AJA KONA 5.0 - Manual (Page 12)

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Note: Due to the product line name change, XENA users will find product support on our
website under “KONA for PC.” Support and offerings remain the same—with the best
quality and level of support in the industry.
Applications
Supported With KONA Software version 5.0 for PC’s professional features, you can run these Windows
platform applications (application software not included).
• Adobe Premiere Pro CS5
• Adobe After Effects CS5
• Adobe Photoshop CS5
• Autodesk Combustion 2008
• Eyeon Fusion 6.x (64-bit only)
KONA for PC software also offers AJA’s own Machina software for incredible standalone file
capture, preview and playout with full machine control. Third-party native support for
KONA cards is also available in applications such as Avid Liquid Chrome, Sony Vegas, and
Sonic CineVision (see
“Native Support for KONA for PC Products ” on page 107 ).
KONA version 5.0 software and plugins are also compatible with the Bootcamp Windows
environment on Macintosh machines running OSX Snow Leopard or better. (Beta versions
of Bootcamp are not supported.)
Some KONA card models are available in both PCI-X compatible and PCI-e bus versions (LHi
is PCIe only). KONA cards offer high-quality digital and analog interfaces for use in
broadcast, editing and graphics/animation work. The KONA 3/3x card can capture SDI, HD-
SDI, Dual Link 4:4:4 HD-SDI, and HSDL. KONA LHi captures analog and digital HD/SD data
and also supports HDMI in and out. KONA LS is for analog and digital SD data only.
Capture Formats When capturing, you can record data in the following file formats:
• DPX (LHi & 3Ke/3K only)
• Cineon (LHi & 3Ke/3K only)
• TGA
• TIFF
• BMP
• YUV
• AVI
• QuickTime
• MXF MPEG (Sony Vegas only)
DVCProHD Support KONA cards also include a DVCProHD Library that enables users to capture, edit, and play
back DVCProHD compressed QuickTime files in KONA for PC supported applications.
For more information on using DVCProHD for:
• Compressed Online Editing,
• Compressed Offline Editing,
• Import, Editing, and Playing Multiple Media Types,
• Cross-Platform Workflow with KONA and DVCProHD
Please see the whitepaper DVCProHD Editing with KONA at:
http://www.aja.com/pdf/AJA_whitepaper_DVCProHD_editing.pdf