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Safe Harbor's all new TSUNAMI Surf workstation for AVID Media Composer!
The 13th Gen Intel® Core™ processor family offers faster P-cores and more E-cores with support for DDR5 and PCIe 4.0/5.0. That provides a platform that can max out multitasking and choice for configurability. The 13th Gen Intel® Core™ desktop processors, when paired with the Z790 chipset, deliver the breakthrough performance and features that creators and professionals need to work at their best.
ASUS and ROG Z790 motherboards promise full support for 13th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors, with even higher clock speeds, more cores and support for faster DDR5 memory than ever before. The ROG, ROG Strix, TUF Gaming, Prime and ProArt series are prepared for this onslaught with enhanced performance tuning, cooling, power delivery, connectivity, and ease of installation.
TSUNAMI Surf Features
Accelerate storytelling with the tools embraced by top movie, television, and broadcast editors with AVID Media Composer and the TSUNAMI Surf!
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Define 7
The Define 7 is the latest pinnacle of the renowned Define series, setting a new standard for what you should expect from a mid-tower case when it comes to modularity, flexibility and ease of use.
• New chassis design opens up to fully expose the case interior
• Anodized aluminum front panel with reversible dual-handed hinges
• Multibracket converts unused fan positions to HDD, SSD or pump mounts
Open and interchangeable
Swap in the ventilated panel to add three filtered fan positions;
remove the entire top to build and route with zero hindrance
Superior airflow by design
Three Dynamic X2 GP-14 fans come preinstalled with room to expand up to a total of nine fans.
Impressive cooling capacity with a total of nine 140 mm or 120 mm fan mounting positions
Easy-to-clean high airflow nylon filters with full PSU coverage and convenient front access
The single 5.25” ODD bay can be converted to an additional 140 mm front fan mount with filtered louver covering
Open layout for massive headroom
You’ll find more than enough space for your custom water loop with large reservoirs and radiators up to 420 mm in the default Open Layout.
Adaptable dual-layout interior design fits large motherboards up to 285 mm E-ATX
Support for radiators up to 360 mm in front, 420 mm up top, or 280 mm in the base
6 SSD/HDD trays + 2 SSD brackets + 1 Multibracket included
Superlative storage
Convert to Storage Layout and install up to 14 HDDs alongside four dedicated SSDs mounts
6 universal HDD/SSD brackets included with 14 positions total in Storage Layout
2 dedicated SSD brackets included with 4 positions total
Versatile Multibracket converts any unused fan position to an HDD, SSD or pump mount
Sturdy new HDD cage design with vibration damped trays
Exceptionally silent
Silence-optimized construction with industrial sound-damped front, top, and side panels
Cable management
Integrated cable guides with Velcro ties simplifies cable management behind the board
Nexus+ 2 fan hub
Ultra-slim Nexus+ 2 fan hub connects up to three PWM fans and six 3-pin fans
Type-C interface
Five front USB ports including one USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C with fast charging and speeds up to 10Gbps
Versatile new Multibracket
The included Multibracket lets you convert
any unused fan position to an HDD, SSD or pump mount.
The NH-U12A chromax.black is an all-black version of Noctua’s award-winning NH-U12A premium-quality quiet CPU cooler. Thanks to the same proven asymmetrical single-tower heatsink design and state-of-the-art NF-A12x25 PWM fans, it stays true to the NH-U12A’s successful formula of fusing best-in-class cooling performance with superb quietness of operation and outstanding RAM, case and PCIe compatibility. At the same time, the chromax.black version with its black fans and black coated heatsink combines these assets with a sleek stealth look. Topped off with the renowned SecuFirm2™ multi-socket mounting system, Noctua’s enthusiast-grade NT-H1 thermal compound and a full 6-year manufacturer’s warranty, the NH-U12A chromax.black is a deluxe choice for customers who seek a highly compatible 120mm heatsink that can rival the performance of 140mm units and looks just as great as it cools.
Explosive pace for intense gaming
Discover the powerful performance with PCIe ® 4.0 and experience blistering speeds to face the competition. The intelligent heat regulation of the Samsung controller offers high energy efficiency with consistently high speed and performance. So nothing stands in the way of gaming fun.
PCIe ® at lightning speed
Get blistering speed for your gaming experience, video and 3D editing, data analysis, and more. Because thanks to PCIe ® the performance is adjusted: With 40% and 55% faster random read and write speeds compared to the 980 PRO, up to 1,400 K / 1,550 K IOPS and with sequential read/write speeds of up to 7,450 / 6,900 MB/ s.
Groundbreaking energy efficiency
Higher performance often consumes more power. Not with the 990 PRO. Experience low power consumption with over 50% improved performance per watt over the previous model.
Smart temperature regulation
The nickel-plated controller and state-of-the-art thermal control algorithm regulate heat, allowing for unrestricted performance. The heatspreader label controls the heat of the NAND chip, while the Dynamic Thermal Guard technology regulates temperatures.
The performance maker
Your gaming fun will be catapulted into wide spheres. Because a performance improvement of more than 55% over the previous model enables faster loading processes for a more authentic gaming experience of Playstation 5 and PC games with Direct Storage function.
Samsung Magician software
Advanced drive management made easy with Samsung Magician software. The user-friendly software solution helps you to always keep an eye on your SSD. With it, you can keep your drive up-to-date with updates, monitor status parameters and speed, and even optimize performance.
The SSD that goes further
Accelerate into next-gen computing. The Samsung 970 EVO delivers breakthrough speeds, best-in-class reliability, and a broad range of capacity options up to 2TB*. The latest V-NAND, new Phoenix controller, and Intelligent TurboWrite technology enhance high-end gaming and 4K & 3D graphic editing.
Next level SSD speed
Feel the NVMe difference. The 970 EVO transforms high-end gaming and streamlines graphic-intensive workflows with the new Phoenix controller and Intelligent TurboWrite technology. Get stunning sequential read/write speeds of 3,500/2,500 MB/s*, up to 32% faster writes than the previous generation.
Design Flexibility
The next advancement in NVMe SSDs. The 970 EVO fits up to 2TB onto the compact M.2 (2280) form factor, greatly expanding storage capacity and saving space for other components. Samsung's innovative technology empowers you with the capacity to do more and accomplish more.
Exceptional Endurance
The new standard in sustainable performance. Get up to 1,200 TBW* with a 5-year limited warranty, achieving 50 percent higher than the previous generation. The 970 EVO provides exceptional endurance powered by the latest V-NAND technology and Samsung’s reputation for quality.
Unparalleled Reliability
Achieve a new level of drive confidence. Samsung’s advanced nickel-coated controller and heat spreader on the 970 EVO enable superior heat dissipation. The Dynamic Thermal Guard automatically monitors and maintains optimal operating temperatures to minimize performance drops.
Samsung Magician
Advanced drive management made simple. Samsung Magician software will help you keep an eye on your drive. A suite of user-friendly tools helps keep your drive up to date, monitor drive health and speed, and even boost performance.
Professional RAID Made Easy.
Whether you’re a seasoned creative pro or just getting started, the LaCie 2big family has something for everyone: a docking solution with an array of helpful ports and card slots; hardware RAID 0/1 for controlling speed, capacity, or data redundancy; huge capacity for archiving; smooth USB-C and Thunderbolt 3 speeds; Rescue Data Recovery services for long-term peace of mind; and enterprise-class drives dishing out intense performance so you can do what you do—better.
Great innovation is often born from great challenge. So when modern USB-C laptops eliminated many of the ports and slots crucial to the creative process, we went straight to the drawing board. The result is 2big Dock Thunderbolt 3—a solution that gives back everything you need for a streamlined workflow.
USB 3.0 Hub
Via the front-facing hub, charge your phone or connect a shuttle drive or digital camera to offload footage and files.
SD and CF Card Slots
Directly ingest files from your drone, DSLR, GoPro®, and other devices with the front-facing memory card slots.
Dual Thunderbolt 3 Ports
Daisy chain up to 5 additional LaCie 2big drives or other Thunderbolt or USB-C solutions.
DisplayPort
Connect to high-resolution 720-1080p and 4K displays.
USB 3.1 Port
Compatible with USB-C and USB 3.0 computers via the included adapter cable.
Thunderbolt and
Thunderbolt 2 Ready.
Using an older-gen Thunderbolt or Thunderbolt 2 Mac computer? You can still tap into the intense speeds of 2big Dock Thunderbolt 3 by using the Apple Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) to Thunderbolt 2 Adapter.
Hardware RAID. Simplified.
Whether you’re new to 2-bay hardware RAID or a seasoned pro, LaCie RAID Manager makes it easy to configure any 2big for speed, capacity, or data redundancy. It even helps you monitor the system’s health via email notifications.
Fierce Internal Hard Drives.
IronWolf Pro enterprise-class drives live inside our latest-gen 2big solutions—and they’re the secret sauce to sprinting past goals and deadlines. Supporting up to 300TB/year workloads, they’re specifically designed for RAID and high-speed 7200-RPM performance, delivering smooth power management, massive capacity, and 24×7 reliability. And for ultimate peace of mind they’re covered by a 5-year warranty.
Whether you’re a seasoned creative pro or just getting started, the LaCie 2big family has something for everyone: a docking solution with an array of helpful ports and card slots; hardware RAID 0/1 for controlling speed, capacity, or data redundancy; huge capacity for archiving; smooth USB-C and Thunderbolt 3 speeds; Rescue Data Recovery services for long-term peace of mind; and enterprise-class drives dishing out intense performance so you can do what you do—better.
Great innovation is often born from great challenge. So when modern USB-C laptops eliminated many of the ports and slots crucial to the creative process, we went straight to the drawing board. The result is 2big Dock Thunderbolt 3—a solution that gives back everything you need for a streamlined workflow.
Directly ingest files from your drone, DSLR, GoPro®, and other devices with the front-facing memory card slots.
Whether you’re new to 2-bay hardware RAID or a seasoned pro, LaCie RAID Manager makes it easy to configure any 2big for speed, capacity, or data redundancy. It even helps you monitor the system’s health via email notifications.
IronWolf Pro enterprise-class drives live inside our latest-gen 2big solutions—and they’re the secret sauce to sprinting past goals and deadlines. Supporting up to 300TB/year workloads, they’re specifically designed for RAID and high-speed 7200-RPM performance, delivering smooth power management, massive capacity, and 24×7 reliability. And for ultimate peace of mind they’re covered by a 5-year warranty.
The G-RAID™ 2 is a high-performance, 2-bay enterprise-class storage system featuring ultra-reliable, 7200RPM Ultrastar® drives inside, Thunderbolt™ 3, USB-C™ and HDMI® connectivity for ultimate flexibility. This ultra-fast, high-capacity storage solution is designed for the most demanding applications while easily supporting multi-stream HD, 2K, 4K and HDR video workflows.
• Dual Thunderbolt™ 3 ports and a single USB-C™ port
• Dual, 7200RPM Ultrastar® hard drives inside
• Daisy chaining for up to 5 additional devices
• Ready to go in RAID 0, configurable to RAID 1 (mirroring) or JBOD
• Stackable all-aluminium enclosure
• Formatted for Mac, and easily reformatted for Windows®
• 5-year limited warranty
Enterprise-Class, 7200RPM Ultrastar® Hard Drives Inside
For all your demanding workloads and mission-critical content, you can rely on the power and enhanced reliability of the enterprise-class 7200RPM Ultrastar® hard drives inside.
Daisy-chaining for up to 5 Additional Devices
With dual Thunderbolt™ 3 ports, you can conveniently daisy chain up to 5 additional devices to stay connected to multiple drives, 4K displays, and more, through a single connection to your computer.
High-Speed Data Transfers
Quickly move your HD photos and 4K footage to spend less time waiting and more time creating with high-speed data transfers using the Thunderbolt™ 3 or USB-C™ ports.
Premium, All-Aluminum Enclosure
With a premium, anodized aluminum enclosure, the G-RAID™ 2 pairs beautifully with your high-end computer and gives you durable strength you can feel.
Built-in Hardware RAID
For maximum performance, G-RAID™ 2 comes ready to go in RAID 0 and can be configured to RAID 1 (mirroring) or JBOD for ultimate flexibility.
5-year Limited Warranty
Backed by a 5-year limited warranty, you can be confident in the reliable storage of the G-RAID™ 2 for years to come.
A transportable 4-bay hardware RAID solution with Thunderbolt™ 3 and USB-C™ interfaces offering content creators up to 72TB* of massive capacity and high-powered performance for consolidated backup, super-fast access, and real-time video editing. Supports multi-stream 4K workflows, comes in RAID 5 out of the box and supports RAID 0, 1, 10 or JBOD configurations, and provides transfer rates up to 1000MB/s read and 1100MB/s write**. Along with 7200RPM Ultrastar™ enterprise-class hard drives inside for enhanced reliability and a trusted 5-year limited warranty, the G-RAID™ SHUTTLE 4 is the ultimate storage solution for demanding video workflows on location and in the studio.
•Massive capacity and transportable design
• Thunderbolt™ 3 (40Gbps) and USB-C™ (10Gbps) compatibility
• Supports multi-stream 4K, 8K and VR workflows
•Hardware RAID: RAID 5 out of the box, supports 0, 1, 10 or JBOD
•Up to 1000MB/s read and 1100MB/s write speeds**
•Dual Thunderbolt™ 3 ports and daisy chaining for up to 5 additional devices
•Removable, reliable 7200RPM Ultrastar™ enterprise-class drives
•5-Year limited warranty
Massive Capacity in Transportable Design
With up to 72TB* of high-powered RAID storage in an easy-to-transport design, content creators get a premium solution for their demanding workflows on location or in the studio.
With up to 1000MB/s read and 1100MB/s** write speeds, and support for multi-stream 4K, 8K and VR workflows, you can quickly move or copy all your media so you can spend less time waiting and more time creating with high-speed data transfers using the Thunderbolt™ 3 (40Gbps) or USB-C™ (10Gbps) ports.
For balanced performance, G-RAID™ SHUTTLE 4 comes ready to go in RAID 5. Or, select RAID 0, 1, 10, or JBOD for ultimate flexibility.
Removable, 7200RPM Ultrastar™ Enterprise-class Drives Inside
For all your demanding workloads and mission-critical footage, you can depend on the power and enhanced reliability of four (4) removable, reliable 7200RPM Ultrastar™ enterprise-class drives inside.
With dual Thunderbolt™ 3 ports, you can conveniently daisy chain up to 5 additional devices, keeping you connected to multiple drives, 4K displays, and more, through a single connection to your computer.
5-Year Limited Warranty
Backed by a 5-year limited warranty, you can be confident in the reliable storage of the G-RAID™ SHUTTLE 4 for years to come.
A transportable 8-bay hardware RAID solution with Thunderbolt™ 3 and USB-C™ interfaces offering content creators up to 144TB* of colossal capacity and high-powered performance for consolidated backup, super-fast access, and real-time video editing. Supports multi-stream 4K workflows, RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and 60 configurations, and provides transfer rates up to 1900MB/s read and 2000MB/s write**. Along with Ultrastar™ enterprise-class hard drives inside for enhanced reliability and a trusted 5-year limited warranty, the G-RAID™ SHUTTLE 8 is the ultimate storage solution for demanding video workflows on location and in the studio.
· Colossal capacity and transportable design
· Thunderbolt™ 3 (40Gbps) and USB-C™ (10Gbps) compatibility
· Supports multi-stream 4K, 8K and VR workflows
· Hardware RAID: Supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
· Up to 1900MB/s read and 2000MB/s write speeds**
· Dual Thunderbolt™ 3 ports and daisy chaining for up to 5 additional devices
· Removable, reliable 7200RPM Ultrastar™ enterprise-class drives
· 5-Year limited warranty
Colossal capacity in transportable design
With up to 144TB* of high-powered RAID storage in an easy-to-transport design, content creators get a premium solution for their demanding workflows on location or in the studio.
Built-in hardware RAID
For balanced performance, G-RAID™ SHUTTLE 8 comes ready to go in RAID 5. Or, select RAID 0, 1, 6, 10, 50, 60 or JBOD for ultimate flexibility.
Removable, reliable 7200RPM Ultrastar™ enterprise-class drives
For all your demanding workloads and mission-critical footage, you can depend on the power and enhanced reliability of eight (8) removable Ultrastar™ enterprise-class 7200RPM hard drives inside.
Daisy-chaining for up to 5 additional devices
With dual Thunderbolt 3 ports, you can conveniently daisy chain up to 5 additional devices, keeping you connected to multiple drives, 4K displays, and more, through a single connection to your computer.
5-Year limited warranty
Backed by a 5-year limited warranty, you can be confident in the reliable storage of the G-RAID™ SHUTTLE 8 for years to come.
Store. Dock. Streamline.
Whether you’re a seasoned creative pro or just getting started, the LaCie 2big family has something for everyone: a docking solution with an array of helpful ports and card slots; hardware RAID 0/1 for controlling speed, capacity, or data redundancy; huge capacity for archiving; smooth USB-C and Thunderbolt 4 speeds; Rescue Data Recovery services for long-term peace of mind; and enterprise-class drives dishing out intense performance so you can do what you do—better.
Great innovation is often
Great innovation is often born from great challenge. So when modern USB-C laptops eliminated many of the ports and slots crucial to the creative process, we went straight to the drawing board. The result is 2big Dock Thunderbolt 4— a solution that gives back everything you need for a streamlined workflow.
USB 3.2 Gen2 Hub
Via the front-facing hub, charge your phone or connect a shuttle drive or camera to offload footage and files.
CFexpress Type B, CFast 2.0, and SD Card Slots
Directly ingest files from your camera, drone and other devices with the front-facing advanced memory card slots.
Dual Thunderbolt Ports
Daisy chain up to five additional Thunderbolt devices or one USB-C device.
DisplayPort 1.4
Connect an 8K (30Hz) or 4K (120Hz) monitor via the DisplayPort.
Using an older-gen Thunderbolt 2 Mac computer? You can still tap into the intense speeds of 2big Dock by using the Apple Thunderbolt (USB-C) to Thunderbolt 2 Adapter.*
*The Mac must be running macOS Sierra 10.12 or later and transfer rates are based upon the speed of the connection, up to 20Gb/s for Thunderbolt 2. For details and potential restrictions, see Apple Support Adapter sold separately.
IronWolf Pro enterprise-class drives live inside our latest-gen 2big solutions—and they’re the secret sauce to sprinting past goals and deadlines. Supporting up to 300TB/year workloads, they’re specifically designed for RAID and high-speed 7200-RPM performance, delivering smooth power management, massive capacity, and 24×7 reliability. And for ultimate peace of mind, they’re covered by a 5-year warranty.
Works with iPad USB-C
Bring extra storage to your Apple iPad USB-C. Simply connect your LaCie drive to iPad’s USB-C port and enjoy increased capacity. Plus, when connecting with the 2big Dock, it will power your iPad USB-C and you get all the benefits of its docking station—USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type A port, CFexpress Type B card reader, CFast 2.0 card reader, SD card reader, and even connect your monitors.
We’ve Got Your Back
When the unexpected happens—like water damage or natural disaster—Rescue Services help you defend against data loss and retrieval costs so you can rest easier.
Pros Trust the Rugged Family.
Since 2005, LaCie Rugged® portable hard drives have thrived where only the toughest survive—the film sets, photo shoots, and music studios of the world’s most influential creative pros. Why? Because LaCie Rugged products are the industry’s most trusted way to capture and transport data in the field.
We’ve unleashed over 6,000,000 Rugged s into the wild since 2005 design by neil poulton
Rugged Drives for All-Terrain Reliability.
From IP67-rated extreme water resistance to drop, rain,dust, and crush resistance—it’s durability like this that keeps photographers and filmmakers coming back for Rugged drives. Compact, sturdy, and ready for anything, they’re the ideal solution for transporting data on set, in thestudio, and into the hands of your clients.
Go Laptop Free with BOSS.
When you need to back up, review, and manage content in the field—without a laptop—there’s a special Rugged for that—Rugged BOSS SSD. Short for Backup On Set Solution, our BOSS drives let you directly back up files from SD cards and other USB devices and monitor transfer progress, capacity, and battery life via the built-in status screen. But the real game changer? The LaCie BOSS app. To view and organize footage on set, simply plug your iOS or Android mobile device into the drive, pull up the app, and get to work.
Thunderbolt, USB-C, and USB 3.0 Ready.
A common scenario: You need to edit and deliver a project to a client, but you use a USB-C Macbook Pro and they use a USB 3.0 computer. What do you do? Simple—go for Rugged. This family of drives embraces a wide array of interface compatibilities so that you can edit, collaborate, and share seamlessly.
RAID Versatility, Blazing-Fast SSDs
Say goodbye to long, drawn out transfers. Rugged hard drives, RAID solutions, and SSDs feature a variety of high capacity,high-speeds, and even NVMe-boosted performance so that you’re no longer at the time-stealing mercy of RAW image files and high-resolution video. Transfer,edit, and hit your deadlines—faster.
Encrypted Drives for Extra Protection.
Select Rugged drives come with government-grade AES-256 self-encryption thanks to Seagate Secure™ Technology—ensuring your ideas and hard work stay safe from unauthorized access and intellectual property theft.
Rescue Data Recovery Services.
When it comes to unpredictable events such as water damage to your studio or a natural disaster, we’ve got your back. Most Rugged portable hard drives include Rescue Data Recovery Services lasting the length of your warranty. We’ll work tirelessly to help you save your data and money with one in-lab recovery service.
The G-DRIVE™ PRO enterprise-class desktop hard drive is perfect for storage-intensive applications like audio/video editing or digital photography with an ultra-fast Thunderbolt™ 3 and USB-C™ interfaces in a premium, all-aluminum enclosure. With a high-capacity, enterprise-class 7200RPM Ultrastar™ drive inside, the G-DRIVE PRO device is plug and play on Mac, and easily reformatted for Windows®.
• Dual Thunderbolt™ 3 (20Gbps) ports and a single USB-C™ port with support for USB 3.2 Gen 1
• Enterprise-class 7200RPM Ultrastar™ drive inside
• Solid, all-aluminum enclusure for premium durability
• 5-Year limited warranty
High-speed Data Transfers
Quickly move all your HD images and 4K footage so you can spend less time waiting and more time creating with high-speed data transfers using the Thunderbolt™ 3 or USB-C™ ports.
Daisy-chaining for up to 5 Additonal Devices
With dual Thunderbolt™ 3 ports, you can conveniently daisy-chaining for up to 5 additional devices, keeping you connected to multiple drives, 4K displays, and more, through a single connection to your computer.
With a premium, anodized aluminum enclosure, the G-DRIVE™ PRO pairs beautifully with your high-end computer and gives you durable strength you can feel.
Reliable, Enterprise-class 7200RPM Ultrastar™ Drive Inside
For all your demanding workloads and mission-critical content, you can rely on the power and enhanced reliability of the 7200RPM Ultrastar™ enterprise-class hard drives inside.
Mac Ready, Apple Time Machine Compatible
Ready to go for Mac computers and Apple Time Machine backup right out of the box. Easily reformat for Windows and Windows Backup.
Backed by a 5-year limited warranty, you can be confident in the reliable storage of the G-DRIVE™ PRO for years to come.
ATOM PRO NVME SSD
The Atom Pro NVMe Solid State Drive from Glyph pushes the envelope for portable SSDs. Built to handle the most demanding 4K, 8K, and VR workflows. Designed to endure the elements with MIL-Standard 810F rating for shock, vibration, dust, and sand. The Atom Pro takes advantage of Thunderbolt 3's throughput to reach transfer rates of up to 2,800 MB/s.
QUALITY COMPONENTS MATTER
Atom Pro has been designed from the ground up to provide the fastest performance, ultimate reliability, and a simple, elegant experience throughout your creative process. First, we select the highest quality components available. Then we assemble the drives in our US factory and perform regimented testing on every unit before it ships to you.
Easy to Setup!
Atom Pro comes preformatted HFS+ with Journaling and is Time Machine compatible out of the box. A simple reformat is all it takes for the Atom Pro to work with Windows systems.
The world of professional visualization is evolving rapidly. Advanced requirements like real-time ray tracing, AI, compute, engineering simulation, and immersive VR are common across industries, while millions of professionals have shifted to working from home.
The NVIDIA RTX A6000 delivers everything designers, engineers, and artists need to meet today's demands from their desktop. Built on the NVIDIA Ampere architecture, the RTX A6000 combines 84 second-generation RT Cores, 336 third-generation Tensor Cores, and 10,752 CUDA cores with 48 GB of graphics memory for unprecedented rendering, AI, graphics, and compute performance. Connect two RTX A6000s with NVIDIA NVLink™ for 96 GB of combined GPU memory. And access the power of your workstation from anywhere with remote-access software. Engineer amazing products, design state-of-the art buildings, drive scientific breakthroughs, and create immersive entertainment with the world's most powerful graphics solution.
Highlights
CUDA Cores 10752
Tensor Cores 336
RT Cores 84
Single Precision Performance 38.7 TFLOPS
RT Core Performance 75.6 TFLOPS
Tensor Performance 309.7 TFLOPS
GPU Memory 48 GB GDDR6 with ECC
Memory Interface 384-bit
Memory Bandwidth 768 GB/sec
System Interface PCI Express 4.0 x16
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort 1.4a
Maximum Power Consumption 300 W
Incredible Application Performance
Experience fast, interactive performance—powered by the latest NVIDIA Ampere architecture-based GPU—with ultra-fast, on-board graphics memory technology and optimized software drivers for professional applications.
The NVIDIA RTX A6000 includes 84 RT Cores to accelerate photorealistic ray-traced rendering up to 80% faster than the previous generation. Hardware accelerated Motion BVH (bounding volume hierarchy) improves motion blur rendering performance by up to 7X when compared to previous generation.
With 336 Tensor Cores to accelerate AI workflows, the RTX A6000 provides the power necessary for AI development and training workloads. Incredible inferencing performance, combined with enterprise-class stability and reliability, make RTX A6000-powered desktop workstations ideal for professional AI training and inferencing deployments.
Scale application performance even more with NVIDIA NVLink technology that lets you combine two RTX A6000 cards to double the effective GPU memory and performance in a single workstation chassis to 96 GB.
Ensure hardware compatibility and stability through NVIDIA support of the latest OpenGL, DirectX, Vulkan, and CUDA standards, deep independent software vendor (ISV) developer engagements, and certification with over 100 professional software applications.
NGC support gives engineers, researchers, and data scientists access to NVIDIA-tuned, tested, certified, and maintained containers for the top deep learning frameworks, as well as third-party managed high-performance computing (HPC) containers, NVIDIA HPC visualization containers, and partner applications.
Rich, Expansive Visual Workspace
Experience stunning imagery through movie-quality, anti-aliasing techniques, high-dynamic range (HDR) color support, higher refresh rates, and up to 8K screen resolution at 60 Hz from a single cable with the DisplayPort 1.4a standard.
Value for IT Administrators
Experience higher-quality products driven by power-efficient hardware and components selected for optimum operational performance, durability, and longevity.
Enjoy maximum uptime thanks to exhaustive product testing with leading OEMs and system integrators that simulates the most demanding real-world conditions.
Remotely monitor and manage NVIDIA professional products in your enterprise by integrating the NVIDIA Enterprise Management Toolkit (NVWMI) in your IT asset management framework.
Scale up NVIDIA RTX Enterprise driver deployment to hundreds of workstations using NVWMI’s powerful driver installer.
NVIDIA NVLink
Scales memory and performance for the largest visual computing workloads
Faster than PCIe-based solutions and offers flexible configurations
vGPU Software Support
NVIDIA GRID
NVIDIA vDWS
NVIDIA Virtual Compute Server
vGPU Profiles from 1 GB to 48 GB
NVIDIA Ampere Architecture
NVIDIA RTX A6000 is the most powerful workstation GPU NVIDIA offering high performance real-time ray tracing, AI-accelerated compute, and professional graphics rendering. Building upon the major SM enhancements from the Turing GPU, the NVIDIA Ampere architecture enhances ray tracing operations, tensor matrix operations, and concurrent executions of FP32 and INT32 operations.
CUDA Cores
The NVIDIA Ampere architecture-based CUDA cores bring up to 2X the single-precision floating point (FP32) throughput compared to the previous generation, providing significant performance improvements for graphics workflows such as 3D model development and compute for workloads such as desktop simulation for computer-aided engineering (CAE). The RTX A6000 enables two FP32 primary data paths, doubling the peak FP32 operations.
Second Generation RT Cores
Incorporating second generation ray tracing engines, NVIDIA Ampere architecture-based GPUs provide incredible ray traced rendering performance. A single RTX A6000 board can render complex professional models with physically accurate shadows, reflections, and refractions to empower users with instant insight. Working in concert with applications leveraging APIs such as NVIDIA OptiX, Microsoft DXR and Vulkan ray tracing, systems based on the RTX A6000 will power truly interactive design workflows to provide immediate feedback for unprecedented levels of productivity. The RTX A6000 is up to 2X faster in ray tracing compared to the previous generation. This technology also speeds up the rendering of ray-traced motion blur for faster results with greater visual accuracy.
Third Generation Tensor Cores
Purpose-built for deep learning matrix arithmetic at the heart of neural network training and inferencing functions, the RTX A6000 includes enhanced Tensor Cores that accelerate more datatypes, and includes a new Fine-Grained Structured Sparsity feature that delivers up to 2X throughput for tensor matrix operations compared to the previous generation. New Tensor Cores will accelerate two new TF32 and BFloat16 precision modes. Independent floating-point and integer data paths allow more efficient execution of workloads using a mix of computation and addressing calculations.
PCIe Gen 4
The RTX A6000 supports PCI Express Gen 4, which provides double the bandwidth of PCIe Gen 3, improving data-transfer speeds from CPU memory for data-intensive tasks like AI and data science.
Higher Speed GDDR6 Memory
Built with 48GB GDDR6 memory delivering up to 15% greater throughput for ray tracing, rendering, and AI workloads than the previous generation. The RTX A6000 provides the industry’s largest graphics memory footprint to address the largest datasets and models in latency-sensitive professional applications.
Error Correcting Code (ECC) on Graphics Memory
Meet strict data integrity requirements for mission critical applications with uncompromised computing accuracy and reliability for workstations.
Fifth Generation NVDEC Engine
NVDEC is well suited for transcoding and video playback applications for real-time decoding. The following video codecs are supported for hardware-accelerated decoding: MPEG-2, VC-1, H.264 (AVCHD), H.265 (HEVC), VP8, VP9, and AV1.
Seventh Generation NVENC Engine
NVENC can take on the most demanding 4K or 8K video encoding tasks to free up the graphics engine and the CPU for other operations. The RTX A6000 provides better encoding quality than software-based x264 encoders.
Graphics Preemption
Pixel-level preemption provides more granular control to better support time-sensitive tasks such as VR motion tracking.
Compute Preemption
Preemption at the instruction-level provides finer grain control over compute tasks to prevent long-running applications from either monopolizing system resources or timing out.
NVIDIA RTX IO
Accelerating GPU-based lossless decompression performance by up to 100x and 20x lower CPU utilization compared to traditional storage APIs using Microsoft’s new DirectStorage for Windows API. RTX IO moves data from the storage to the GPU in a more efficient, compressed form, and improving I/O performance.
MULTI-GPU TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT
Third Generation NVLink
Connect two RTX A6000 cards with NVLink to double the effective memory footprint and scale application performance by enabling GPU-to-GPU data transfers at rates up to 112.5 GB/s (total bandwidth).
NVIDIA SLI Technology
Leverage multiple GPUs to dynamically scale graphics performance, enhance image quality, expand display real estate, and assemble a fully virtualized system.
DISPLAY FEATURES
NVIDIA Quadro Mosaic™ Technology
Transparently scale the desktop and applications across up to 4 GPUs and 16 displays from a single workstation while delivering full performance and image quality.
DisplayPort 1.4a
Support up to four 5K monitors at 60Hz, or dual 8K displays at 60Hz per card. The RTX A6000 supports HDR color for 4K at 60Hz for 10/12b HEVC decode and up to 4K at 60Hz for 10b HEVC encode. Each DisplayPort connector can drive ultra-high resolutions of 4096 x 2160 at 120 Hz with 30-bit color.
NVIDIA RTX Desktop Manager
Gain unprecedented end-user control of the desktop experience for increased productivity in single large display or multi-display environments, especially in the current age of large, widescreen displays.
NVIDIA Quadro Sync II
Synchronize the display and image output of up to 32 displays[iii] from 8 GPUs (connected through two Sync II boards) in a single system, reducing the number of machines needed to create an advanced video visualization environment.
OpenGL Quad Buffered Stereo Support
Provides a smooth and immersive 3D Stereo experience for professional applications.
Ultra-High-Resolution Desktop Support
Get more Mosaic topology choices with high resolution displays devices with a 32K Max desktop size.
Professional 3D Stereo Synchronization
Robust control of stereo effects through a dedicated connection to directly synchronize 3D stereo hardware to an NVIDIA RTX professional graphics card.
SOFTWARE SUPPORT
NVIDIA Virtual GPU Software
Support for NVIDIA virtual GPU (vGPU) software allows a personal workstation to be repurposed into multiple high-performance virtual workstation instances enabling remote users, to share resources to drive high-end design, AI, and compute workloads.
NVIDIA RTX Experience
NVIDIA RTX Experience delivers a suite of productivity tools to your desktop workstation, including desktop recording in up to 8K, automatic alerts for the latest NVIDIA RTX Enterprise driver updates, and access gaming features. The application is available for download.
Software Optimized for AI
Deep learning frameworks such as Caffe2, MXNet, CNTK, TensorFlow, and others deliver dramatically faster training times and higher multi-node training performance. GPU accelerated libraries such as cuDNN, cuBLAS, and TensorRT delivers higher performance for both deep learning inference and High- Performance Computing (HPC) applications.
NVIDIA CUDA Parallel Computing Platform
Natively execute standard programming languages like C/C++ and Fortran, and APIs such as OpenCL, OpenACC and Direct Compute to accelerates techniques such as ray tracing, video and image processing, and computation fluid dynamics.
Unified Memory
A single, seamless 49-bit virtual address space allows for the transparent migration of data between the full allocation of CPU and GPU memory.
NVIDIA GPUDirect for Video
GPUDirect for Video speeds communication between the GPU and video I/O devices by avoiding unnecessary system memory copies and CPU overhead.
NVIDIA Enterprise-Management Tools
Maximize system uptime, seamlessly manage wide-scale deployments, and remotely control graphics and display settings for efficient operations.
KONA LHe Plus offers video professionals at all levels an affordable desktop I/O solution that doesn't compromise on quality or essential functionality. KONA LHe Plus supports both HD/SD analog and digital I/O for video and audio, providing maximum capability, simplifying integrating analog and digital signals into a single workflow and multiple output options to ensure you can deliver whatever formats are required.
With support for 10-bit or 8-bit uncompressed video, KONA LHE Plus features one input and two outputs which can be configured independently for HD or SD. KONA LHe Plus also includes 2-channel AES digital audio, 8-channel SDI embedded digital audio, analog composite/S-video/SD/HD component video I/O, 2-channel balanced analog audio I/O, Genlock input, and three BNCs which may be configured for analog video input and output (HD or SD).
Supporting macOS, Windows and Linux, KONA LHe Plus offers cost effective simple connectivity for a range of workflows.
Because KONA LHe Plus supports 12-bit analog compontent HD input and output, devices with analog HD output, such as analog VTRs and game consoles, can be connected for a variety of workflows.
A 9-pin RS-422 connection available on either the included breakout cable or the optional KL-Box-LH breakout box, allows KONA LHe Plus to take control of external devices for frame accurate ingest and layoffs.
KONA LHe Plus features full 10-bit, broadcast-quality, motion-adaptive HD to SD down-conversion, and HD/SD 12-bit component analog output. The down-converter allows KONA LHe Plus to connect to analog SD devices for output. This can be used to check framing and color for SD versions while still working in full resolution HD within your application, ensuring proper quality for multi-format deliveries. Since conversion is hardware-based, it's available all the time - during ingest or playback.
AJA hardware is supported by an extensive list of professional software for editing, visual effects, graphics and more allowing the same AJA device to be used by many different applications on the same system. In addition, AJA provides several free applications that enable you to utilize the power of your AJA hardware even without having to run a particular software package. This allows you to create unique workflows without tying up valuable resources unnecessarily.
The optional KL-Box-LH breakout box lets you integrate KONA LHe Plus easily into rack environments for quick access to all video and audio connections. Additional connectivity includes BNC digital AES/EBU connectors and RCA audio monitoring jacks.
AJA DataCalc is a mobile OS application for iOS, iPadOS and Android, offering two modes for storage and time calculations based upon raster, frame rate and codec choices.
DataCalc - Calculate your storage needs before capture.
TimeCalc – Calculate the run time of materials you can capture by storage size.
Share results with your team straight from the application.
AJA’s technical support is recognized as among the best in the industry and is available to all AJA customers. If you need assistance with any aspect of your KONA installation, configuration, operation or encounter any technical issue, AJA Support will work with you to get up and running.
KONA products are covered by a generous three year warranty. Please see the individual Product’s Manual for additional specifics around warranty conditions for the product itself.
KONA LHi provides a wide variety of formats, frame rates and audio/video sources for the connectivity you need. KONA LHi bridges the gap between analog devices and the latest 3G-SDI and HDMI-enabled products to provide editing, monitoring and mastering of professional quality video in an affordable, powerful, easy to use product.
Connecting to everything from an HDMI-enabled camera to an HD-SDI VTR, KONA LHi offers a full host of no-compromise features, including 10-bit or 8-bit uncompressed video, 2-channel AES digital audio and 8-channel SDI embedded digital audio, analog composite or S-video or SD/HD component video I/O, and 2-channel balanced analog audio I/O.
KONA LHi features full 10-bit, broadcast quality, motion-adaptive SD to HD up-conversion, HD to HD cross-conversion, HD to SD down-conversion, and automatic HD/SD 12-bit component analog output. Since KONA LHi's conversions are hardware-based, they are available all the time - during ingest or playback.
Outputs can be configured independently allowing you to have simultaneous HD and SD output - or two different types of HD: 720 or 1080 - output at the same time via cross-conversion.
A 9-pin RS-422 connection available on either the included breakout cable or the optional KLHi-BOX breakout box, allows KONA LHi to take control of external devices for frame accurate ingest and layoffs.
Supporting macOS, Windows and Linux, KONA LHi offers cost effective simple connectivity for a range of workflows.
KONA LHi's HDMI 1.3a support allows you to feed a "deep color" monitor with glorious 10-bit video, banishing video banding and preserving your gradients and rich color palette. Incoming HDMI signals can also be passed to KONA LHi's SDI output for use in more professional environments.
The optional KHLi-Box breakout box let's you integrate KONA LHi easily into rack environments for quick access to all video and audio connections. Additional connectivity includes BNC digital AES/EBU connectors and RCA audio monitoring jacks.
KONA 4 is a powerful 8-lane PCIe 2.0 video and audio desktop I/O card with unparalleled features for handling everything from SD to HD, 2K and 4K with full 10-bit 4:2:2 and 4:4:4 sampling for fantastic image clarity and 12-bit support*. For HDR workflows, KONA 4 supports HDR 10 and HLG* for rich color delivery over HDMI. KONA 4 has the power for the work you do today and into the future. *Ap
plication Dependent.
KONA 4 features bi-directional 3G-SDI connections that can be used for input and output. 16-Channels of embedded audio over SDI for multi-channel audio work and HDMI 2.0b monitoring output. LTC I/O, Genlock input, RS-422 control, configurable 3 x BNC SD/HD analog video output and 8-channel AES audio I/O with the K3G-Box all allow KONA 4 to integrate into a variety of workflows from HDR to HFR, 4K to Multi-Channel HD for streaming and more.
HDR or High Dynamic Range, provides the ability to display a wider and richer range of colours, much brighter whites, and much deeper, darker blacks than standard signals allow. This gives your imagery a more ‘dynamic’ look and allows for natural true to life colours to be communicated to your audience.
KONA 4 provides this support for your 4K/UltraHD/2K and HD HDR pipelines to HDMI compatible displays in software v13 by offering HDR10 support with HDR 10 Infoframe metadata, in accordance with HDMI 2.0a/CTA-861.3 and HLG support on applicable HDMI displays. Desktop Software v13 introduces HLG support over HDMI for the latest versions of Adobe Premiere CC.
AJA offers full compatibility for the new Apple Mac Pro, including support for AJA Control Room with Metal compatibility as well as extensive support for a range of applications.
For productions handling high resolution workflows all the way up to 4K, KONA 4 is a perfect video and audio I/O companion.
Connect your digital sources via 3G-SDI to KONA 4 for capture to a wide variety of formats.
Monitor via HDMI output (HDR10, HLG, Dolby Vision* and HDR10+*), and master to destinations using high quality professional SDI outputs, machine control and analog or tri-level reference.
*Dolby Vision and HDR10+ integration available when using the AJA SDK.
KONA 4’s extensive 4K support allows output directly from editing systems to 4K projectors or monitors, including HFR support at 50/60 fps and 4K HDMI output to support the latest UltraHD monitors, allowing editors and clients to view full resolution 4K images as they work.
KONA 4 also supports AJA Raw capture at up to 120 fps via 4 3G-SDI connections. Create beautiful and detailed slow motion with an engaging cinematic feel via AJA Control Room.
KONA 4 has the power to support 4K High Frame Rate (HFR) at 50p and 60p for the most demanding 4K and UltraHD workflows.
The HDMI output is capable of displaying 4K/UltraHD via HDMI to many of the latest UltraHD monitors, making full-resolution monitoring affordable while stil maintaining pristine image quality.
Capture real time footage with KONA 4 over SDI from high quality cameras, meld your footage with your virtual environment created by the Unreal Engine and send it back out in real time to air - a growing need for broadcasters, augmented reality (AR) needs and more.
Digital film makers also benefit with these new workflows: On set, enhance your live action VFX work with the ability to see a full composite live during the course of the shoot. This results in fewer reshoots, the ability for actors to understand the virtual environment they are working within for stronger performances and ultimately leads to a range of efficiencies and cost savings with the added benefit of a smoother transition into post production.
The built-in hardware downstream keyer allows graphics and images to be overlaid on the input video to the card for easy overlays.
AJA Technical Support is recognized as one of the best in the industry and provided at no additional charge. Our support team will work with you to solve any issues you might encounter and ensure you are up and running as quickly as possible.
KONA 4 supports macOS, Windows and Linux, providing incredible 4Kand multi-channel power for a wide range of applications.
The optional K3G-Box breakout box and cables allow KONA 4 to integrate easily into rack environments, enabling quick access to all video and audio connections without having to get at the back of the tower computer.
Additional K3G-Box functionality over the standard breakout cable comes in the form of eight additional AES audio channels, 2-channel RCA analog audio monitoring jacks, and looping BNC Genlock reference connectors.
Designed for broadcast, post and ProAV, as well as OEM developers, KONA 1 is a robust, cost efficient single-channel 3G-SDI 2K/HD 60p I/O card with serial control and reference/LTC. KONA 1 features standard application plug-ins and supports capture, monitoring and/or playback with software applications from AJA, Adobe®, Avid®, Apple®, Telestream and more as well as AJA SDK support. KONA 1 enables simultaneous monitoring during capture (pass-through) and includes: full size SDI ports supporting 3G-SDI formats, embedded 16-channel SDI audio in/out, Genlock with reference/ LTC input and RS-422.
KONA 1 provides cost-effective and powerful professional 3G-SDI support for robust compatibility with Ingest, Editing and Visual Effects applications.
Capture, Monitor and Output frame accurately up to 2K 60p over 3G-SDI with Adobe, Avid, AJA Control Room and many more applications.
Reference and LTC spigots provide the professional frame stability and time code based reliability you need for broadcast, production, ProAV and creative finishing projects.
AJA offers full compatibility for the new Apple Mac Pro, including support for AJA Control Room with Metal compatibility as well as extensive support for a range of applications. For productions handling high resolution workflows, KONA 1 is a perfect companion with the new desktop offering single-channel 3G-SDI capture and playback.
Supporting macOS, Windows and Linux, KONA 1 offers cost effective simple connectivity for a range of 2K/HD/SD workflows across 3G-SDI with video pass through on SDI out while capturing.
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AJA's Developer Program allows partner companies to incorporate AJA products into their systems. By utilizing existing, proven video I/O devices, Developer Partners leverage AJA's expertise to develop and support these technologies, saving money and getting their integrated products to market more quickly.
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KONA HDMI is an 8-lane PCIe 2.0 multi-channel HDMI capture card, with all of the quality and flexibility you have come to expect from AJA. Designed for the demands of multiple workflows such as gaming, streaming, VJ-ing, live events switching, vlogging, VR, post and broadcast, this powerful card boasts support for single channel capture up to 4K/UltraHD 60p or four channel capture up to 2K/HD 60p. KONA HDMI is also supported by both the AJA SDK as well as Video for Linux®, making it a perfect choice for developers of multichannel HDMI ingest, switching, monitoring and communication solutions.
AJA offers full compatibility for the new Apple Mac Pro, including support for AJA Control Room with Metal compatibility as well as extensive support for a range of applications. For productions handling dual 4K and multi-channel HD HDMI workflows, KONA HDMI is a perfect companion with the new desktop offering 8-lane PCIe 2.0 multi-channel HDMI capture.
KONA HDMI is perfect for live streaming and switching with up to 4-channels of 1080p HDMI video capture, all on one card.
The power of KONA HDMI can be utilized for live streaming and events production via Telestream Wirecast, vMix and other third party software.
Connect up to 4x HDMI outputs from a mix of cameras, game stations, presentation systems and more and switch between seamlessly.
KONA HDMI is also supported by both the AJA SDK as well as Video for Linux (V4L2), making it a perfect choice for developers of multichannel HDMI ingest, switching, monitoring and communication solutions.
KONA HDMI offers unique and powerful dual channel 4K/UltraHD capture all the way up to 60p over HDMI 2.0.
For single channel capture, free AJA Control Room software provides the perfect way to capture and create digital media for use in your editing or effects package of choice.
For Mac users, simply place KONA HDMI in a Thunderbolt™ chassis for use with iMac® and MacBook Pro®.
HDR or High Dynamic Range, provides the ability to display a wider and richer range of colors, much brighter whites, and much deeper, darker blacks than standard signals allow. This gives your imagery a more ‘dynamic’ look and allows for natural true to life colors to be communicated to your audience.
KONA HDMI provides support for accepting HDR signals captured over HDMI from gaming stations like the PS4® Pro.
Capture real time footage with KONA HDMI over HDMI from high quality cameras, meld your footage with your virtual environment created by the Unreal Engine and send it back out in real time to air - a growing need for broadcasters, augmented reality (AR) needs and more.
AJA hardware is supported by an extensive list of professional software for editing, visual effects, graphics, streaming and more allowing the same AJA device to be used by many different applications on the same system. In addition, AJA provides several free applications that enable you to utilize the power of your AJA hardware even without having to run a particular software package. This allows you to create unique workflows without tying up valuable resources unnecessarily.
KONA HDMI is compatible with macOS®, Windows® and Linux.
Io 4K Plus is the cutting edge of capture and output hardware available over Thunderbolt 3, offering a full set of professional video and audio connectivity with support for the latest 4K/UltraHD devices, High Frame Rate (HFR), High Dynamic Range (HDR) and deep color workflows. The power of Thunderbolt 3 enables Io 4K Plus to handle a wide range of formats from SD to HD, UltraHD and full 4K with frame rates up to 60p over both 12G-SDI and HDMI 2.0 with single cable simplicity , plus HDR 10 and HLG support over HDMI for emerging HDR workflows.
Bring more power, speed and simplicity to your workflows with Thunderbolt™ 3 solutions from AJA.
Learn how AJA’s Io 4K Plus and Io IP I/O devices give you the bandwidth to easily move 4K/UltraHD, High Frame Rate and deep color content over a single cable in and out of your computer, including HDR support across HDMI 2.0.
Today's workflows demand speed, bandwidth and simplicity. Io 4K Plus supports 4K, UltraHD, 12G/6G/3G/1.5G-SDI, Dual Link, HD-SDI and SD-SDI as well as UltraHD and HD over HDMI 2.0 for both capture and output. The HDMI output is also able to accurately display HDR 10 and HLG to support emerging HDR workflows.
12G-SDI and HDMI 2.0 bring both power and simplicity to your projects, with the ability to use single cables for both input and output for the most demanding workflows. 12G-SDI is backwards compatible with SDI sources, covering all your bases through a single port. HDMI 2.0 allows high raster and frame rate capture and the ability to display the same to affordable and beautiful HDMI 2.0 displays.
AJA offers full compatibility for the new Apple Mac Pro, including support for AJA Control Room with Metal compatibility as well as extensive support for a range of applications. For productions handling high resolution workflows all the way up to 4K, Io 4K Plus is a perfect companion with the new desktop offering Thunderbolt 3-based 12G-SDI and HDMI 2.0 capture and playback.
Io 4K Plus provides two Thunderbolt 3 ports for true Thunderbolt flexibility.
Thunderbolt 3 doubles the speed of the previous Thunderbolt 2 standard with up to 40 Gps of throughput and utilizes the universal USB-C connection standard for true simplicity over a single cable and port for today's leading Mac and PC workstations and laptops, ideal for Video and Audio I/O as provided by the Io 4K Plus.
Thunderbolt™ 3 features:
Thunderbolt Solutions
Thunderbolt Workflow
When working at 4K resolutions, Io 4K Plus outputs a high quality HD-SDI down-converted signal on a dedicated BNC connector. This HD signal can be used to output 4K projects directly to HD recorders for broadcast and for easy viewing of 4K images on HD monitors during post production.
Io 4K Plus provides this support for your 4K/UltraHD/2K and HD HDR pipelines to HDMI compatible displays in software v14 with HLG and HDR 10 support with HDR Infoframe metadata, in accordance with HDMI 2.0a/CTA-861.3 and HD.
v14.2 Desktop Software offers HDR input from HDMI 2.0 input for capturing PlayStation and PlayStation Pro game play and more.
Explore more of our HDR Solutions here:
HDR Solutions
Connect your digital sources via 12G-SDI to Io 4K Plus for capture to a wide variety of formats. Monitor via HDMI 2.0 output (HDR10, HLG, Dolby Vision*), and master to destinations using high quality professional SDI outputs, machine control and analog or tri-level reference.
*Dolby Vision integration available when using the AJA SDK.
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Embedded 16-Channel SDI and 8-Channel HDMI audio are supported as well as analog audio inputs, outputs or both via a standard DB-25 connection.
Stereo monitoring is also possible with a front panel mini-TRS headphone jack.
With desktop software v14 analog audio can be configured for flexibility when needing to record voice overs and more with the ability to choose how the DB-25 connection on Io 4K Plus is configured:
Capture real time footage with Io 4K Plus over SDI from high quality cameras, meld your footage with your virtual environment created by the Unreal Engine and send it back out in real time to air - a growing need for broadcasters, augmented reality (AR) needs and more.
Quick Start Guide on using Io 4K Plus with Unreal Engine
Io 4K Plus can be locked to an external reference for integration into larger productions, or feed LTC in and out to ensure footage captured with Io 4K has the proper timecode.
An RS-422 port allows control of tape decks for frame accurate captures and layoffs.
AJA’s technical support is recognized as among the best in the industry and is available to all AJA customers. If you need assistance with any aspect of your Mobile I/O installation, configuration, operation or encounter any technical issue, AJA Support will work with you to get up and running.
Mobile I/O products are covered by a generous three year warranty. Please see the individual Product’s Manual for additional specifics around warranty conditions for the product itself.
Overview
AJA Io X3 is perfect for high quality HDR or SDR video work with up to 60p HD/2K signals or files with support for all major NLE applications as well as other video applications such as OBS Studio, vMix and Telestream Wirecast. Connecting with a single Thunderbolt 3 cable and providing a second Thunderbolt connector for flexibility, Io X3's compact and quiet form factor is ideal for on set, in the studio, at an event or in the edit suite.
Features
2K/HD/SD I/O up to 50/60p
4x bidirectional 3G-SDI BNC with 16-channel embedded audio
HDMI I/O with 8-channel embedded audio
Two Thunderbolt 3 ports with loop through
Multi-channel workflow support for OBS/Wirecast/vMix and other applications
YCbCr 4:2:2 10-bit up to 60p
RGB 4:4:4 12-bit up to 30p
VPID signaling for SDR/HDR Transfer Characteristics, Colorimetry and Luminance via SDI
PQ, HLG, HDR10, HDR10+ and Dolby Vision Support
HDR Metadata Capture and Auto Playback Detection
Multiview output over HDMI, to view up to 4-channels on one screen
Analog audio flexibility with a choice of 8-channel In or 8-channel Out or 4-channel In and 4-channel out via a standard Tascam connection
Front panel audio display
Includes support for the Apple M1 chip and the latest OS versions
XLR 12V power for battery or AC use (AC adapter included)
Headphone jack and level control for mobile and live environments
RS-422 VTR control, Reference, LTC Input and LTC Output
Versatile and Practical Connectivity
The Io X3 rear panel offers a wealth of easy to access connectivity for almost any need in SD/HD/2K video pipelines. Power is supplied via industry standard 4-pin XLR with either the included AC adapter or battery power. Dual Thunderbolt 3 ports provide host connectivity to a laptop or desktop PC or Mac, with the second port for loop through to other Thunderbolt devices. RS-422 is included for machine control of external devices so they can be synchronized for editing. Analog audio is offered via a DB-25 port, with all 8-channels configurable to be in or out. HDMI in and out ports allow for easy monitoring or video input sources to be accessed, including HDR and SDR video. Reference input connects the Io X3 to any master clock source alongside LTC input and output for timecode. Finally, 4 bidirectional 3G-SDI ports can be configured as multi-channel inputs or outputs to suit the video application of choice, offering immense flexibility in the field, editing suite or on-set.
Universal Compatibility:
Thunderbolt™ 3 via USB-C
Io X3 Plus provides two Thunderbolt 3 ports for true Thunderbolt flexibility.
Thunderbolt 3 doubles the speed of the previous Thunderbolt 2 standard with up to 40 Gps of throughput and utilizes the universal USB-C connection standard for true simplicity over a single cable for today's leading Mac and PC workstations and laptops.
Thunderbolt™ and power on one cable
USB-C connector and cables (small, reversible)
40 Gb/s: Thunderbolt™ 3 – double the speed of Thunderbolt™ 2
HDR
Io X3 provides this support for your 2K and HD HDR pipelines to HDMI and SDI compatible displays in software v16.2 with HLG and HDR10 support with HDR Infoframe metadata, in accordance with HDMI 2.0a/CTA-861.3 and HD.
AJA Control Room software and Io X3 adds support for HDR metadata capture from an incoming SDI or HDMI signal. The captured .mov video file will have embedded HDR metadata, allowing the file to be played back at its intended dynamic range.
AJA Control Room software and Io X3 Plus also provides HDR Auto Playback Detection. Embedded HDR metadata in a recorded .mov file is read and used to automatically set the HDR format on the monitor(s) connected to the HDMI and/or SDI outputs.
Support for file-based .mov HDR outputs with metadata from Adobe Premiere Pro / Adobe Media Encoder HDR files is also available. Screening those rendered outputs is a simple and high-quality experience with AJA Control Room. Every frame is presented in its full-quality, at the timing intended, and with the proper HDR format set correctly and automatically.
v16.2 Desktop Software also offers HDR input from HDMI for capturing HDR gaming content and more.
Use Case: NLE Workflow for Io X3
Io X3 offers broad support for all major NLE applications, including Apple Final Cut Pro, Avid Media Composer and Adobe Premiere with a host of practical and easy to use features, shown in this NLE workflow diagram. The Io X3 sits at the center of the NLE workflow, connected directly to the host laptop via super fast Thunderbolt 3. The NLE software is running on the host laptop, with the output of the time line being shown via both the HDMI port and the 3G-SDI port simultaneously, with support for HDR and SDR monitoring. The analog audio jack on the front of the unit provides easy headphone monitoring, whilst at the same time a standard Tascam DB-25 loom connects an analog mixer and microphone to the workflow, with the front panel VU meters responding to the independent channel levels. An AJA Ki Pro Ultra 12G is connected for real time recording of the NLE output to Apple ProRes or Avid DNxHD for archive or hand-off. Whether editing promos, news footage, sports, long form content or any other demanding video environment content, Io X3 is your perfect partner.
Use Case: OBS Workflow for
Io X3
Io X3 is directly compatible with OBS Studio, offering a comprehensive toolkit for mixing live video and taking the program content out to streaming destinations. Io X3 again sits at the center of the workflow pictured opposite, providing the necessary video I/O for a 4 camera source program. Via Io X3's multi-channel support, the 4 HD cameras are connected directly to the 3G-SDI ports of the Io X3 which is connected via Thunderbolt 3 to the host PC or laptop. The host computer runs the OBS Studio software and allows you to view all incoming HD sources in a single multiview via the HDMI port to any display. Audio can be monitored via the built-in analog headphone port. The final PGM stream is output from our switched sources via the host computer.
Use Case: Streaming Timeline Workflow for Io X3
A popular way to stream for NLE and 3D modelling applications is to utilize the timeline output and offer commentary in real time as edits or models are created. Following the same base set up as the NLE workflow and by utilizing AJA’s HD streaming device, the HELO, we can combine two high quality AJA devices to create an extremely robust solution. It is easy to connect a 3G-SDI output from the Io X3 to the 3G-SDI input of the HELO and take the content directly from the timeline playhead to a live stream, with voiceover provided by a USB microphone. A very simple but powerful set up that can be utilized by streaming for both entertainment, remote collaboration and educational purposes, allowing viewers to better contextualize the content.
Use Case: Video and Key Workflow for Io X3
Io X3 fully supports video and key workflows up to HD 60p as shown in the adjacent diagram. The first instance shows Io X3 connected to a laptop or desktop computer running ROSS Xpression software. The Xpression software is receiving live statistics and weather data as metadata via the internet. It is also receiving two live IP video inputs. The IP video is assigned as video 1 and video 2 out with the incoming statistics and weather metadata assigned as key 1 and key 2 out. Io X3 provides an HDMI out for multiview of all four sources on one monitor. The Io X3 can then pass the groups of video and key 1 and video and key 2 via 3G-SDI onto a router or other SDI destination. The second diagram also shows the same set up but this time all inputs are IP video sources that are assigned in ROSS Xpression as video and key 1 and video and key 2, with the Io X3 again providing multiview monitoring via HDMI, whilst simultaneously passing the video and key pairs out via 3G-SDI to a router or other SDI destination.
Integrated Digital Audio,
Analog Audio Flexibility
Embedded 16-channel SDI and 8-channel HDMI audio are supported as well as analog audio inputs, outputs or both via a standard Tascam DB-25 connection.
Stereo monitoring is also possible with a front panel 3.5mm mini-TRS headphone jack.
The flexible analog audio I/O can be configured to record voice overs and more with the ability to choose how the DB-25 connection on Io X3 is configured:
8-channel, 24 and 16-bit D/A analog audio, 48 kHz sample rate, balanced, using industry standard 8x XLR or TRS on DB-25 breakout cable (cable not included)
Balanced Analog Audio I/O:
Input across Ch. 1-8, Ch. 1-4, or Ch. 5-8
Output across Ch. 1-8, Ch. 1-4, or Ch. 5-8
High Density, Rack Mountable
Io X3's compact design offers easy rack mounting, allowing for two Io X3 devices to sit comfortably in just 1RU. This allows for high channel density for up to 8-channels of fully configurable video I/O for applications such as OBS Studio.
Multiview Output
Io X3 offers multi-channel I/O, and the HDMI output port can display all of these sources to one display. Io X3 is fully compatible with OBS Studio software with multiview output offered for clear monitoring of incoming or outgoing video via the convenient HDMI output. OBS Studio can be configured with Io X3 to make monitoring easy, all from a single I/O device.
Sync Up
Io X3 can be locked to an external reference for integration into larger productions, or feed LTC in and out to ensure footage captured with Io X3 has the proper timecode. The REF in port ensures reference sync with other synched devices in a facility.
Machine Control
Apple M1 Chip Support
Desktop Software v16.1 and above is optimized for the Apple M1 chip with native support for AJA macOS drivers, application plug-ins, AJA Control Room, AJA Control Panel, AJA System Test and AJA NMOS software.
Host Systems Compatibilities
Io X3 and Desktop Software v16.2 come with a wide range of tested configurations to help you make an informed choice based on requirements.
Manufacturer Part Number: DRW24B3STBLKGAS
The ASUS E-Green drive automatically optimizes your drives power consumption. E-Green displays detailed information on power saved and CO2 reduced using the ASUS drive.
E-Hammer allows you to permanently delete the data on writable disc (CD-R and DVD-R) formats. Once the data is deleted, it cannot be recovered or restored, and teh optical drive will not be able to read the disc. This ensures data security, eliminates the hassle of scratching your old discs, and conforms with our commitment to environmental protection.
With OTS, the drive will perform a test before really burning which generate the optimal burning strategy automatically for the best burning quality. The write parameters will be tuned automatically be drives based on the recorded write quality.Advantage of CTS
The AVRS technology is designed to minimize the vibration caused by the spindle motor and resonance between components as well as the drive and PC cases. AVRS is designed to reduce vibration and noise induced by unbalanced mass of rotating machinery. With AVRS, ASUS DRW-24B3ST/LT provides high readability and playability.Advantage of AVRS
Manufacturer Part Number: BW-16D1HT
ASUS BW-16D1HT is a powerful and energy-saving Blu-ray writer which is capable of writing from 16X BD format.Its M-Disc compatibility allows consumers store their priceless photos or documents for more than 1,000 years, and along with BDXL Support, the maximum data storage is 128GB in one disc. Suitable for anyone who desires a total storage and data backup solution.
ASUS SDRW-08D2S-U LITE is an external slim DVD writer capable of 8X speeds. It's stylish and portable design. The lattice-like appearance of the drive is inspired by diamonds, making the product unique from every angle. Additional features include USB 2.0 and the E-Green Engine for the best optical storage available.
DISC ENCRYPTION II
Double security with password-controlled and hidden-file functionality.
DRAG-AND-BURN
3 Easy Steps to Complete Disc Burning
Intuitive burning interface in only 3 simple steps to burn a disc.
DIAMOND-CUT DESIGN
Diamond-cut Design realize aesthetics of technology
BDXL™ Format Support
Allows users to burn huge amounts of data on a single Blu-ray disc, up to 100GB on BD-R(TL), and 128GB on BD-R(QL)
The Best Burning Quality
Auto Tuning Power technology ensures optimized power to burn a disc with the best quality
6X Blu-ray High Speed
Turbo Engine enables 6X Blu-ray writing
Double the Security On-the-Go
Disc Encryption II doubles the security with password-controls and hidden-file function, protecting important user data
Drag-and-Burn
Friendly interface with only three simple steps to burn a disc, making the process easier than ever
Flexible Dual Positioning
Vertical and horizontal two-way placement
Award Winning Design
The 2011 iF Design Award product design is inspired from miniaturized architectual forms, using elegant squared lines and a unique stand
Manufacturer Part Number: GFR381
59-in-1 - CompactFlash Type I, CompactFlash Type II, Microdrive, SD, SDHC, miniSD, MultiMediaCard (MMC), MMCplus, Reduced Size MultiMediaCard (MMC), MMCmobile, Micro Size MultiMediaCard (MMC), ... - USB 3.0External
BOLD SOUND WITH STRONG BASS FOR VIDEOS, GAMES AND MUSIC
This 80 Watts Peak/40 Watts RMS power 2.1 speaker system delivers maximum loudness and produces rich bass from the front-facing subwoofer.
Connect up to two compatible devices via the 0.14 in (3.5 mm) and RCA inputs.
The wired control pod provides simple controls.
80 WATTS OF BOLD SOUND
80 Watts Peak/40 Watts RMS power delivers maximum loudness via two satellite speakers and a large subwoofer. Enjoy rich, clear, bold sound.
STRONG BASS
The front-facing subwoofer produces rich bass, adding another dimension to your videos, games and music. Experience strong bass you can hear and feel.
VERSATILE SETUP
Connect up to two compatible devices via the 0.14 in (3.5 mm) and RCA inputs. No need to disconnect when switching between audio sources.
SIMPLE CONTROLS
Easily access power, volume and the headphone jack using the wired control pod. Adjust the bass level with the dedicated control knob on the back of the subwoofer.
Z533 SPEAKER SYSTEM WITH SUBWOOFER
BIG SOUND THAT FILLS THE ROOM
Big sound at your fingertips with a 2.1 speaker system, integrated control pod, and multiple hookups for up to three devices. Serious wattage at 120 Watts Peak/ 60 Watts RMS power delivers powerful sound and full bass to fill your space.
BOLD YET BALANCED SOUND
120 Watts Peak/60 Watts RMS power delivers big sound that doesn’t compromise on quality. Balanced acoustics and a full range of sound are designed to move throughout the entire room.
BOOMING BASS
The front-facing, fabric-lined subwoofer really delivers when it comes to bass you can hear and feel, adding a thick backbone to music, movies, and games.
INTEGRATED SOUND CONTROL
One integrated control pod has all the controls you need. Just rotate to adjust volume and bass. Plus, the headphone jack and additional auxiliary jack are right at arm’s reach.
CONNECT THREE WAYS
Three hookups for three times the fun. One 0.14 in (3.5 mm) jack and two RCA hookups let you connect your favorite devices, like your TV, computer, and smartphone. If you want, you can keep ‘em all connected and switch between them to your heart’s content.
IT’S GOT STYLE
Sexy and sophisticated, black and gold is a classic for a reason. The sleek, black design features a golden ring right at the speaker driver—it’s got “premium” written all over it. Not to mention simple cable management that cuts down on clutter.
Z625 SPEAKER SYSTEM WITH SUBWOOFER AND OPTICAL INPUT
BRING YOUR AUDIO TO LIFE WITH THX CERTIFIED SOUND
This THX® Certified 2.1 speaker system delivers gaming grade audio and the ultimate sound experience for your movies and music.
400 Watts of Peak/200 Watts RMS power delivers crisp sound and thundering bass.
Connect up to three compatible devices via the optical, 0.14 in (3.5 mm) or RCA inputs. Easily access all controls on the right satellite speaker.
THX CERTIFIED AUDIO
Designed to deliver the most accurate experience straight out-of-the-box. These THX Certified speakers are tuned to exact specifications to truthfully deliver the artist’s vision right into your living room.
Z533 Multimedia Speaker System
400 WATTS OF POWERFUL SOUND
400 Watts of Peak/200 Watts RMS power delivers amped audio. This 2.1 system immerses you in crisp sound and thundering base whether you’re listening to music, watching an action-packed movie or playing your favorite video game. Enjoy powerful sound that you can hear and feel.
Supports multiple inputs simultaneously including optical, 0.14 in (3.5 mm) and RCA inputs. Connect up to three compatible devices such as your game console, television and computer. No need to disconnect when switching between audio sources.
ALL CONTROLS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS
Easily access power, volume, bass, headphone jack and auxiliary jack on the right satellite speaker.
MORE CAPABILITIES. LESS STRESS.
From working with HEVC video captured on an iPhone or Android device, to mixing soundtracks and creating titles more easily, Media Composer 2020.12 brings new capabilities, enhancements, and improvements to your storytelling toolset. Plus, we packed in several of your top requested features too.
Remote collaboration made easy
Add web browser editing, storyboarding, phonetic media search, and project management capabilities to your Media Composer workflow to jumpstart and accelerate post production.
Access your edit suite anywhere
Expand your production team and ramp up new projects at a moment’s notice with a fully provisioned virtual editing suite in the cloud—complete with cloud-optimized Media Composer software and Avid NEXIS storage.
Connect. Collaborate. Get Discovered.
Join a vibrant creative community of other video and audio creators. Expand your opportunities, promote your work, and find new talent—all in one free app.
MEDIA COMPOSER 1 YEAR SUBSCRIPTION NEW
For professional editors and filmmakers who work independently and need advanced editing tools, this subscription version of Media Composer provides a complete feature set, with up to 24 video tracks, 64 audio tracks, and unlimited bins, but does not support bin/project sharing, MediaCentral integration, and other collaborative workflows. Options such as Media Composer | PhraseFind, ScriptSync, Symphony, and NewsCutter are available as add-on subscriptions.
With this Media Composer option you get updates and standard support for a year.
ABOUT MEDIA COMPOSER 1 YEAR SUBSCRIPTION
The Professional's Choice for Creative Editorial – Accelerate storytelling with the tools embraced by top movie, television, and broadcast editors. And power through HD and high-res editing faster and easier than ever.
KEY FEATURES AND BENEFITS
Deliver your best stories
There’s a reason why more professional moviemakers and television editors use Media Composer than any other video editing solution—it gives you the editing and finishing speed you need to complete projects faster. From its ACE-certified tools and unique timesaving workflows, to the most reliable media management in the biz, Media Composer empowers creative storytelling like no other.
Edit anything
SD and HD. 2K through 8K and beyond. Even stereoscopic 3D and HDR. No matter what media you’ve got, Media Composer welcomes the widest range of file/camera formats, codecs, and resolutions, so you can acquire and turn around content faster. Without copying or transcoding media first. Whether you’ve got footage in a camera, media drive, smartphone, or video server, bringing your story together is easy.
Get beauty without the wait
It’s no secret that high-resolution, high frame rate media can put the brakes on any workflow. Media Composer eliminates these bottlenecks, offering powerful 64-bit performance, groundbreaking Avid DNxHR, AMA, and Avid Resolution Independence technologies, plus background rendering and transcoding, to keep your media and creativity flowing.
Gain great efficiency
Experience the fastest editorial workflows in the industry. Instantly access and edit file-based media without transcoding or copying media. Build stories with up to 24 video tracks. Preview clips before committing them to a project. Edit multicam projects with ease. Even automate non-creative media tasks—such as transcoding, consolidating, and relinking—in the background using Dynamic Media Folders.
Get reliable media management
Media Composer keeps track of all projects, source material, rendered files, metadata, and other media for you, so you’ll never lose sight of your assets. Gain peace of mind with over 20 years of industry-proven media management innovation supporting everything you do.
Design stunning visuals
Add dramatic flair to your stories with a host of built-in effects, color, and title tools. From creating jaw-dropping VFX, green screen composites, motion effects, and transitions, to correcting color, tinting scenes, and designing graphical titles and animations, it’s easy to give your projects that professional polish.
Work in HDR
With support for a variety of High Dynamic Range (HDR) color specs, profiles, and workflows, Media Composer enables you to color grade video and achieve richer, more dramatic imagery, with exceptional detail in the shadows and highlights. It’s a fast-growing technology—and an important way to future-proof your valuable content.
Create studio-quality soundtracks
Sound is half the picture. With Media Composer, you can make your projects sound as good as they look. Record, edit, and mix up to 64 audio tracks in 7.1 surround. Create groups to mix dialog, Foley, music, and sound effects more easily. And polish soundtracks using the same high-quality audio effects and sound processors that come with Pro Tools.
Expand your creative possibilities
Don’t have the footage or effects you need? Shop the in-app Avid Marketplace—no shoes, shirt, or pants required. Preview stock footage in context with your project. Purchase plug-ins, software options, and hardware to extend your capabilities. You’ll even find training material to help advance your editing skills.
Get the Avid hardware advantage
Looking for the fastest way to capture, monitor, and output high-quality video? Pair Media Composer with an Avid Artist interface and get the tight integration you need to handle the most demanding workflows—from portable 4K interfaces, to solutions that offer an extensive array of I/O or video over IP. You can also use third-party interfaces through Avid Open I/O.
Extend your workflow
From finding every clip or take that contains specific words of dialog in seconds, to adding advanced color correction, mastering, newsroom integration, visual effects, and titling tools, it’s easy to extend your workflow by adding one or more Media Composer options. These include:
Media Composer | PhraseFind Option—Find the right clips fast by typing a word or phrase with this powerful dialog indexing and search engine solution
Media Composer | ScriptSync Option—Find the best takes in seconds for every line of dialog in the script with this powerful dialog search and sync solution
Media Composer | Symphony Option—Add advanced and secondary color correction tools and Universal Mastering to Media Composer
Media Composer | NewsCutter Option—Integrate with MediaCentral | Newsroom Management, iNEWS, and other ENPS for streamlined news editing (Windows only)
Media Composer | Production Pack—Complement Media Composer with a bundle of powerful tools to create visual effects, enhance audio, correct color, and optimize media, including NewBlue Amplify, iZotope Insight, iZotope RX Loudness Control, Sorenson Squeeze Pro, and SpeedLooks Studio LINEAR
GO FURTHER WITH MEDIA COMPOSER | ULTIMATE
Need to work together as a team in a post-production, news, or other media environment? Media Composer | Ultimate (formerly Media Composer) provides all the same editing tools as Media Composer, plus extended workflows for real-time collaboration.
Media Composer | Ultimate 1 Year Subscription NEW
Go further with Media Composer | Ultimate
Here are some key advantages that Media Composer | Ultimate offers over Media Composer:
Share bins and projects with other Media Composer and MediaCentral editors, loggers, and assistants Collaborate locally and remotely with editors, journalists, producers, and other content contributors across the MediaCentral environment
Access, edit, and share media stored on Avid NEXIS and other MediaCentral-managed storage systems, no matter where you or the assets reside
Find the right clips fast by simply typing a word or phrase with the Media Composer | PhraseFind Option, included
Find the best takes in seconds for every line of dialog in a script with the Media Composer | ScriptSync Option, included
Get access to advanced and secondary color correction tools and Universal Mastering with the Media Composer | Symphony Option, included
Integrate with MediaCentral | Newsroom Management, iNEWS, and other ENPS for streamlined news editing with the Media Composer | NewsCutter Option, included (Windows only)
With this Media Composer | Ultimate option you get updates and standard support for a year.
Key features and benefits of Media Composer | Ultimate
Collaborate with anyone, anywhere
When it’s crunch time, collaboration is key. Media Composer | Ultimate makes it a breeze. Share media, projects, and bins to complete projects faster, together. Share assets locally and remotely with Avid NEXIS. Collaborate with other Media Composer, MediaCentral | Editorial Management, MediaCentral | Production Management, Final Cut Pro, and Premiere Pro editors and contributors. And extend real-time production everywhere with Media Composer | Cloud Remote.
Find the best takes and right clips fast
Editing a movie, TV show, or interview? Save hours of clip searching time with two powerful solutions included with Media Composer | Ultimate. Find the best takes fast with ScriptSync, which analyzes all clip dialog in your project, then syncs all relevant clips to the script. For dialog-heavy productions, PhraseFind indexes all clip dialog, so you can find all relevant clips in seconds by typing a keyword or phrase.
Media Composer | Ultimate includes the Symphony Option, providing advanced and secondary color correction tools and Universal Mastering to finish and deliver projects. It also comes with the NewsCutter Option, making it easy to integrate with MediaCentral | Newsroom Management, iNEWS, and other ENPS for streamlined news editing (Windows only).
Run Media Composer virtually
For broadcasters and media enterprises, Media Composer | Ultimate is available as a “virtual” license that runs on a single server, enabling multiple editors to access the software and projects remotely using an Internet-connected computer or zero client. Not only will you save time on software deployment and upgrades, you get more access flexibility and easier management.
Pro Tools Studio lets you capture performances in pristine 32-bit float / 192 kHz audio for high-dynamic-range recordings with depth and dimension. Bringing ideas to life is easy with fast workflows, real-time MIDI tools, a massive collection of classic outboard processors, coveted musical instruments, loops, analog consoles, and some of the world's most popular guitar effects—over 115 plug-ins in total. You can mix both stereo and immersive multichannel audio projects with fully automated ease to create Dolby Atmos music or work with Ambisonics. Elevate your recording and mixing experience with tightly integrated audio interfaces and surfaces that offer DSP acceleration, for near-zero latency and unmatched hands-on control.
Pro Tools Studio at a Glance
64 simultaneous recording I/O
512 audio tracks, 512 instrument tracks, 1024 MIDI tracks
128 aux tracks/routing folders, 128 VCA tracks, 64 master tracks
1 video track
Stereo, Surround, Dolby Atmos, and Ambisonics mixing
Pro Tools | Carbon Hybrid Engine, VENUE | S6L support
What's Included and How to Manage Your 1-Year Subscription
1-year access to latest version of Pro Tools Studio software. Once your subscription lapses, you no longer have access to Pro Tools Studio unless you renew or resubscribe.
1-year access to all available Pro Tools Studio updates.
1-year access to Standard support with unlimited online technical support plus billing and account help—response within 24 to 48 hours.
1-year access to the Complete Production Bundle (over 115 plug-ins) and HEAT add-on.
1-year access to Celemony Melodyne essential.
1-year access to Inner Circle rewards—over $2000 in free plug-ins plus music and sound libraries, training resources, and more.
Access to 1GB of Cloud Collaboration storage, 2GB high-quality loop library, plus over 3GB of bonus samples and sounds for virtual instruments.
Users who want to continue using Pro tools Studio after the 1-Year period ends may purchase a 1-Year Subscription RENEWAL before their current subscription expires—keeping the same System ID that's already in their iLok account.
If your 1-year subscription has already expired, you need to purchase a NEW subscription. Starting a NEW subscription surrenders your existing Pro Tools license and creates a new Pro Tools System ID in your iLok account—which you will then have to move onto your iLok USB or iLok Cloud session.
Pro Tools runs on Intel-based Windows and Mac computers as well as on M1-based Mac computers.
Choose to authorize the software either via cloud license with iLok Cloud (requires a constant Internet connection) or with a physical iLok 2 / iLok 3 key (available separately).
Capture Inspired Performances
Ever have that moment where you play something amazing but didn't hit record? With Retrospective MIDI Record, you can bring in those MIDI improvisations retroactively to recoup that spontaneity.
Record with Near-Zero Latency
Use any audio interface that meets your needs to record into Pro Tools. Or add an Avid audio interface or system (available separately) and you can record through plug-ins with near-zero latency.
Create the Perfect Take
Experience the easiest audio comping workflow for creating flawless performances quickly. You can even cycle through different playlist takes to hear what works best and create something truly inspired.
Edit Your Way, Tweak Audio Timing and Pitch
With Pro Tools Studio, you can reshape sounds, fix issues, chop, cut, and tweak audio and MIDI tracks with ultimate flexibility and precision. Trim clips, edit notes, and add fades with the Smart Tool. Change tempo or timing on the fly with Elastic Time. You can even make bad notes sound pitch-perfect with Elastic Pitch.
Advanced and Accurate Mix Automation
From VCA Masters, Track Freeze, and professional metering to the unrivaled ability to automate practically anything—from track volumes and panning to plug-in settings and sends in your mix—all this makes the art of mixing music and soundtracks fast and easy. Automatic delay compensation corrects for delays incurred by plug-ins and mixer routing as well as side-chaining.
Mix Dolby Atmos Music
Pro Tools Studio adds surround mixing capabilities for multichannel mixing in Dolby Atmos and Ambisonics.
Fine-Tune MIDI Performances
Quantize notes. Adjust note durations. Transpose recordings. Add dynamics by varying note velocities. Rearrange parts with Folder Tracks. Add more humanistic soul using MIDI Real-Time Properties.
Turn Audio to MIDI and Vice-Versa
Drag an audio sample to a MIDI track or convert an audio track to MIDI, and you can change the instrument, switch out samples, and edit notes. Or, drag a MIDI clip to an audio track for more creative editing possibilities. Audio-to-MIDI allows you to repitch notes and play with the timing. It not only works with melodic material, but you can also convert percussive and polyphonic recordings too.
Change Pitch and Time with Melodyne
The Celemony Melodyne essential plug-in makes it easy to fix bad notes, hold out good ones, tighten up grooves, or even rearrange the melody, all with natural-sounding results. Perfect vocal and instrument performances quickly, or get more creative with them, using the core toolset.
Pro Tools | GrooveCell and Pro Tools | SynthCell Virtual Instruments
Pro Tools | GrooveCell is a virtual drum machine and sequencer that makes it easy to create intricate beats and drum patterns in Pro Tools. You can use the included sounds and presets or build custom drumkits by dragging and dropping your own samples onto the drumpads (MP3, WAV, or AIFF).
Pro Tools | SynthCell is a modern virtual synth that offers a wide palette of sounds in Pro Tools—from old-school familiar to the truly unique. Sporting two oscillators, two multimode filters, an LFO, envelopes, an arpeggiator, and a variety of effects, you can start sculpting your own sounds from scratch or cruise through the library of presets and instantly find something organic, distorted, smooth, chaotic, or analog, without ever touching a knob.
Fuel Your Creativity with Pro Plug-Ins
Polish mixes with access to HEAT (to bring analog warmth and color to your mixes) and every audio plug-in offered in the Complete Production Bundle. From high-quality reverbs, EQs, and dynamics, to virtual instruments and guitar amp emulators, you have access to everything you need to shape, enhance, and fine-tune your sound.
Work with Sound for Picture
Play and edit 4K/UHD and HD video, and Avid DNxHD sequences right in the Pro Tools timeline (1 video track). You can create and mix soundtracks in sync with the picture. Edit audio clips with timecode precision, and position them perfectly in the scene. Clean up tracks, and ensure every bit of dialog, music, and sound is heard using plug-ins and automation.
Bring the Power of the Hybrid Engine to Pro Tools Using the Carbon Interface
Using Pro Tools Studio with the Pro Tools | Carbon interface (available separately) allows you to turbocharge your system with the Hybrid Engine and mix bigger sessions or record large performances with tons of plug-ins running in real time. The Hybrid Engine allows native CPU and Carbon power to be used more cooperatively to maximize Pro Tools performance. When you need to record with near-zero monitoring latency, simply put a track in DSP Mode. The track's entire signal chain and DSP AAX-compatible plug-ins are then processed directly on the Carbon interface, while your CPU plays back the rest of your mix.
Bounce Better (Including Stems)
Whether bouncing a final mix, consolidating tracks, or printing stems, the new Bounce window enables you to work more easily than ever before. Create your own presets for frequently used workflows. Import OPAtom audio files. QuickTime capabilities are back, enabling macOS Catalina users to once again export MOV, MP4, M4V, and M4A (AAC) files, critical for audio post workflows.
Save Tons of Time with Space Clips
For video-game sound designers, dialog editors, and sound librarians who often import tens of thousands of audio files per project, Space Clips eliminates the mind-numbing grind and time wasted spacing clips apart before getting to work. With a single command, you can separate multiple clips on a track at equal time intervals of your choosing, quickly and easily.
Discover the Power of the Dark Side
With the Dark theme, Pro Tools offers a modern look and feel that's easier on the eyes—especially in lower light conditions. You can also change the brightness and saturation of almost every aspect of the Dark and Classic user interfaces.
Bring Focus to Your Session with Folder Tracks
Take command of large sessions by organizing tracks into collapsible folders, enabling you to work more creatively and productively. Arrange, consolidate, and route tracks quickly with drag-and-drop ease. And, group folders in folders and color-code them for even easier navigation.
Connect to Ableton-Link-Enabled Apps and Devices
Expand your instrument options and enable multiple musicians and beatmakers to play along with your session. With support for Ableton Link, you can connect Pro Tools to a wide range of Link-enabled music creation apps, electronic instruments, and sound processors on your network— everything and everyone in perfect sync.
Collaborate In the Cloud
Avid Cloud Collaboration enables you to work with up to 10 collaborators to contribute to the same Pro Tools project remotely. You can work on a song with anyone anywhere in the world as if you were in the same studio—all you need is an internet connection.
Connect, Expand Opportunities, and Get Discovered
With Avid Link in the Pro Tools interface, you can connect with other music creators and audio professionals to find collaborators and gigs, share your work, promote your skills, and expand your creative opportunities. Plus, get your music heard on Apple Music, Spotify, Pandora, TIDAL, and dozens of other major streaming services with easy music distribution through AvidPlay (available separately). AvidPlay supports 24-bit / 192 kHz audio, including Dolby Atmos music.
Take Hands-On Control of Your Mix
Experience the deepest level of integration when you pair Pro Tools with any EUCON-enabled control surface—includes Avid S6L, S6, S4, S3, S1, and Avid Dock, as well as the free Avid Control app on your mobile device (all available separately). Speed up recording, editing, and mixing tasks with access to tracks, plug-ins, and automation control right from the surface. You can even create custom keys to perform practically any Pro Tools function with a single button press.
What’s Included with Pro Tools Artist
Get everything you need to make beats, write songs, record vocals and instruments, and mix studio-quality music that’s ready to be heard across the world’s most popular streaming platforms. Pro Tools Artist makes music creation fast and fluid, providing many of the same tools the pros use to create your favorite songs and albums.
Here’s what software, plugins, virtual instruments, and sounds are included with Pro Tools Artist.
DYNAMICS
& EQ
BF-2A
BF-3A
BF-76
Channel Strip
Dynamics III Compressor/Limiter
Dynamics III De-Esser
Dynamics III Expander/Gate
EQ III 1-Band
EQ III 7-Band
Fairchild 660
Fairchild 670
Focusrite d2
Focusrite d3
Graphic EQ
Impact
Maxim
Pultec EQH-2
Pultec EQP-1A
Pultec MEQ-5
Purple Audio MC-77
Smack!
EFFECTS,
FILTERS
& EMULATORS
AIR Chorus
AIR Distortion
AIR Enhancer
AIR Ensemble
AIR Filter Gate
AIR Flanger
AIR Frequency Shifter
AIR Fuzz-Wah
AIR Kill EQ
AIR Lo-Fi
AIR MultiChorus
AIR Phaser
AIR Stereo Width
AIR Talkbox
AIR Vintage Filter
D-Fi Lo-Fi
D-Fi Recti-Fi
D-Fi Sci-Fi
D-Fi Vari-Fi (AudioSuite only)
Eleven Lite
Eleven MK II
Moogerfooger 12-Stage Phaser
Moogerfooger Analog Delay
Moogerfooger Lowpass Filter
Moogerfooger Ring Modulator
Reel Tape Flanger
Reel Tape Saturation
SansAmp PSA-1
Sound Replacer
Voce Chorus/Vibrato
Voce Spin
REVERBS
& DELAYS
AIR Dynamic Delay
AIR Multi-Delay
AIR Nonlinear Reverb
AIR Reverb
AIR Spring Reverb
D-Verb
Mod Delay III
Reel Tape Delay
Reverb One
Studio Reverb
Tape Echo
Tel-Ray Variable Delay
STOMPBOX
EFFECTS
BBD Delay
Black Op Distortion
Black Shiny Wah
Black Spring
C1 Chorus/Vibrato
DC Distortion
Flanger
Gray Compressor
Green JRC Overdrive
Orange Phaser
Roto Speaker
Tri-Knob Fuzz
Vibe Phaser
White Boost
VIRTUAL
INSTRUMENTS
& LOOPS
AIR Boom
AIR DB-33
AIR Mini Grand
AIR Structure Free
AIR Vacuum
AIR Xpand!2
Avid Loopmasters Sample Pack
Pro Tools | GrooveCell
Pro Tools | SynthCell
AUDIO
TOOLS
Click II
DC Offset Removal (AudioSuite only)
Dither
Down Mixer
Duplicate (AudioSuite only)
Gain (AudioSuite only)
Invert (AudioSuite only)
MasterMeter
Normalize (AudioSuite only)
Pitch II
Pitch Shift (AudioSuite only)
POW-r Dither
Reverse (AudioSuite only)
ReWire
Signal Generator
Time Adjuster
Time Compression/Expansion (AudioSuite only)
Time Shift (AudioSuite only)
Trim
Bringing ideas to life is easy with the SoundFlow Cloud workflow-automation platform, real-time MIDI tools, a massive collection of classic outboard processors, coveted musical instruments, loops, analog consoles, and some of the world's most popular guitar effects—over 115 plug-ins in total. The 64 video tracks enable you to cut and mix sound to picture with great precision. You can also mix both stereo and immersive multichannel audio projects with fully automated ease to create Dolby Atmos music or work with Ambisonics. Elevate your recording and mixing experience with tightly integrated audio interfaces and mixing surfaces including the S6 and S6L.
Pro Tools Flex at a Glance
Simultaneous recording inputs: 256 (Core Audio, ASIO), 192 (HDX Hybrid Engine, HDX Classic), 64 (HD Native)
2048 audio tracks, 512 instrument tracks, 1024 MIDI tracks
1024 aux tracks/routing folders, 128 VCA tracks, 64 master tracks
64 video tracks
Pro Tools | Carbon Hybrid Engine, Pro Tools | HDX and HD Native + interfaces, VENUE | S6L support
1-year access to latest version of Pro Tools Flex software. Once your subscription lapses, you no longer have access to Pro Tools Flex unless you renew or resubscribe.
1-year access to all available Pro Tools Flex updates.
1-year access to ExpertPlus support with unlimited priority phone support and online technical support plus billing and account help—response within 4 hours.
1-year access to SoundFlow Cloud Avid Edition.
Users who want to continue using Pro tools Flex after the 1-Year period ends may purchase a 1-Year Subscription RENEWAL before their current subscription expires—keeping the same System ID that's already in their iLok account.
With Pro Tools Flex, you can reshape sounds, fix issues, chop, cut, and tweak audio and MIDI tracks with ultimate flexibility and precision. Trim clips, edit notes, and add fades with the Smart Tool. Change tempo or timing on the fly with Elastic Time. You can even make bad notes sound pitch-perfect with Elastic Pitch.
SoundFlow Cloud Workflow Automation Platform
SoundFlow is a state-of-the-art workflow automation platform that enables Pro Tools users to reduce complex, many-step tasks to single keystrokes or presses on a touch surface.
SoundFlow Cloud Avid Edition provides access to over 1600 prebuilt macros and commands for Pro Tools that can be custom-assigned and triggered by keyboard shortcuts, MIDI controllers, and HID devices. Whether bouncing stems, navigating plug-ins in large sessions, or triggering complex workflows, SoundFlow saves users significant time and enables them to stay in their creative flow.
Mix Dolby Atmos Music and Export Dolby Atmos ADM Files Directly
Pro Tools Flex adds surround mixing capabilities for multichannel mixing in Dolby Atmos and Ambisonics.
Say goodbye to all the tedious time spent bouncing Dolby Atmos mixes to ADM (Audio Definition Model) files in real time. With Pro Tools Flex, you can directly export and import ADM files to and from Pro Tools in faster-than-real-time offline mode, greatly streamlining your workflow. All groups and their associated beds and objects in the mix are embedded in the file, making delivery easy.
Work with Sound for Picture (64 Video Tracks)
Play and edit 4K/UHD and HD video, and Avid DNxHD sequences right in the Pro Tools timeline with 64 video tracks. You can create and mix soundtracks in sync with picture. Edit audio clips with timecode precision and position them perfectly in the scene. Clean up tracks, and ensure every bit of dialog, music, and sound is heard using plug-ins and automation.
Bring More Power to HDX with the Hybrid Engine
The Hybrid Engine provides a vastly significant boost in performance for DSP-powered HDX Systems. This proprietary technology maximizes the performance of your Pro Tools Flex rig by leveraging both native and DSP processing more harmoniously. All processing, voice count, and mixing is handled by your CPU until the moment you need a DSP-based workflow.
You can toggle between Native and DSP modes on a per-track basis and nullify the distracting effects of latency simply by clicking a button. The track's entire signal chain and AAX DSP-compatible plug-ins are then processed directly on the HDX card while your CPU plays back the rest of your mix. This means you can track bigger sessions (with a massive 2048 voices and audio tracks at all sample rates even with one-card systems) and work with a lot more outboard gear using any Core Audio interface.
Whether bouncing a final mix, consolidating tracks, or printing stems, the new Bounce window enables you to work more easily than ever before. Create your own presets for frequently used workflows. Import OP-Atom audio files. QuickTime capabilities are back, enabling macOS Catalina users to once again export MOV, MP4, M4V, and M4A (AAC) files, critical for audio post workflows.
For video-game sound designers, dialog editors, and sound librarians, who often import tens of thousands of audio files per project, Space Clips eliminates the mind-numbing grind and time wasted spacing clips apart before getting to work. With a single command, you can separate multiple clips on a track at equal time intervals of your choosing, quickly and easily.
Go Further with Pro Tools Flex
Apply real-time EQ and dynamics to a single clip or clip group with Clip Effects.
Get time-saving workflows for field recording, rerecording, and (with Pro Tools | HDX) in-the-box dubbing.
Get advanced recording, mixing, and delivery capabilities, including TrackPunch, single-file multistem bounce, and Netflix-compliant workflows.
Get advanced automation features such as Capture, Automatch, and Preview.
Control up to 12 Pro Tools Flex workstations from a single transport with the included Satellite Link.
Integrate and control external audio and video devices from Pro Tools with the included ProTools | MachineControl.
WHAT’S NEW IN CONTINUUM
Continuum plugins are a one-stop shop for your content creation needs. The post production industry’s most complete plugin package includes over 300+ effects, 40+ transitions, and 5000+ presets. The speedy and easy to use toolset is fully GPU-accelerated with Adobe Multi-Frame Rendering and native Apple M1 support.
Take the capabilities of any effect further with the implementation of Mocha masking in every one of Continuum’s effects. Import and export Mocha data from other hosts, easily set up offset tracking, and limit effects with complex masking driven by the award-winning art of planar tracking.
New for 2023
New Effect! BCC+ Atmospheric Glow- a versatile filter combining multiple light textures into a single effect.
New Transitions! 10 powerful transitions including BCC+ Swish Prism, BCC+ Film Roll, BCC+ Texture Wipe and more.
Updated Particle Illusion: Better performance, UI changes, and improved 3D model handling.
Updated Effect! BCC+ Film Glow Effect gets brighter with a secondary glow option.
New Presets! 250+ new professionally designed and curated presets.
New! Instant Radiance with Atmospheric Glow
Say hello to your new favorite glow effect. It harnesses the power of multiple light types into a single effect. Create a pristine glow and punch it up with automatic flicker, lens textures, and atmospheric effects like rays and smoke.
New! Improved, Enhanced, and Updated Particle Illusion
Create particle simulations in a flash with improved performance on both Windows and Mac. Your Particle Illusion workflow also gets a boost from an upgraded user interface featuring cleaner, easier-to-understand property controls and additional functionality like 3D object normals emission.
New! Up Your Edit Game with 10 High-Octane Transitions
Transitions drive stories forward. Continuum 2023 has 10 new GPU-accelerated and preset driven transitions including the new Film Roll and Swish Warp. Easily work with on-screen controls to dial in the movement just the way you want it.
New! 250+ New Presets to Ignite Creativity
Every editor knows the importance of finding inspiration to get those creative juices flowing. Continuum 2023 has you covered with an additional 250+ artist presets. Find them in your favorite BCC+ effects including Film Glow, Light, Prism, Camera Shake, and Chromatic Abberation
New in 2022: Major Speed Gains
Continuum 2022 is the fastest version of the award-winning plugin collection yet.
Get ready for dramatic speed gains inside After Effects with Adobe Multi-Frame Rendering support on over 350 effects, speedier workflows with native Apple M1 support, and overall performance boosts with the addition of more fully GPU-accelerated effects (BCC+).
Create stunning particle animations in no time thanks to huge performance increases across all supported hosts.
New in 2022: Movie Looks & Gobos
The 2022 release adds 60+ film and TV-inspired color grades (BCC+ Film Stocks) to help you transform your footage into iconic and fan-favorite looks with just one click. Highlighted presets include The Wizard of Oz, E.T., The Grand Budapest Hotel, Euphoria, and Stranger Things.
BCC+ Light adds 50+ digital gobos presets to bring the overall number of gobos available to over 800 options. Easily test out different gobos in seconds without the added production costs.
ONE ULTIMATE PACKAGE WITH ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES
Continuum serves the everyday needs of editors, motion graphic artists, and compositors working in today's fast-paced environments. Below is a glimpse of the 300+ effects used in broadcast, film, and television for over 25+ years.
Sapphire plug-ins let you create stunning organic looks unmatched by any host native effect tools. Key features include over 270 effects and 3000+ presets, a powerful Effect and Transition Builder, and integrated tracking and masking with the Academy Award-winning Mocha. Sapphire’s superior image quality, control, and render speed offers massive time-savings — allowing creatives to focus on what matters most, delivering an impact that keeps audiences coming back.
Sapphire 2022 adds new host support for Adobe Photoshop — and it’s FREE to all Sapphire 2022 users! Featuring 270+ resolution independent and non-destructive effects built into a one-of-a-kind nodal based effects compositor. Photoshop artists will delight at 3000+ easily searchable presets organized by name, type, or intended use. Sapphire Photoshop has the same extensive parameter set as Sapphire plugins, giving artists complete control over every aspect of an effect. Anything created with Sapphire Photoshop can be shared with Sapphire supported hosts including Adobe Premiere Pro, Blackmagic Resolve, Avid Media Composer, Foundry’s Nuke, and many others. Sapphire Photoshop is fully GPU-accelerated with CUDA and Metal support and features native support for Apple M1 processors.
Meet the brand new Sapphire effect: S_ColorFuse! Create cinematic color grades with ease using the one-of-a-kind Sapphire LUT effect. Combine up to three LUTs in different combinations and opacities for limitless choices or choose from one of 50 included presets. Transfer looks between host applications, no LUTs needed — all the info is stored in the S_ColorFuse preset. Maintain accurate color representation by setting the host application colorspace and LUT colorspace (produced in accordance with OCIO standards). S_ColorFuse is fully GPU-accelerated with CUDA and Metal support and renders natively on Apple M1 processors.
S_UltraZap now takes advantage of Sapphire’s built-in Mocha planar tracking and spline-based tools. Easily drive electrifying animations by creating tracked splines inside Sapphire’s Mocha interface or importing projects created in Mocha Pro or Mocha AE. All supported hosts now have access to the many advanced UltraZap features previously only available in Adobe After Effects. Whether you’re enhancing a simple logo or diving into a complex VFX shot, the combo of Mocha splines with UltraZap opens up a world of creative possibilities.
The 2022 release features 300+ new curated presets across all Sapphire effects. Each new preset is designed with today’s artists in mind and delivers excellence in form and function. Many older presets have been deprecated and replaced by new modern versions.
Sapphire 2022 features faster speeds and shorter render times in Adobe After Effects with improved support for multi-frame rendering. On average, Sapphire renders are more than 20% quicker with MFR. Individual results can vary based on many factors (CPU, comp size, bit depth, etc).
Shot missing something? Add lighting effects and beautiful lens flares. Lens flares, rays, glows, glints, bokeh effects, streaks, light leaks, flashbulbs, and more.
High-quality lens distortions and photorealistic blurs. Camera shakes, rack defocuses, lens whacking, z-blurs, edge aware blurs, beauty effects, and more.
Deep & fast tools to adjust your shots and build better comps by adding new textures and elements. Zaps, textures, caustics, starfields, gradients, sparkles, grunges, auroras, and more.
A wide variety of ways to add high production value to any project. Film effects, glitches, pixel sorts, vignettes, film grains, retro TV and film looks, kaleidos, auto-paints, and more.
Auto-animating transitions from classic to modern and mind bending time effects. Many custom dissolves and wipes, film rolls, hyper pulls, swish pans, feedback effects, time averaging, trails, and more.
Create cross-platform stacks of effects that apply as a single effect, or make entirely new effects and transitions with Sapphire Builder. Endless possibilities!
Sapphire is built for the pros. Its suite of over 270 effects features image processing algorithms that produce Hollywood’s highest-quality results. Each Sapphire effect is GPU-accelerated for faster rendering with NVIDIA CUDA technology for Windows and Linux, and Apple’s Metal technology for macOS, along with native support for M1-powered Macs. Look no further if you’re a professional artist looking to create an array of stunning visuals with blazing speeds.
You’ll always find something to suit your taste and needs with over 3000 preset effects crafted by top-notch artists. Every Sapphire release includes brand new presets. There’s always something fresh to play with!
Sapphire effects are loved for a beautifully designed and carefully laid out top-down parameter workflow often structured with a guided order of operations. The user-friendly experience — paired with a uniform naming structure and speedy workflow — makes it easy for editors and artists to start creating gorgeous effects. Sapphire also features a large online library of tutorials to teach you about the effects or provide you with inspiration on what to create next!
Say goodbye to keyframing with Academy Award-winning integrated Mocha tracking. Mocha’s rock-solid planar tracking is included within every Sapphire effect. Drive effect parameters like Sapphire Lens Flare position data or isolate an area with a tracked mask on an effect like Sapphire Glow or Sapphire Blur.
Work faster and smarter with Sapphire — a powerful and proven VFX solution that seamlessly integrates into any pipeline. Easily scale up your rendering output when needed with Sapphire background renders with identical CPU fallbacks. Choose how your facility licenses with flexible options including floating virtual machine licensing servers or monthly subscriptions. Access personalized customer support 7 days a week or browse an online library of help documentation for any technical needs.
Sapphire 2022 features faster speeds and shorter render times in Adobe After Effects with improved support for multi-frame rendering. On average, Sapphire renders are more than 20% quicker with MFR. Individual results can vary based on many factors (CPU, comp size, bit depth, etc). Check out our benchmark results here.
