Grass Valley Edius 6.5 Offers the Best 3D Workflow
We announced in July 2012 the new Grass Valley Edius version 6.5 and its amazing new features. Now we have used it for over a month, we are convincing it is one of the best 3D workflow in the industry. EDIUS supports real-time editing of all popular SD and HD formats and most of the bugs in the 3D features have been ironed out in 6.5.
New features in EDIUS Pro 6.5
- 3D stereoscopic editing
- Support of Panasonic AG3D-1A and Z10000 native format
- Color correction tool supports 10-bit color depth
- Export sequence with alpha channel
- Native RED (.R3D) support
- Improved XDCAM/ P2 data transfer
- AVCHD 2.0 support EOS movie support (ALL-I (I-only), IPB)
- Camera RAW format support
- Filmstrip view in Timeline
- Enhanced video layouter (drop shadow, resize quality)
- Built-in loudness meter
- Built-in shake stabilizer
- 720p Blu-ray authoring support
- Flash F4V export
- QuickTime HQ/HQX codec (Windows/Mac)
Edius and 3D
- 3D stereoscopic editing
- Support of Panasonic AG3D-1A and Z10000 native format
- Smooth easy to use 3D adjustments filters, 3D transitions and even 3D color correction.
- Native keyframing on 3D all filters and transitions.
The little missing 3D bit
3D adjustment on native stereoscopic takes is easy, but... in one case, we found irritating to be unable to switch left and right eyes from a Panasonic Z10000 shot we wanted to flip left-to-right. As 3D editors know, this requires inverting the left and right views in order to keep the proper parallax and 3D depth after the flip; and Edius denied that: we had to export the clip in separated left and right video files, and re-import the clips in the proper order... Edius developers, please think about adding a 'flip L/R' tick box in the video resize filter!
Other Sources of Edius Info
Edius 6.5 on the web. Download the free trial version here.
Edius 6.5 official price is 540€ (plus VAT) in Europe. if you want to buy it online from GrassValley, take note that the full package is 995.3 Mbytes in size, meaning it mayrequire a few hours on DSL connection.
Display-central and Al Caudullo (3DGuy) are on the same wavelength as us here at StereoscopyNews: they love Edius 6.5 and its 3D capabilities!
