Chapman University Equips New Film School Studio with $1.6 Million in Avid Solutions; New facility to feature 130 Avid systems for training future audio and video postproduction professionals.TEWKSBURY, Mass. -- 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 that Chapman University Chapman University is a private, nonprofit university located in the city of Orange in Orange County, California, USA. Mission statement The mission of Chapman University is to provide personalized education of distinction that leads to inquiring, ethical and productive , which offers a variety of undergraduate and graduate liberal arts liberal arts, term originally used to designate the arts or studies suited to freemen. It was applied in the Middle Ages to seven branches of learning, the trivium of grammar, logic, and rhetoric, and the quadrivium of arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, and music. degrees, has made a significant investment in Avid(R) solutions for its new state-of-the-art film and media arts center. The new $41-million, 76,000-square-foot facility - Marion Knott Studios - will serve as the home of the Dodge College of Film and Media Arts at Chapman University. The center will include approximately 130 Avid video and audio postproduction systems for training more than 1,000 students who enroll in programs in the School of Film and Television as well as the Conservatory of Motion Pictures. Opening in the Fall of 2006, Marion Knott Studios will offer a broad range of Avid systems, including Avid DS Nitris  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . (R), Symphony(TM) Nitris, Media Composer(R), Media Composer Adrenaline(TM), Avid Mojo(R), Avid Xpress(R) Studio, Avid AirSpeed airspeed Noun the speed of an aircraft relative to the air in which it moves Noun 1. airspeed - the speed of an aircraft relative to the air in which it is flying speed, velocity - distance travelled per unit time , Avid AirSpeed CountDown(TM) and Digidesign(R) D-Command(TM) consoles with Pro Tools(R) software. "We're building this new facility with two goals in mind - to offer film and media students the best preparation for real-world experiences as professionals, and to create one of the finest educational environments in the country for learning the art and craft of media production. Accomplishing these goals would be impossible without Avid as a part of our facility," said Bob Bassett, Dean of the Dodge College of Film and Media Arts at Chapman University. "With Avid's academic pricing program, we were able to invest in a wide array of video and audio systems. This will enable us to truly prepare students for the very competitive job market because, by learning to use the latest digital content creation The development of newsworthy, educational and entertainment material for distribution over the Internet or other electronic media. See DAMS. tools, Dodge College students will be among the best prepared graduates anywhere." Chapman's investment also includes an Avid Unity ISIS Avid Unity ISIS is an industrial-strength media storage system developed for use in professional video postproduction. ISIS stands for Infinitely Scalable Intelligent S (TM) media network, which will offer support for 150 real-time clients and deliver a storage capacity of 128 terabytes. With its open storage architecture that supports both Avid and non-Avid clients, the Avid Unity ISIS system will offer students, faculty, and staff simultaneous access to media and a broad range of third-party applications from any workstation on the network. In addition, the combination of various Avid tools will allow Chapman students to work with 2K, HD, and SD media. All of Chapman's HD work will be done using Avid DNxHD(R) - a mastering quality encoding format that delivers the pristine quality of 10-bit uncompressed HD media - but at the bandwidth of SD files. Further, Chapman students will have the luxury of screening content directly from the Avid Unity ISIS system - without having to first output to tape - in the University's newly constructed 500-seat digital cinema. "Chapman University offers one of the premier film and media arts programs in the country. With its new state-of-the-art facility, which will include the best postproduction tools on the market for DV, SD, HD and film projects, Chapman will become one of the most desired schools for aspiring media professionals to attend," said Chas Smith Chas Smith (AKA Charles Vincent Smith) (1957 - 2007) was an author, musician, radio personality, and a Cleveland State University music professor. Smith taught and explored the cultural aspects of American Roots music for over twenty years. vice president and general manager of Avid's Video division. "We look forward to working with Chapman for years to come as the university grows and fosters the budding careers of the next-generation of media professionals." For more information about Avid's academic pricing programs for postproduction, broadcast and audio products, visit: http://www.avid.com/eduofferings. About Avid Technology, Inc. Avid Technology, Inc. is the world leader in digital nonlinear media creation, management, and distribution solutions, enabling film, video, audio, animation, games, and broadcast professionals to work more efficiently, productively, and creatively. For more information about the company's Oscar(R), Grammy(R), and Emmy(R) award-winning products and services, please visit: www.avid.com. (C) 2006 Avid Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. Product features, specifications, system requirements To be used efficiently, all computer software needs certain hardware components or other software resources to be present on a computer system. These pre-requisites are known as (computer) system requirements and are often used as a guideline as opposed to an absolute rule. , and availability are subject to change without notice. Avid, Film Composer, Digidesign, Pro Tools, Media Composer, Symphony, Nitris, Adrenaline, Avid Unity ISIS, Avid Xpress Pro, AirSpeed Countdown, D-Command and Avid DNxHD are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Avid Technology, Inc. or its subsidiaries in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and/or other countries. Avid received an Oscar statuette representing the 1998 Scientific and Technical Award for the concept, design, and engineering of the Avid Film Composer(R) system for motion picture editing. Digidesign, Avid's audio division, received an Oscar statuette representing the 2003 Scientific and Technical Award for the design, development, and implementation of its Pro Tools digital audio workstation 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. . Oscar is a 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. , Inc. All other trademarks contained herein are the property of their respective owners. |
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