Apple supplies “Bootcamp” free of charge so Apple-users can also run Windows-based-solutions. This allows for a smooth setup of Windows as an extension of Apple’s OSX and offers all of EDIUS power on the Mac.
How to easily setup Bootcamp and EDIUS is described in this document:
EDIUS Pro for Mac, Bootcamp EDIUS Installation (english Version, pdf, 2,5MB)
We appreciate that you would like to get to know Grass Valley EDIUS.
The best way to do this is by trying it out under live conditions on your own PC, notebook or workstation.
Also have a look at the seamless integration of current I/O cards from Blackmagic Design and AJA.
Enjoy the possiblity to do your color correction in realtime and combine it with other videofilters and effects.
Convince yourself of EDIUS realtime performance as a 64bit application and export your film in any format you wish for. The trial version contains a watermark in the preview and the output.
To try out EDIUS we offer you a full version without any limitation (apart from the water mark) for the time span of 30 days - without any commitment from your side: EDIUS trial version without any limitations
The trial version works only if your computer is connected to the internet. Without access to the internet the trial version cannot be started.
To get to know more about all the functions in EDIUS you can download the english EDIUS manual for free or use the free EDIUS Basic introduction tutorial.
For further questions about EDIUS you can get in touch with your local EDIUS reseller or join the EDIUS user forum.
The trial version ends automatically after 30 days - so there is nothing you have to do about it. But most likely you will like to continue working with EDIUS. For attractive offers to purchase EDIUS please get in touch with your local EDIUS reseller.
EDIUS 11
CPU: Intel 5th Gen or newer or equivalent AMD CPU
Memory: 8 GB RAM or more | for 4K/8K projects 16 GB or more
Hard Disk: SSD (Recommendation)
Graphics Card: 1 GB VRAM or more | for 4K/8K projects 2 GB or more | for VisTitle Pixel Shader 3.0 and Direct X 11 (intel UHD Graphics 630, NVIDIA GTX1050, Radeon HD 2600 or better)
Sound Card: Sound card with WDM driver support
Network: Internet connection required for initial software license activation, thereafter once per month to maintain usage | Offline activation and usage possible for EDIUS 11 Workgroup
OS: Windows 10 64-bit version 21H2 or later, Windows 11, changes can be made at any time without notice.
Supported Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Chinese traditional (Chinese simplified is available in the Chinese Version and Japanese in the Japanese Version of EDIUS 11)
EDIUS X:
CPU: CPU with AVX2 support: Intel 4th Gen or newer or equivalent AMD CPU
Memory: 8 GB RAM or more | for 4K projects 16 GB or more
Hard Disk: 6 GB of hard disk space for installation, fast drive for video storage
Graphics Card: 1 GB VRAM or more | for 4K projects 2 GB or more
Sound Card: Sound card with WDM driver support
Network: Internet connection required for initial software license activation, thereafter once per month to maintain usage | Offline activation and usage possible for EDIUS X Workgroup
OS: Windows 10 64-bit version 1903 or later. Changes can be made at any time without notice.
Supported Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Chinese traditional (Chinese simplified is available in the Chinese Version and Japanese in the Japanese Version of EDIUS X)
EDIUS 9
(Updated for software version 9.30)
OS:
Windows 7 64-bit (Service Pack 1 or later), Windows 8/8.1/10 64-bit
Note: See Memory section below for physical memory limits of each OS.
CPU:
Any Intel i3/i5/i7/i9, core 2 or Xeon CPU as well as any AMD Ryzen CPU. Each CPU with SSSE3 instruction set.
Processors with Intel QuickSync technology enable H.264/H.265 hardware acceleration.
Memory:
2 GB RAM minimum (4 GB or more recommended)
Requirements for RAM and video memory vary depending on the project format. For SD/HD projects: 4 GB or more RAM recommended. For 4K projects: 16 GB or more RAM recommended
Maximum amount of RAM is based on the physical memory limits of each OS.
Windows 10, Enterprise and Pro, 64-bit: 512 GB
Windows 8/8.1, Enterprise and Pro, 64-bit: 512 GB
Windows 8/8.1, 64-bit: 128 GB
Windows 7, Ultimate, Enterprise, and Professional, 64-bit: 192 GB
Windows 7, Home Premium, 64-bit: 16 GB (not recommended for complex 4K projects)
Windows 7, Home Basic, 64-bit: 8 GB (not recommended for projects with more than HD resolution)
Graphics Card:
Supporting higher resolution than 1024x768 32-bit. Direct3D 9.0c or later and PixelShader Model 3.0 or later is required
Requirements for video memory size when using GPUfx will vary depending on the project format. For 10-bit SD projects: 1 GB or more recommended, for HD/4K projects 2 GB or more recommended
Note: Requirements for video memory vary depending on the project format. See Memory section above for details.
Use of several monitors:
EDIUS can be used very comfortably over several PC screens, whereby the scaling (DPI setting) must be the same on all monitors. Ideally, you use several monitors with similar or same size and resolution.
Hard Disk:
6 GB of hard disk space is required for installation
Drive with SATA/7,200 RPM or faster is required for video storage
Available hard drive disc space should be twice the size of the file to be edited
Optical Drive:
Blu-ray Disc writer is required when creating Blu-ray Discs
DVD-R/RW or DVD+R/RW drive is required when creating DVDs
Sound Card:
Sound card with WDM driver support is required
USB Interface:
Memory-card-readers, camcorders or video-decks require USB 2.0 or USB 3.0 connection
Firewire Interface:
Older camcorders (DV/HDV) often require firewire-connection by an IEEE-1394 port. With windows versions 8.1 and 10 the installation of the legacy firewire driver might be necessary.
Network/Internet connection:
Important for EDIUS Pro 9: Internet connection required for software license activation, thereafter Internet connection is required at least once every 60 days to maintain usage.
Should you not be able to meet the internet-connectivity-requirements you may apply for a special EDIUS Pro 9-version allowing an offline-installation. Please contact us to help you.
Note: EDIUS 9 Workgroup (different to EDIUS Pro 9) offers offline-activation. Internet-access is not required. With EDIUS 9 Workgroup creating an EDIUS ID is possible if you prefer but not mandatory.
Information about the activation-system of EDIUS 9
Prior to the introduction of EDIUS 9 Grass Valley allowed users to activate EDIUS up to three times: typically for a desktop PC, a notebook and one more activation as an emergency-reserve for unforeseeable events. Regretfully this system was subject to misuse; therefore Gras Valley changed the system to be able to deactivate the usage of illegal software. Most users will not notice any difference. But from time to time (at least once within 60 days) the Grass Valley-system will try to verify the EDIUS ID. Therefore it is important to connect the editing-system to the internet from time to time.
Service and support
EDIUS comes with Grass Valley’s 90-day limited warranty.
Support is available through your authorized professional EDIUS-dealer.
| Feature | EDIUS 11 Pro |
EDIUS 11 Workgroup |
EDIUS 11 Broadcast |
| 8K support (project setting and export) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| FTP uploading and downloading | No | Yes | Yes |
|
Title Insertion Mode |
No | Yes | Yes |
| Editing while recording capture | No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Monitor control | No | Yes | Yes |
| Audio monitoring mode | No | Yes | Yes |
|
Loudness meter |
No | Yes | Yes |
|
Audio bitstream pass-through |
No | Yes | Yes |
|
Advanced MXF file exporting |
No | Yes | Yes |
|
Video-out conversion (via I/O hardware) |
No | Yes | Yes |
|
Video-out support for UHD/4K 50/60p (via I/O hardware) |
No | Yes | Yes |
|
Offline activation and offline editing |
No | No | Yes |
|
Usage of eID can be skipped |
No | No | Yes |
|
Import of Dolby Digital Professional and Dolby Digital Plus formats |
No | No | Yes |
|
Output of Dolby Digital Professional and Dolby Digital Plus formats |
No | No | Yes |
|
K2 connection (SAN) |
No | Optional | Optional |
|
K2 connection (FTP) |
No | Optional | Optional |
|
Avid DNxHD codec Support |
MOV only | MOV+MXF | MOV+MXF |
| Feature | EDIUS X Pro |
EDIUS X Workgroup |
| 8K support (project setting and export) | No | Yes |
| FTP uploading and downloading | No | Yes |
|
Title Insertion Mode |
No | Yes |
| Editing while recording capture | No |
Yes |
| Monitor control | No | Yes |
| Audio monitoring mode | No | Yes |
|
Loudness meter |
No | Yes |
|
Audio bitstream pass-through |
No | Yes |
|
Generic MXF file exporting |
No | Yes |
|
Video-out conversion (via I/O hardware) |
No | Yes |
|
Video-out support for UHD/4K 50/60p (via I/O hardware) |
No | Yes |
|
Offline activation and offline editing |
No | Yes |
|
Usage of eID can be skipped |
No | Yes |
|
Import of Dolby Digital Professional and Dolby Digital Plus formats |
No | Optional |
|
Output of Dolby Digital Professional and Dolby Digital Plus formats |
No | Optional |
|
GV STRATUS support |
No | Optional in the future |
|
EDIUS XRE support |
No | Optional in the future |
|
K2 connection (SAN) |
No | Optional |
|
K2 connection (FTP) |
No | Optional |
|
Avid DNxHD codec Support |
Optional | Yes |
Below you find a comparison between EDIUS Workgroup 9 and EDIUS Pro 9:
| Feature | EDIUS Pro 9 |
EDIUS Workgroup 9 |
Support of integrated subtitles ("Closed Captions") |
Yes | Yes |
| Possibility to select preview quality ("Draft Preview") | No | Yes |
|
Possibility to preview material in UHD ("4K 16:9") at 50p/60p by using editing cards from e.g. Blackmagic Design or AJA |
No | Yes |
| Feature | EDIUS Pro 9 |
EDIUS Workgroup 9 |
| Support of integrated subtitles ("Closed Captions") |
Yes | Yes |
| Possibility to select preview quality ("Draft Preview") | No | Yes |
|
Possibility to preview material in UHD ("4K 16:9") at 50p/60p by using editing cards from e.g. Blackmagic Design or AJA |
No | Yes |
|
Loudness Auto Adjust according to R 128 (New in EDIUS 8.51) |
No | Yes |
|
Mync for managing video, audio and stills including import function, tagging, seraching for keywords and previewing clips in high quality. Upload function to YouTube, Vimeo and FTP-servers (New in EDIUS 8.32) |
Yes | Yes |
|
Optical Flow for framerate conversion and slow motion (New in EDIUS 8.30) |
Yes | Yes |
|
New Bin mode including the “Time Code” (New in EDIUS 8.3) |
Yes | Yes |
|
Disc Burner authoring in various project settings (New in EDIUS 8.3) |
Yes | Yes |
|
High-resolution proxy files (New in EDIUS 8.3) |
Yes | Yes |
|
GV Browser improvements (New in EDIUS 8.3) |
Yes | Yes |
|
FUJIFILM - F-Log color space in primary color correction filter (New in EDIUS 8.3) |
Yes | Yes |
|
64-channel audio support (New in EDIUS 8.3) |
Yes | Yes |
|
Import/Export improvements of MXF DNxHD (New in EDIUS 8.3) |
No | Yes |
|
Improved GUI for high resolution screens (New in EDIUS 8.3) |
Yes | Yes |
|
Installation of EDIUS without Apple QuickTime possible. (New in EDIUS 8.22) |
Yes | Yes |
|
ProRes material can be imported and edited natively without Apple QuickTime. (New in EDIUS 8.22) |
Yes | Yes |
|
Support for more color spaces by the Primary Color Correction filter.(New in EDIUS 8.22) |
Yes | Yes |
|
Custom LUT (.cube) file import for the Primary Color Correction filter. (New in EDIUS 8.22) |
Yes | Yes |
|
GPU acceleration for the Primary Color Correction filter. (New in EDIUS 8.22) |
Yes | Yes |
|
Improved support of Intel Quick Sync. (New in EDIUS 8.2) |
Yes | Yes |
|
Primary color correction (RGB) on LOG or RAW clips. (New in EDIUS 8.2) |
Yes | Yes |
|
Support for Sony and Canon RAW decoding. (New in EDIUS 8.2) |
Yes | Yes |
|
Motion tracking feature for Mask filter (New in EDIUS 8.2) |
Yes | Yes |
|
Support for draft video preview (New in EDIUS 8.2) |
No | Yes |
|
Increased ProRes and DNxHD performance by 250% (New in EDIUS 8.1) |
No | Yes |
| Support of Project Templates (New in EDIUS 8.1) | Yes | Yes |
| Supporting Open FX Plug-ins (New in EDIUS 8.1) | Yes | Yes |
|
New GUI with an improved scalability for high-res-displays and a sleek, modern design (e.g. to view footage in the bin-window in any desired size) |
Yes | Yes |
|
Mync, a personal file-manager, for retrieval and admiration of all your source-material including video, audio and stills |
Yes | Yes |
|
Supporting the newest camera-models like the Canon XF-AVC |
Yes | Yes |
| Windows 10 support | Yes | Yes |
| Optimized for Intel’s Core i architecture 4th generation (Haswell) | Yes | Yes |
| Enhanced MPEG2- and H.264-encoder | Yes | Yes |
| Utilizes Intel’s Quick Sync GPU technology intensely speeding up the timeline-performance editing H.264 HD and 4K-footage. | Yes | Yes |
| 9.xx dot-release-updates free of charge with new features and enhancements within the EDIUS 9-productcycle until the end of 2019 | Yes | Yes |
|
High DPI support as well as |
Yes | Yes |
| "Edit while Capture": Sources can be captured and edited at the same time while the recording file is still going on with continuously „growing“ files. Further supported: Metus Ingest or Grass Valley T2 Recoder | No | Yes, edit and ingest |
| Avid DNxHD Codec (MXF) included, ideal to collaborate with Avid cutters | Optional | Yes |
| EDIUS Watch Folder, monitoring a folder (local or network-drive) and automatically importing files into the EDIUS-bin | No | Yes |
| EDIUS XRE Render Engine Support, allowing an external rendering of EDIUS-projects | No | Yes |
| Dolby E Pass-Through, audio data remain unchanged | No | Yes |
| ANC Data (closed captioning subtitles) Pass-Through, video-embedded subtitles remain unchanged | No | Yes |
| Player-Audio-Monitoring-Mode to monitor any chosen track of a source file | No | Yes |
| Loudness Monitoring according to the R128 standard (important when finalizing the audio-mix for a broadcasting-station) | No | Yes |
| Connecting to storage-media via FTP (rarely used feature) | No | Yes |
| General MX-Exporter (rarely used feature) | No | Yes |
| K2 GXF Exporter for K2-Storage-Server, requires K2-Server | No | Optional |
| Connecting to GV STRATUS (newsroom, field), requires GV STRATUS-installation | No | Optional |
| Connecting to K2 SAN, K2 DyNo (SNFS), requires K2 SAN or K2 DyNo | No | Optional |
| Tight integration with the CatDV-MAM-system (Square Box Systems), requires CatDV-MAM | No | Yes |
| Tight integration with the Metus-MAM-system, requires Metus-MAM | Yes | Yes |
| Dolby Plus Professional Licence, relevant choice for broadcasters | No | Optional |
| Internet-access required (In case there is no access possible or prohibited by your companies’ regulations please contact your local EDIUS reseller) | Yes (at least once within 60 days) | No |
| Creating a personal EDIUS ID is required to run EDIUS | Yes | No |
EDIUS Workgroup 9 contains all features of EDIUS Pro 9 and supports the same plug-ins and hardware as EDIUS Pro 9. On top of that EDIUS Workgroup 9 offers additional features and benefits that we will describe in the following.
EDIUS Workgroup 9 addresses broadcasters as well as individual users in need of an enhanced feature set. The workgroup-version allows connecting to the Grass Valley STRATUS Video Produktion & Content Management System and working directly with a Grass Valley K2 SAN-system. Furthermore network solutions like a variety of MAM-systems (media asset management) are supported.
Especially in a broadcast environment with EDIUS as a strong player all across the globe, networking features are essential. Combined with GV STRATUS several cutters can work on the same story sharing the same source material, media and metadata for an ultrafast turnaround.
This combination supports and serves numerous destinations at the same time such as playout-servers, content management systems, social media channels and digital libraries.
The combination of EDIUS Workgroup 9 and GV STRATUS also offers an efficient content management system including workflow automation, the administration of user rights and storage optimization.
Even working remotely from a home office or directly from the set is possible with this system only requiring an internet-connection. You can search, stream and view stories as well as edit projects by proxy mode in low resolution or transfer the high-res-material onto your local storage before editing. When you have finished editing, the project file will be auto-conformed by the GV STRATUS Render Engine workstation computer for final processing and output.
If systems are not connected to GV STRATUS, proxy mode editing can also be made available by using the optional EDIUS XRE conform engine.
Different to EDIUS Pro 9 the EDIUS Workgroup 9 version allows an offline-activation. Therefore the editing system does not need to be connected to the internet. Generating an EDIUS ID is possible if you wish to do so but not mandatory.
Furthermore, only with EDIUS 9 Workgroup it is possible to select the preview quality. For example, UHD / 4K material or clips with many effects and filters can be viewed in real time. Moreover, only with the Workgroup version it is possible to view material in UHD ("4K 16:9") at 50p/60p on the preview monitor by using editing cards from e.g. Blackmagic Design or AJA.
There are several additional differences between EDIUS Workgroup 9 and EDIUS Pro 9. We have listed those in the following table and additionally commented on some features for a better understanding.