VideoToolkit is Having a Birthday 

Abbate Video Inc. Ships VideoToolkit 2.0,
Adding Support for QuickTime, Infrared Control and More.

January  6, 1993, (Millis, MA) Abbate Video Inc. will ship  VideoToolkitx
2.0, its $279 videotape logging and editing application  for the
Macintosh. Version 2.0 extends the product's patented machine  control
capabilities even further with infrared control hardware and  support for
new protocols, such as Sony's ViSCA. In addition,  VideoToolkit now can
assemble a QuickTime production from analog tape  sources, based on an
edit decision list.

"With enhancements for supporting QuickTime 1.5, VideoToolkit is the  only
low-cost solution to provide full-size, 30-frame/sec. QuickTime  movies
independent of any specialized hardware," said Philip Palombo,  Product
Manager.

"Several panelists scheduled for this week's MacWorld Expo used 
VideoToolkit right out of the box to prepare their QuickTime 
presentations," Palombo said. "In the cases where they were already  using
VideoToolkit, all they had to do was reload their original logs  and
specify QuickTime as the recorder to begin digitizing."

VideoToolkit 2.0 no longer depends on a specific digitizing card for 
snapshots that identify clips visually in videotape logs.

"Now, VideoToolkit can use any QuickTime-compatible digitizing card  to
digitize the opening and close of a video sequence, with the option  of
going back later to digitize everything in between," said Mark  Abbate,
Founder and Chief Designer.

CueTrackx, the logging, editing and moviemaking software in the 
VideoToolkit package, no longer requires HyperCard to operate. It is  now
a standalone application.

Entering its fourth year of providing video software and consulting 
services for a broad range of customers, Abbate Video has a long list  of
achievements. Abbate received a U.S. Patent in 1991 for developing  direct
cable control of consumer video equipment from a personal  computer.  Also
a first was the company's delivery of Mac-based  support for Sony's ViSCA
(Video System Control Architecture), used in  the company's Vdeck and Vbox
products, along with exclusive software  support for Mitsubishi's high
resolution S-VHS deck designed for the  medical industry, the BV2000, and
for the  NEC PC-VCR.

"We believe another leap forward for VideoToolkit is the addition of 
infrared control for the recorder," said Abbate. "Despite our long  list
of support for VCRs, we saw an increased demand from the European  market
and felt that a natural response was with infrared control."

The addition of  infrared control permits virtually any VCR to  operate
effectively as the recording machine.

VideoToolkit is a robust software package that offers extensive  features
for logging and assembling videotape rough cuts, plus the  ability to
create exportable Edit Decision Lists (EDL) that conform  with both CMX
and Video F/X formats. All of this is possible with most  VCRs and nearly
any Macintosh or Windows computer.

With Apple's QuickTime and a digitizing card, an EDL can be  transformed
into a digital movie either in real time or frame by  frame.

VideoToolkit 2.0 will be available as an upgrade to all registered 
VideoToolkit owners for a cost of $59 with shipping and handling 
included.  It is available free, with a $6 shipping and handling  charge, 
to anyone who purchased the product on or after October 1,  1992. 

The basic VideoToolkit package includes control for logging and  assembling
tape with Sony's Vdeck and Vbox, RS232- driven machines  such as the
Mitsubishi BV2000 and the NEC PC-VCR, plus a patented,  custom cable for
controlling Sony's Control-L (LANC), Control-S and  Control-P machines, or
Panasonic's Control-M devices,  or most  infrared VCRs. A cable for
controlling RS-422 decks is also available.

VideoToolkit supports selected Sony units - Video8, Hi8, VHS, and  S-VHS
machines - plus Canon, Nikon, Yashica, Ricoh, and Kyocera Video8  and Hi8
equipment.

The retail price for VideoToolkit 2.0 remains at $279, and will ship  on
February 5.

VideoToolkit requires a Macintosh System at level 6.0.5,  or greater,  with
at least 2 MB of RAM and a hard disk. The software is System 
7.0-compatible and 32-bit clean.

VideoToolkit and its supporting products are economical tools for
enthusiasts.

Abbate Video Inc., 14 Ross Ave., Millis, MA. 02054. 
508-376-3712;   fax: 508-376-3714 
E-Mail to AppleLink: ABBATE.VIDEO, America Online: ABBATE  or  CompuServe:
74040,2563.

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