Elemental today announced the release of Elemental Accelerator v2.1 for Windows, an update to its GPU-accelerated video processing plug-in for Adobe Premiere Pro CS4. In addition to support for H.264 encoding, Elemental Accelerator now offers support for GPU-accelerated MPEG-2 encoding, allowing video professionals to quickly create high-quality HD or SD output video for DVD media or digital broadcast. As with H.264 encoding, Elemental Accelerator not only speeds MPEG-2 encoding by executing demanding processing tasks on the GPU, it frees CPU resources to perform other tasks, resulting in a faster, more efficient video editing and production environment. Compared to CPU-only encoding, Elemental Accelerator can speed MPEG-2 conversion by 2X-5x!

For more information, check out the new Elemental Accelerator product tour video, which will show you how the plug-in works and take you inside Adobe Premiere Pro to explore the many ways Elemental Accelerator can help you work better and faster!

This release of Elemental Accelerator also offers an expanded set of H.264 presets for a variety of target applications, including presets designed specifically for Apple mobile devices and for YouTube standard and high definition formats.

For users who already own RapiHD or Elemental Accelerator, you can easily upgrade to the newest version:

To access an update:

1.    Launch Adobe Premiere Pro CS4
2.    Navigate to the Export Settings dialog box
3.    Select the More Info tab
4.    Press the Check for updates button

This will automatically direct you to the Elemental Accelerator update site. Customers installing from a CD or web package for the first time can elect to update immediately after a first-time install.

Elemental Accelerator v2.1 is made exclusively for NVIDIA Quadro GPUs. On the desktop, Elemental Accelerator works with the Quadro CX as well as the Quadro FX 5800, 4800, 3800 and 1800. On mobile platforms, Elemental Accelerator works with the Quadro FX 3700M and 2700M. Elemental Accelerator is available for purchase as a standalone package from NVIDIA's Adobe plug-in store or bundled with supported Quadro FX graphics cards from a variety of resellers.

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