Re: [videoblogging] Re: AVID parties

Wed, 07 Dec 2005 17:22:38 -0800

I'm not sure what that means..the only AVID tools I have experinece with are the Xpress line which, while more expensive than FInal Cut Pro or Premiere, are not the systems you were looking at.  But on the low end you can get an AVID setup that competes with Final Cut Pro and is the same version as the PC based edition.

I'm not personally familiar with the Symophony/Media Composer/Unity level of products, but as has been pointed out here they were originally developed exclusively for Mac and only much later came to Windows.  While I suspect that FCP has stolen some of their thunder at the low end on Macs, as far as I know you can still buy all of their products for either platform.

Of course- another point to make is that AVID has various products and product lines for various markets.  While some film stuff has been moving to FCP, I'm not at all sure that FCP is popular in the realtime/news arena.  As far as I know, Apple has no products that compete with the AVID workflow and clip archiving products for news production.

-m

On 12/7/05, Randolfe Wicker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
My friend said that he finally had to switch to PC because money had poured into AVID(I gather from Microsoft) to have them produce programs for three years before updating their Mac programs. He said that he had "been forced" out of using Mac because of this.
 
He says that because of this "money-lobbying", AVID for Macs will always be three years behind, that Mac users will always be playing catch-up. At the meeting three months ago, they took a survey of those present and about 40% were "still using Macs".
 
 
Randolfe (Randy) Wicker
 
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Advisor: The Immortality Institute
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----- Original Message -----
From: Enric
Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 3:12 PM
Subject: [videoblogging] Re: AVID parties

--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Steve Garfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]...> wrote:
>
> On Dec 7, 2005, at 1:52 PM, Randolfe Wicker wrote:
>
> > AVID systems are quite expensive and are used by real professionals. 
> > I eavesdropped on guys from major news networks talking about their
> > rendering time problems, etc.  They announced they would have AVID
for
> > Macs available by the end of 2005.

LOL, Avid started on the Mac.  I went to a Avid training class around
1991.

Final Cut Pro has been competing and taking away customers from Avid
recently.  The film editor Walter Murch ("Apocalypse Now", "The
Godfather II", "The Conversation", "The Engligh Patient", etc.) has
been using Final Cut Pro for editing motion pictures since 2003 on
"Cold Mountain".

  -- Enric
  ========
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>
> They have a free version for Mac and PC:
>
> http://www.avid.com/freedv/index.asp
>
> > I doubt anyone there would even know what vlogging was about.
>
> Avid knows what blogging is about.
>
> --Steve
> --
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>
> Like Paul Revere, leading the citizen's media revolution.
>

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