Chapter 1 Overview
Chapter 1 Overview 7
Features
Chapter 1 Overview
The ES-7 EditStation™ is a video editing system that
includes as built-in equipment all of the devices
required for video editing. Powerful editing software
running under the pre-installed Microsoft Windows
NT1) operating system provides a graphical user
interface that allows you to perform linear editing of
video materials on tape and non-linear editing of
materials on a disk recorder.2) The combination of
easy-to-use editing software and expansion board
developed especially for the EditStation enables the
EditStation to function as an A/B roll editing system,
video switcher, digital multi-effects, audio mixer,
titler, and drawing platform. It supports a rich variety
of analog and digital video signal formats and features
a high-speed digital transfer function that enables you
to transfer video data between the disk recorder and
DSR-series VCRs at four times normal speed with no
loss in video quality.
High-quality video compression
Dynamic video compression provides efficient storage
of digital signals on the disk recorder. The
compression ratio is adjusted to accommodate the
amount of information in the data while preserving
high video quality.
High-speed uploads and downloads
You can copy edit materials from DSR-series VCRs to
the EditStation disk recorder (upload) and copy edit
results from the EditStation disk recorder to DSR-
series VCRs (download) at four times normal speed.
The EditStation and DSR-series VCRs share a
common internal format, eliminating the need for
compression and decompression during uploads and
downloads. This eliminates the deterioration in video
quality which can result from copy operations.
Many advanced special effect functions
Optional special effects expansion boards with built-in
video switcher functions are available to provide more
than 300 high-quality special effects in real time.
Installation of an additional optional expansion board
provides advanced non-linear three-dimensional
effects such as lighting, which depicts the object as if
illuminated by a light source, and trail, which produces
a trail across the video image.
Convenient graphics tools
Optional drawing software and an expansion board for
drawing functions are available to provide
superimposed graphics on video signals. This allows
you to create graphics while checking the effect on the
monitor. Lettering is provided by standard EditStation
software (Text Composer) that can be used from the
editing screen. This allows you to create titles and
other lettering without the need to acquire a separate
character generator. A file converter is also provided
as a standard feature, allowing you to convert graphics
data created with Photoshop3) and other graphics
applications for use with this unit.
High-quality audio signal processing
The system features a digital audio mixer as standard
equipment. If you install the optional digital input/
output board, you can perform input and output of
video and audio signals in completely digital formats.
High-quality recording of analog audio input signals is
also possible.
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3) Photoshop is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems
Incorporated.
1) Windows NT is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
2) The disk recorder is a combination of the ESBK-7041
Disk Recorder Board and one or more ESBK-7045 Disk
Units.
