Digidesign is pleased to announce it has partnered with Virtual Katy
Development Limited (www.virtualkaty.com) to offer a free version of
their popular VK Conformer auto conform software to all purchasers of
new Pro Tools|HD Core systems and DV Toolkit 2-a $395 value.
Digidesign will demonstrate the new Virtual Katy solution on the Avid
Booth #SL701. Additionally, Virtual Katy will be on hand to demonstrate
VK Conformer as well as their other auto conform and change management
solution, VK2, on the Avid Partner Pavilion booth #SL1513F.
VK Conformer is an auto-conform workhorse designed for conforming and
nondestructively recompiling Pro Tools sessions in post production
applications. Users can import an Avid Change Note or CMX 3600 Edit
Decision List (EDL) into Pro Tools and conform the session to match the
picture cut exactly. VK Conformer offers a powerful means of
accelerating a Pro Tools post production workflow. Features include:
support for EDLs and Change Notes; List Cleaner-eliminates unwanted
elements from lists; Preview Mode-enables you to preview and modify
region boundaries before committing to the conform; Conform-identifies
necessary sound file changes and automatically re-syncs the Pro Tools
session. “VK Conformer will shave hours if not days off the amount of
time sound editors spend syncing their Pro Tools session,” comments
Virtual Katy founder and head of research and development John McKay.
In addition, Pro Tools|HD and DV Toolkit 2 customers who receive VK
Conformer will be eligible to try a free, 30-day demo of VK2, Virtual
Katy’s ultimate auto-conform and change management solution. VK2
automates the process of re-editing a Pro Tools session to match
updates made by picture editors working on the same project in
parallel. This application easily surpasses its peers in terms of
processing speed, tracing, and comparison engine techniques. “Whereas
VK Conformer is fast, VK2 is addictive,” adds McKay. “Every auto
conform and change management function we could think of is in VK2.
With VK2, I can pretty much guarantee that Pro Tools users will never
dread another conform session again."
VK2 Features
  • Extensive format support-EDLs, Avid Cut Lists and Change Notes, and OMF ®/AAF files
  • Preview Mode-preview changes before committing to the conform
  • Version History-view the entire history of a shot
  • Drag-and-drop import, including groups of lists
  • List Cleaner-parse unwanted elements or split video and audio elements
  • Analysis-compare differences between current and previous files; compare multiple lists and versions
  • Advisory-find deleted material returning to the cut
  • Enhanced processing speed-up to 2,500 edits over ten reels in one second
  • Change lists generated from EDLs-ensure accuracy even under tight deadlines
After the 30-day demo, Digidesign customers who receive VK Conformer as
part of their Pro Tools purchase can upgrade to VK2 for $500, a $100
discount off the standard MSRP upgrade price of $600. Upgrade purchases
can be made directly from the Virtual Katy web site
(www.virtualkaty.com) or through an authorized Virtual Katy reseller.
Even if they upgrade to the full version of VK 2, customers will still
have a fully functioning copy of VK Conformer.