MONTREAL - Maximum Throughput Inc. (www.max-t.com), developer of high performance software-based solutions for networked storage infrastructure and media management, has released Version 2.5 of Sledgehammer. The new release introduces a revamped version of MAXmedia, an application specifically designed to cater to colorists, editors, visual effects artists and I/O operators with a powerful toolset for digital content preparation and management from acquisition to delivery.
MAXmedia provides facility-wide access to Sledgehammer. The centralized storage solution is extended with realtime audio and video I/O, playback and DDR emulation, project-based content management, offline and online media assembly, format and standards conversion, image color adjustment, and spatial and temporal processing.
Maximum Throughput VP of engineering Mahmoud Al-Daccak says the new release tightens integration with equipment from Cintel, da Vinci, Panasonic and Pandora.
The major new features available with Sledgehammer 2.5 include: EDL import, assembly and export support with a customizable parsing engine that can interpret and extract vendor-specific comments; realtime 3:2 insertion/removal support in all modes to enable smooth transitions between 24fps and 30fps material and optimize storage use; multi-resolution timeline support with alpha (key) channel support; realtime timecode and text overlay; and enhanced timeline editing tools in offline mode.
Sledgehammer 2.5 also provides enhanced Digital Intermediate and telecine support with full timecode and keycode handling, as well as new project-based content organization tools.