 I got my hands on an AJA IO Express and so far I am loving it. As I have explained before, I decided to go with a the 17 inch MacBook Pro for my home editing system because I usually work in other offices where Mac Pros are provided. The AJA IO Express is a great upgrade for my system. It’s takes it up a step or two in terms of making me feel like I have a complete system on the go or in the office. So far I have used it with Avid Media Composer 5.5 (seems that my H.264 AMA media is a bit more s
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 Few things in life are as elegant, reliable and hassle-free as an AJA Kona card. The advent of the Kona 3 in 2006 ushered in a new era of versatile video expansion cards with greatly expanded capabilities for the digital craftsman and storyteller. Now, as the KONA line continues to evolve, the 3G is even more robust and flexible.
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 Last week Avid announced that they would be releasing and shipping the newest version of Media Composer on March 8th - a full month before NAB! This is very exciting news and it created a flury of tweets, blog posts and discussions in user groups and forums. At last years NAB, Avid announced Media Composer 5, and it was he hit of the show. It won numerous honors throughout the industry at NAB and throughout the year and was even named the Videoguys Top Product of 2010. It looks like the new vers
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 Media Composer 5 owners can purchase the boxed upgrade for $395, those with MC4 or older, Avid Xpress Pro or DV can upgrade to the new MC5.5 for $895. We are taking pre-orders now and we have re-configured all our Avid bundles to include the new MC5.5 software, including bundles witht he Artist Series control surfaces.
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 As we have amply covered in multiple articles in ProVideo Coalition magazine, demanding online editing of multiple realtime HD video layers requires a high bandwidth connection to an external disk array, especially in the tapeless acquisition era, when it is even more desirable to use RAID5 (or equivalent). In many cases, it is also extremely desirable to have a high bandwidth connection to advanced video i/o devices from companies like AJA, Blackmagic, and Matrox
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 When talking software I think of new versions in two ways: updates and upgrades. Updates are more like the smaller “dot” releases that take a piece of software from version 2.0 to 2.0.1 or 2.1. Then there’s upgrades that move a full version from 2.0 to 3.0. Somewhere in between there’s upgradey-updates that move from, say, 5.0 to 5.5.
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 Announced at BVE in London is the release by Avid of Media Composer 5.5.
In the above interview, Angus Mackay, Marketing Manager, Avid, runs through key new features of Media Composer 5.5, and also details the openness of the Avid platform in working with additional hardware and other systems.
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Avid has unveiled the latest update to their editing suite family: Media Composer & Symphony 5.5, as well as DS 5.5. Below are some of the biggest features to the Media Composer and Symphony 5.5 releases.
1. Video I/O: AJA I/O Express.
Easily the biggest announcement. Avid has traditionally restricted baseband video input and output to Avid built hardware. We saw a glimpse last year of the move off this paradigm with the adoption of the
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 Today Avid Technology issued a press release outlining the changes and new features in their latest version of the Media Composer software, Avid Media Composer 5.5. Among the new features is one that particularly excites me…and it has been very difficult to keep quiet about this (I’m on the Avid Beta, so I’ve been playing with this for a while). Media Composer 5.5 now works with AJA hardware, specifically, the AJA IO Express. What is major about this announcement, other than adding another th
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 Media Composer, Symphony and NewsCutter Now Support AJA Io Express Hardware and External Control Surfaces, Expand Avid Media Access and Avid Nitris® DX Capabilities, and Offer New "In-App" Phonetic Searching for Increased Editorial Collaboration
Avid® (NASDAQ: AVID) today underscored its leadership position in open media production solutions with the introduction of new versions of its flagship editing systems—Media Composer® version 5.5, NewsCutter® version 9.5 and Symphony® version 5.5—i
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 And now, version 5.5 is being announced. It’s another major release and another key moment in the history of Media Composer. Capture and output with AJA Io Express, a popular, cost-effective third-party card—one that works with other NLEs. Use Media Composer with Pro Tools hardware. Use the Avid Artist series (formerly Euphonix) controllers (these same controllers can be used with Final Cut and Smoke too, by the way). And on the innovation front—wait ’til you try PhraseFind. You’ll never edit th
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 If you're a post-production professional editing with Apple Final Cut Studio FCS3/FCP, Avid Media Composer MC4/MC5 or Adobe CS4/CS5 Production Premium, Videoguys.com is your source for the professional tools you need to make the most of your production environment. At Videoguys.com, we understand that professional video editors have different needs than the average consumer. Not only do you need the best tools available in the industry, you also need the fastest and most reliable solutions becau
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 AJA Video Systems, a leading manufacturer of professional video interface and conversion solutions, announced that it has collaborated with Avid to enable the AJA Ki Pro portable digital video recording device to record high- quality Apple ProRes 422 QuickTime files that are directly compatible with Avid(R) Media Composer(R) and SymphonyTM systems via the Avid Media Access (AMA) architecture
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 AJA Video Systems, a leading manufacturer of professional video interface and conversion solutions, today announced support for Adobe® Creative Suite® 5
Production Premium software across its full line of KONA cross-platform video I/O cards and the Io Express portable I/O interface. AJA's new plug-ins also provide support for the Adobe Mercury Playback Engine and
64-bit processing for fast, efficient and stable performance and productivity.
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 It's time to rock the broadcasters' favorite city once again. The 2010 NAB Show is upon us! If you thought a weak economy would mean nothing new to show, you are quite mistaken. Many manufacturers have introduced some of their products prior to April, but NAB will be the official unveiling for many innovations. Apple is sticking to its "no trade shows" policy and RED will host an off-site event, so, like last year, the show floor should actually be quite productive for those who attend.
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