When you need a video — or tons of video — edited fast to get it on the air, you need an NLE that will take everything you've got and work with it as quickly as possible. EDIUS Workgroup 8 from Grass Valley comes about as close as possible to letting you do just that.
Ideal as a finishing tool for broadcast news, news magazine content, and studio programs, EDIUS Workgroup 8 supports an extensive amount of formats and resolutions and allows you to edit pretty much all popular 4K, HD, and SD formats in real time with no rendering. Of course its feature set makes it no less suitable for more common editing projects, including documentary and film work. So it's a fit whether you're a stand-alone user at home or in the field, or connected to production infrastructure within a network, or if you switch between the two environments.
In addition to the format flexibility, the difference between EDIUS Workgroup 8 and EDIUS Pro 8 is that Workgroup offers system SDK support, native Avid DNxHD support, EDIUS XRE support, the ability to edit growing files, an EDIUS watch folder, Dolby E pass-through, ANC data (captioning) pass-through, audio monitoring mode, loudness monitoring, connection to external storage via FTP, a generic MXF exporter, integration with 3rd-party MAM systems from Square Box Systems, support for a Dolby Plus/Professional license option, and Grass Valley STORM 4K I/O Card support.
This version of EDIUS Workgroup 8 is a discounted upgrade from EDIUS Pro 8.
- Interoperability with GV STRATUS (requires GV STRATUS Connect option): Launch from GV STRATUS settings or independently; export different formats to different destinations within the GV STRATUS environment
- K2 Clip/K2 Program import/export (requires K2 Connect option): K2 Clip capture; capture and edit a growing file on K2; K2 4K CMF import (beta)
- 4K workflow, including support for Blackmagic DeckLink 4K Extreme, Ultra Studio 4K, AJA KONA 3G (preview only), and EDL or AAF import/export with Grass Valley HQX with DaVinci Resolve 11
- Supports third-party I/O hardware from Blackmagic Design, Matrox, and AJA
- Edit media files with different resolutions -- from 24 x 24 to 4K x 2K
- Real-time conversion of frame rates on the same timeline delivers more efficient editing into the hands of editors
- Fast, flexible user interface, including unlimited video, audio, title, and graphics tracks
- Support for the latest file formats -- Sony XVAC (Intra/Long GOP)/XVAC S, Panasonic AVC-Ultra/AVC-Intra 4K 422 (import only), and Canon 1D C M-JPEG/4K MXF
- Work natively with many different video formats, such as Sony XDCAM, Panasonic P2, Ikegami GF, RED, Canon XF format and EOS movie format
- Fast AVCHD editing (up to 3+ streams in real time)
- Multicam editing of up to 16 different sources simultaneously, with video output support
- Improved MPEG encoder speed and quality
- Improved H.264/AVC decoder
- Accelerated 4K H.264 playback
- Optimized for fourth-generation Intel Core i architecture
- New GUI design for faster workflows
- 64-bit native processing with maximum memory access for streamlined real-time editing
- Proxy mode workflow for legacy computers helps extend their usability and increase ROI
- Supports Intel Quick Sync Video for extremely fast export and Blu-ray disc burning
- Fast handling of large quantities of still image files (JPG, TGA, DPX, and others)
- OFX support for Boris Continuum Complete, HitFilm, and Sapphire plug-ins
- Ability to save a current project as a template in order to re-use preferred track settings, screen layout, etc.
- 3D stereoscopic editing
- Built-in loudness meter
- Built-in image stabilization
- Direct to Blu-ray disc and DVD timeline export
- Native DNxHD import/export
- AAF workflow with Avid Media Composer
- Dolby Digital Professional/Plus import/export
- EDIUS Workgroup includes a Dolby consumer license as standard, which is applicable to corporate and consumer use of Dolby audio; for use in broadcast applications, the Dolby Professional/Plus license is available as an option for EDIUS Workgroup
- The K2 Connect option (sold separately) supports K2 Central TX, and an improved 4K workflow -- the ability to edit growing 4K files and to be able to export 4K CMF files back to the K2 server