Saw it at the HPA Tech Expo a few weeks ago. Pretty cool, for the right client. (But you need an ISIS)
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> We demoed this last week at BVE in the UK and I have to agree. A game
> changer.
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> From: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
> Of Steve Hullfish
> Sent: 06 March 2013 15:09
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> Subject: [Avid-L2] Hope for Avid - Interplay Connect and Sphere
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> I went to see the presentation on Interplay Connect (different than just
> "Interplay) and Sphere.
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> These are probably the most impressive products I've seen from Avid in a
> long time (and play into Terry and other's perspective of Avid as now
> being a server company)
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> Interplay Connect allows anyone, anywhere access to an Isis, through
> Interplay to be able to log footage and do review and approval. Through
> a web browser, it's possible to watch raw footage, place locators, open
> and download and comment on any other types of files that might be on
> Isis, and do frame accurate review and approval of sequences. It even
> allows the creation of very basic sequences - like selects reels - from
> a browser, even using a pretty crappy internet connection.
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> Sphere allows a Symphony or Media Composer running anywhere there's an
> internet connection to edit footage that resides entirely on an Isis in
> a remote location. This obviously has implications for all of us. It
> also allows a remote Media Composer or Symphony to ingest footage on
> location and upload it - as either proxy or full resolution - to the
> Isis in another distant location. That was pretty cool to see. It
> allowed remote footage to be intercut seamlessly with local footage and
> for the MC to upload JUST the local footage used in the sequence - at
> full rez - in the background WHILE MC continued to edit.
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> I rarely use the word "game changer" but I think this is one. Clearly
> Avid has had all of the individual piece of this for a long time, but
> they assembled them together in something much more lovely than a
> "Frankenstein" kludge.
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> The only real issue with this, is that with the cost of the Isis,
> Interplay, Interplay Connect and Sphere licenses, it's clearly over most
> people's heads. But these solutions are ideal for several projects I'm
> working on at the moment and several that people for whom I'm consulting
> are having. Very impressive. Kudos to the team. BTW, Bob Russo demoed
> the whole thing beautifully.
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> If you haven't seen this working in a local sales presentation, check it
> out at NAB.
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