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1)	Vutrix Vutrix announces colour temperature control.
2)	Atempo Security and Compliance Manager 2.0
3)	IBC 2006: Blackmagic Announces Decklink HD Studio.
4)	IBC 2006: Blackmagic Announces Intensity Editing Card
5)	IBC 2006: Blackmagic Announces On-Air 2.0.
6)	IBC 2006: Blackmagic Announces DeckLink 5.7 for Windows
7)	IBC 2005: Blackmagic Design & the new DeckLink Extreme PCIe
8)	NAB 2005: new products from Blackmagic Design. Las Vegas, USA.
9)	NAB 2005: new product announcements from apple, Las Vegas, USA
10)	SILICON COLOR has appoints Intraware as their provider in Australia.
11)	SILICON COLOR Releases FinalTouch SD - with breakthrough pricing.
12)	Black Magic Design availability of DeckLink for Mac v4.8 software.
13)	Intraware at Sydney's Digital Media Festival.
14)	Announcing our new specialist distributor relationship with Apple.
15)	Announcing our new distributor relationship Blackmagic Design.
16)	Five Announcements by Blackmagic Design at the IBC 2004 Show.
17)	New paperless animation software "the TAB" from DV.
18)	Announcing Shake 3.5, advanced digital effects compositing
19)	Shake 3.01 update. For Shake and Shake Qmaster.
20)	Announcing our new relationship with IRIDAS.
21)	Furnace: a new set of film tools now available on Shake.
22)	Latest product news & three great deals from Apple.
23)	Introducing the eagerly awaited Shake 3.0. with superior workflow!
24)	AEAF, AGDC, Free Shake Demo provided by Intraware.
25)	Register now for FCP4 and more! Onstage at Australian SMPTE.
26)	Shake and OSX Jaguar. New to Apple's pro film and video lineup.

Blackmagic Design Announces DeckLink 5.7 for Windows; Work in Full HDTV Resolution Online Compressed Video for Huge Disk Savings

IBC 2006, AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS, 8th September 2006 - IBC2006, Amsterdam, Netherlands – September 8, 2006 -- Blackmagic Design Inc. today announced DeckLink 5.7 for Windows that includes a new full resolution HD and SD codec that combines incredible online quality with huge disk savings, important when working on long form HDTV production. DeckLink 5.7 for Windows can be seen on Blackmagic Design’s IBC 2006 stand located at #7.526.

Traditionally, DeckLink cards are used for uncompressed work; however with DeckLink 5.7, users can choose compressed Online JPEG video that's full resolution HD, includes high quality 4:2:2 color sampling, and very low compression rate. Fully compatible with Adobe Premiere Pro™, After Effects™ and other DirectShow™ software, customers working with Online JPEG will see a significant reduction in disk space, and bandwidth requirements. Capture and playback are easily possible from a single internal hard disk.

Uncompressed media can be combined on the same Premiere Pro timeline as Online JPEG as well as DV, still image files, and HDV files, so customers can choose the best codec for the work they’re doing. Online JPEG can be used for long form content of camera based footage, while uncompressed can be used for effects dropped into the edit timeline.

“Our customers have been asking for a full resolution HD codec for windows editing as they really weren’t happy with other compressed codecs such as HDV and other variants, because they were limited to 1440 HD instead of the true 1920 HD, that's the standard in broadcast and post production,” said Grant Petty, CEO, Blackmagic Design Inc. “Customers also asked for full color sampling, and generally a codec that saves space while providing online quality for finishing work for broadcast. We have delivered this in DeckLink 5.7, and the best news is, this update is available free of charge!”

Also included in this update is new firmware for DeckLink HD PCIe models that upgrade the PCI Express interface to full 64 bit compliant, so customers can break the system memory limit, and expand memory when running the DeckLink 5.7 for Windows XP x64 software drivers.

Availability and Price

Intensity has a recommended retail price of only A$403.00 inc. GST and will be available beginning October 15th from all worldwide Blackmagic Design authorized resellers.

Product Photography
Photos of DeckLink HD Studio, and all other Blackmagic Design products are available at www.blackmagic-design.com/press/resources/images. Further information about Blackmagic Design may be found at www.blackmagic-design.com.

About Blackmagic Design
Blackmagic Design Inc. manufactures the world’s highest quality video cards and converters for the post-production and television broadcast industries. The Multibridge and DeckLink family of leading quality video products have changed the post-production industry and made HDTV more affordable for everyone. Blackmagic Design was founded by some of the world's leading editors and engineers from the post-production industry. This industry knowledge and experience is constantly fed back into our products allowing us to introduce the most amazing, creative tools for the industry.

Blackmagic Design Inc. corporate headquarters are in the United States, with offices in the Netherlands, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong and Australia.

About Intraware
Intraware is the Specialist Distributor of creative digital media tools for Australia and New Zealand .

It’s solution offerings includes a range of the world's best in 2D and 3D animation, film and video compositing, editing, facility management and data management solutions to service nearly all facets of the creative industry. Building on this solution, large customer base and reseller channel network and it's strong industry expertise, Intraware is now expanding it’s business model and intends to become the premier distributor of solutions to the new media and creative markets in Australia.

Intraware Press Contacts
Brian See
Marketing Manager
Tel: (02) 9439-0244
Email: brian@intraware.com.au

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