FAST ANNOUNCE OPEN PLATFORM PACKAGE

FAST Multimedia have announced a new open-platform strategy: their much acclaimed editing software will be now be available as a cost-effective software and board-set package.
With the launch of FASTstudio.DV 3 on Windows 2000, FAST will make what many professional editors have lauded as the most promising new arrival on the NLE scene available to a much wider audience.
An optional Production Pack will provide a more sophisticated toolkit, including OMF export, 3D effects and Xsend connectivity with third party QuickTime applications, and the two packages can be purchased together at a special bundle price.
Reiner Bielmeier, CEO, FAST Multimedia, said: "Through our turnkey offerings, purple and silver - and our successful joint venture with Sony's ES-3 - we have proved beyond doubt that we have a very powerful, productive and above all enjoyable editing tool. So it is with some confidence that we make this move into a more mainstream editing market, because we know it works and we know editors love it".
More than 4,000 editors worldwide work with the FASTstudio interface. Easy to learn, fluid and flexible the interface has no distracting pull-down menus - all essential functions are only a mouse-click away.
FASTstudio focuses on what's important: images and sounds. FASTstudio is modern - built from the ground up to give functionality from the easily customisable user interface. Instant Save technology means that work is never lost in the event of a power failure, and background rendering means not having to stop work. The software also offers true support for multi-processor systems.
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