We demoed this last week at BVE in the UK and I have to agree. A game
changer.
Rupert Watson
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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
To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Avid-L2] Hope for Avid - Interplay Connect and Sphere
I went to see the presentation on Interplay Connect (different than just
"Interplay) and Sphere.
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)
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.
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.
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.
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.
If you haven't seen this working in a local sales presentation, check it
out at NAB.
Steve Hullfish
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