Smart Edit 7 continues to allow 1080i HDV Editing, but the majority of features in Smart Edit 7 are for those editing standard definition (SD) who will enjoy all these features.

* Enhanced VGA display modes
Smart Edit 7 allows you to access even higher resolution monitoring of your Casablanca menus, up to 1920 x 1200 pixels . And when using this highest resolution setting, your Edit window provides the benefit of viewing more scenes in your Scene Bin (picture above). This new feature will enhance the experience, particularly those who spend hours in front of their editing interface. You have more information available with more clarity than ever before! Also, each of the VGA resolutions is clearly labeled to ensure you select the best one for your specific monitor.

* New Choices in Trim, Split and Insert Menus
You can use the same menus you are used to but you also have the choice of selecting these new settings that provide you with additional information. With Smart Edit 7 you are able to view both the in and out frames at the same time, and in Trim mode you see the selected in point minus 1 frame and the selected out point plus 1 frame. This additional information is what some of our professional customers have been yearning for and now we have it!

* Titler Enhancements
Smart Edit 7 provides two very attractive new benefits in the Titler Window. Under the Text - Style button of the Titler you can click a button 'Soften' that causes previously aliased or 'jaggy' fonts to appear smoother and cleaner than ever before! Add the new 'soften' sliding button that creates gentle, attractive drop shadows and titling in Smart Edit 7 has never been better!

* Supercharged Photo recording
Not only have our software developers improved the picture quality, the clarity of images captured live from a camera into your Casablanca using the 'Photo' button in the Record Window -- they have dramatically sped up the process. What used to take some 4-6 seconds per image has been reduced to 1-2 seconds. This allows you to connect your video camera directly to your Casablanca and record still images (photos, artwork, maps, etc.) directly into your Scene Bin in a very speedy process.

* All-New Stop/Fast Motion Recording Tool
This new capability in the Record Window allows you to connect a DV camera directly to your Casablanca for Stop Frame Animation as well as Time-Lapse Recording!

* Automatic Transition FX insert tool
In the Smart Edit 7 Transition Window, you can select one or multiple transition effects to be automatically added to the Storyboard. You can now also automatically remove every transition in the Storyboard, or all transitions from a given position to the end of the storyboard. Both of these are big time-savers.

* Select the Reference Scene for your Scene icons
As before Smart Edit shows the first frame of any scene as the icon in the Scene Bin & Storyboard. But with Smart Edit 7 you can customize the icon and scroll through the scene to select the frame you wish to reveal as the icon! For example, you may have a scene where you pan across the church to reveal the bride standing by the altar - previously you would have seen the beginning of your pan (with an empty church) now you can scroll in to select the bride standing by the altar to more quickly locate your important scenes in the Scene Bin.

* Group-Function for scenes in the scene bin
For those who have very involved projects with footage you wish to organize, you can use the new Grouping function in Smart Edit 7. You add your own names for groups of scenes and can add specific scenes into those groupings. Then you simply click a button and your Scene Bin shows only the one or selected scenes you wish to reveal. This allows you to work with a lot of scenes in a more manageable environment.

* Enhanced FX Preview modes
Under the Special list of the Edit Screen Smart Edit 7 continues to provide the choices we currently enjoy in the Full Size preview window but adds several very useful additional options.

You can now view a preview of both the original scene and the scene with the effect in small preview windows along with two additional choices. You can also click a button to have Smart Edit 7 provide you with a real-time playback of the scene with the effect added to give you a solid idea of what your intended change will look like!

There are a number of other additional improvements in Smart Edit 7 - one is the ability to down-convert in your camera from HDV to SD and Smart Edit 7 will now read and automatically split your footage.

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