It is indeed very interesting, and I actually didn't come away with the impression that you were claiming to one of the first editors anyplace to be introduced to Avid. I would also assume that you would have known enough about the history of the product to know when it was launched.
Thanks for the article. I really hope Avid works out for you.
Best,
Shirley
-----Original Message-----
From: walter <biscardi@biscardicreative.com>
To: Avid-L2 <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thu, Nov 10, 2011 2:14 pm
Subject: [Avid-L2] Re: AVID kept their promise. - Biscardi blog.
Hi Steve,
If you read the article I clearly state that I last edited on Avid in 1995 at
CNN and that I was in the first class of editors in 1993. I thought the
connection to the first class of editors and "at CNN" would be obvious to the
reader, but apparently not. Avid was introduced to the company in 1992 / 1993
and quite frankly, none of the editors were very excited about it. I always
like playing with new things so I was in the first class of I believe 10 editors
to take class in CNN Center to learn this "Avid thing."
I know for a fact that I delivered the first piece to air on CNN that was cut on
an Avid. Of course it wasn't finished in Avid since the quality was too poor
for broadcast, but EDL to CMX and we delivered the piece on Network Earth.
1995 was the last time I touched Avid or even wanted anything to do with Avid.
Now we're on the edge of turning our entire shop over to Avid pending more
testing. I thought that was pretty interesting.
Walter Biscardi
--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Steve Hullfish <steve4lists@...> wrote:
>
> Nice article, though I have to laugh at Biscardi's claim that - like some
secret cabel of special editors - he was "one of the first group of editors to
be introduced" to Avid in 1993.
>
> I'd say that 1993 puts him solidly in the MIDDLE of the curve, since it
launched in 1988, FIVE years earlier than Biscardi discovered it. I believe
Avid was at version 6 in 1993... the FIRST version 6... not the one we're back
to AGAIN now.
>
> I founded the Chicago Avid users group in 1992 and there were at least a 100
people at that first meeting in Chicago alone.
>
> I'm sure Alan Miller would choke on his coffee to hear about the "beginnings"
of Avid in 1993. I wonder how many 100s of projects he'd cut on Avid by then.
>
> Steve Hullfish
> contributor: www.provideocoalition.com
> author: "The Art and Technique of Digital Color Correction"
>
> On Nov 9, 2011, at 5:53 PM, paul.hartel wrote:
> > http://library.creativecow.net/biscardi_walter/Avid-Media-Composer-6/1
>
>
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