EditShare Adds ASSIMILATE To the List Of DI Workflow Partners

A leader in cross platform collaborative editing and shared media storage systems, EditShare, has announced a technology partnership with ASSIMILATE, a leading developer of high-resolution and stereoscopic applications for the DI market.
The new development combines the award-winning EditShare shared storage solutions - XStream Series - with ASSIMILATE'S SCRATCH Digital Process Solution, enabling real-time DPX and RED 4K workflows across DI and non DI post-production equipment. Benefits of this new integration offer the highly popular EditShare project sharing with unmatchable real-time performance for SCRATCH artists.
The newly integrated solution will be demonstrated at NAB 2009 (April 20 to 23 in Las Vegas) on the EditShare stand (SL6420).
Andy Liebman, CEO and Founder of EditShare, said: "For many years EditShare has been at the forefront of Network Attached Storage solutions for popular post-production tools from Adobe, Apple, Avid and more. With the introduction of digital cameras such as the RED ONE Digital 4K Camera providing stunning performance, there is now a significant move toward DI workflows.
The EditShare XStream is a key component in enabling DI production pipelines to be fully integrated and tapeless from acquisition to finishing.
"EditShare will guarantee the real-time performance and image quality while facilitating cross workflow media sharing with non-DI applications and systems, freeing facilities from bringing work into digital and putting it back to tape."
EditShare XStream DI allows the entire facility to be connected, from ingest to delivery of the final cut. EditShare is agnostic to any specific manufacturer so the EditShare XStream has been engineered to work seamlessly with any application supporting 1 and 10GbE. EditShare XStream DI takes advantage of the PCI-e infrastructure to combine high data rate streams, such as DPX, with a large number of simultaneous video streams coupled with almost limitless storage capability.
Jeff Edson, of ASSIMILATE, said: "SCRATCH includes a rich tool set of cost-effective real-time post tools - conform, construct, colour grading and finishing - which have made it a key enabler in the migration to digital intermediate pipelines by post production houses for many years now. While SCRATCH is resolution independent, it's ideal for tapeless workflows at digital 2K and 4K. Combined with EditShare XStream DI storage, users will experience a seamless, extremely efficient workflow that can greatly increase productivity."
Further information is available at: www.editshare.com
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