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Avid Recognized by Academy of Television Arts and Sciences with Two Engineering Emmys

posted by CDean on Fri, Jul 30 2010

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Earlier this week, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced the honorees of its 2010 Primetime... (read more)

Industry Buzz: July 30, 2010 (Reviews and more reviews: High marks all around for Avid’s audio and video products for the hobbyist and professional content creator)

posted by TUnruh on Fri, Jul 30 2010

Need to make a home video of a recent family gathering? Accommodate the video needs of your clients asking for HD production? Make a professional music recording? We've got you covered. Here's a recap of recent coverage, spanning a wide array of Avid... (read more)

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Re: Customising the keyboard?

[quote user="Loren Miller"] I promote the mastery of both tools, love 'em both for different reaosns. [/quote] Most of us do, but as you say and as I pointed out -I wasn't trying to do a "which is better" test- the best way is to master both and to do so one needs to understand the logic of each tool and not try to get one...

Posted to Avid Media Composer - Mac (Forum) by pierreh on Sun, Aug 01 2010

Re: Control-key changes in MC5

[quote user="Marianna"] Hey everyone........... Just back from a few weeks off which I wasn’t anticipating - no one anticipates surgery :) but I am fine and now on the mend. Normally, when I am out the office and not posting to community everyone seems to engage nicely and I come back to a lot of great threads which I forward all around...

Posted to Chat With Avid (Forum) by Paddywack on Sun, Aug 01 2010

Re: Is Avid DVD up to the standards of MC?

[quote user="Randall L Rike"] "... many years ago, it did not do Blu-Ray. Has this changed? ..." My editors says yes, and more. The have a free trial. Check it out. I'd like to hear other evaluations as well. [/quote] Randall, I took a look over at MediaChance site and there was not any mention of Blu-Ray support. In the days...

Posted to Chat With Avid (Forum) by drbgaijin on Sun, Aug 01 2010

Re: Question on new timeline features in MC5 (overwrite, extract)

Hi Richard, I've just tried this and it works the same way on my system, too. I think your suggestion is a good one. If you'd like me to move this thread to the Feature Requests forum, let me know. ciao, Carl

Posted to Avid Media Composer - Mac (Forum) by camoscato on Sun, Aug 01 2010

Re: Encoding High Quality Video: For YouTube

Hi AK, Great stuff. I'm a bit confused, though, which is pretty normal for me. When I export OMF (shot on a DV camera) from my Avid XpressPro 4.3, do I export as QT Ref and then open that in Streamclip? I've tried it and the results aren't exactly overwhelming. Or should I export as something else? Internet here in Africa is so slow that...

Posted to Avid Community Tips (Forum) by Crellin Sound on Sun, Aug 01 2010

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