Imagine Products Upgrades HD-VU2 All-In-One Player

Imagine Products has released version 2 of its all-in-one player, HD-VU2.

HD-VU2 can play formats like Panasonic P2 and Sony XAVC, as well as frame-based video sequences such as ARRI RAW, Blackmagic DNG and DPX. It supports over 20 different camera formats, a complete list of which can be found here.

Users can can sort files by type and metadata, or user-created playlists or folders. They can also sort from 'all', 'unwatched' or 'group by' for easy reference. Watch Folders can also be set up so when a video becomes available, HD-VU2 will automatically link to them.

"We've been working on HD-VU2 for quite a while now, perfecting and increasing the formats that it can view," says Dan Montgomery, President of Imagine Products. "Our customers were looking for a viewer that simplified and maximized their time on set. HD-VU2 is the answer. We expect that this will quickly become a necessary tool to have, just like ShotPut Pro."

HD-VU2 offers temporary colour correction while not permanently modifying files. Applying the colour lookup table (LUT) is for viewing purposes. LUTs are selected on a clip-by-clip level in the 'Get Info' panel of each, or may be applied to an entire playlist or folder of videos.

All clips are played in a separate, full screen scalable window with multiple timecode options and rates. These options and rates can be changed from the viewer window and metadata for all files that are available. Users can also grab snapshots from the video at any frame in PNG format.

HD-VU2 is designed to work in conjunction with Imagine Products' offloading application ShotPut Pro and compression application ProxyMill. Clips made with either application can be viewed instantly with HD-VU2.

HD-VU2 MSRP $99 available now at www.imagineproducts.com.

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