Re: [Avid-L2] Hope for Avid - Interplay Connect and Sphere

Steve,

Do you mean Interplay Central?

On Wednesday, March 6, 2013, Steve Hullfish wrote:

> **
>
>
> 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
> contributor: www.provideocoalition.com
>
>


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Rob Lawson
System Administrator, ACSR ISIS, Windows & Interplay
CBS News


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