Media 100

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Media 100 is a manufacturer of non-linear editing systems designed for professional cutting and editing. The editing systems are currently all based on OEM AJA Kona boards, with the exception of the Software-only Producer and Producer Suite, and run exclusively on Macs. In the past, the editing systems were nearly exclusively based on custom hardware boards to be placed into Apple Macintosh computers, but Microsoft Windows-based systems were available as well. Media 100 was initially established as a division of Marlboro, MA-based Data Translation, Inc. then spun off as an independent company in 1996^[1]. After absorbing or merging with several companies (Terran Interactive, Digital Origin, and Wired, Inc.) it eventually entered bankruptcy proceedings, with its assets and employees acquired by Optibase in March 2004 ^[2]. It is presently owned by Artel Software, the maker of Boris FX, which acquired the company from Optibase in October 2005 ^[3].

1 Legacy products
2 Current products
3 Announced products
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Legacy products

Media 100 for 68K and PowerPC Macintosh computers with NuBus slots. This system used two cards connected internally by a pair of short ribbon cables, and a breakout box with two cables, one connecting to an external port on each card. The highest software version supported is 2.6.2
"Vincent", Media 100's first PCI version, released while the original NuBus model was still in production.
Media 100 ICE (an accelerator card for rendering certain effect plugins faster on Adobe After Effects, Avid, and Media 100's own systems)
iFinish (Windows version of Media 100i, based on the same hardware)
Media 100 qx (the i / iFinish without the software, for use with the Macintosh and Windows versions of Adobe Premiere)
844/x (Windows-based real-time editing and compositing system)
Cleaner and PowerSuite (an ICE accelerated version of Cleaner) Cleaner was previously known as Media Cleaner Pro and Movie Cleaner Pro and was owned by Terran Interactive. The Cleaner product line was subsequently sold to discreet/Autodesk.
Media 100 sw (software-only version of Media 100 HD, now renamed Producer - see current products section below)

[edit] Current products

Media 100 HD Suite (Digital-only HDTV and SDTV NLE system)
Media 100 HDe (Digital / Analog HDTV and SDTV NLE system)
Media 100 SDe (Digital / Analog SDTV NLE system)
Media 100 Producer (software-only version of Media 100 HD)
Media 100 Producer Suite (software-only version of Media 100 HD with bundled Boris Red 4 plugin for graphics, titles, effects and so forth)
Media 100 i Tune-Up (upgrade for the legacy Media100i SDTV NLE system),
Final Effects Complete (a collection of effect plugins for Adobe After Effects)

[edit] Announced products

Media 100 v11.6 (supports Intel Macs).

Media 100 v11.5 (support firewire devices through the FireWire connector, support for P2 cameras, support for SDI audio for the Media 100 HDX hardware and improved Boris Red, BorisFX and Graffiti integration with faster rendering[1]).