Avid Releases New, Enhanced Versions of Popular Editing Tools for Powering Faster, More Efficient Production Workflows
February 16 2017 - 2:37PM
Avid® (Nasdaq:AVID) today announced the return of
PhraseFind™ and ScriptSync® options for Avid Media
Composer®, the industry’s preeminent nonlinear editing solution,
giving video professionals the powerful tools and accelerated
creative workflows they need to create high-quality, engaging and
immersive content more efficiently. The launch of new, enhanced
versions of PhraseFind and ScriptSync delivers on Avid’s commitment
to offering the most comprehensive tools and workflow solutions to
create, distribute and optimize media on the MediaCentral®
Platform, the industry’s most open, tightly integrated and
efficient platform designed for media.
Avid is launching enhanced versions of
PhraseFind and ScriptSync following its agreement to exclusively
license Nexidia’s Emmy® Award-winning media and entertainment
technologies and solutions. The new versions are a direct result of
Avid listening to its preeminent customer community through the
Avid Customer Association, giving them the powerful tools they need
to deliver high-quality content. The new versions of PhraseFind and
ScriptSync will enable Media Composer users to use the tools for
phonetic indexing and search and working with scripted material
with the latest version of Media Composer.
Emmy Award-winning editor, Stuart Bass, ACE (The
Office, Arrested Development, Pushing Daisies) said: “ScriptSync
has changed the way I edit. The phonetic indexing tool saves me
about 15 hours a week. It speeds up the process and helps me be
more efficient with my time, so that I can be focused on the
creative part of editing.”
“Our agreement with Nexidia has enabled us to
not only bring back the popular PhraseFind and ScriptSync tools for
Media Composer, but also deliver enhanced versions that give video
professionals the fast, efficient creative workflows they need to
create engaging content and deliver projects on time,” said Dana
Ruzicka, vice president and chief product officer, Avid. “As we
continue to integrate Nexidia’s media and entertainment
technologies and solutions into MediaCentral, we look forward to
delivering more innovations that optimize content production
workflow efficiencies.”
Media Composer | PhraseFind Option’s powerful
automatic phonetic indexing of media enables video professionals to
quickly and easily find the media they need by searching for spoken
words and phrases. It saves users valuable time by delivering fast
search results and eliminating the need to review and log hundreds
of hours of material to find what they need.
Media Composer | ScriptSync Option’s powerful
phonetic indexing engine automatically links media to scripts,
enabling video professionals working with scripted projects to
easily audition takes and make creative decisions faster.
New features in Media Composer | PhraseFind
Option include:
- A new, faster, more powerful phonetic indexing engine that
speeds up indexing time and search returns, saving valuable time
and money
- Updates to the Find window, including an updated look and feel
for better visual integration with Media Composer
- Auto-fill for the search field for more efficient searches
- Shorter phoneme phrases for more accurate results
- Improved ability to index unclear audio
- Support for more dialects and accents
New features in Media Composer | ScriptSync Option include:
- The same undo/redo functionality as Media Composer
- The ability to view clip frames in their native format (4x3 and
16x9)
- Additional colors for richer organization and script
markup
- The ability to edit text in the script to match what the
speaker actually said
Availability and pricingAs part of Avid’s
commitment to offering the most flexible licensing options, the
following new PhraseFind and ScriptSync options for Media Composer
are now available from Avid resellers and the Avid Web Store:
- Media Composer | ScriptSync Option
- Media Composer | PhraseFind Option
- Media Composer | ScriptSync and PhraseFind Option Bundle
- Media Composer | ScriptSync and PhraseFind Option Bundle for
EDU
Pricing starts at $49 for Media Composer ScriptSync and
PhraseFind Option Bundle for EDU.
An upgrade plan will be available for existing owners of
PhraseFind and ScriptSync starting at $149 and $349,
respectively.
A special promotional offer enables Media Composer customers
whose licenses have lapsed to purchase the current version of Media
Composer (8.8) for $399. Version 8.8 is required for the new
ScriptSync and PhraseFind options.
A full list of features is available on the Avid website.
About Avid
Through Avid Everywhere™, Avid delivers the most open and
efficient media platform, connecting content creation with
collaboration, asset protection, distribution and
consumption. Avid’s preeminent customer community uses Avid’s
comprehensive tools and workflow solutions to create, distribute
and monetize the most watched, loved and listened to media in
the world—from prestigious and award-winning feature films, to
popular television shows, news programs and televised sporting
events, and celebrated music recordings and live concerts. With the
most flexible deployment and pricing options, Avid’s
industry-leading solutions include Pro Tools®, Media Composer®,
Avid NEXIS™, Interplay®, ProSet™ and RealSet™, Maestro™,
PlayMaker™, and Sibelius®. For more information about Avid
solutions and services, visit www.avid.com, connect with Avid
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© 2017 Avid Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. Avid, the Avid
logo, Avid Everywhere, Avid NEXIS, iNEWS, Interplay, AirSpeed,
MediaCentral, Media Composer, PhaseFind, Pro Tools, ScriptSync and
Sibelius are trademarks or registered trademarks of Avid
Technology, Inc. or its subsidiaries in the United States and/or
other countries. The Interplay name is used with the permission of
the Interplay Entertainment Corp. which bears no responsibility for
Avid products. Product features, specifications, system
requirements and availability are subject to change without notice.
All prices are USMSRP for the U.S. and Canada only and are subject
to change without notice. Contact your local Avid office or
reseller for prices outside the U.S. and Canada.
Press contact:
Avid
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sara.griggs@avid.com
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Red Lorry Yellow Lorry (Avid’s PR agency)
Josh Paterson – UK
Tanya Roberts – USA
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