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Avid Releases Software Updates

Avid has releases new Software Updates...

Avid is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the following Customer Patch Releases (CPRs):
Avid® Media Composer® version 2.8.3
Avid NewsCutter® version 6.8.3
Avid Symphony™ version 1.8.3
Avid Xpress® Pro version 5.8.3
These releases are for software-only, Avid Adrenaline™-, Avid Mojo®- and Avid Mojo SDI-based systems running on Intel- and PowerPC-based Macs and PCs.

Customer Patch Releases are available from...

Avid Delivers Ultimate HD Editing Experience With Release

Read up, this is a major release folks and a great time to get into Avid systems, especially for students on the amazing pricepoints they're offering. -Dave

Avid Delivers Ultimate HD Editing Experience With Release
Company responds to customer demand for editing systems that offer greater speed, reliability, price-performance and creative freedom

LAS VEGAS, April 14, 2008 – Avid Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: AVID) today unveiled a new family of professional digital video editing systems that offer greater speed, responsiveness, reliability and price-performance – delivering an exceptional HD editing experience to media professionals. The new lineup, which includes next-generation versions of Avid® Media Composer® (v3.0), NewsCutter® (v7.0), and Symphony™ (v3.0) software, as well as new hardware configurations, Mojo DX and Nitris® DX, maximizes real-time performance for customers by intelligently using all available computing bandwidth to evenly disperse the processing of video and effects across the entire system. The result is an extremely fast and responsive HD editing experience that provides greater creative freedom and flexibility to end-users.

Adobe Media Player Released

Adobe Systems recently released Adobe Media Player 1.0 which is pretty cool. The majors are all available including CBS, MTV Networks, Universal Music Group, PBS, CondéNet, and Scripps Networks.

Some of the major features (From Adobe's Site)...

Avid Unveils "New Thinking" for 2008

Pretty awesome news from Avid Technology. Time to invest in some new gear editors! Keep your ears open...

First phase of multi-tiered campaign includes simplification of product line, new software pricing, updated support services and new online community resources

TEWKSBURY, Mass., March 17, 2008 – Avid Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: AVID) today announced that its Video division has unveiled “New Thinking” – a customer-focused campaign designed to improve the way the company connects with all of its users and prospects. Shaped by extensive customer feedback, New Thinking underscores the company’s more than 20-year commitment of empowering film and video professionals with tools that enable them to work more efficiently, productively and creatively. The new campaign revolves around four main objectives: increasing the value of Avid’s products, workflows, and services; advancing technical and customer support programs; investing in the community of media professionals; and fostering an open, two-way dialogue with customers. With a wide range of initiatives planned to roll out throughout the year, the company has today announced the following:

TECHNICAL ARTICLE: Digital Post Production Workflow "Four Sheets to the Wind"

TECHNICAL ARTICLE: Digital Post Production Workflow “Four Sheets to the Wind”
By David Michael Maurer
Article Courtesy of Project1982.com
Originally Published on StudioDaily.com

Sundance 2007 Dramatic Competition feature film “Four Sheets to the Wind” is a beautiful story of a family in Oklahoma, dealing with the suicide of their father and finding hope during tragedy. It’s a very simple, intimate story about humanity and Writer/Director Sterlin Harjo’s love letter to home.

When considering a story like this, visual effects, post-production mobility and titling would seem far from anyone’s mind, but it was a huge decision for my department in post. Producers are always looking to lower costs and there was a push to go with Final Cut Pro. I did extensive research, cost analysis, projections and determined that the most cost effective workflow for our production was to use...