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New Functionality: What You're Missing In Meridien

posted by TUnruh on Tue, Nov 18 2008

For folks who are wondering why they should upgrade to new Avid Media Composer versions, Steve Cohen (Splice Here) has summarized the latest features. Here's an overview (versions 3.0.5 and beyond): 16 tracks of playable audio. Realtime audio dissolves... (read more)

Avid HD Workflows at GV Expo

posted by ejose on Tue, Nov 18 2008

Join Avid at the 2008 Government Video Expo in Washington, DC, on December 3rd and 4th. Avid will be showcasing HD workflows with the latest camera technologies, including Sony's XDCAM HD , Panasonic P2 , and HDV. We'll also be demonstrating authoring... (read more)

Most Recent Postings

Re: How to copy footage back to P2 card to play back on HPX500 camera?

The upgrade to Media Composer 3 is $395 for the Media Composer software only or $495 for Media Composer and the third party applications. The third party applications are well worth the upgrade. I'm not sure what could be the issue with the P2 card. How did you erase it? You should use the camera or P2 device, not the operating system.

Posted to Avid Xpress Studio - PC (Forum) by BobRusso on Sat, Nov 22 2008

Re: PC or Mac - which is better for a unity?

It's been my experience that sluggishness, unresponsive behavior and lost connectivity issues are equally present in the PC world. I believe it has little to do with PC vs Mac and everything to do with network construction, configuration and bandwidth issues. Unfortunately we have found this out the hard way and are in the process of constructing...

Posted to Avid Unity / Workgroups / Local Storage (Forum) by Larry Rubin on Sat, Nov 22 2008

Re: How to copy footage back to P2 card to play back on HPX500 camera?

It's mostly a cost issue as far as the upgrade goes. I would love to upgrade to a newer version of Xpress or to Media Composer, but things are kind of tight at the moment. Are there any newer versions of Xpress that are free or inexpensive to download? Do you have any advice on how to copy the files back to P2? I basically just copied the whole...

Posted to Avid Xpress Studio - PC (Forum) by pauly49 on Sat, Nov 22 2008

Re: How do I seperate my video from audio?

I'm sorry, but Free DV, which is now an "end of life" product, was never qualified to run on Vista in any flavor.

Posted to Avid Free DV (Forum) by Larry Rubin on Sat, Nov 22 2008

Dual screen layout

ok, I had no problem setting up dual screens. Even got full screen playback working fine. Here's my question. Whenever I open a project, my timeline and bins and all other windows are on the left monitor and I have to rearrange them over the two screens. Would be nice to set them up over the two screens and have them there when I re-open a project...

Posted to Avid Xpress Pro - PC (Forum) by tgacga on Sat, Nov 22 2008

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