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Canopus DV Raptor

The Complete DV Camcorder Editor
The DVRaptor is a next generation DV and i.LINK card which links your DV camera to your PC. With the Raptor you can capture your DV footage through the i.LINK connection while simultaneously viewing full motion video on your computer display and video monitor.

With Raptor Video batch capture you can select the clips you want before you bring them into the computer. Raptor Navigator automatically detects clips on your video tape and stores them into a tape catalog. Once in the catalog you can arrange and edit your clips and then batch capture them.


The DV Raptor has become the standard which all new under $500 DV cards are compared.
The drivers are rock solid and stable. The integration with Premier is superb. The Raptor Navigator interface is clean and smooth. You can do manual, batch or seamless captures. Seamless captures let you capture up to the capacity of your storage, circumventing the 2GB file limit. The other cool feature that sets Raptor apart from the industry is DV loop-through. By sending the DV signal out to your DV device, then back into the computer via the analog inputs on the Raptor, you get full screen, full motion overlay on your computer monitor. Other cards depend on the CPU and graphics card to overlay the DV footage in a 1/4-screen window. Best of all, the Raptor supports additional NLE software like Ulead Media Studio Pro, Media100 CineStream, Vegas Video and Avid Xpress DV!!

Canopus presents the $40 DVRaptor Mail-In Rebate!
Click here to download the rebate coupon in PDF fornat

Note: Effective September 1,1999 all our DV Raptors are NTSC only. Customers in PAL countries must order DV Raptor locally.

DV Raptor AP w/ Premiere $399.95
RaptorRS $299.95


Canopus DV Raptor
The Complete DV Camcorder Editor

The DVRaptor is a next generation DV and i.LINK card which links your DV camera to your PC. With the Raptor you can capture your DV footage through the i.LINK connection while simultaneously viewing full motion video on your computer display and video monitor.

With Raptor Video batch capture you can select the clips you want before you bring them into the computer. Raptor Navigator automatically detects clips on your video tape and stores them into a tape catalog. Once in the catalog you can arrange and edit your clips and then batch capture them to your hard disk.

Capture entire DV tapes in one pass!

In addition to selective batch capture the DVRaptor also supports long-form seamless video capture. With seamless capture the DVRaptor will fill up your AV hard drives with video, spanning multiple volumes.

Raptor Video

Use Raptor Video to control your camera during preview, output and, batch and seamless capture. Arrange and make simple edits to your captured clips in the DV list. Play the clip list back out to tape seamlessly. Raptor Video also incorporates high quality filtering and image enhancement for still image capture.

Raptor Navigator

Raptor Navigator is simple cataloging software which will automatically scan your tapes and use advanced scene detection to develop a clip list. When you are finished you can arrange and save the list and then batch capture the clips you need.

SoftXplode
High-speed effects for video production SoftXplode is a high performance, easy to use, software DVE engine that can run on a wide variety of graphics cards. Unlike Xplode, the SoftXplode is hardware independent, and can be upgraded to the Xplode graphics engine for more speed.

SoftXplode includes 28 transition groups with 231 preset transitions. The keyframer has a number of presets like bounce, pause half way, slow-down, speed-up and step-wise-bounce. You can customize and save your keframed effects into the preset list.

SoftXplode is plug-in compatible with Adobe Premiere 5.1, MediaStudio 5.x, and Canopus Edit applications.
Key Features:


DV Raptor Key Features:

*NOTE: The analog video inputs and outputs are used to get full screen, full motion video on your computer monitor. The DV Raptor can't capture analog footage and it can't output Hi Resolution Analog video.

DV Raptor AP w/ Premiere $399.95
RaptorRS $299.95



Follow these links for more info on the DV Raptor:


  • DV Raptor features and specs
  • Top 10 reasons to buy the DV Raptor
  • DV Raptor vs the competition It's no contest!
  • Raptor Bay makes hook ups a breeze!


    • DV Raptor Bay $69.95

    Move to the front with Raptor Bay!
    The Raptor Bay option moves your DV and analog connections to the front of your PC. No more crawling around behind your computer.

    System Requirements:

  • DVRaptor PCI card
  • Empty 5 ¼" drive bay


    Top ten reasons to buy a DVRaptor

    1. High speed Canopus software DV codec
    2. Analog S and Composite video in and out for real-time preview
    3. Native DV audio support
    4. High quality filtering for single image capture
    5. No 2GB file size limitation, Seamless video capture and output
    6. Canopus SmartPlay - direct timeline to video output
    7. Frame accurate camera control
    8. Supports DV and DVCAM
    9. Hardware shuttle and jog (with Microsoft Intellimouse)
    10. Includes full version of Adobe Premiere 5.1

    Why DVRaptor is 100 times better than others?
    1. DVRaptor is designed only for DV editing without compromise.
      • No dropped frames
      • Accurate camera control
      • Full motion full color overlay monitor at any time

    2. DVRaptor has triple buffer architecture with the 1394 IF chip which has DVC mode.

    3. The video oriented PCI bus controller enables video overlay while maintaining stable data transfer between DVRaptor and main memory.

    4. Canopus developed all the hardware and software in house from scratch.
      The driver and application software makes DVRaptor outstanding from other generic IEEE 1394 IF boards. Not only that, Canopus developed an original DV CODEC based on our DSP technology using MMX and SSIMD command sets. It has the best speed with the best quality among any software CODECs.

    5. Check the 1394 connector before buying a DV IF card for video editing.
      The 4pin iLink connector is the evidence of the perfect DV editing solution for you.

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