Avid Ships Symphony v3.5, Media Composer v10.5, Film Composer v10.5 and Avid Xpress v4.5.Business/Technology Editors TEWKSBURY, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 16, 2001 Windows 2000-compliant Versions of Industry-leading Content Creation Tools Offer Enhanced Features and Efficient Collaborative Workflow Capabilities Avid Technology "Avid" redirects here. For the "Advancement Via Individual Determination" educational program, see AVID. Avid Technology, Inc NASDAQ: AVID is an American company specializing in video and audio production technology; specifically, digital non-linear media editing (NLE) , Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : AVID) today announced the shipment of new versions of three popular Avid product lines: the Avid (R) Symphony(TM) system, a highly efficient online, real time finishing and 24P universal mastering solution for high-end editorial productions; the Media Composer (R) family of products, a worldwide standard for offline, online and film editing; and the Avid Xpress(R) system, a price-performance leader in real-time video editing Real-time video editing is a system of editing video where it takes no longer to render a video than the length of that video clip itself. For example, after a 30 minute length of video is edited it needs to be rendered, and should the system take more than 30 minutes to render the solutions. Now compliant with the Windows 2000 platform, these new releases are designed to help expand customers' businesses through enhanced online/finishing offerings, new titling and editing features, efficient collaborative workflow capabilities, and multi-format mastering and delivery of 601, Web and DTV (Digital TeleVision) Transmitting TV using digital signals. The major DTV standards are ATSC (North America), DVB (Europe) and ISDB (Japan). All three use MPEG-2 video compression and Dolby Digital audio compression. DVB and ISDB also include MPEG audio compression. formats. "The advanced feature sets, workflow capabilities and cost savings of the latest Avid editing systems are unparalleled in the industry," said Rob Kobrin, Avid's vice president of worldwide product management. "These new releases further enhance the depth of the Avid product line, which scales from portable DV editing to high-end finishing and allows users to choose the level of real-time performance and creative control that best fits their workflow and business model." New features designed to increase productivity and collaborative workflow include: --Software Crawling Titles Horizontal and cross screen crawling titles provide users with another creative option for fast-rendering software titling. --Enhancements to Real-Time Moving Mattes Users will be able to make real-time moving mattes from digitized video, giving editors more flexibility and capability to further enhance titling tools. --Intraframe(TM) editing enhancements Increased intraframe editing capabilities will allow users to clean scratches on a full film frame (or both fields on film-based interlaced Refers to a display system or image that uses interlacing and does not render contiguous lines one after the other. See interlace and interlaced GIF. projects). --Support for Broadcast WAV Allows users to extend the direct audio file import operation to include the "Broadcast Wave" metadata and other information that is provided by field records, such as the Zaxcom "Diva" and Aaton "InDaw." --User interface enhancements: Users are now able to create a new and wider range of customized buttons, windows and backgrounds. Editors can put their personal stamps on their editing systems, allowing for more streamlined processes and greater production flow. --"Avid workflow" capabilities As part of an "Avid workflow," the Symphony, Media Composer and Avid Xpress systems can help customers increase productivity and creativity, and streamline the production process by fostering a truly collaborative workflow environment. Avid workflow affordably allows for interoperability The capability of two or more hardware devices or two or more software routines to work harmoniously together. For example, in an Ethernet network, display adapters, hubs, switches and routers from different vendors must conform to the Ethernet standard and interoperate with each other. between Avid applications through OMF OMF - Object Management Facility. Part of the DAA proposed by Hewlett-Packard and Sun. (R) and AAF AAF abbr. Army Air Forces ; shared/distributed media environment via Avid Unity(TM) MediaNet v2.0; and facility-class services such as remote Review & Approval(TM), MediaManager, TransferManager and ProEncode(TM). Not all features are available on all products. Avid Symphony v3.5 is available on the Windows 2000 platform. Media Composer v10.5 and Avid Xpress v4.5 support both Windows 2000 and Macintosh platforms. Availability and Pricing Avid Symphony v3.5, Media Composer v10.5 and Avid Xpress v4.5 products are currently available through Avid's worldwide reseller channel. Pricing for Avid Symphony v3.5 is $105,000 US MSRP MSRP Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price MSRP Message Session Relay Protocol MSRP Multi-Species Recovery Plan (US Fish & Wildlife Service) MSRP Member of the Society for Radiological Protection (UK) , with the Universal Online Option priced at $20,000 US MSRP. Pricing for Media Composer v10.5 is $85,000 US MSRP. Avid Xpress v4.5 is available in three models priced at $12,999 US MSRP for the Plus model, $19,999 US MSRP for Deluxe and $29,999 US MSRP for Elite. The Deluxe and Elite models include the previously announced TurboPack bundle. Upgrades to Symphony v3.5 and Media/Film Composer v10.5 from versions 3.0/3.1 and 10.0/10.1 respectively are available for $495 US MSRP. Upgrades to Avid Xpress v4.5 from version 4.0/4.1 are available for $200 US MSRP. Upgrade pricing from earlier versions is available through your local Avid Authorized au·thor·ize tr.v. au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es 1. To grant authority or power to. 2. To give permission for; sanction: Dealer. About Avid Technology, Inc. Avid Technology, Inc. delivers the solutions that Make, Manage and Move Media(TM). As a recognized digital standard for professionals who Make the world's media -- from video, audio and film to animation, special effects special effects, in motion pictures, cinematographic techniques that create illusions in the audience's minds as well as the illusions created using these techniques. and streaming media See streaming audio, streaming video and digital media hub. -- Avid's products are used to make more television and news shows, commercials, music videos and CDs, corporate/industrial productions and major motion pictures combined than any other nonlinear editing See nonlinear video editing. manufacturer in the world. Now, building on its Oscar(R), Grammy(R) and Emmy(R) award-winning heritage in creating content, Avid is extending its reach by redefining how digital media is shared, stored and distributed. To Manage today's increasingly rich collection of dynamic media, Avid provides powerful servers, networks and media tools to help customers search files, share media and collaborate on new productions, both locally and globally. Avid's solutions also empower users to easily Move media, whether on air, over cable or satellite or through the Internet. Like no other media company today, Avid's end-to-end solutions (jargon) end-to-end solution - (E2ES) A term that suggests that the supplier of an application program or system will provide all the hardware and/or software components and resouces to meet the customer's requirement and no other supplier need be involved. Compare: turn-key solution. span the continuum of media creation, management and distribution. The company's corporate headquarters are located in Tewksbury, MA. More information about Avid is available at www.avid.com. (c)2001 Avid Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. Product specifications and availability are subject to change without notice. All prices are USMSRP for the U.S. and Canada only and are subject to change without notice. Contact your local Avid office or reseller for prices outside the U.S. and Canada. Avid and Media Composer, OMF and Avid Xpress are registered trademarks, and Intraframe, Review & Approval, ProEncode, Make, Manage and Move Media, Symphony and Avid Unity are trademarks of Avid Technology, Inc. Oscar is Oscar I, 1799–1859, king of Sweden and Norway (1844–59), son and successor of Charles XIV. His reign was one of social and economic advance. His book on the reform of criminal law and prisons had wide influence. Oscar was succeeded by his elder son, Charles XV. a registered trademark and service mark of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Emmy is a registered trademark of ATAS/NATAS. Grammy is a trademark of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Inc. is known variously as The Recording Academy or NARAS. Established in 1957, The Recording Academy is a U.S. . All other trademarks contained herein are the property of their respective owners. |
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