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The Power Surge Adobe Premiere Plug-ins for Windows95 are the latest in a series of new product introductions from Star Media Systems. Sold separately as four volumes of transition effects and filters or bundled together as a single package with the Generator Transition Maker, the Power Surge Plug-ins include a huge variety of 32-bit pre-configured Adobe Premiere effects to liven up your nonlinear productions. The Transition Maker allows videographers to combine and manipulate the existing set of effects and filters to create unique transitions. (630) 305-9432.

Suggested retail price: Volumes 1-3, $99; Transformer (1000 pre-configured transitions), $199; Generator, $499

Panasonic's AG-A850 multi-event editing controller comes equipped with five RS-422 (9-pin) terminals, which gives it the ability to control up to five VCRs. With this setup, simultaneous production of up to three video tapes is possible, as is A/B-roll editing from up to four source players. Other features include two jog-shuttle dials, a 512-event memory, 10-key data-entry pads and two RCA-style GPI ports. (201) 392-4319.

Suggested retail price: $2500

A new VHS video head cleaning cassette from Trackmate called the Video HyperBRUSH uses a patented brush process to safely and effectively clean your video heads and without abrasion. The HyperBRUSH system uses three absorbent fiber brushes that are 175% wider than a standard 1/2-inch videotape. Also included is a built-in counter that automatically tallies the number of cleanings and alerts the user when to remove and clean the brushes. (800) 486-5707.

Suggested retail price: $19.95

TuneBuilder for Windows95, a new software product from Canada's AirWorks corporation, gives videographers an easy way to create custom-built music from production-audio libraries. When used with one of the 15+ worldwide production-music libraries that support the TuneBuilder interface, the product allows you to choose from a wide range of audio editing capabilities, including the ability to choose the exact length of a desired song for a given video clip. (310) 854-6273.

Suggested retail price: $429-$1500 (depending on number and type of included CD music libraries)

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