Avid is back at this years NAB 2009

This years NAB show the 18-23 of april in Las Vegas will be with Avid, they decided to be at the show floor this year, and it seems they will demonstrate the workflow bethween pro tools and avid, among other things.
You can read more here: Avid at NAB 2009


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VideoGuys.com puts Media Composer as the best product of the year

over at Videoguys.com they once a year celebrate the 10 best products of the year, you can see the list at http://www.videoguys.com/2008best.htm
The winner this time is Avid Media Composer v.3
The reason for this (according to Videoguys.com) is that no other product has made a bigger impact, and with this product Avid send out a message to the industry that they are back in the game, and want to stay at the top for the best editor on the planet (at least this planet).

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New Avid ISIS version - If you need more storage

Avid higher the capacity of ISIS to 384 TB

It is now possible to get more space for you footage if you use Avid ISIS, now you can have 384 TB with the version 2, it also gives you the option to have 330 real time clients.

With the new version you get 10 Gig ethernet, and can work in uncompressed HD or 2K, if you decide only to use 1 Gb/sec ethernet Avid suggest that you use the DNxHD 220 HD format.

In this version Avid also changed the amount of files, to 10 million (that's alot)

To get more informations about this you can follow this link: Avid ISI

Avid update to V. 3.1.1

Now there is an update of:
Media Composer to Version 3.1.1
Symphony to Version 3.1.1
NewsCutter to Version 7.1.1

This update fixes some problems with the Dongle Manager.

You can find the updates Here

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Media Composer v.3.1 is ready to download

On the downlod page you can get the updated version of Avid, they have just released the following:
Media Composer v.3.1
Symphony V. 3.1
NewsCutter v. 7.1

You can go directly to the download page here: Download

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How to make Documentary

ForuDocs have made some great video tutorials on how to make a documentary, they go through the whole process, you can see the tutorials here

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Early Avid videos

Bill Warner which founded Avid, has published some videos from the early days.
You can see them here:

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