Avid innovations at NAB 2019

02.05.2019

This year, the undisputed leader of the media industry showed the latest creative tools, cloud SaaS storage, graphics solutions, and presented successful cases from Oscar and Emmy winners at NAB.

Avid demonstrated bold, innovative solutions to maximize the creative potential of media professionals.

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THE NEWEST VERSION OF THE FAMOUS AVID MEDIA COMPOSER 2019 VIDEO EDITOR AND AVID NEXIS® CLOUD STORAGE | CLOUDSPACES SAAS DESERVE SPECIAL ATTENTION.

The annual Avid Main Stage presentation program, which was eagerly awaited by the visitors of the exhibition, featured cases of creating world blockbusters such as Captain Marvel, Bohemian Rhapsody, Orville and Venom.

“The needs of the media and entertainment industries are constantly evolving, so Avid is constantly re-evaluating its strategies, reinventing products and solutions so that our customers can create compelling content and change the game with innovative ideas,” said Jeff Rosico, CEO and president of Avid. “Our latest developments foster creativity, accelerate and improve operational efficiency in a highly competitive media market, helping teams and independent professionals add value to the content they create and expand into new markets.”

Media Composer 2019

Media Composer 2019 has more than all the dreams of professional editors, freelancers and journalists. The completely updated tool, which has won Emmy, Oscar, and Eddie awards, is offered to media creators:

– the ability to work at the speed of creativity at a new level of use,
– Put even more power at your fingertips with the next-generation Avid Media Engine and distributed processing,
– the ability to finish and deliver the finished product within Media Composer
– the interface for working in large teams can be customized by role.

Media Composer 2019 will be available in late spring.

Pro Tools 2019

Pro Tools 2019 extends the power and performance to quickly create the most complex projects: 50% more Pro Tools | Ultimate voices, twice as many MIDI tracks, and smoother transitions between tracks during playback. The program offers the ability to freely experiment with effects and presets, allowing users to move at the speed of creative impulses. Pro Tools 2019 will be available in the second quarter of 2019.

Sibelius 2019

Sibelius 2019 opens up even more space for composers, improves the quality and accuracy of note reproduction, accelerates efficiency, and enriches the possibilities of the evaluation and approval process. The ability to share sheet music in the cloud, post it online, and create print-perfect professional sheet music helps Sibelius 2019 users to develop their creativity and do even more and better in a short time.

Avid NEXIS | Cloudspaces

The new Avid NEXIS | Cloudspaces media storage solution offers a secure way to store and synchronize projects in the cloud for backup. Now, backups are made easy by automatically provisioning cloud resources. NEXIS | Cloudspaces scales to meet your needs. All existing and new Avid NEXIS systems will come with a limited-time offer of 2 TB of cloud storage so that users can experience the service for free.

MediaCentral | Editorial Management 2019

Editorial Management 2019 is a post-production media asset management platform that can be accessed from anywhere in the world in the right role. Users can quickly find, edit, and share media from any location for easier media management, project preparation, and synchronization.

The solution will be available for order in May 2019. New Editorial Management 2019 features will help users prepare and edit simple sequences, collect and create group clips to prepare multi-camera shots for Media Composer editors, and use Avid | AI with a new integrated phonics option. In addition, the system integrates with Avid | FastServe video servers for editing 23.98fps capture and multi-camera footage, providing live studio production for faster real-time workflows.

Integration of MediaCentral 2019 and Maestro Graphics

The MediaCentral platform now integrates with Maestro Graphics to provide turnkey on-air graphics creation and workflow for news, sports, post-production and studio production teams. The full suite of Maestro graphics tools integrates seamlessly with the MediaCentral ecosystem. Any user of the systems will be able to add 2D or 3D graphics, a playlist, edited material, search and find graphic templates, customize text, and create content layers from any device. Avid has integrated the entire Maestro product line with the MediaCentral platform. Now users can maximize the use of media resources in creating graphics and templates from anywhere in the network.

Pro Tools | MTRX DigiLink Option Card

The new optional Pro Tools | MTRX DigiLink card adds 64 channels of DigiLink I/O to the card, allowing multi-HDX systems and multi-station networks to connect to a single Pro Tools | MTRX interface. The MTRX DigiLink card will be available in the second quarter of 2019.