OH MY GOD! Check this out:



Avid Xpress Pro with SDI realtime on a TiBook!?

It is going to be announced officially on Monday during NAB.

If this is what I think it is...it is a REAL Avid on your laptop.

No longer only DV.

Crazy stuff.

-Chris
Studentfilms.com

For people like me chris, do u mind breaking it down a bit more? I am just learning all about avid now.. so this would really help!
What does this really mean for us? I realize that a Tibook is a mac laptop, but everything else I am lost? Coudl ya help plz ? I am sure I am not the only illiterate one here.. right ? RIGHT?!!?

"Everything you know is wrong"

- disinfo.com

All it means is that there is a major update to Xpress DV coming.

The big deal is that Xpress DV is no longer limited to only DV footage now. It looks like it will be able to capture up to Uncompressed 601 which is high quality DigiBeta (broadcast) footage.

The other big thing is that it looks like this release will allow real time fx (ie no rendering) not only in the computer monitor as it is now in Xpress but also on your external NTSC monitor.

That is huge as well. My guess is that there still will be a DV version of Xpress but that it will be scalable up to the high end.

It looks great. We'll all know more on Monday.

-Chris

Ouch! I've recently bought a Al 12" Powerbook too!

I wonder how much that'll put me in debt?

Richard Purves
One Man Band
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