AJA KONA LHi Capture Card - Manual (Page 5)

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KONA for PC software allows Windows to access the hardware power
of your KONA within major editing and graphics applications. Other
software vendors have also provided integrated support for KONA in
their own PC applications through direct collaboration with AJA.
Choose the right KONA card to playback HD/SD or SD-only video and audio data from disk—
even 2K—in any format you choose, including DPX, Cineon, TGA, TIFF, BMP, AVI and QuickTime.
You can playback and master material, at a variety of frame rates, on a high-resolution wide-
screen monitor or digital projector. Custom AJA software allows full control over your playback
parameters are clearly laid out, including provisions for choosing a user-specified LUT.
Supplied AJA plug-ins integrate your KONA card into a variety of graphics/visual-effects
software applications to make operations even easier to use. Using AJA plug-ins, sophisticated
features appear as if they were native to the software application user interfaces. Directly
supported applications include:
• Adobe Premiere® Pro
• Adobe After Effects®
• Adobe Photoshop®
• Sony Vegas
• Eyeon Fusion®
This huge feature set makes KONA an invaluable tool for film and video professionals, for
virtually any PC workflow.
KONA for PC Software
AJA Control Room for Mac and PC
AJA Control Room™ for Capture, Preview, and Output to Tape (Mac and PC)
KONA software for Mac and PC includes a stand-alone powerful capture, conversion, playback, and
output application—AJA Control Room™—that includes full VTR machine control with access to any
and all KONA supported file formats and video standards, presented in a very cool and easy-to-use
interface. Files captured from AJA Control Room can be imported into virtually any software package
that supports these file formats, such as compositing programs, 3D animation programs, audio editing
programs and much more. Exported files from your applications can be seamlessly played out to the
video and audio equipment of your choice. A separate Control Panel supplies powerful at-a-glance
configuration and control.
AJA Control Room has great desktop preview features allowing you to preview your files full screen on
your desktop display, creating an alternative for frame by frame viewing when no additional monitor
is available. When you’re ready and you want to lay off to tape, an Output mode allows you to edit to
tape using a wide variety of VTRs.