#TouchVision
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John,
Do you know anything about a company called TouchVision. I think they are out
of Chicago and write video editing software or have an editing system for the
PC. They have been around since 1990 and I just wanted to know where a good
place would be to find out more about them – or to see if you could give me
some details.
Many thanks in advance . . . . .
Rich Walters
Drop into their section at GO DVISION in one of the multimedia forums.
Go to the Touchvision section of the Univision Forum (GO UNIVISION); you'll
find user comments, press releases, and two very complete reports on system
requirements. D/Vision Pro 2.2 is a fairly inexpensive, full-featured, robust,
PC-based non-linear editing system. It uses off-the-shelf hardware (486DX2-66,
16Mb RAM, VESA bus – PCI will not work). It's a great system, but strictly
off-line. Don't expect to produce finished video. Rumor has it that a new
release is imminent (matter of fact, due out tomorrow) which will improve video
quality from "near 3/4-inch" (whatever that means) to "broadcast quality"
(whatever that means). The new software will run under Windows (or Windows NT)
while the current system runs under DOS. Nearest competitor in the PC world is
FAST Video Machine, and on Apples: Media 100. Hope that helps.
Bastian
Let me correct my earlier message: it's not the Univision but the ULTIMEDIA
Forum (GO ULTIMEDIA). Ultimedia is IBM's multimedia division (kiosks,
apllications for Intel's ActionMedia 2 video and capture boards, etc.). Sorry
for the mistake. Anyway, the Ultimedia Forum has a Touchvision section with
good information on D/Vision and other products.
Bastian
Rich,
I've got Cineworks by D/Vision. It's available — best offer. I had to pull it
out of my PC when I purchased the AVer card and program. The AVer isn't
compatible with Cineworks. I need Aver for editing a weekly television program.
The Cineworks non-linear editing system (barely used) is a good economical way
to produce some quality industrial video programs.
Don
Rich –
They have been arround longer than that! The company is called Touchvision
Systems Inc., manufacturers of the D/Vision, the D/Vision Pro, and the
CineWorks. The TouchVision system was announced in 1983, manufactured by Bell
& Howell Professional (BHP). When B&H was taken over by Bosch in a leveraged
buyout, Bruce Rady (now president of TouchVision Systems, Inc.) bought the
rights to the developed NL technology and continued the development. The First
Touchvision system used a touch screen monitor with a flatbed model, and a bank
of 3/4" VCRs. First demonstrated at NAB in 1985 with Montage (its second year)
and Editdroid (Ediflex missed the show), they are now considered the
"grandparents" of today's non-linear technology. Videography magazine will
review CineWorks in the Jan.. issue and the Feb. issue will have and interview
with Bruce Rady, where I will try to pry out of him some of the very exciting
stuff I have heard rumors of that will be shown at NAB.
Bob