We put this together and posted it on our blog (and all over the web ;-)
http://www.videoguys.com/Blog/E/Upgrade+or+Crossgrade+to+Avid+Symphony+6+at+
Videoguyscom+for+just+995/0x031aa9585dcb9e48a5d351f8d93b5029.aspx
It explains the Crossgrade program and the differences between Symphony vs
Composer.
At last year's NAB show Avid launched a special Media Composer Crossgrade
program for Final Cut Pro editors to come back to Avid for just $995. That
program was a huge success! Now Avid is upping the ante and going all in by
making the same offer to Avid Symphony 6! Yes, that's right, FCP editors may
now crossgrade to Avid Symphony 6 for less than $1,000! That's more than
$5,000 off the regular Avid Symphony price of $5,999
There's great news for Avid Editors as well. Avid slashed the price of the
Symphony 6 Upgrade for owners of Avid Media Composer, Avid Xpress Pro & Avid
Xpress DV to just $995 (regularly $3,499).
When we first heard about this program we couldn't believe it! What was Avid
thinking? Well, we had the chance to talk at length with Avid sales and
product guys and they told me what they want every video editor to come back
to Avid and they are willing to give you the very best tools for the job!
Now many of you may be thinking that even at $995, Avid Symphony is beyond
your reach. It isn't! You have no reason to be afraid. The introduction of
version 6 of Avid Media Composer and Symphony unified the 64 bit code base
for both programs. So, you can think of Symphony as Media Composer on
Steroids, or Media Composer as Symphony "Lite". Either way, you end up with
the same interface, tools, 3rd party hardware and plug-in compatibility! If
you know Avid Media Composer, then you will also know how to edit in
Symphony. If you plan on learning Media Composer, it's the same interface
and workflow as Symphony.
What are the differences between Avid Media Composer 6 and Symphony 6?
The two main features of Avid Symphony are the Advanced Color Correction
(including secondary color correction) and Universal Mastering (the ability
to take a timeline and play it out at almost any other size and frame rate).
Symphony also comes bundled with the complete Boris Continuum Complete
(BCCAVX) plug-in valued at more than $1,000!
Avid Symphony 6 Advanced Color Correction & Color Grading with Artist Color
Avid Symphony Advanced Color correction and color grading tools are very
powerful and work fantastic with the Avid Artist control surface. Advanced
and secondary color tools let you correct color and grade it to get the look
you're after-with the utmost precision-and with full 4:4:4 HD RGB color
support. Save time and maintain the highest quality production with the
fully integrated 10-bit color correction toolset. Quickly and accurately
match colors from shot to shot using NaturalMatch. Gain better color
precision with support for full-quality 4:4:4 HD-RGB color space processing.
Get fine control over shots with animatable color correction. Speed up your
color work with Artist Color. And dive into the large palette of easy-to-use
tools to refine settings or get creative.
Media Composer color correction
HSL - Hue, Saturation & Luminance (master only)
Curves - Red, Green, Blue, and Master
Symphony Advanced Color correction
HSL - Hue, Saturation, and Luminance
- Highlight Midtones and Shadows
- Master Hue Offsets
- Luma Ranges
Curves - Red, Green, Blue, and Master
Channels
Secondary Color Correction
Relational color correction - This is the ability to quickly apply a
correction on a clip and have it apply to a number of clips based on its
relations
Avid Symphony 6 Universal Mastering with Avid Nitris DX Hardware
The other advantage of Avid Symphony 6 is Universal Mastering which is only
available when used with Nitris DX hardware. Universal Mastering allows you
to deliver 24p SD and HD content to multiple SD formats - NTSC (4:3 and
16:9) and PAL (4:3, and 16:9) - with point-and-click ease. Be more
productive and profitable-and take advantage of growing worldwide broadcast
and distribution opportunities. When you're ready to send your project out
to tape, simply set the desired output frame rate in Universal Mastering to
create your final master in the highest quality, with consistency-even if
your project includes clips with different frame rates.
For more info and special bundles http://www.webvideoguys.com/symp6ups.html
Gary
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