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Logic's edit* Used for Hi-Tech 'Newsroom of the Future'
Discreet's Windows NT Nonlinear Editor Forms Core of Journalists'
Convention Reporting
MONTREAL, - Discreet Logic's edit*, the Company's nonlinear
Windows NT editor, produced video coverage for 1,310 journalists
attending the Society of Professional Journalists' National
Convention in Universal City, California, Oct. 21-24.
Discreet Logic joined other technology companies including
Intergraph, Microsoft, Kodak Professional, Netscape, RealNetworks,
Imagion and Associated Press to equip a state-of-the-art "Newsroom
of the Future" that allowed journalists from across the
country to test-drive the latest high-tech software and hardware.
The real working newsroom was used by journalists to collect
and report convention news using the latest digital tools that
will soon be standard in broadcasting. The newsroom produced
daily print, broadcast and online convention coverage. The edit*
system has been provided by Discreet Logic's
West Coast reseller Metro Video.
Dan Bolton, commented, "Discreet
Logic's edit*
was an essential
part of a fully integrated newsroom. The system was easy to
use and conventional enough to share the resources of an NT
network, sharing digital assets with web, print and streamed
products."
"During the convention
edit* allowed
an editor to utilize digital images and digital sound gathered
by reporters with sophisticated devices to create a broadcast.
In the Newsroom of the Future, edit*
processed information
from a pool of digital assets (graphics, photos, logos, charts,
sound files) which news editors used to create several different
presentations each day. These were transmitted via web, broadcast
and audiocast,"
said Bolton.
Mahmoud Al-Daccak, vice
president of products at Discreet Logic, commented, "edit*
delivers the "turn-on-a-dime"
capability that broadcasters need to get information on the
air - fast. edit*
is easily one of
the most powerful, cost-effective systems to meet the demanding
requirements of today's editors with an extensive and very fast
editing toolset, including value broadcast features such as
voice-over and direct capture to timeline, and no-compromise
real-time performance and reliability."
The "Newsroom of the Future" operated continuously
from Oct. 22 providing daily coverage in conjunction with INFOMART
98 in the main ballroom of the Sheraton Universal Hotel. The
convention offered more than 50 panels and workshops, with sessions
at both the Sheraton Universal and the adjoining Universal Hilton.
About Discreet
Discreet, recently named as Canada's third fastest growing
company by PROFIT Magazine, develops advanced systems and new
media software used in the creation of digital imagery and serve
three key markets: visual effects, editing and production. Discreet
products are used to develop imagery for video, broadcast, HDTV,
the web, new media and feature films, including 1998 Summer
blockbuster "ARMAGEDDON", and the 1998 Visual Effects
Academy Award winners "Titanic" and "Independence
Day."
For further information, visit Discreet Website at http://www.discreet.com.
SOURCE Society of Professional Journalists
Web Site: http://www.spj.org
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