Video Editing Software

Avid Xpress DV version 2.0 software delivers professional video editing, audio, effects, titling, media management, and Total Conform to other Avid® products that customers have come to expect from Avid. The next-generation software-only version allows professional field editing on notebook computers with many new features, a breakthrough price, lightning speed, and ease of use.

Low cost and ease-of-use invite a host of new users to join the Avid family. Avid Xpress DV version 2.0 software offers a powerful new portable alternative for new and seasoned Avid Xpress DV users. Requiring only a qualified notebook or workstation and an inexpensive DV In/Out card, it's a powerful and complete professional studio. Version 2.0 allows content creators to seamlessly deliver media to the Web, to DVD, to tape, and to the world - from wherever creativity demands.

To deliver outstanding performance, Avid Xpress DV version 2.0 software has been re-architected to exploit the combined power and performance of Intel Pentium III and Pentium 4 processors up to 1.5GHz and the Microsoft Windows 2000 operating system with no additional hardware except a DV In/Out card.

"First, it's the ideal, all-in-one powerhouse for seasoned pros doing DV projects, for independents and smaller facilities, and for low-cost offline editing," said Charlie Russell, product marketing manager for Avid Xpress DV. "Second, it's the personal Avid system many Avid editors and other professionals have been craving. Third, it's an easy-to-use portable companion to Media Composer® and other Avid systems for those who've never before considered owning an Avid system."

"Avid Xpress DV is the most elegant editing solution for non-linear editing out there anywhere near this price," said Arthur Klein, president of Event Horizon Labs and beta tester for Avid Xpress DV version 2.0. "For people working on a small project with output to the Web or a DV originated feature film, Avid Xpress DV is the perfect tool for both."

Based on the 11th-generation of Avid's award-winning technology, the toolset includes professional video editing, effects, audio, titling, compositing, graphics, interoperability, and digital delivery tools. Projects are compatible with Avid Media Composer, Symphony™ and Avid Xpress systems, allowing Total Conform and dramatically better bi-directional workflow than merely EDL or OMF® transfer. Every subtlety of a project is transferred, not just basic dissolves and effects but titles, layers, dynamic audio levels and mix, keyframes, customized effects, color correction, AudioSuite™ and AVX™ plug-ins, and batch import information. The easy-to-use interface features One-Step Technology, the same great interface as Avid Xpress based on the legendary Media Composer interface. To make it easy to learn, it all comes bundled with an award-winning interactive tour and tutorial.

New features in version 2.0

• New Editing and Media Management Features. Dual monitor support (workstations only), separate audio and video marks, smart trim, trim a rendered clip, copy source locators, find bin command, and much more.
• New Audio Features. Solo multiple tracks, custom AudioSuite templates, change sample rate enhancements, and more.
• More Effects and Compositing. Fit-to-fill motion effects button, VTR-style motion effect, persistent effects, improved nesting. In PowerPack, a full version of Pinnacle Commotion, Stabilize Effect AVX, and Knoll LightFactory AVX.
• New Customization Capabilities. New customizable user interface, mappable keyboard and command palette, resizable source monitor, and configurable timeline toolbar.
• Additional Interoperability. Review & Approval™ support with Locator window, AAF support and Ethernet file sharing over Avid Unity™ MediaNet version 2.0 (scheduled for release June 2001).
• More DVD and Web Delivery. Create DVD command and Sonic AuthorScript for direct MPEG 1 & 2 output. In PowerPack, Avid ePublisher Companion Edition and DVDit! SE.
• Film Support in PowerPack.
• Enhanced DV Camera, Deck and Card Support. Broader selection of optional DV In/Out cards, single-wire connection, and improved machine control.

Avid Xpress DV version 2.0 - $1,699 USMSRP (includes over $1,000 USMSRP worth of software)

• Industry-leading Avid user interface, based on eleventh generation software
• Easy to learn with award-winning interactive Tour and tutorials, easy to use with Avid One-Step Technology
• More than 80 built-in digital video effects
• Output to DVD, RealMedia, QuickTime®, Windows Media, MPEG 1&2 and more as well as DV formats
• AVX plug-ins to expand the available palette of effects
• Support for AvidProNet™ Review & Approval
• Bundled software valued at over $1,000 USMSRP: Boris FX LTD (2D/3D effects), Boris Graffiti LTD (2D titling), Sonic Solutions DVDIt! LE (DVD Authoring), and Media Cleaner EZ (streaming video creation)
• Avid Xpress DV version 2.0 PowerPacksoftware and features valued at over $4,200 USMSRP)
• Avid ePublisher Companion Edition, for web pages synchronized to video
• Pinnacle Commotion DV 3.1 for compositing, rotoscoping, and paint
• Knoll LightFactory AVX plug-in, for lighting and lens flare effects
• Sonic DVDit! SE for enhanced DVD creation
• Stabilize Effect AVX plug-in for correcting shaky camera work
• DV Filmmaker's Toolkit, including:
• Avid FilmScribe™ with Matchback, based on Oscar® award-winning Film Composer® technology, for editing 24FPS film-originated projects and creating frame-accurate cutlists, optical pull lists, and other formats for final film assembly
• Script-Based Editing for mapping shots to, and editing from, a script
• Dupe Detection for alerting users to re-used shots
• AutoSync™ feature for synchronizing audio and video that have been captured separately
• Film-style effects for creating dissolves and other effects that mimic optically-generated film effects

Avid Technology, One Park West, Avid Technology Park, Tewksbury, MA 01876. Tel: 978-640-3541; Fax: 978-640-0648.