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Simply

The

Best!
That's the

growing consensus about the Montage
Picture Processor.® Indeed, film editors, directors
and producers prefer Montage for many reasons.
Here

thousands of clips

of varying lengths, all uniquely and
clearly identified by digitized pictures of their head/tail
frames. And they can all be organized in "electronic
workbins"
the way a film editor traditionally organizes

are some:

* Most

powerful, picture-oriented nonlinear system.
Easily handles complex action shows. Montage combines

the best attributes of film and video with the

ease

his material!

and

flexibility of common PC word processors, so you can
edit pictures and sound electronically without "crunching
numbers." With unlimited creative options.
*

Loading capacity: up to 4.5 hours of dailies. Critically
important for directors accustomed to extensive shooting
and printing numerous takes of any scene.

"Storyboard" printouts provide hard copy of digitized
pictures of head/tail frames, user notes, and cutlists.

Easy to learn. Visual/tactile control of program material is
easily assimilated by film editors with no prior computer
experience.

Familiar, film-style editing tools, including electronic
writing tablet and "grease pencil" to mark frames and

* Ideal for

single- and multiple-camera film and television
projects: commercials, dramatic series, documentaries,
music videos, and theatrical features.

write notes.
*

* Perfect for all

documentary and archival projects where
the sheer volume of original program material requires
exhaustive record keeping and extensive manipulation
of source footage.

Unique "Electronic Trimbin." Imagine having a wallto-wall trimbin! With immediate random-access to

Designed to edit two sound tracks and one picture track,
Montage tracks all three independently. You can trim
picture and sound separately, frame-by-frame. Make
changes with ease. Slip-sync. Create instant sound
overlaps. You can even lay a temporary music or effects
track, or record a narration.

Clips can be viewed, copied, lengthened, shortened, and
played in any order desired - in real time - along with
fades, dissolves, soft cuts and wipes between the scenes.
Without requiring lab reprints or rerecording. You can
store and retrieve multiple versions of complete cuts for
further evaluation at any time.

Readily integrated into the established film post¬
production process. No waiting for videodiscs. No esoteric
equipment or non-standard tape transfers required.

* Generates

frame-accurate, clean edit decision lists for

electronic auto assembly of 1" master and/or

conforming

original negative.
*

Complete format flexibility: from any medium of origination
film or videotape, at any frame rate, in any format - to
any medium of release.

These

are

but

few of the features that have made

the

Montage Picture Processor the standard of
the industry. The only nonlinear electronic editing
system to be honored by the Academy of Motion
Picture Arts and Sciences with a prestigious
Scientific and Engineering Award.

Montage Picture Processors are available for short-term rental, long-term lease, or direct purchase.

MniVITARC
GROUP, LTD.
1 West 85th St., New York, NY 10024 * TEL: 212/362-0892 * FAX: 212/362-7261
Montage Picture Processor® is a registered trademark of Montage Group, Ltd.

Covered by multiple

U.S. and foreign patents.

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