1)
Solitaire Pre-Orders &
Upgrades Available
2) Smart Edit 3.3a (new
lower price)
3) Quadcam
Software - coming VERY
soon
4) KronPlus
Sale
5) Tips &
Tricks
- New
6)
Software
Updates
- Caladan 1.3 & DVD Firmware 1.1
7) Film
Effects from Digital Hotcakes -
NEW
8) Avio-ST
& DV blow-out SALE
9) New Pics of my
Kids :)
1) Solitaire Pre-Orders -
NEW
Here is
a little write-up from Chet Davis
(Educational Director) about the
Casablanca Solitaire:
"Wow!
The pictures we have seen do not do
justice to this stylish new Casablanca
digital editor. It is contemporary and
elegant... and, as
Jörg Sprave, president of MacroSystem
worldwide,
commented in the interview, affords the
professional editor a tool that will
show stylishly in their editing suite;
the customer seeing clearly that this is
not just like the computer they have at
home to do their other data tasks.
The
feature sets that were so cool: the 3.2
Ghz processor rendered very fast! This
coupled with the background rendering
function...whoa! You turn on the
background rendering function in the
System Settings window, then when you
apply an effect it begins instantly to
render. I then went back to the Edit
screen and was working on another part
of the project and looked up to see it
was complete - very cool!
The HD
Backup function is also very useful,
providing a mirror back-up of your HD
complete with effects, etc. It will
afford every editor the ability to
archive and protect their important work
and then restore if they find themselves
needing it!
The
SCART jack provides the option of
selecting either RGB or YUV output for
those who find that option useful. I
love the Disk Transfer option as well -
the ability to select scenes from your
Scene Bin and export via DVD Arabesk 2
to a DVD as an AVI-DV file. This opens
up greater levels of communication
between Casablanca and PC/Mac computers,
as well as a means to archive some
important sequences (show openers,
credit sequences, company logos, etc)."
(pricing)
2)
Smart Edit
3.3a (new lower price)
Get 3.3a
no matter what version
you
currently have for under $179
ATTENTION SCHOOLS: If your running
version 1.x or 2.x, give us a call about
upgrading your Casablanca's for free.
3) Quadcam
Software - coming VERY
soon
Chet
Davis Commentary:
"I am
totally and truly thrilled about this
new software! QuadCam opens up a whole
new world for those who use (or would
like to use) multiple cameras for event
videography. It is so amazingly easy to
use providing such great results - this
will be a very hot item!
You
import your footage from two, three or
four cameras of the event into your
Casablanca. Then after QuadCam
automatically synchronizes (yes, you
heard that right!) these feeds, you play
back the event in a pop-up menu window.
Then it is a matter of selecting which
shot is 'live' by clicking on that feed.
QuadCam then builds the storyboard for
you with inserted shots from the
additional feeds. You can even go into
the storyboard and make adjustments to
the inserted shots to fine tune your
production!"
4)
KronPlus Sale
Kron Plus
unit with Video Coach loaded on second
drive. Unit has 120GB drive for SmartEdit
and 20GB for Video Coach. (under $2997)
5)
Tips & Tricks
- New
We've
posted a new page to our website that has
some very valuable information on it.
It has tutorials and walk-throughs for
almost everything. If you need help in
a certain area... give it a try.
(go to tips)
6)
Software Updates
- Caladan 1.3 & DVD Firmware 1.1
-
Caladan 1.3
This version of Caladan makes
changes to the print dialog, so now
you can make adjustments to the
Saturation and Contrast of your
labels for your printer.
- DVD Firmware
Update v 1.1
This is a comprehensive firmware
update for all of the Pioneer DVD
burners that have ever shipped with
Casablanca products. The new firmware
will make sure that your burner is
running optimally, and that it is
compatible with the widest variety of
DVD media types.
This Update must be loaded at
bootup from the smartmedia card.
Because this product loads at
bootup, the firmware software cannot
be combined on a smartcard with a
Casablanca OS.
Burners, and the firmware version
that is included:
DVR-103:
V2.0
DVR-104:
V1.41
DVR-105:
V1.33
DVR-106:
V1.08
DVR-107:
V1.18
For more information on the
specifics of each firmware version,
please contact Pioneer Electronics.
7) Film
Effects from Digital Hotcakes -
NEW
All
the volumes from Digital Hotcakes are
good, but for under $139, this package is
a steal. (more
detail)
8) Avio-ST
& DV blow-out SALE
If your looking to get a
backup/spare system or just need to get
started, we have a few Avio-ST &
Firewire/DV units with
40-80gb hard drives, 3.3a OS plus
additional add-on software & 1-year
warranty. They are priced to move so
call today ... 806-773-6044 ... or
email
9) New
Pics of my Kids :)
As always, I greatly
appreciate your continued support of my
family. If we can help your editing
experience in any way... just let us know!
Chad Bostwick
Ody Video
