Revolutionary chipsets from Intel
Jerusalem: According to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, Intel Israel has succeeded in developing electro-optical chipsets based on silicon wafers which are capable of converting electronic signals to optic signals within the chip. This will enable communication to be conducted at the speed of light.

The development has the potential to revolutionise the world of computing and telecommunications. According to the company officials at the Israeli facility the mass production of the electro-optical chipsets will cost the same as the electronic chips.
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Adobe's Video Collection 2.5: Cross product integration
San Jose, USA: Adobe Systems Inc. has announced the introduction of the Adobe Video Collection 2.5, which includes new versions of its award-winning digital video products Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5, Adobe After Effects 6.5, Adobe Audition 1.5 and Adobe Encore DVD 1.5. The company says that with outstanding cross-product integration and performance enhancements, that take advantage of the latest advances in hardware, Adobe's new video line-up introduces more than 200 innovative new features, including advanced support for high definition (HD) video in Premiere Pro 1.5.

According to the company enhanced integration and common interface elements make working in the Adobe video postproduction environment easier and more productive. Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5, Adobe After Effects 6.5, and Adobe Encore DVD 1.5 support Adobe Photoshop CS features, including nested layer sets and non-square pixels. The ability to copy and paste between Adobe Premiere Pro and Adobe After Effects further tightens the integration between these two industry-leading applications and extends the customers' creative options.
In addition to integration features across the Adobe Video Collection, each of the products announced by Adobe offers significant new functionality. The Adobe Video Collection is available in two versions, Standard and Professional.
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Avid unveils the Avid Xpress Studio
Las Vegas, USA: Avid Technology, Inc. has introduced the Avid Xpress Studio system - the industry's first all-in-one content creation suite for DV professionals that includes highly integrated video editing, audio production, 3-D animation, compositing and titling, and DVD authoring software products combined with professional video and audio production hardware. All of the applications in the Avid Xpress Studio system interoperate seamlessly together on the same computer, empowering individual content creators to work across multiple media disciplines in a single production environment.

The five software applications included in the Avid Xpress Studio system are also available for individual purchase. They are the Avid Xpress Pro, Avid Pro Tools LE, Avid 3D, Avid FX and the Avid DVD by Sonic. The Avid Xpress Studio will be available in two versions - Avid Xpress Studio Essentials and Avid Xpress Studio Complete. The software and hardware components of the Avid Xpress Studio system have been optimized to work together using open standards, such as MXF, AAF, OMF(R), MetaSync, and the AVX(TM) plug-in architecture.
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Panasonic and Apple bring HD to desktop editing
Las Vegas, USA: Panasonic and Apple have announced the world's first implementation of IEEE 1394 FireWire with 100 Mbps DV-HD - the native video compression of Panasonic DVC PRO HD recording systems. With Panasonic's new, compact AJ-HD1200A DVC PRO HD VTR, 24fps or 60fps progressive scan material shot by Panasonic's AJ-HDC27 VariCam HD Cinema camera or 1080i studio / sports truck footage recorded by DVC PRO HD VTRs can be transferred via the VTR's IEEE 1394 interface directly into Final Cut Pro HD without generation loss.

Once transferred, the material is instantly available for real-time editing operations. All footage maintains its camera-original quality, because the IEEE 1394 FireWire interface transfers the native DV-HD high definition files, as originally recorded on tape in the VTR or Varicam, directly to the Power Mac G4 or Power Mac G5 host computer's internal hard drive.
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