Interview with Tom Ohanian one of the Avid founders

I found an interview with Tom Ohanian, one of the founders of Avid back in 1987.
See it here

Per

Avid at IBC 2009

Avid will be at this years IBC in Amsterdam, held from te 11 to the 15 of september, You can find them the usual place in Hall 7, at stand J20.
They have made an IBC page so you can get informed of what tehy tend to do, you find the page here: http://www.avid.com/us/events/ibc-2009.aspx

See you at IBC

Per

Reviw of the AG-HPX300 from Panasonic

B&H photo and video has made a review of the newest Panasonic shoulder camera, wich is around 8.500$

Read the review here: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?A=getpage&O=RootPage.jsp&Q=newsLetter/HPX-300.jsp

Happy reading

Per

Updated versions of the editor from Avid

Now Avid has new updates out, it is the following programs:

Avid Media Composer v.3.5.1 (Mac and PC)
Avid Symphony v.3.5.1 (Mac and PC)
Avid NewsCutter v.7.5.1 (PC)

to download the new version go to the following link:
http://www.avid.com/support/downloadcenter/upgradeOptions.asp

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Pictures of the new Panasonic AG-HPX300 camera

I had the change to play a bit with the new Panasonic camera, that is a very nice camera in the "chep" end.
It is recording on P2 cards (it has 2 slot) and you can change the lens.
Here are some pictures of the camera.

Media Composer v.3.5 new without dongle

Finally finaly Avid has done what we have been asking for, they have made it Dongle free,
the newest update to version 3.5 is working without the dongle, you simply activate it online, and the best part is that you ahve a 14 days trial.
They also added 3D format support (Stereoscope editing)
Key frameable color correctiong (I´m looking forward to play with that)
Avid Media Access Architecture, wich let you link clips from a third party devices like P2 or XDCAM, without transcoding.
A new fluid stabilizer feature, and a lot of other great stuff.

You can read more about it here: Avid Media Composer v.3.5

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Media Composer v.3.5 new without dongle

Finally finaaly Avid has done what we have been asking for, they have made it Dongle free,
the newest update to version 3.5 is working without the dongle, you simply activate it online, and the best part is that you ahve a 14 days trial.
They also added 3D format support (Stereoscope editing)
Key frameable color correctiong (I´m looking forward to play with that)
Avid Media Access Architecture, wich let you link clips from a third party devices like P2 or XDCAM, without transcoding.
A new fluid stabilizer feature, and a lot of other great stuff.

You can read more about it here: Avid Media Composer v.3.5

Per