> Tony Quinsee-Jover wrote:
> The point that DS users have been making for more than a decade.
The trouble is that Symphony fits a very specific niche market quite well. Namely, people who are outputting TV show masters with standard color-correction and minimal effects, where the show was offlined on Media Composer. As such, it appeals to episodic television producers, reality TV and a little bit to news and news magazine shows.
That's ideal for NY, LA and maybe London, but is really a fairly small portion of the editing business. Just a bigger chunk for Avid than for others. Beyond that, it's hard to justify for anyone who didn't already start on it. People who cut TV spots, corporate videos, web videos or doing DI finishes, generally look for other systems, because of cost, workflow, features and/or versatility.
If you look at other companies, the only one maintaining a spectrum of editor models is Quantel. Nearly everyone else has 1 or 2 models at the most. Generally where there's 2, it's a low-end consumer product plus a "pro" product.
- Oliver
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