I couldn't afford Avid in the early 90's but remember being incredibly excited about the whole NLE revolution especially after cutting a 90minute special for PBS on a 3 machine BetaSP setup with an Ampex ACE25 edit controller and having to add 3 minutes into the middle edit by edit.
In 1994 I teamed up with a facility and bought a DVision system for £14,000 running on a 386 tower! Despite it's limitations and maximum 640 x 320 frame size it was great for off-lining and I cut many corporate videos on it.
In '95 I took some time out to go travelling and when i came back the buggers at the facility had bought two Avid's which must have been V6 and with AVBV hardware. I spent a lot of time asking the junior edit assistant how to get it to do things but was still impressed.
After a short diversion into Media 100 on a G3 I finally got the cash together to buy an Avid Xpress with a Meridien BOB and spent most of my time telling people that it wasn't really any different to MC despite the limitations! Finally got to buy a full MC when Adrenaline came out in 2003 through an Avid upgrade deal and spent most of my time telling people that V1.0 wasn't as bad as everyone was saying - although it was! Always managed to avoid FCP even though it sits on my Macbook Pro as I write this.
Almost 20 years on from when I first got heated under the collar by Non Linear editing, I still am! the new Version 6 and the possibilities of 64bit is getting me excited again.
--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "Tony Quinsee-Jover" <tony@...> wrote:
>
> I remember a few years later than that, maybe '97, a demo artist at IBC (I
> think) showing "Real-Time" Color Correction on M100. I asked how it could
> be classed as real-time if he had to render before it could be played. He
> stopped on a clip, pulled up the CC tool and wiggled the brightness up and
> down; "See? Real-time"
>
> Tony ;)
>
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
> Roger Shufflebottom
> Sent: 11 November 2011 13:46
> To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] Re: AVID kept their promise. - Biscardi blog.
>
> For editing possibly, but I remember seeing a demo of Media 100 at Yorkshire
> TV (1994?) and being amazed by the quality. This was when we were offlining
> on Avid at AVR3 I think.
>
> On 11/11/2011 13:26, Tony Quinsee-Jover wrote:
> >
> > "Media 100 was the other contender back then, if I remember correctly."
> >
> > Sure it wasn't Lightworks, Steve?
> >
> > Tony
> >
> > HD Heaven Media Limited (company no: 07061040) is registered in
> > England and Wales at Sapphire Heights Courtyard, 31 Tenby Street
> > North, Birmingham B1 3ES
> >
> >
>
> --
> With Best Wishes,
> Roger Shufflebottom
> +44 7973 543660
>
>
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