Avid Xpress Studio HD

Avid Xpress Studio Features

This is no fantasy. It's Avid Xpress Studio.

You've never experienced anything like Avid Xpress Studio. Whether you're a seasoned professional or first-time user, you'll appreciate its integrated, best-of-breed software and hardware, advanced interoperability, and unique combination of power and ease of use. No weak links. No missing pieces. The best of the best from the names that you trust, all working seamlessly together.

With Avid Xpress Studio, you can share files and footage between applications with drag-and-drop simplicity. Set DVD chapter marks and thumbnails right from the editing timeline. Select video for backgrounds and textures in 3D animations. Add motion tracking, vector paint, and advanced titling without leaving the editor. You also get the power and performance of integrated hardware. Real-time 3D camera views and composite output to a monitor. "Mix to pix" with perfect sync between audio and video hardware. Portable video processing with real-time video effects preview. Avid Xpress Studio makes it possible. Key features include:

Best of Breed Software and Hardware

• Avid Xpress Pro - Based on the industry-defining technology found in the Academy Award® winning Avid Film Composer and Avid Media Composer, Avid Xpress Pro offers exceptionally powerful film and video editing, with a unique combination of features including multicam editing, image stabilization, pan and zoom, and one-touch automatic color correction based on Avid Symphony technology.
• Avid Pro Tools LE with Digidesign Mbox - Based on the Academy Award® winning technology of Pro Tools from Avid's Digidesign division, Avid Pro Tools LE offers the power and ease of use that are the envy of the industry, and includes Digidesign Mbox for dual-channel audio connections. Or choose the eight-channel Digi 002 control surface and Avid Mojo hardware instead (see below).
• Avid 3D - Based on industry-leading 3D animation and effects technology of Avid's Softimage subsidiary, Avid 3D offers a powerful 3D creation and effects environment designed with video editors in mind. It also features a customizable library of 3D models and animation scenes, as well as the ability to import 3D models in industry-standard formats.
• Avid FX - Based on industry-leading visual effects technology of Boris Red, Avid FX provides advanced titling, compositing, motion tracking, vector paint, rotoscoping, 2D and 3D animated charts, EPS file import and animation, more than 110 powerful filters, and over 1500 customizable title, effects, and transition templates.
• Avid DVD by Sonic - Enjoy expert DVD authoring without the steep learning curve. Developed expressly for Avid by Sonic Solutions, the leader in DVD creation software, Avid DVD allows you to create distinctive, interactive DVDs with advanced menus and navigation all within a simple point-and-click user experience.
• Digidesign Mbox (Avid Xpress Studio Essentials) - Route your audio signals via Mbox's I/O, create a session to build and manage your project, and you are ready for beginning-to-end creativity in a fully self-contained environment. Mbox interacts seamlessly with Avid Pro Tools LE software for advanced audio design capability in a results-oriented micro studio.
• Avid Mojo DNA hardware (Avid Xpress Studio Complete) - Add hardware acceleration for simultaneous real-time output of multiple streams of video and effects to a client monitor and tape; the ability to mix uncompressed graphics and animation with DV25 media in real time; real-time pulldown support for 24-frame projects; and much more. As part of Avid Xpress Studio Complete, it also supports real-time 3D camera views from Avid 3D and composite window output from Avid FX, as well as synchronization with Digi 002 audio input for perfect "mix to pix."
• Digi 002 (Avid Xpress Studio Complete) - Everything you need for superior audio production with both Avid Pro Tools LE and Avid Xpress Pro software through a single FireWire cable. This powerful control surface includes professional analog, digital, and MIDI I/O, and supports 32 tracks of simultaneous record and playback, 128 MIDI tracks, and real-time plug-in playback. Digi 002 replaces Mbox in Avid Xpress Studio Complete package, which also includes Avid Mojo DNA hardware.

Advanced interoperability

The integrated software and hardware environment of Avid Xpress Studio is based on Avid’s industry-leading support for open standards and formats, including MXF, AAF, OMF, MetaSync, and the AVX plug-in architecture, as well as innovative engineering to ensure software and hardware interoperability. You can:

• Create DVD chapter marks and setting poster frames on the Avid Xpress Pro timeline using MetaSync tracks
• Designate a section of the Avid timeline to be opened inside Avid 3D, also using MetaSync
• Add motion tracking, rotoscoping, and advanced title and graphic animation provided by Avid FX operating as a plug-in to Avid Xpress Pro, effectively creating a robust compositing environment within the editing application
• Display the Avid 3D camera view and Avid FX composite window on an external broadcast monitor in real time using Avid Mojo
• Use Avid Mojo for video connections and Digidesign Mbox or 002 hardware for audio connections while maintaining perfect sync
• Use the Digi 002 control surface to adjust audio levels in both Avid Xpress Pro and Avid Pro Tools LE

Unique combination of power and ease of use

How can something this powerful be so easy to use? The intuitive, user-centered design of Avid Xpress Studio makes getting up to speed fast and easy – it won’t be long before you’re use all five applications to create sophisticated, professional projects. Avid reduces the distance between learning and earning.

• Avid Xpress Pro features customizable workspaces optimized for easy access titling, effects, and color correction tools. Avid Xpress Pro also features a powerful set of software experts, including DV Scene Extraction, One-Step Dynamic Storyboards, SuperBin, ExpertRender, and One-Step AutoCorrect color correction.
• Avid Pro Tools lets both music and postproduction professionals easily achieve all of their production tasks within one easy-to-use interface. With its unique balance of power and simplicity, Pro Tools software is perfectly suited to anyone getting into digital audio production for the first time, while remaining the choice of the industry’s most accomplished audio experts.
• Avid 3D offers a powerful 3D creation and effects environment designed with video editors in mind. Users can choose from an extensive library of customizable 3D scenes, texture maps and elements, including models from the highly-regarded Digimation library.
• Avid FX features more than 1,500 easily customizable title, effects, 2D and 3D chart, and transition presets, as well as a robust style palette for title and graphic elements. Users can add their own creations, so that elements only need to be created once for easy re-use.
• The expert authoring features of Avid DVD let users create sophisticated interactive DVD titles with ease and confidence. JumpAnywhere technology provides easy point-and-click creation of sophisticated interactivity, with complete control of up to 60,000 individual elements, along with a deep library of customizable menu templates.

Pricing & Availability

Prices for the individual applications are:

• Avid Xpress Pro: $1,695 USMSRP (available for both Mac and Windows)
• Pro Tools LE, including Digidesign DV Toolkit software and Mbox hardware:$1,490 USMSRP (Mac and Windows)
• Digi 002, including Avid Pro Tools LE and Digidesign DV Toolkit software: $3,490 USMSRP (Mac and Windows)
• Avid 3D: $1,495 USMSRP (Windows only)
• Avid FX: $1,595 USMSRP (Mac and Windows)
• Avid DVD by Sonic: $1,995 USMSRP (Windows only)
• Avid Mojo: $1,695 USMSRP (Mac and Windows)