Avid Xpress Pro
Real-world, real-time HD, SD, DV and film editing for Mac and PC systems.

Xpress Pro 5x w/ FREE DMTS Training DVDs
$1,495.00

Avid Xpress Pro NEW Features
Universal Mac support. With version 5.7, every Avid Xpress Pro system now contains a version of Avid Xpress Pro for the Mac and Avid Xpress Pro for the PC. The Mac version has been updated with a Universal version that fully supports both Intel and PowerPC-based systems.

720/50p support. Well established in Europe, the popular 720p50 format displays twice as many frames as are minimally necessary to achieve the illusion of motion. The faster frame rate is ideal to capture action sequences and fast-moving sports without blurring.

Sorenson Squeeze 4.5. Not only has Sorenson updated Squeeze Compression Suite to run natively on Intel-based Macs, but now encoding on Squeeze 4.5 is up to 3 times faster than with prior versions. Improvements have been made in On2 Flash (sold separately), MPEG-2, and many pre-processing features. Additional updates include:
• Metadata encoding/passthrough
• Metadata input and output for Flash, QuickTime, Windows Media, MPEG-4, and MP3
• The ability to transfer chapter markers from the editor timeline to Squeeze, or even set up and edit chapter markers from the editor timeline to Squeeze, or even set up and edit chapter markers directly within Squeeze
• QuickTime-compatible video codecs, including Apple's H.264
• Sony PSP support
• 3GPP support

Custom metadata and Custom Sift
Out of the box, Avid Xpress Pro software tracks more kinds of metadata than anyone else. You can also add as many custom fields as you want: simply click in a bin column heading and type away. Use any of these provided or customized fields as the basis for media-based searches across projects and volumes to find information far beyond the reach of OS-level searches.

Script-based editing
Changes to your screenplay are automatically reflected in your editing timeline. In fact, you can edit without touching the timeline at all. Arrange paragraphs to arrange scenes and trim clips when you trim words from your script.

Editing done right
Want to work with more than one HD format at the same time? Or mix HD and SD footage? Maybe even have some film footage in the mix? Skip the pain of transcoding. Only Avid Xpress Pro software allows you to combine video and film formats and resolutions in their native form, on the same timeline, in real time.

Equally powerful on Mac and PC
Use the most powerful machine you can find, on the platform of your choice. With both platforms included in every box, you can work on one platform at work, another on the road any way you need it, no problem. Change your platform later? Just take the software with you!

More cameras. More formats
Work with the most popular formats including HDV, DVCPRO HD, 10-bit SD, native DV50, Sony XDCAM, Panasonic P2, and Avid DNxHD formats.

Manage your business, not your gear
One-stop shopping. One-stop support. Save yourself from the multiple-vendor “blame game.” Rest assured that trained video, audio, and storage professionals are on hand to help you with anything you need, including set-up, troubleshooting, and workflow consultation.

The power of the pros, at your fingertips
Exceptionally powerful color correction tools you won’t find elsewhere, including Curves and One-touch automatic correction means your images will look better, faster. And Avid Marquee gives you a complete 2D and 3D title animation toolset integrated in the editor.

Film, HD, and the Web: together at last
You can easily track advanced film metadata, including KeyKode™ and multiple timecodes, directly inside the editing interface. Edit with Avid DNxHD codec to maintain mastering quality throughout post production, then write back to optical media, tape, or publish to your favorite Web format including WMV and QuickTime HD files.

Media management made easy
Powered by a patented dynamic media database, Avid media management proves itself daily on the world’s most complex productions. Share bins between projects, work with multiple versions and resolutions of a project, move projects between computers with only the media you need perfectly, painlessly, every time. Your media deserves this kind of care, and so do you.

It’s all about collaboration
Owning Avid Xpress Pro software gives you access to the ecosystem of the world’s most accomplished editors for the help you need. Built-in total conform means that you can finish projects on Avid Media Composer, Avid Symphony Nitris, and Avid DS Nitris systems quickly, easily, and cost-effectively – without resorting to complicated, incomplete workflows. Easily send projects to Digidesign Pro Tools for audio finishing, too.