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• Multiple real-time effects layers with full 2D place and size, slow-motion, color correction,
and programmable keying on every layer.
• Unlimited non-real-time effects layers with faster than real-time rendering
• Advanced chroma keying in addition to luma and alpha keying
• Color correction capabilities with programmable color space conversion and full curve fitting
on any color component.
• Pipeline ProVTR RS-422 Device Control.
• Adobe Premiere or other non-linear editing software.
• True 2D 14-bit Sub-pixel up/down Resizer.
PC System Recommendations
We recommend that you use a certified Pinnacle Systems workstation, or a Pinnacle
Systems “Ready To Edit” solution. This is because the throughput requirements for
multiple simultaneous video streams plus graphics and audio are extremely high. As a
result, system hardware requirements are equally high. TARGA 3000 requires a high-end
workstation capable of handling this level of throughput.
In addition, configuring the workstation is difficult because TARGA 3000 is specifically
designed to push the system to its throughput limit to provide you the greatest possible
productivity. Under the hood of a high-end personal workstation, you’ll find many
permutations of BIOS settings, NT service packs, interrupt conflicts, hard drive mode page
settings, hard drive striping/formatting settings, driver settings, and PCI slot selections.
Pinnacle Systems has certified only a few specific configurations so these and other
criteria can be precisely optimized for the highest possible throughput in a real-time video
environment. These settings are so interrelated and specific to each configuration that it is