Edius is a video editing software package developed and sold by the Canopus Corporation which is now owned by Thomson Grass Valley. Edius 4.0 is the latest version yet of Canopus's non-linear video editing programs. It supports many video formats, multi-track, mixed format HD / SD editing, compositing, chroma keying, titling, with realtime and timeline output capabilities.

Edius key features, as stated on the developer's webpage are:

• Realtime, mixed format HD/SD editing, including DV, HDV, HD, MPEG-2 and uncompressed SD video
• Fast, flexible user interface, including unlimited video, audio, title and graphics tracks
• Realtime editing and conversion of different HD/SD aspect ratios, such as 16:9 and 4:3
• Realtime editing and conversion of different frame rates, such as 60i, 50i and 24p
• Realtime editing and conversion of different resolutions, such as 1440x1080, 1280x720 and 720x480
• Realtime HD/SD effects, keyers, transitions and titles
• Realtime, render-free DV output directly from the timeline
• Multicam editing of up to eight different sources simultaneously
• Nested timeline sequences
• High-speed HDV timeline export, built for Dual Core CPU technology
• High-quality, multi-format video exporting with ProCoder Express for EDIUS
• Direct-to-DVD timeline export
• Inscriber® TitleMotion™ Pro for EDIUS*

External links

• EDIUS Pro web page

• Thomson Grass Valley web page