions.
The Truevision TrueVista Pro EISA will begin shipping in December, with a
suggested list price of $4,195 (U.S. retail, depending on memory
configuration).
Truevision, the leader in desktop video for business and broadcast, offers a
full range of videographics for EISA, ISA and Apple Macintosh platforms. The
company pioneered the videographics industry in 1984 and today remains one of
the market and technology leaders. Truevision became a wholly owned subsidiary
of RasterOps Corporation in August 1992.
For additional information, contact: Truevision Inc., 7340 Shadeland Station,
Indianapolis, IN 46256-3925 or call 1-800-344-TRUE. Truevision product
information is also available on CompuServe via the Multimedia Vendors Forum
(GO TRUEVISION) and through the Truevision TRUEFAX System at 1-800-522-TRUE.
Kevin Krell – Computer Support Associates