NAB 2014 Wrap-up. Top 10 Products. Grass Valley’s EDIUS 7

Grass Valley’s EDIUS 7.
By Eduardo Angel and Sean Davis

Last week at NAB we attended a wonderful demo by Matthew Scott of Grass Valley’s NLE EDIUS 7. We were highly impressed by the software’s real-time speed and functionality, which is perfect for editors working on productions that demand a quick turnaround time, like news or TV shows.

What is EDIUS 7?

It is a native 64-bit application for Windows 7 and 8, which only a few years ago would have been a deal breaker for many editors. Not anymore. What filmmakers, editors, and obviously producers, want is performance.

EDIUS 7 is open to third-party input and output hardware from Blackmagic Design, Matrox, and AJA. The application includes a very solid color grading workflow, and also supports EDL project import/export with DaVinci Resolve (which just announced version 11 of the software).

We REALLY liked the ability to edit 4K in real-time without rendering, support for the latest file formats (including XAVC/XAVC S and AVC-Ultra), updated MPEG and H.264/AVC performance, and faster handling of large quantities of still image files (JPG, TGA, DPX), make this application even more desirable. The software comes in two “flavors,” Pro and Elite, which are aimed at “editors working collaboratively within network-connected production environments.”

Check out this great tutorial by Matthew Scott

Here are Grass Valley’s Top 6 reasons to buy EDIUS 7 http://bit.ly/1gQLyza.
A free 30-day trial of EDIUS Pro 7 is available at www.grassvalley.com/edius.

So, what do you think? Feel free to join the conversation on Twitter (@EA_Photo)

This is our 2nd post on our favorite toys at NAB 2014. The other highlighted products are:

1. G-Speed Studio and G-Raid Studio
2. Grass Valley’s EDIUS 7
3. Syrp’s Genie
4. Kinemini 4K camera
5. AJA Cion camera
6. Blackmagic 4K Film Scanner
7. Livestream’s Studio solutions
8. Edelkrone pocket series
9. Atomos Shogun and Ninja Star
10.NHK 8K Camera