Interesting. I'm clearly not the possessor of an informed opinion when it comes to any of these systems, however...
I still have a color problem. My clients need a one stop system that can function both as a reasonably nimble NLE while giving them powerful color correction. To state the obvious, in documentary there's not a lot of need for complex compositing or effects work, and documentary budgets would probably rule out paying for a truly high end finishing system with a lot of functionality that simply isn't relevant. What is there for these documentary clients? Is Smoke that machine? If it's priced comparably to Symphony, maybe it is. I honestly don't know, but it doesn't seem likely that it would be priced comparably.
If Symphony simply had a few more basic color features and were artifact free, it would probably do okay by my folks. And yes, collapse the product lines into one by all means, but it would be pretty hard in our documentary market for independent filmmakers to be paying for the same product that advertising clients use. If Avid can't, or won't, give them a reasonably contemporary NLE with a few good finishing features, then they're probably headed to FCS Color, bad workflow or no bad workflow.
Best,
Shirley
-----Original Message-----
From: oliverpetersvidy <oliverpeters@oliverpeters.com>
To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, Feb 21, 2011 8:04 am
Subject: [Avid-L2] Re: Symphony owners?
> Shirley Gutierrez wrote:
> My reaction exactly! I've never even seen DS in action...
A better DVE yes, but not in true 3D space as in Flame or Smoke. But that's
neither here nor there. DS is the closest Avid has to a "finishing" system in
the proper sense of the term and it still has many missing features compared
with its competition.
My point is that Avid simply doesn't do "finishing" well and doesn't really know
how to promote it to the market segment that appreciates the benefits.
Therefore, any R&D in that direction is a waste and would be better spent on
improving the core product line.
That's certainly not what DS owners would want to hear, but I'm sure they would
like to have some idea of a roadmap as well.
- Oliver
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