Avid Unveils Innovative New Products, Solutions and Strategic Alliances at NAB 2000.Business Editors NAB2000 BOOTH L11031 LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 10, 2000 - Company Showing Includes New Avid ePublisher Streaming Media See streaming audio, streaming video and digital media hub. Tool, New Releases of Editing and Finishing Products for 601 and HD Delivery, Revolutionary Next-Generation 3-D Animation Product; Announcement of Interactive Television, Alliances with Intel and Microsoft- At the 2000 National Association of Broadcasters Conference (NAB), 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 new streaming media, networked encoding See encode. , news editing and web publishing Creating a Web site and placing it on the Web server. A Web site is a collection of HTML pages with the home page typically named INDEX.HTML. Web sites are designed using Web authoring software which provides a graphical layout capability or by hand coding in HTML or both. products, new versions of current editing and finishing products, significant alliances to more quickly deliver interactive television and web encoding capabilities, and new programs to meet customer satisfaction demands. At NAB, Avid unveiled two new products: Avid ePublisher, the industry's first complete streaming media publishing tool for Web-enabled video production; and the Avid Newscutter(R) XP system, the low-cost version of Avid's industry-leading NewsCutter family of digital editing products for broadcast news production. Avid formally launched AvidProNet.com(TM), a business-to-business Web services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. portal for media professionals which includes plans for Digidesign, a division of Avid, to develop a full-featured audio component of AvidProNet.com. Avid is also showcasing new versions of current products: Version 1.2 of Avid Unity(TM) MediaNet, the revolutionary media network for professional media production and distribution; Avid Xpress(R) Version 4, the next generation of Avid's affordable, broadcast-quality video editing See nonlinear video editing and video editor. system; and a sneak-peek of Avid Xpress DV Avid Xpress DV is a popular non-linear video editing application available to professionals on Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh computers. See also
To demonstrate its commitment to customers, Avid unveiled two new customer service programs: Avid FlexSupport, which is designed to provide all Avid customers in the U.S. and Canada with the flexibility of choosing the technical support options that they need backed by a per-call money back guarantee; and the Avid Certified User program, which will allow editors to prove their proficiency on Avid Media Composer systems and earn official recognition from Avid. Avid's customer commitment is also demonstrated through its alliances with Intel Corporation (company) Intel Corporation - A US microelectronics manufacturer. They produced the Intel 4004, Intel 8080, Intel 8086, Intel 80186, Intel 80286, Intel 80386, Intel 486 and Pentium microprocessor families as well as many other integrated circuits and personal computer networking and Microsoft Corporation (company) Microsoft Corporation - The biggest supplier of operating systems and other software for IBM PC compatibles. Software products include MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, Microsoft Access, LAN Manager, MS Client, SQL Server, Open Data Base Connectivity (ODBC), MS Mail, to develop a new authoring tool for creating interactive digital television content compliant to the Advanced Television Enhanced Forum (ATVEF (Advanced Television Enhancement Forum) A consortium of broadcast, cable and computer companies founded in 1998 that developed the ATVEF Enhanced Content Specification, an HTML and JavaScript-based format for adding content to interactive TV. ) specification. Additionally, Avid announced a feature protection program for the NewsCutter Version 15. and NewsCutter XP systems that will enable customers to upgrade to Version 2.0 at no additional cost. Avid Announces New Professional Post-Production Products Avid Unity Products Receive Major Enhancements Avid introduced Version 1.2 of Avid Unity(TM) MediaNet, the revolutionary media network for professional media production and distribution. With this release, the power and scope of MediaNet is expanded to include larger workgroups or several smaller workgroups, who can concurrently work with access to as much as 650 hours of broadcast-quality video. This new version includes support for up to 25 real-time clients each with four audio tracks (total of 50 video streams plus 100 audio tracks), with simultaneous access to as much as 5TB of media storage. New Feature Sets for Symphony Version 3 and Media Composer Version 10 Avid unveiled the upcoming releases of Media Composer Version 10.0, a worldwide standard for editing; and Symphony Version 3.0, the most efficient finishing and 24P universal mastering solution for editorial productions. Both releases are planned for shipment in the third quarter of 2000. Symphony Version 3 builds on the capabilities of the Media Composer system, offering the full Media Composer Version 10 feature set, and adding the real-time performance and depth of control required for high-end editorial finishing. New features include: Real-time Ultimatte Keying, Real-time Secondary Color secondary color n. A color produced by mixing two primary colors in equal proportions. See Table at color. secondary color A color produced by mixing two additive primary colors in equal proportions. Correction, Motion Tracking and Image Stabilization Image stabilization (IS) is a family of techniques to increase the stability of an image. It is used in image-stabilized binoculars, photography, videography, and astronomical telescopes. . The milestone Media Milestone Media is a company best known for creating the Milestone comics imprint (that was published through DC Comics) and the Static Shock cartoon series. It was founded in 1993 by a coalition of African-American artists and writers (namely Dwayne McDuffie, Denys Composer Version 10 release raises the bar in terms of online capabilities for finishing mainstream programming, adds streaming capabilities so users can re-purpose video assets on the Web, and delivers real-time power, speed-of-operation enhancements and workflow efficiency features. Feature highlights include: Real-time moving mattes, Real-time hardware multicamera play, and Video Archive. Avid Launches Strategic Web Initiatives First All-In-One Streaming Media Publishing Tool for Web-enabled Video Production Avid unveiled Avid ePublisher, the industry's first complete streaming media publishing tool for Web-enabled video production. Developed for new media producers in the broadcast/"webcast", corporate, education and training markets, the Avid ePublisher solution will simplify how streaming media content is produced, encoded and distributed. This single application will enable content creators See content provider. to capture, edit or re-purpose video content and combine it with information and graphical elements to create HTML-based interactive multimedia content that can be published to the Web as well as to CD and DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. for easy distribution. Avid ePublisher is schedule for release in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. in Q2 2000. B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business Web Services Portal for Media Creation Professionals Avid formally launched AvidProNet.com, a business-to-business Web services portal for media professionals. AvidProNet.com provides Web-based tools, information and services to enable the content creation community to take advantage of the power of the Internet in their business - to improve their workflow efficiency, stay informed, and reach and interact with fellow professionals. AvidProNet.com provides content, community, commerce, and services targeted at media creation professionals. Digidesign will develop a full-featured audio component of the Avid Production Network(TM) (AvidProNet.com). Digidesign's plans include creating a web community for Pro Tools(R) workstation users, featuring a variety of networked products and services for audio creation and production. Avid and Digidesign are committed to providing seamless integration An addition of a new application, routine or device that works smoothly with the existing system. It implies that the new feature or program can be installed and used without problems. Contrast with "transparent," which implies that there is no discernible change after installation. between their industry-leading desktop audio and video tools and the Avid Production Network. 20% Performance Increase for the Avid Xpress DV on IBM IntelliStation The IBM IntelliStation workstation class personal computer was announced March 1997 as the follow-on to the IBM PC Series 360 and 365. In February 2002 POWER processor based workstations, which where previously sold directly under the eServer pSeries brand, where also placed under Digital Video Editing and Publishing System Avid announced that it is now shipping a new 733 MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. model of its Avid Xpress DV software on the IBM IntelliStation product, the company's professional editing and publishing solution for digital video (DV), Web streaming video A one-way video transmission over a data network. It is widely used on the Web as well as company networks to play video clips and video broadcasts. Computers in home networks stream video to digital media hubs connected to a home theater. , DVDs, and CDs. Avid's highly performance-scalable Avid Xpress DV software combined with the increased CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. performance of this new model enables demanding video processing Video processing techniques are used in video codecs, video players and other devices. For example—commonly only design and video processing is different in TV sets of different manufactures. functions such as rendering, effects, and encoding to execute up to 20% faster than the previous model. Avid also announced that it will preview the upcoming Version 1.5 of Avid Xpress DV on the IBM IntelliStation, which will feature significant collaboration and interoperability enhancements to enable efficient digital media production workgroups. Avid Xpress Version 4 Avid introduced Avid Xpress Version 4 software, the next generation of Avid's affordable, broadcast-quality video editing system designed for video and multimedia professionals. Available in summer 2000 simultaneously on Macintosh and Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. platforms, the Avid Meridien(TM)-based Avid Xpress Version 4 system will offer powerful new features for creating digital media for the Web and DVD, enhancing workflow and increasing editing flexibility and efficiency. Avid also announced limited-time promotional upgrade pricing for current owners of Avid Meridien-based Avid Xpress Plus and Deluxe customers. Avid Announces New 3-D and Animation Solutions SOFTIMAGE|XSI Softimage Co, a subsidiary of Avid, announced the much anticipated release of SOFTIMAGE |XSI system, the company's next-generation 3-D animation solution. Expected to ship in May 2000, the SOFTIMAGE|XSI system will allow animators Famous animators no longer living
Digidesign Announces New Audio Tools AVoption|XL Digidesign is showing AVoption|XL, a hardware option for integrating Pro Tools digital audio workstations A digital audio workstation (DAW) is a system designed to record, edit and play back digital audio. A key feature of DAWs is the ability to freely manipulate recorded sounds, much like a word processor manipulates typed words. with Avid video editing systems. Both the AVoption|XL and AVoption hardware options allows capture, import and playback of Avid-compatible video from within the Pro Tools application. Together with the advanced editing and post-production features of Pro Tools Version 5 software, these options represent an unprecedented level of integration between audio and video, and an improved workflow for sound-for-picture professionals. Windows NT Compatible Version of DigiTranslator Digidesign announced the release of DigiTranslator 1.1, a Windows NT-compatible version of Digidesign's OMFI OMFI Open Media Framework Interchange (Avid Technology, Inc.) OMFI Open Media Framework Interface (Open Media Framework(R) Interchange) session interchange application. DigiTranslator accurately handles the conversion of Pro Tools session files to OMF OMF - Object Management Facility. Part of the DAA proposed by Hewlett-Packard and Sun. (R) files, and of OMF files to Pro Tools session files. Dozens of manufacturers now support OMFI, and hundreds of Pro Tools customers rely on OMFI every day for file interchange with other workstations, such as Avid's Media Composer system. With DigiTranslator, the complex process of file interchange is made simple and dependable, allowing post-production professionals to spend more time on creative decisions and less time on file management. FilmFrame(TM) Delivers Avid Film Composer(R) Compatibility to Digidesign Pro Tools Digidesign announced FilmFrame, a software module that adds 24 frame Film Composer media support to AVoption- or AVoption|XL-equipped Pro Tools systems. FilmFrame software allows Pro Tools users to work natively at 24 frames per second in Pro Tools with picture elements that have been created by an Avid Film Composer video editing workstation. PostConform(R) Version 2.0 Digidesign announced the release of PostConform Version 2.0, an update of its auto-conforming solution for Mac OS-based computers. With this release, the PostConform software is now fully compatible with Digidesign's Pro Tools|24 and Pro Tools |24 MIX systems. This new version of PostConform software plays a key role in integrating current Pro Tools systems into a post-production workflow. PostConform software automatically locates and captures EDL See nonlinear video editing. (language) EDL - 1. Experiment Description Language. 2. Event Description Language. elements from external source decks, and conforms those elements to specified positions on the list, saving hours of extra work capturing and spotting elements to picture. Windows 98 Support with Pro Tools Version 5.0.1 Digidesign announced the first upgrade to its Pro Tools Version 5 software. With Pro Tools Version 5.0.1, Windows 98 support will be available for Digidesign's home and project studio products, the Digi 001(TM) and Digi ToolBox See toolkit and toolbar. (TM) XP. The recording, editing and mixing capabilities of Digi 001 and Digi ToolBox XP are powered by Pro Tools LE software. Pro Tools LE supports up to 24 tracks of 16- or 24- bit audio and introduces the newly developed Real-Time AudioSuite (RTAS RTAS Real-Time Technology and Applications Symposium (IEEE) RTAS Real Time Audio Suite RTAS Retail Travel Agents Section (South Africa) RTAS Remote Technical Assistance System ) plug-in architecture, delivering real-time, host-based mixing and effects processing. With the Version 5.0.1 release, Digidesign also adds Windows 98 support for the SampleCell II(TM) Plus PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). sampling card, a low-latency monitoring feature for Digi 001 systems, and an MP3 export option for Windows-based Pro Tools systems. Avid Announces New Solutions for Broadcast News Low Cost Avid NewsCutter XP Avid unveiled the Avid NewsCutter XP system, a low-cost version of Avid's industry-leading NewsCutter family of digital editing products for broadcast news production, designed to deliver content both to air and to the Web. For less than $25,000 USMSRP, this new product will offer a high-performance alternative to traditional two-tape-deck suites, delivering a new price point for this functionality. Using industry standard DV25 compression, NewsCutter XP will connect the speed of the NewsCutter system to the workflow benefit of Avid Unity media network. In order to ensure a scaleable solution for its customers, Avid will provide a simple upgrade path from NewsCutter XP to upcoming releases of NewsCutter DV50 or MPEG-2 non-linear editors. Future-Proof Workgroup News Editing Solution Avid introduced a feature protection program for the NewsCutter Version 1.5 and NewsCutter XP systems that will enable customers to upgrade to NewsCutter Version 2.0 at no additional cost. Scheduled for availability in Q4 2000, the NewsCutter Version 2.0 system builds on Avid's industry-leading NewsCutter family of digital editing products for broadcast news production and is expected to include capabilities such as support for popular DV50 and MPEG (Moving Pictures Experts Group) An ISO/ITU standard for compressing digital video. Pronounced "em-peg," it is the universal standard for digital terrestrial, cable and satellite TV, DVDs and digital video recorders (DVRs). 2 formats. In addition, the NewsCutter Version 2.0 system will be capable of full support for Avid Unity for News, a broadcast-specific version of the Avid Unity MediaNet shared storage network. The Avid Unity for News system also adds the Avid Unity MediaManager asset management solution, as well as a new high-speed media transfer capability. Avid Announces New Service Initiatives and Alliance Announcements New Editor for Authoring Interactive Content for Enhanced Digital Television Avid unveils its development and licensing agreements with Intel Corporation and Microsoft Corporation to develop a new authoring tool for creating interactive digital television content compliant to the Advanced Television Enhanced Forum (ATVEF) specification. Avid is previewing an early version of the tool, code named "Avid ITVauthor", at the major industry tradeshow this week in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. and expects to ship a functional pre-release version to qualified customers in the fall of 2000. Avid Certified User Program Avid's Certified User Program is designed for Avid system editors that would like to have a program that certifies their considerable skills, the Avid Certified User program will allow editors to prove their proficiency on Avid Media Composer systems and earn official recognition from Avid. The Avid Certified User program is being developed by Avid Certified Instructors - most of whom are Avid system editors, Avid senior instructors, Avid product developers, and experienced Avid customers. The program will provide Avid system editors with a method to prove proficiency with all aspects of system operation, including media capture, media management, editing, effects and graphics, output options and basic troubleshooting. Avid Revamps Customer Service with Avid FlexSupport Designed to address needs expressed by customers, new Avid FlexSupport customer service offerings will provide all Avid customers in the U.S. and Canada, including non-contract customers, with the flexibility of choosing the technical support options that they need, backed-up by a per-call money back guarantee. In addition to the worldwide total solution provided by Avid Assurance annual support contracts, Avid FlexSupport options allow customers in North America to tailor their own support plans by purchasing only the individual support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services that they require. For complete details on the above announcements, visit www.avid.com or www.softimage.com. About Avid Technology, Inc.: Avid Technology, Inc. is an international, industry-leading provider of digital audio and video tools for information and entertainment applications. The company's products are used by a variety of customers worldwide including film, television and interactive content producers, TV news broadcasters, corporate communicators and consumers. For more information, visit Avid's Web site at www.avid.com. (c) 2000 Avid Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. Product specifications are subject to change without notice. All prices are USMSRP for 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, Avid Xpress, Digidesign, Media Composer, NewsCutter, OMF, Open Media Framework, PostConform, Pro Tools and Softimage are registered trademarks, and Avid Production Network, AvidProNet, AvidProNet.com, Avid Unity, Digi 001, Digi ToolBox, FilmFrame, Meridien, Sample Cell II, Symphony and XSI are trademarks of Avid Technology, Inc. IBM and IntelliStation are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. All other trademarks contained herein are the property of their respective owners. |
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