Advanced interoperability
The integrated software and hardware environment of Avid Xpress Studio is based on Avid’s industry-leading support for open standards and formats, including MXF, AAF, OMF, MetaSync, and the AVX plug-in architecture, as well as innovative engineering to ensure software and hardware interoperability. You can:

• Create DVD chapter marks and setting poster frames on tvhe Avid Xpress Pro timeline using MetaSync tracks
• Designate a section of the Avid timeline to be opened inside Avid 3D, also using MetaSync
• Add motion tracking, rotoscoping, and advanced title and graphic animation provided by Avid FX operating as a plug-in to Avid Xpress Pro, effectively creating a robust compositing environment within the editing application
• Display the Avid 3D camera view and Avid FX composite window on an external broadcast monitor in real time using Avid Mojo
• Use Avid Mojo for video connections and Digidesign Mbox or 002 hardware for audio connections while maintaining perfect sync
• Use the Digi 002 control surface to adjust audio levels in both Avid Xpress Pro and Avid Pro Tools LE

Unique combination of power and ease of use
How can something this powerful be so easy to use? The intuitive, user-centered design of Avid Xpress Studio makes getting up to speed fast and easy – it won’t be long before you’re use all five applications to create sophisticated, professional projects. Avid reduces the distance between learning and earning.

• Avid Xpress Pro features customizable workspaces optimized for easy access titling, effects, and color correction tools. Avid Xpress Pro also features a powerful set of software experts, including DV Scene Extraction, One-Step Dynamic Storyboards, SuperBin, ExpertRender, and One-Step AutoCorrect color correction.
• Avid Pro Tools lets both music and postproduction professionals easily achieve all of their production tasks within one easy-to-use interface. With its unique balance of power and simplicity, Pro Tools software is perfectly suited to anyone getting into digital audio production for the first time, while remaining the choice of the industry’s most accomplished audio experts.
• Avid 3D offers a powerful 3D creation and effects environment designed with video editors in mind. Users can choose from an extensive library of customizable 3D scenes, texture maps and elements, including models from the highly-regarded Digimation library.
• Avid FX features more than 1,500 easily customizable title, effects, 2D and 3D chart, and transition presets, as well as a robust style palette for title and graphic elements. Users can add their own creations, so that elements only need to be created once for easy re-use.
• The expert authoring features of Avid DVD let users create sophisticated interactive DVD titles with ease and confidence. JumpAnywhere technology provides easy point-and-click creation of sophisticated interactivity, with complete control of up to 60,000 individual elements, along with a deep library of customizable menu templates.

Avid 3D Drag-and-drop 3D animation tools from Softimage, streamlined for Avid video editors Avid 3D features the same 3D creation and animation tools used in groundbreaking feature films, bestselling games, and music videos - streamlined for video editors: Model-based 3D animation Avid 3D makes it easy to get started with hundreds of professional models from the renowned Digimation library. Simply choose a model and customize it with a huge selection of drag-and-drop textures, materials, lights, cameras, and shaders.	Avid FX Integrated 2D and 3D compositing, titles, graphics, and effects Avid FX offers an incredible range of graphic creation and animation features - all integrated inside the Avid editing timeline. You'll work faster, with more flexibility and fewer headaches, when you work with Avid FX. Intuitive compositing, vector graphic, and animation tools Whether you’re new to compositing or a seasoned pro, Avid FX makes it easy to apply advanced compositing, graphics, and animation effects.	Avid DVD by SONIC Author sophisticated DVD titles in SD and HD Based on technology from Sonic Solutions, the world's leading supplier of professional DVD authoring technology, Avid DVD is the perfect balance of speed, flexibility, and power. Author titles for standard-definition DVD output and next-generation Blu-ray Discs. Tight integration with Avid editing, effects, and animation applications lets you create video, special effects, audio, music, titles, and graphics for your DVD without missing a beat.
for more information on Avid DVD by Sonic, Avid FX and Avid 3D check out the Avid Studio Toolkit 5.7
Avid Mojo SDI Portable and powerful digital and analog I/O Avid Mojo SDI provides the highest quality professional SD connections to facility-class cameras, decks and digital pipelines. In addition to serial digital video, Avid Mojo SDI also provides I/O for IEEE-1394, and either component or composite and S-video. Mojo SDI supports up to 8 channels of embedded audio over SDI and 2 channels of optical S/PDIF audio, with additional connections for 4 channels of AES/EBU audio.	Avid Pro Tools LE Professional audio editing and sound design tools Listen up: Nothing adds punch to a film or video like a great audio track. Bring your dialog front and center. Set the mood with music. Heighten the sense of reality with sound effects. And balance them all with Avid Pro Tools LE audio editing, mixing, and sound design solutions. Avid Pro Tools LE software is built on Academy Award winning, industry-standard Digidesign audio production technology. Harness the power of your Digidesign audio hardware to move your ideas from concept to completion with ease and efficiency.	Digi 002 Working with your computer through a single FireWire connection, Digi 002 pairs Pro Tools LE software with an integrated control surface to provide you with an ideal, finger-friendly music production environment. Record, edit, process, mix & master your projects with hands-on efficiency, then tuck Digi 002 under your arm, take it to a gig, & use it as an 8x4x2 digital mixer complete with EQ, dynamics, delay, & reverb with snapshots. Experience the power of Pro Tools in an all-in-one solution.

What is Avid Xpress Studio?
Avid Xpress Studio Complete is the ultimate content creation suite for DV and video professionals and includes video editing, audio production, 3D animation, compositing and titling, and DVD authoring tools plus the Digi 002 control surface and Avid Mojo SDI hardware. The five integrated applications are:

• Avid Xpress Pro High-performance editing software that scales from DV to video, film, and HD for professional editors, independent filmmakers, and videographers.
• Avid Pro Tools LE Industry-leading audio production tools including Avid Pro Tools LE and Digidesign DV Toolkit software, and Digidesign Mbox hardware (Avid Xpress Studio Essentials).
• Avid 3D Streamlined 3D animation for video editors featuring industry-leading Softimage technology, including an extensive library of customizable models.
• Avid FX Powerful title animation, compositing and effects for video editors based on Boris Red, seamlessly integrated into the editing environment with an extensive library of templates and presets.
• Avid DVD by Sonic Advanced DVD authoring tools for video editors, tightly integrated into the Avid editing environment, based on DVD Producer from Sonic.

What makes Avid Xpress Studio different from other software suites?
Each application in Avid Xpress Studio was developed with interoperability as a priority. Integration is flexible and robust, encompassing such technologies as AAF, OMF, MetaSync, and AVX.

Avid Xpress Studio Complete include professional production hardware for both audio and video developed by Avid. Most don’t offer any hardware at all. None include audio hardware.

Only Avid Xpress Studio includes 3D animation. Developed by Avid’s Softimage subsidiary especially for video editors, Avid 3D offers a vast range of capabilities not found in any other software suite.

Avid Pro Tools LE is based on Academy Award® winning Digidesign Pro Tools, the industry’s most popular digital audio editing solution. A choice of integrated audio hardware from Digidesign ensures full Pro Tools functionality.

Only Avid offers best-of-breed software for every application, with no weak links. Adding many features found in the Avid Xpress Studio to suites from other manufacturers would actually wind up costing considerably more – and without the advanced interoperability. As a result, its exceptional value also offers a major distinction.

What advantages does Digi 002 offer?
Digi 002 offers 8 channels of professional audio connections with a sophisticated control surface for both Avid Pro Tools LE and the audio toolset in Avid Xpress Pro. It also includes special integration with Avid Mojo DNA hardware to provide full "mix to pix" capabilities, allowing Avid Pro Tools users to display video on a client monitor while mixing audio using the 002 motorized sliders with full synchronization.

What advantages does Avid Mojo SDI offer to the Avid Xpress Studio Complete?
In addition to real-time "mix to pix" with Digi 002 and Avid Pro Tools LE, Avid Mojo SDI hardware provides the following when used with Avid Xpress Pro:

• Simultaneous output of multi-stream video and effects to both client monitor and tape with finish quality
• Uncompressed SD video support through component analog connections
• The ability to add uncompressed graphics and animations to DV projects in real time
• Hardware DV codec for accelerated compression and decompression, as well as exceptionally high-quality scaling of draft resolution footage
• Avid 3D displays real-time 3D camera views, and Avid FX provides real-time display of its Composite window, to the client monitor through Avid Mojo SDI.

Does Avid DVD support Dolby Digital AC-3?
This is among the options available through the Sonic Audio Transcoder Surround upgrade available from Sonic.

When am I going to have time to learn all these applications?
The applications in the Avid Xpress Studio have been designed to reduce the time between learning and earning.

Avid Xpress Pro features customizable workspaces optimized for easy access to the tools for specific tasks such as titling, effects, and color correction. Avid Xpress Pro also features a variety of software experts including DV Scene Extraction, One-Step Dynamic Storyboards, SuperBin, ExpertRender, and One-Step AutoCorrect color correction.

Avid Pro Tools places virtually all of its tools in one easy-to-use interface. Most other audio tools require different modes, with different interfaces, for each task.

Avid 3D features a comprehensive library of customizable 3D scenes, elements and textures, as well as customizable models from the highly-regarded Digimation library.

Avid FX features over 1,500 customizable titles, effects, 2D and 3D chart and transition presets, and a robust style palette for title and graphic elements. Users can add their own creations as well, so that elements need to be created only once for easy reuse.

The expert authoring features of Avid DVD let users create sophisticated interactive DVD titles with ease and confidence. JumpAnywhere technology provides easy point-and-click creation of sophisticated interactivity, with complete control of up to 60,000 individual elements, along with a deep library of customizable menu templates.

How do I install all this?
All of the Avid Xpress Studio applications are included in a single installer.

Will I have to enter a bunch of serial numbers?
No. Authentication is provided by a hardware serial key, or dongle. Avid Pro Tools LE has its own hardware key, which includes easy upgrades to support third-party plug-ins as they are added. All of the other applications in the Avid Xpress Studio key off the dongle that is used by Avid Xpress Pro.

Whom do I call for support for each of these applications?
Support for all Avid Xpress Studio applications is provided by Avid, for a single point of support. This is one of the advantages of Avid Xpress Studio.

What warranty does the Avid Xpress Studio come with?
One year warranty, as well as 30 days of installation support and advanced equipment exchange.

What are the system requirements for Avid Xpress Studio?
http://www.avid.com/products/xpressStudio/specs.asp

Are the applications of the Avid Xpress Studio available separately?
Yes. While each application is fully viable in its standalone package, the value to the customer is significantly increased when they are purchased as part of the Avid Xpress Studio.