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Cleaner 6 for Mac shipping
By ron carlson, Insanely Great Mac
October 16th 2002
This essential tool for compressing video for the web and other mediums is available
now and doesn't do Windoze
Discreet has announced it is shipping cleaner 6 video encoding software for Mac.
Already recognized as the industry standard for professional video encoding, cleaner 6
further develops the power of cleaner software as the indispensable complement to
non-linear editing tools such as Final Cut Pro, Premiere and Avid Xpress DV.
The availability of cleaner 6 comes at a time of increasing industry adoption. In
fact, according to AccuStream iMedia Research, in the first six months of 2002, online
audiences accessed video streams across multiple mediums at a growth of 65 percent
when compared to the same timeframe in 2001.
"Discreet cleaner 6 has proved to be an invaluable tool that has helped us produce the
highest quality final product, no matter what format we need to encode to," said
Christopher Blandy, director, broadband applications, FOXSports.com. "Coupled with
Final Cut Pro, cleaner 6 for Mac is an essential part of our video encoding processes
providing an extremely productive environment for our editors and producers."
Building upon the benchmark feature sets of Discreet's cleaner product line, cleaner 6
sets the standard for creating high-quality encoding for new and popular digital
formats including QuickTime, RealMedia, Windows Media and Kinoma, the latest
downloadable video format for handheld PDAs. 150 high-quality presets enable editors
to encode video with a single step, and more than 50 professional filters and
correction tools provide the power to fine-tune digital video to the highest possible
quality.
Recognized as Macworld's "Best of Show" at its recent MWNY unveiling, cleaner 6
includes the following new and improved features: support for MPEG-4 and AAC audio
compression through Apple's QuickTime 6; new two-pass VBR encoding for MPEG-2 lets
users create high-quality video for DVD; new Watch Folders provide editors the option
to encode work directly from their non-linear editing tool from their desktop or
across a network; optimization for the G4 Velocity Engine and improved dual processor
support and drag-and-drop encoding allow editors to get work done quickly and
efficiently.
Discreet cleaner 6 for Mac is available in North America for $599 (SRP). The upgrade
price is $179. Cleaner 6 is now available for download from the Discreet e-store.
Editor's note: This product isn't available for Windoze and that can't be a bad thing,
especially as its widely accepted as the industry standard. However, it's somewhat
ironic that more of the content captured, edited and compressed using Mac-only tools
isn't available via QT streaming.
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