See Avid's presentation of the new Media Composer v.7, this video is recorded at NAB

I will be looking forward to try it out, speciallay I'm happy with the caching of wave form, and background rendering.

Per

Color correction in Avid Symphony 6

With the the offet from Avid to upgrade to Symphony, form Express pro, media composer, and from Final cut. there might be people who are wondering, what it is that makes Symphony so different. Well I think the biggest is the more powerfull color correction option. So I found a nice video to explain and demonstrait that:

Per

Avid crossgrade, get Symphony for 999$

Avid has a very interesting offer, running from now untiljune the 15 2012. They offer a upgrade price at 999$ from FCP 7 (not the FCPX) and media composer, go XprexDV go Exprexx Pro. My first thought was, hey are they join to stop Media Composer since it is the same price? but it seems that the will continue MC.

There are things to be aware of, even that it is a good offer, before you do it, look into the price of a support contract, it used to be higher for symphony that for Media Composer.
It can be a one time offer to get more editing houses using Symphony, but history shows that upgrade prices were higher for symphony that Media Composer.
When that is said, I would love to upgrade, you get a Media Composer on steroids, with a powerful color correction tools, among other things.

It is only online you can use the offer, and if you upgrade, you can't use your dongle for running Media Composer, but hey why would you do that :-)

You can read more here: http://www.avid.com/us/press-room/Avid-Offers-Unprecedented-Limited-Time-Symphony-6-Crossgrade-Promotion

-Per

Avid live pressevent at NAB 2012

If you can't attend the press event from Avid this sunday April the 15, at 4.00 pm. PT
You can see it streamed, but you need to register first, but hey it is free, and the link is here: http://forms.avid.com/forms/nab2012-webcast
It seems they are launcing a lot of new stuff, at this years NAB.

-Per

List of afterparties at NABshow 2012 - Updated April 11

As I have said before, one of the funny things about participating in an show like NAB, are the parties, so here is a list of those I know about, I will update when I find more:

Saturday April 14:

NAB Show exhibitor party 9-10.00 p.m. -TAO -  Exclusive access for NAB show exibitiors, you need to show your badge at the door. at the Tao Night club at the venetian

IABM advance party9.00 p.m. - Gordon Biersch Brewery - It's by invitation only


Sunday April 15:

Lightiron's RED User party 6.00 to 11.00 - Tropicana Resort and casino
Register here for free: http://redusernab.eventbrite.com/

SVG NAB Pre game party 2012 - WET Republic at the MGM Grand - 11.00 p.m. Register here for free: http://sportsvideo.org/main/nabpregame2012/

IFIE Glow in the dark minigolf - 10.00 p.m. - KISS by a monster minigolf - Register here, it is 20$: http://www.meetup.com/Independent-Filmmakers-of-the-Inland-Empire-Meetup-Group/events/57547182/

Content Creators Reception - 9.00 - 10.00 pm. - Vanity nightclub at Hard rock hotel & Casino. Complimentary access with NAB show badge.

Monday April 16:

Fyrsoft and Microsoft 9.30 - 11.30 P.M. - TAO opium room at the Venetianhotel. Limited free tickets here: http://fyrsoft-mms-eorg.eventbrite.com/

Sony - VASST. 6.30 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. - Las Vegas Converntion center room N250 Register here: http://vasst.com/nab2012.aspx

The 9.th annual Broadcast Debut TV - 8.oo p.m. - Hard rock Center Bar - Sponsored by Maxx Digital, ATTO and GPL - Use your buisness crd to get free drinks.RVSP and info here: http://broadcastdebut.tv/

NAB Show Opening party 10.00 p.m. - Marquee Nightclub & dayclub Sponsored by HP, Complimentary acces with badge, one hour open well bar.

Mediamotion Ball - 5.30 p.m. - Monte CarloResort & Casino  http://www.mediamotionball.com/signup.html

Thuesday April 17:
Supermeet - 4.00 p.m. Tropicana Ballroom Resort - Buy ticket online for 15$ at www.supermeet.com

NAB official after party - 11.00 p.m. at LAVO - Complimentary acces with badge

Wednesday April 18:

Wowza cocktail party at there Booth SU9702 South upper hall - 6.00 p.m - Register here for free:http://www.wowza.com/form/nab-2012-booth-reception-rsvp

NAB official after party - 11.00 p.m. at LAVO - Complimentary acces with badge

Thursday April 19:

NAB official closing party - 10.00 p.m. at Tao Night club at the venetian - Complimentary acces with badge, one hour open well bar.

Looking for the free parties at NAB 2012

One of my golas off going to Nab is to socialize, and one of the best ways of doing that is at the different parties happening around. And I came across this posting from Bob Zelin

Hi - __

I am pleased to announce the 9th annual 2012 NAB Party at the Hard Rock Hotel
Bar at 8pm on Monday April 16th. This event is sponsored by
Maxx Digital, ATTO Technology and GPL. The policy is the same as last
year - trade your business card for free drinks.

As you may know, this event gets very crowded.

Hope to see you there -
Bob Zelin

Free Avid training, at NAB 2012

At NABshow 2012 The Manhattan edit workshop, gives away free Avid courses, you can sign up on there homepage here: http://www.mewshop.com/contact/rsvp/
It all happens at Nab, and it is free.

Per

Price change in upgrade for MC 5.5 to MC 6

From the 1 of April 2012 the upgrade price from MC 5.5 to MC 6 will change from 299$ to 499 $ and it is only the download version (wich contain the same software as the boxed version). The boxed version has all the time been 499$ and will stay that way.
So if you are considering to upgrade to version6, to get 64 bit, AMA for AVCHD among other things, then it could be an idea to do that before the 1 of April.

Best

Per

Avid studio for Ipad, how to make PiP

Avid has release a very interesting app for Ipad, it seems very powerfull it even has they options to make Picture-In-Picture.
This video shows you how easy it is:

55 minutes of video to teach you 3D in Media

Avid has made anice collection of 14 short videos to teach you, how to edit 3D with Media Compser V. 6. is it a total of 55 minutes ther is no excuse for not to see them, and get better at using the smart features of your MC V.6 :-)

Take at look here: Learn 3D with MCv. 6

Happy editing

Per

Media Composer v. 6

The new Media Composer is just around the corner, there will be some big changes, some will be support for Blackmagic hardware.
You can see more here: http://www.avid.com/US/products/media-composer

Using Matrox MXO with Avid

Here is a guide to setup Avid when you are using the Matrox MXO.
http://www.mouritzen.biz/files/matrox_mxo_avid.pdf

Hope it will help you.

Per

New Media Composer v. 5.5

New Media composer 5.5 out soon, Avid has now added more hardware support, and other new things, like:

• Support for AJA Io Express so you can capture and monitor.
• Capture and monito using pro tools hardware
• New transitions tool, that enables you to change the dissolve legit by dragging in the timeline
• modification to the smart tool, so it is easier to turn on/off
• Support for Euphonics controllers

See some videos here: MC 5.5 videos

-Per

Avid at IBC 2010

Hey If you are going to Amsterdam for this years IBC to see the latest gadgets for filming and so, then you should pass by Avid in Hall 7.
You can see more here: http://apps.avid.com/ibc2010/

See you

Per

Avid Media Composer v.5

You may have heard that Avid has a new media composer on the way, here are some video presentation:

Bob Russo guides us on a tour in Media Composer v. 5, the video is from NAB 2010: See the video

Matt Feury talk about media composer from NAB 2010:  See the video

Angus Mackay talks about Matrox MX02 and Avid media composer: See the video

Matt Mackay talks about Media Composer v. 5 and demonstrates new functions: See the video
Post magazine visits Avids headquater and test drives Media composer v. 5: See the video

Patrick McLean talks about Media composer v.5:  See the video

Interview with Frank Capria, Angus Mackay, Robert Russo from Avid

MacVideo has made a video interview with Frank Capria, Angus Mackay and Robert Russo from Avid, it is almost 19 minutes long the interview and they talk about, why Avid is so popular.
You can see the video here: http://www.macvideo.tv/editing/features/index.cfm?RSS&ArticleID=3221588

Per

NAB 2010 rumors from panasonic

The rumors from Panasonic here before NAB is that they will be releasing some new cameras.

They will release a competition to the still camera Canon 5D which many use for video.
A new AG-HPX3100 wich is a follow from the AG-HPX3000.
there should also be some new 3D products.
A shoulder cam with a 1/3 inch full HD chip that can record in AVC-intra 50 and 100 Mbit and will cost around 13000 us dollars

Per

The team behind VLC player is going to release videoediting

The team behind the very usefull player VLC is working on a NLE software, that is going to be interesting to follow, maybe it can also be used as a handy tool to convert video before putting it into Avid :-)
You can follow the process here: http://trac.videolan.org/vlmc/

Per

Media composer v. 4.0.5

Christmas present from Avid, or kind of, they released an update of media composer with some bug fixes, now it is version 4.0.5, you can see the list of fixes here: http://avid.custkb.com/avid/app/selfservice/search.jsp?DocId=348265&Hilite=

If you are running on a mac and run in to an error when installing, click ok and install again, this will fix the problem :-)

Per