Video I/O - Standard Definition

• 10-bit SMPTE 259M SDI serial digital I/O
• Component YPbPr, S-Video, and composite I/O
• DV I/O with real-time analog-to-DV and DV-to-analog conversion
• Uncompressed PAL and NTSC ITU-R-601 formats
• Sync reference input
• Serial deck control (via the CPU) and 1394 deck control

HD Support

• Adrenaline HD Expansion Option (planned for 2004)
• Capture and output via HD SDI 292 I/O
• Avid DNxHD encoding (10-bit and 8-bit 4:2:2) maintains full resolution (no sub-sampling), raster mode, frame rate, and aspect ratio
• Support for 1080i at 29.97/25; 1080p at 25/23.976; 720p at 59.94 fps (23.976 planned for future release)

• Native DVCPRO HD (planned for 2004)
• Uncompressed HD via optional PCI card (planned for future release)
• Long-GOP MPEG (planned for future release)
• Native HDV (planned for future release)

Audio

• 48 kHz, 44.1 kHz, and 32 kHz (hardware supports up to 96 kHz)
• 16 or 24-bit resolution
• 8 channels ADAT audio I/O or stereo Toslink optical S/PDIF
• 4 channels AES/EBU digital audio I/O
• 4 channels RCA analog audio inputs
• 4 channels XLR analog audio inputs
• Separate stereo monitor output
• Real-time audio sample rate conversion
• Multi channel Audio Punch-in with low latency monitoring
• Real-time audio mix to picture
• Built in audio passthrough mixer for extra monitoring control
• Support for Digidesign AudioSuite plug-ins
• Real-time multiband EQ
• SmartSound Sonicfire Pro for easy, customized music soundtrack creation

Avid Media Composer Software Features

• Powerful real-time architecture allows up to 11 streams of uncompressed SD video (more streams possible at lower res)
• Full/Draft Quality mode for maximum performance
• Multiprocessor optimized

Editing Features

• Mixable resolutions in timeline
• Compatible with ABVB AVRs and Meridien JFIF
• DV25, DV50, and IMX 30/40/50 support on PC; DV25 and play/edit/render of DV50 and IMX 50 on Mac
• Media Consolidate and transcode between resolutions
• 24 video and audio tracks (unlimited video layers via nesting)
• 24 MetaSync tracks
• Full Film Composer toolset
• Uncompressed effects independent of clip resolution
• Real-time equal power audio dissolves
• 4:3 and 16:9 support
• DV Scene extraction
• Panasonic 24P DV camera advanced pulldown support
• PAL 24P and 25P (Now both PC and MAC)
• Video Archive
• Media Chunking
• Multicamera grouping (real-time multicam planned for 2004)
• 23.976, 24, and film editing

Digital Video Effects + Compositing

• Native Boris Continuum effects and filters
• Real-time customizable 3D effects, including Warp, Picture-in-Picture, Corner Pinning, Shapes, Video Titles
• Real-time Dissolves, Superimposition, Resize, Flips, Flops, Wipes, Conceals, Squeezes, Masks, and Picture-in-Picture
• Real-time Moving Mattes
• Real-time Chroma and Luma keys
• Real-time full-motion alpha keying
• Nondestructive compositing on unlimited layers
• Customizable rampable motion effects UI including FluidMotion™
• FluidFilm for film look in 50i and 60i material
• Supports all AVX™ 1.5 plug-ins including third party real-time plug-ins
• ExpertRender™ renders just the effects needed
• Intraframe™ Paint, AniMatte™, Scratch removal
• Pan & Zoom creates video from high-res stills
• Deep Defocus, blur, mosaic
• Reformat tools for aspect ratio management

10 bit Color Correction

• Real-time professional-level color correction tools
• One Step AutoCorrect
• NaturalMatch™
• Real-time keyframeable color effects
• Three-monitor color correction windows
• ChromaCurve™ and ChromaGraph display
• Advanced Waveform and Vectorscope monitors

Integrated Titling and Graphics

• Real-time uncompressed graphics and titles
• 2D and 3D titling including Marquee (Now both on PC and MAC)
• Rolling and crawling titles
• User-savable title style sheets

Streamlined Interoperability and Workflow

• Support for Avid Studio Tools: Avid FX, Avid DVD, and Avid 3D compatible
• Full support for Avid Unity MediaNetwork,MediaManager, and TransferManager
• Total Conform of bins, sequences, edits, composites, audio settings, effects, and Avid media with Avid Xpress®, Media Composer, Film Composer, and Symphony™ systems
• Advanced conform with Avid DS Nitris™ systems with AFE
• AAF import/export
• MXF or OMF native media
• Windows Media 9 HD and SD encoding (PC only)
• Longitudinal Time Code (LTC) output
• Photoshop layers and After Effects support
• Media compatibility Windows/Macintosh
• 24-bit audio file compatible with Digidesign Pro Tools® system
• VTR emulation (planned for future release)

Project Management/Asset Management

• Multilevel find, sift, and sort functions
• Frame, script, and text views
• Unlimited number of bins
• Media Consolidate feature
• Folder hierarchy (nestable folders) within Project Window
• Advanced project accounting tools
• User, project, and site settings
• Ability to lock media
• Supports Avid Unity MediaManager for facility-wide search and display and local or remote asset management

Web + Interactive Delivery

• Push-button export of Windows Media (ASF), QuickTime 6.0, and MPEG-2
• QuickTime Reference Movie output
• Sonic ReelDVD
• Sonic

Networking + Storage

• Avid Unity MediaNetwork support for connectivity, shared storage, media protection, and network security
• Supports Avid Unity TransferManager to move media transparently, either standalone or in conjunction with Avid Unity MediaNetwork and MediaManager, between Media Composer systems and any CPU, anywhere
• Supports a wide range of Avid's Local Storage products for fully tested solutions with guaranteed performance:
• Avid MediaDock Ultra 320 removable storage
• Avid MediaDrive rS Ultra 320 fixed storage
• Avid MediaDrive rS FireWire fixed storage
• MEDIArray II (2 Gb) 10K Fibre Channel storage