This page covers two products: Director & VideoDirector

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VideoDirector Suite

 

VideoDirector Suite is the innovative software that trims unwanted  footage from your home videotapes - turning them into truly wonderful  memories. VideoDirector Suite makes home videos more exciting and more watchable. All you need is the camcorder, the VCR and the PC you already own! This simple system is a breeze to use-- just choose the shots you want, drag and drop into the order you want and press "Make Tape." That's it! Everything you need is included. The result is great-looking highlight tapes  from camcorder videos you have right now. VideoDirector Suite supports all Hi8 and 8mm camcorders and all camcorders with a wireless remote. Also included is a suite of tools that will let you add exciting titles and graphics, sounds and animations to your videos (some of these advanced features may require additional hardware).

Suggested retail price: $ 199.95

 

The addition of a new, colorful, highly-intuitive user interface,  VideoDirector Home is Gold Disk newest entry into the home computer market. Like it's award winning predecessor, VideoDirector Home gives you the power you need to easily and effectively edit unwanted footage from your home videotapes - turning them into truly wonderful memories. All you need is the camcorder, the VCR and the PC you already own! This simple system is a breeze to use-- just choose the shots you want, drag and drop into the order you want and press "Make Tape." That's it! Everything you need is  included. The result is great-looking highlight tapes from camcorder videos you have right now. VideoDirector Home supports all Hi8 and 8mm camcorders and all commercial camcorders with a wireless remote.

Suggested retail price: $99.95

Your PC Controls Everything
Tools
Advanced Features for VideoDirector Suite Storyboards
System Requirements

It's easy to see why your favorite home video moments are so special. And now it's easy to share them, thanks to VideoDirector - the software that trims unwanted footage from your videotapes, turning them into truly wonderful memories. VideoDirector makes home videos more exciting, more watchable. Videos of holidays, vacations, birthdays, weddings, and more.

Gold Disk has three versions of VideoDirector:
VideoDirector Home
VideoDirector Suite
VideoDirector Macintosh

All three are so simple to use, it's almost unbelievable! All you need is the camcorder, the VCR, and the PC or Macintosh computer you already own. Connect them with the included SmartCable, then choose the shots you want. Put them in the order you desire and press "make tape". That's it! Everything you need is included. The result is engaging highlight tapes from any camcorder videos you have now. VideoDirector even does tape labels for you.

More than 100,000 people are already creating highlight videos with VideoDirector. Now it's your turn. So sit down with your loved ones and give them the best moments of their lives - all on one videotape.

Your PC Controls Your Camcorder and VCR

Just plug the included SmartCable into the serial port of your PC and connect your camcorder and VCR. You'll be up and running in minutes. VideoDirector can find each of your favorite clips, and copy them directly from your camcorder to your VCR. There is no need to worry about extra memory, expensive video cards, or filling up important hard disk space with cumbersome video files.

 

Powerful, Friendly Tools

• Familiar VCR style controls look and work just like the controls on your VCR.
• Point and Click marking - Point and click to mark the beginning or end of your high- lights, or hit the spacebar for Quick Logging.
• Drag and drop editing - use your mouse to arrange your highlights in any order you like.
• Advanced cataloging* - lets you sort and find highlights by name, date or subject.
• Printing - create attractive labels for all your camcorder and VCR tapes. You can also print lists of highlights that fit the videotapes cassette case.
• Tutorial and On-line help** - from "Getting Started" tutorial to extensive on-line help, we've made sure you'll get the most out of VideoDirector.
• Setup**- VideoDirector automatically con-figures itself to work perfectly with your camcorder and VCR.
• Supports Sony RC time code and exports Event Lists in a variety of professional EDL formats.*
• Browse through your camcorder tapes directly from your computer. Choose the scenes you want by clicking a button.
• Then drag and drop your highlights into the order you want. You can even combine highlights from multiple tapes.
• Press "Make Tape" and sit back as VideoDirector scans through your camcorder tapes and creates a highlight tape on your VCR - automatically!

*Available only for VideoDirector Suite and VideoDirector for Macintosh

**Available only for VideoDirector Suite and VideoDirector Home

VideoDirector Suite's Advanced Features

For the serious video editor, Video-Director Suite includes a host of sophisticated editing and cataloging tools, label printing, support for advanced video hardware and much more. When you are ready to create even better videos, VideoDirector Suite gives you all the tools and clip media you need to create titles, voice-overs, sound effects and animation (additional hardware may be required).

Advanced Features for Better Videos*

Special Effects

• Title Editor - create and edit professional looking, scrolling titles
• Sound Editor - create and edit voice-overs and sound effects
• Animation Editor - create and edit complete animated "movies"
• Clip Art Library - a huge collection of music, animations, and clip art

Storyboards
Every great production needs a storyboard. Both VideoDirector Suite and VideoDirector for the Macintosh can automatically capture the first frame of every highlight. These graphical picons are displayed on a storyboard so you can edit like a pro. You can also view your footage right on your PC monitor.

System requirements

• Any PC with Windows 3.1 or higher, 4 MB RAM, 1 free serial port (for VideoDirector Home and VideoDirector Suite
• Any Macintosh computer later than a Mac Plus, including Power Macintosh (For VideoDirector for Macintosh)
• Any camcorder with a wireless remote, or any 8mm or Hi-8 camcorder
• Any VCR with a wireless remote

VideoDirector Suite Optional Requirements:

• Suite applications and clip media provided on CD-ROM (Suite applications also available on floppy disk)

To use the advanced features on VideoDirector Suite you need:

• View video on PC monitor and capture picons: MCI-compatible video-in-a-window card
• Voice-overs, sound effects, MIDI music: a Windows-compatible sound board
• Music from audio CDs: CD-ROM drive
• Full screen titles, graphics and animations: VGA-to-video encoder or scan converter
• Titles, graphics and animations superimposed on your video footage: a genlock card or an MCI-compatible video overlay card plus a VGA-to-video encoder or scan converter

VideoDirector Suite Also supports the following video equipment:

• Sony Vbox and all Sony VISCA compatible VCRs
• Selectra VuPort and Future Video EditLink controllers for Panasonic AG1960 & AG 1970 VCRs