LIGHTWORKS READIES FOR NEXT SOFTWARE RELEASE
An optional HD Codec Pack will also be available for $550, and will allow Alacrity and Softworks users to directly import Red footage.
Also included in the HD Codec Pack is import of ProRes422 Quicktime files from Final Cut Pro.
New features include Autochop, which splits big shots up into smaller shots, enabling users to assign labels to the smaller shots. Licence details can now be displayed by pressing “List License Options” menu item in machine room. An audio monitor delay offset allows users to set, in fields, the amount of audio delay required to sync audio to the output monitor. The “consolidate to log” database now has its own handle size button Shot based rubber banding for audio levels has been introduced, and varispeed behavior can be changed by changing the "frame/field processing" button on the project.
It is now possible to record 1080i material from an HDV DVCAM (HVR 1500) using FireWire. And an import facility for XDCAM EX files is now available. Fullscreen video playback is available for a two-monitor system. And 8- and 10-bit DPX import and export is now supported.