An interview from the 2015 International Broadcasting Convention in Amsterdam with Matt Feury of Avid Technology. Avid Technology delivers the industry's most open, innovative and comprehensive media platform, connecting content creation with collaboration, asset protection, distribution and consumption. Media organizations and creative professionals use Avid solutions to create the most listened to, most watched and most loved media in the world—from the most prestigious and award-winning feature films, to the most popular television shows, news programs and televised sporting events, as well as a majority of today’s most celebrated music recordings and live concerts. In this interview Matt talks with us about a few products & announcements from the 2015 IBC show, like Avid ISIS 1000 Shared Storage System & Avid | Artist | DNxIO professional video I/O interface.

Centralize your video storage with Avid's ISIS | 1000 20TB Shared Storage System. Using 10 7200 rpm drives with 2TB of storage each, ISIS | 1000 creates a safe and reliable storage solution for your professional video or audio workflow. ISIS | 1000 seamlessly integrates with Avid professional software programs. It can store all your video, audio, and other essential files whiled also enabling real-time editorial collaboration using what you have, whether you edit in Adobe Premier Pro CC, Apple Final Cut Pro X, Grass Valley EDIUS, Media Composer or Pro Tools.

Avid Artist | DNxIO is a powerful, professional video I/O interface designed to simplify and accelerate your entire HD, Ultra HD, 2K, and 4K workflow. Available as standalone hardware or bundled with industry-standard Media Composer software, Artist | DNxIO enables you to capture, monitor, and output media quickly—in the highest quality possible. And because the interface, which includes hardware by Blackmagic Design, is designed to be open and flexible, you can use it with Avid and other creative tools too.

Artist | DNxIO features advanced 6G-SDI, 12G-SDI, and HDMI 2.0 connections that enable you to work with HD, 2K, 4K, and other super high-resolution material. It supports frame rates up to 60 fps, bit depth up to 12 bits, and 2D or stereoscopic 3D media. And because it comes jam-packed with a wide array of analog and digital connections, it can be used with just about every camera, deck, display, and device you have or want. Capture and edit footage with Media Composer, Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, and other video editing software. Use After Effects, Photoshop, Fusion, and other software to get the looks you want. And couple it with Pro Tools and other popular DAWs to work on your audio (Pro Tools support coming soon).

DNxIO also offers additional benefits to speed and ease your workflow. Edit massive 4K files more easily by using the built-in hardware encoder to capture to Avid DNxHR, coming soon as a future no-cost software upgrade*. Quickly convert media and color spaces with onboard hardware processing. Connect a mic to the front panel for convenient audio punch-in workflows. Monitor media ingest and output on the built-in LCD screen. Select inputs with a press of a button. And with Thunderbolt 2 technology, you get blazingly fast computer connection speeds, delivering the lowest possible latency and greatest time sync accuracy (includes PCIe too).

For more information please visit: http://www.Avid.com

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