Avid NewsCutter

PRODUCT BRIEF
NEWS DEMANDS MORE FROM NONLINEAR EDITORS –
NEWSCUTTER DELIVERS MORE

Only one nonlinear editor for news can provide unmatched editing speed,

an industry-leading palette of creative and effects tools, support for a

variety of formats, and tight integration with the digital news workflow –

exactly what you need to get compelling content on the air, on the

Web, and to your high-definition newscast as rapidly as possible. The

Avid® NewsCutter® system is designed for news and optimized for mission-

critical productivity with the performance, features, award-winning Avid

interface, and dedicated broadcast support you need for your editors to

stay focused on getting the story done quickly, easily, and professionally.

o FAST o FLEXIBLE o CONNECTED

o COST EFFECTIVE o PROFESSIONAL
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High-performance editing that makes production as fast as the news

The Avid NewsCutter nonlinear news editor puts the best news
production tools right at your fingertips, providing world-class
performance and an intuitive editing environment without the
limits of tape or linear workflow, and without sacrificing
production quality in a deadline crunch. The NewsCutter
system’s comprehensive toolset and time-saving features make
it the standard for nonlinear broadcast news editing – optimizing
your editors’ time and skills without getting in the way of
the story.

With features like Edit to Timeline and the ability to control

digitizing right from the VTR using QuickRecord – no mouse
NewsCutter NRCS Tool
needed, no keyboard required – the NewsCutter system makes
nonlinear editing far faster than tape, letting you make more
decisions in less time. It integrates seamlessly with the Avid iNEWS™ newsroom computer
o Associate clips within the NewsCutter
system (NRCS) and with ENPS, so you can edit video directly to specific words in the script. system with specific lines of a script
in the iNEWS NRCS or with ENPS
With features that make creating multiple versions a snap, customizable logging tools, and
real-time, professional visual effects, both speed and quality are enhanced. And the ability to o Set a clip accurately to words in an
iNEWS script with Loaded Cues –
™
upgrade to high-definition (HD) video editing with NewsCutter Adrenaline FX gets you ready even before voiceover is recorded;
also enables rough cutting by
for the future while enhancing your workflow today. journalist via the iNEWS NRCS

o Post to Web formats a finished

When it’s air time, there’s no need to dub back to tape and race to the tape operator. story using your own Web
template; selects formats,
NewsCutter systems can transfer finished stories from shared storage directly to Avid AirSpeed™ and converts scripts to HTML
including hyperlinks
video servers and put them on the air while they’re still transferring. All as fast as the news. And
much faster than tape.
o Along with Post to Web,
HyperClip™ allows posted stories to
link to NewsCutter video; links are
retained once video is posted

o Connects with Avid Unity™ and

LANshare for News systems, Avid
Distributed Media Services (DMS),
and Avid Active™ ContentManager
content management system for a
complete parallel Web workflow

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 SAVE TIME IN THE NEWSROOM
WITH AVID NEWSCUTTER

NewsCutter Family
Power, speed, and ease of use are at the center of the
NewsCutter line of products. With the NRCS Tool, Avid Unity for
News collaboration, and ingest and playout integration,
NewsCutter connects with the whole station – and lets you edit
with industry-standard formats like DV25, DV50, and IMX MPEG.

NewsCutter Adrenaline FX
Now you can get the power of a super suite and the simplicity of
a cuts-only room in all of your editing bays – all in a single appli-
cation. Comprehensive color correction tools and 3D effects
including text, objects, and texture mapping environments are
™
just the beginning. Avid's own FluidMotion technology takes you
further with advanced motion effects that provide unprecedented
smoothness for news and sports editing – and for shots that are
just too short. Edit DV25, DV50, and 30/40/50 Mbit IMX in their
native formats – as well as resolutions ranging from 15:1 all the
way to 1:1 in the same timeline – without compromising quality.
The Avid Adrenaline Digital Nonlinear Accelerator™ hardware is
included for component, composite, and S-video I/O with SDI
support to power your edit suite and your news packages in
virtually any format you need – including high-efficiency high-
definition video support.
NewsCutter XP
This solution is available as software-only and engineered for
both the edit suite and the field, with simpler I/O and single-
stream DV25 and DV50 editing – plus 30/40/50 Mbit IMX. It
interconnects with the Avid iNEWS Newsroom Computer System
and other systems on your network, and like the NewsCutter
Effects and Adrenaline FX models offers full Avid Unity for News
and Avid Unity LANshare for News network integration, plus real-
time effects and color correction capabilities. Add a CPU and the
Avid Mojo™ Digital Nonlinear Accelerator hardware to gain
composite and S-video I/O all over a FireWire® connection.
NewsCutter Effects
Full supersuite A/B/C functionality, professional I/O, real-time visual
effects, and high-speed performance make this the right choice
for your craft-editing news production suite. NewsCutter Effects
systems support DV25, DV50, and 30/40/50 Mbit IMX MPEG
formats for input, editing, and output, can interface with both SDI
and SDTI protocols for faster-than-real-time performance, and are
designed specifically for the demands of newsroom use.

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 IT’S ALMOST SIX O’CLOCK
HOW DOES YOUR NEWSROOM RATE?

Workflow in the News Production Environment

NEWSROOM MANAGEMENT
Connecting your NewsCutter nonlinear editors to an Avid Unity Avid iNEWS™
Wires > Text > Data
for News shared storage media network enables editing and
other applications to easily find, share, exchange, and move
INGEST PRODUCTION TRANSMISSION
media instantly. By integrating your organization’s media
FEED ROOM NEWSROOM CONTROL ROOM
production tasks into a highly flexible, collaborative workflow AirSpeed™ iNEWS™ iNEWS ControlAir™
TransferManager Media Browse™ CountDown™
environment that links analog and digital acquisition, Media Browse™ TransferManager
CaptureManager NEWS EDIT
AirSpeed™/Other
editing, newsroom computer systems, graphics, audio, NewsCutter®
Adrenaline™FX
®
NewsCutter XP
asset management, and transfer management, Avid Unity
NewsCutter® Effects
FIELD CAMERA WEB ENCODING
for News radically improves your newsroom productivity and EDITORIAL REVIEW
BetaCam DMS ProEncode™
DVC Pro Media Browse™ NewsCutter®
efficiency, even providing the ability to support your high-
DVCam, IMX MediaManager Select Avid Active™
definition workflow. ContentManager
FIELD EDITOR PROMO/ TEASE EDIT
NewsCutter® XP Avid® DS Nitris™
Media Composer®
Adrenaline™
For smaller stations and mid-sized workgroups – or even Symphony™

in the truck – Avid NewsCutter systems link with the

Avid Unity LANshare for News system to deliver the proven STORE > MANAGE > ARCHIVE

Avid Unity file system for editorial workgroups of up to

Avid Unity™ for News
MediaManager TransferManager DMS ProEncode™ Nearchive™
20 attached clients. Add an Avid AirSpeed video server
for recording feeds and playout from shared storage for an Avid In The Newsroom
The Avid Unity for News complete newsroom solution,
affordable, swift edit-to-air workflow that provides high-quality, including Avid NewsCutter systems, connects broadcast
applications into an integrated workflow, radically
collaborative craft and journalist editing; production-based improving productivity and efficiency.
media management; parallel news content for the Web; and
high-quality direct playout.
Up to 8X transfer
edit while recording | faster than real time Playout during transfer

NewsCutter® with Avid Unity™ for News Finish Piece

On Air

edit while recording | faster than real time Output to tape Take to operator

NewsCutter® Editing Systems Finish Piece

On Air

real-time editing | shuttling, pre-roll, post-roll Take to operator

Analog Editing Finish Piece

On Air

edit while recording | real-time editing | shuttling, pre-roll, post-roll Output to tape Take to operator

NLE Systems That Emulate Tape Finish Piece

On Air

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D I D YO U
KNOW?
o The innovative Edit to Timeline
feature enables you to edit from
your source directly to the project
timeline without waiting for
digitizing to finish.
Easily log clips as you record
them and annotate with the
Record Tool’s custom fields.
AVID NEWSCUTTER FEATURES
SPEED
Record to Timeline
An Avid innovation. Speeds news production by
editing directly to nonlinear format from tape.
Quick Record
Use the shuttle knob on a VTR to control recording
into the NewsCutter system for mouse-free and
keyboard-free digital editing.
Scheduled Recording
The Record Tool makes the workflow more
efficient by scheduling digitizing tasks in advance
or on the spot.
Record Annotation
Quickly log and annotate feeds the way your station
needs to work with custom fields – then find them
easily later on.
AutoVO
Quickly repurposes an SOT story into a B-roll video
ready for anchor voiceover.
Alternate Edit
Cycles through preselected alternate shots within a
story to decide which works best in context or to
repackage news stories instantly.
One-Step Keys
Quickly execute commonly used enhanced edits
and shortcuts, single-keystroke trimming, and
instant edit viewing without shuttling.
PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE
I/O Connectivity
• I/O Connectivity
• OHCI (FireWire)/Component (Adrenaline FX only)
• OHCI (FireWire)/Composite/S-video (Adrenaline
FX and XP with Avid Mojo)
• SDI (Adrenaline FX model)
• SDI, SDTI, and SDTI-CP options (Effects model)
allow up to 4 times faster than real-time transfer
to/from supporting VTRs or servers (4X DV25, 2X
DV50 and 50 Mbit IMX)
Newsroom Linkage
Integrates the Avid iNEWS NRCS or ENPS into the
editing interface to closely associate footage with
scripts and edit video to words.
Motion Effects
• Including slow, fast, strobe, freeze-frame,
and reverse
• Rampable motion effects using FluidMotion
technology (Adrenaline FX model)
Color Correction
Real-time color correction in the Effects model and
complete color correction modes in Adrenaline FX
and XP models enable dramatic improvements to
video quality.
Blur
Soften hard edges of video or graphics, either for
image correction or a special effect.
3D Effects (Adrenaline FX model)
Add dimension to text and graphic objects; create
realistic surfaces and customizable effects such as
3D warp, and apply texture mapping.
Marquee® Title Tool (Adrenaline FX and XP models)
Create 3D animated titles in a true 3D environment
with light sources, textures, and lightning-fast
response.
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S P E C I F I C AT I O N S AT A G L A N C E

The Standard for Nonlinear News Editing

Recording Digital Video Effects
• DV50 and 50-Mbit IMX (D10) recording (Effects and • Industry-standard wipes with borders and soft edges, including
Adrenaline FX models) horizontal, vertical, and box
• DV25 (Adrenaline FX, XP, and Effects models) • Matte, chroma, and luma keys, picture-in-picture, color
• Component video I/O (Effects and Adrenaline FX models) effects, color correct, traveling mosaic, dip to color; fade to/from
• Composite/S-video I/O (Effects and Adrenaline FX models; color, keyframing
optional for XP model) • FluidMotion rampable keyframe motion effects
• Serial digital I/O (Adrenaline FX model; optional, Effects model) (Adrenaline FX model)
• Serial Data Transfer Interface (optional; Effects model) • Real-time customizable 3D effects, including warp, picture-in-
• LTC input (Adrenaline FX and Effects models) picture, shapes (Adrenaline FX model)
• Continuous timecode display • Real-time expert color correction
• Serial deck control • 3D animated titles with the Marquee® title tool (XP and
• VTR emulation for automation systems Adrenaline FX models)
• Scheduled recording
• Custom field annotation on record System Integration/Workflow
• Full client support for Avid Unity for News, LANshare,
Video MediaManager, and TransferManager systems
• Avid Digital Nonlinear Accelerator (Avid DNA™) support • Interface with Avid AirSPACE™ via 10/100 BASE-T Ethernet,
(Adrenaline FX and XP models) 1000 BASE-SX Gbit Ethernet or baseband
• DV25/DV50 and IMX30/40/50-Mbit MPEG I-frame editing • Interface with Profile PDR400 server via baseband or
• HD Upgradeability* Fibre Channel
• 525-line (NTSC) and 625-line (PAL) formats • Support for external control operations
• 24 video tracks • Support for mixers and jog knobs
• Mixed resolutions in timeline (Adrenaline FX and XP models) • Integration with Avid iNEWS and ENPS
• 4:3 and 16:9 (widescreen) aspect ratio support
• MetaSync® capability System Options
• Dual-monitor support • Avid Mojo hardware for Composite/S-video I/O (XP model)
• Rackmount Kit
Audio • 22-inch high-resolution color monitor
• 4-channel 32 kHz, 2-channel 48 kHz (XP model) • Speakers or Amplifier/Speaker package
• 4-channel 48 kHz (Effects model) audio locked to video • Serial digital I/O (Effects model option; standard with
• 24 audio tracks Adrenaline FX model)
• Direct digital I/O AES/EBU and S/PDIF (Effects and • SDTI or SDTI-CP (Effects model only)
Adrenaline FX models) • RS-232/422 converter (for control of a second device)
• Dedicated microphone input to system (Effects model) • Avid MediaDock™ LVD removable storage
• Intelligible analog and digital audio scrub • Avid MediaDrive rS LVD fixed storage
• Audio Punch-in • Avid MediaDrive rS160 FireWire/IEEE 1394
(Adrenaline FX and XP models)
*Available 2004
Note: Product specifications subject to change without notice

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