Pinnacle Systems' CineWave 1.2 Now Available

Offers Greater Workflow Flexibility, Bandwidth Savings, and Unmatched Quality Sept. 14 /PRNewswire/ - - Pinnacle Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: PCLE), a leader in digital video content creation tools, today announced the immediate availability of CineWave 1.2, the newest version of the Company's award-winning professional video creation solution. CineWave is software and hardware working together seamlessly to deliver unprecedented quality and flexibility on the Apple Power Mac G4. CineWave version 1.2 contains many new features including CineOffline, support for 16-bit YUV and 8-bit RGBA codecs, and HD qualification and support for Final Cut Pro 2 with most popular HD formats.

CineOffline allows CineWave users to maximize costly storage space by using offline qualities to reduce the size of the media within a project. Even though a scaled down version of the footage is stored to disk, the user still edits with a full-size image through CineWave's real-time hardware scaling features. With CineOffline, users can conform or scale up the file to full resolution at uncompressed standard definition and/or high definition quality for finishing at anytime. Furthermore, CineOffline enables one to edit with CineWave on a computer that does not have the TARGA Cine Engine hardware.

Apple Computer and Pinnacle Systems have partnered closely to provide support for most HD formats through the combination of Final Cut Pro 2 and CineWave 1.2 software. In fact, CineWave 1.2 includes support for most popular HD formats including 1080i and 1080/23.976p, the most widely used frame rate for film production.

"CineOffline will dramatically change the way that we work. It's exactly what we've been asking for -- it allows us to maximize storage space for offline edits without any compromise to quality when we up-rez the project for final output. Also, its support for most HD formats provides so much more flexibility in meeting our clients' needs," said Glen Janssens, CEO at emotion studios.

"Pinnacle Systems is widening its lead within the content creation market by offering new features that allow users to dramatically improve their productivity while simultaneously enabling the highest quality options available at most any price," said Andrew Baum, senior product manager for CineWave at Pinnacle Systems."

About CineWave
CineWave 1.2 includes Commotion Pro 4, a full version of Apple's Final Cut Pro 2, Knoll Light Factory, and the TARGA Cine Engine. CineWave provides numerous editing capabilities for acquisition, post-production, and delivery in most any format, including: DV, DigiBeta, uncompressed 601, PAL, NTSC, 1080i, 1080p, 4:3, 16:9, DVD and Web. There are two Digital Tether ports for connecting to a family of SD and HD break-out boxes for flexible I/O options. CineWave is available from Pinnacle Systems' dealers worldwide at a starting price of $6,495 (USD). CineWave 1.2 is a software upgrade for existing customers. Customers may download the upgrade at www.pinnaclesys.com/cinewavesupport.

About Pinnacle Systems
Pinnacle Systems' broadcast, desktop, and consumer products provide video professionals and consumers cutting-edge digital video tools to create, store, distribute and view web enabled digital video easier and more affordably than ever before. Pinnacle Systems may be reached at 650-526-1600 or at www.pinnaclesys.com.

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