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Industry critics continue to proclaim Liquid Edition 6 as a "must have" for the serious video editing professional. Reviews and industry awards all testify that Liquid Edition 6 has revolutionized realtime, nonlinear editing. Here's are excerpts from two recent product reviews by leading voices in the industry:

Camcorder & ComputerVideo Magazine - February 2005
by Douglas Stevenson

Tested and User-approved
"We have been putting Liquid Edition to the test in our studio for the last year, and can honestly say it meets the demands that a professional video production company will face on a daily basis."

Satisfied Customers and Unbeatable Price
"All of our customers have been very happy with the quality of the video they receive and are often amazed at our fast turn-around time, thanks in no small part to the user-friendly operation of this software. Liquid Edition is a robust tool, and with a suggested list of $500, it out-performs editing systems that just a few years ago were five times that price."

Only in LiquidEdition: Native HDV Editing
"Liquid Edition 6 may be the first product on the market that allows you to edit in native HDV. Other HDV-editing solutions require you to first convert, or transcode, to/from another format."

DV Mag - May 2005
by Eli Brown

Multi-Format Editing
"Deep interface with a lot of customization possible. Good effects capabilities. Allows editing of MPEG-2, HDV, and DV in same timeline. Works natively with HDV material. Print to DVD output."

Solid Performance
"Liquid is a solid editing program. It saves every keystroke as you go, so losing data to crashes is almost unheard of (a feature other editing app companies might want to copy)."

Powerful 3D DVE
"Liquid also features a good 3D DVE that manipulates images in 2D space. In the DVE edit window, you can scrub and play the preview in real time, which is very nice for seeing the effect before allowing the program to render it. And rendering is something that Liquid Edition PRO does quite well and quickly."

Exciting New Features Now Available with version 6.1!
Click here to read about the top new features in 6.1

Why Upgrade?

Liquid Edition and Liquid Edition PRO Users:

Here are 5 great reasons to upgrade from your current version of Liquid Edition:

• 1,000’s of Real-time SD and HD Effects with SmartRT
• All-format Editing from SD to HD with SmartEDIT
• Professional Audio Engine with Support for Full Dolby Surround Sound
• Advanced Multicam Support
• Native HD Support for All Popular HDV formats from Sony and JVC

Adobe Premiere/Premiere Pro Users:

Why pay more on plug-ins for features like HDV support, Multicam support and Surround Sound encoding when you can get these features standard with Liquid Edition? Why take the time to learn several different applications interfaces when you can access editing, effects, compositing, titling, professional audio and DVD authoring all inside a single, intuitive interface with Liquid Edition.

Finally, why pay for expensive and quickly outdated video graphics accelerator hardware when you can harvest the full power of your indigenous resources with SmartRT and SmartEDIT inside Liquid Edition? Why not just step up to Liquid Edition?

Offer Details: All Liquid Edition version 6 PRO upgrade orders will receive a free copy of Liquid Edition 6 QuickPRO Guide. Free book offer expires 6/30/05. The $200 mail-in rebate program applies to Liquid Edition PRO or Adobe Premiere/Pro users purchasing the Liquid Edition PRO version 6 upgrade. $200 MIR expires 6/30/05. All offers are valid in United States and Canada only. Void where prohibited. 

The Ultimate Ultimate Bundle is back and available this month by email only!  Not only can you save $100 or more on our most complete pack of Studio Plus upgrades & accessories, when you make a purchase through this offer, you will also be automatically entered into our Plasma TV Sweepstakes! Hurry, offer ends May 31st. Studio Users: this is our best offer yet on upgrades to Studio Plus! Studio Plus Users: get all the accessories you need at over 60% off the regular price!

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Offer Details: This offer is available via email only. Offer valid in US and Canada only. Void where prohibited. Offer expires 6/30/2005

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Date: May 22, 2005
Location: New York
Click here for details

Join Pinnacle Systems and B&H Photo for a Special Studio Plus and Liquid Edition Event


Liquid Edition expert, Tony Terrana, will share his video editing expertise. See Tony's Bio here. Liquid Edition Demonstation will include Advanced Multicam, HD, SmartEDIT, & Integrated DVD authoring. Click here for more details

Register and attend for a chance to win 1 of 3 20gb Apple ipods and other prizes!!

Interested in other Liquid Edition Events? Click here to find a user group near you.

Now Included with version 6.1:

Full screen preview - Real time preview of your timeline on your VGA monitor for all formats including HDV

Improved HDV support - There is now greatly improved HDV support with the addition of comprehensive deck and device control for the shipping Sony and JVC HDV cameras and decks.

True MPEG-2 IPB HD rendering - IBP Rendering (25Mbit/sec.) for HDV. Now you can render HDV editing and effects in the true MPEG-2 IBP format. This allows you to maintain the high quality and small size of the MPEG-2 IBP format across the entire HDV sequence.

Replace edit function - CTRL+DRAG a clip to timeline when replacing a clip and now maintain transitions and effects that were already applied to the clip being replaced.

Drag clips disbanded to timeline - Drag a clip from a rack to the timeline and both video and audio tracks are now visible.

Display keyframe of existing effects in the RTFX editor - Now when applying additional effects to a clip, you can view the keyframe markers from the existing effects in the effect editor. This allows editions to make better decisions quicker.