Post Production Linear and Non-Linear Editing

The editing facilities at OCT consist of a digital linear inter-format suite, two Final Cut Pro suites and an AVID Adrenaline suite.

The digital linear suite is composed of digital beta, betaSP and DVCam machines tied together with an EditWare 500 series editor and Ross Synergy switcher. This suite is can edit up to 3 hrs digitally on DVCam tapes, easily handling multi-cam and long format projects. This suite is also equipped with a Pinnacle DVE Extreme effects unit and a Pinnacle Deko 2000 character generator for complete post-production editing.

The two Final Cut Pro suites can ingest media from either BetaSP, or DV Cam, or Digital Betacam via the Omneon file server. Both suites are equipped with Adobe photoshop and Adobe after Efx. Both suites are equipped with FinalCut Pro HD, DVD Studio Pro 3 with LiveType and Motion for animated graphics. An AVID Unity system facilitates the storage of media and networking among the non-linear suites. External audio boards and video scopes enhance the quality control of media in all of the suites.

The AVID Adrenaline offers format flexibility by allowing a mix of DV and SD in the same timeline with compression ratio from 15:1 to 1:1 (uncompressed). The AVID Adrenaline offers Marqee for animated 2D & 3D titling and includes Boris Continuum Complete AVX software for snazzy effects and Chroma Keying and advanced color correction if needed. This system can offer up to 11 streams of uncompressed SD video - in real time. The AVID suite is also connected to the Omneon server and the AVID Unity storage, facilitating the editing of longer projects with lots of media.

All non-linear suites are interconnected to the server, allowing the editors to transfer files and completed projects between each suite and directly to the on-air server for broadcast, keeping the projects in the digital realm. The on-air server broadcasts at DV25 level.