Pinnacle Systems successfully edit Grammy awards for webcast

National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences have chosen Pinnacle Systems’ CinéWave – an award-winning real-time editing and compositing solution – to edit material for its webcast of the 44th Grammy awards.
The Grammy award programme is the premier outlet for honouring achievements in the recording arts and supporting the music community. Coverage of the event reaches more than one billion people around the world.
Paul Madeira, Producer for the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, said: “This is the first time we have used CinéWave for our production and we are very pleased with the result. Artists were interviewed immediately after leaving the stage with their awards, and we wanted to have their backstage interviews available to fans as quickly as possible. CinéWave was extremely reliable and was a key component in delivering a very dynamic webcast.”
Nearly 50 backstage interviews were edited on CinéWave and posted to the Grammy website.
CinéWave software and hardware delivers high quality and flexibility on the Apple Power Mac G4. The first comprehensive uncompressed solution, CinéWave, includes a full version of the award-winning Final Cut Pro, Pinnacle Systems’ Commotion Pro, Knoll Light Factory, and the TARGA Ciné Engine.
CinéWave provides advanced non-linear editing, unlimited layering, uncompressed real-time effects, motion tracker, paint, and compositing tools. QuickTime native from start to finish, it is scalable, flexible, and designed to work in a wide range of environments including: DV, DigiBeta, uncompressed 601, PAL, NTSC, 1080i, 1080p, 4:3, 16:9, DVD, and Web.
Pinnacle Systems was founded in 1986 and supplies a wide range of digital video tools for broadcasters, video professionals, and home-users.
Pinnacle Systems, www.pinnaclesys.com
Grammy awards, www.grammy.com
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