Avid MCXpress vs "real" Avid

[ton...@mindspring.com]

How does Avid MCXpress compare to "real" Avid systems like Media
Composer etc. I am not very familiar with either.

On the high end, Avid is a buzz word. If you have an MCXpress system
does it look and work close enough to the more expensive Avid, to let
you say you are using an Avid.

If you learn to use MCXpress, can you step right up to a Media
Composer and start editing. Or is it a totally different animal, with
different look and interface, intended for less professional editing.

[Joe]

MCXpress and Media Composer are quite similar in interface. The big
difference is there are fewer niceties in the MCX. MCX comes in AVR 77, the
highest Avid video resolution available, as does MC. Both are professional
tools.

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"When I die I want to pass on peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather
did, not screaming and yelling like the passengers riding in his car."

[squ...@avidsports.com]

Keep in mind that there are two versions of MCXpress, the Mac version and
the NT version. They also differ. The NT version uses a more PC
friendly interface (folders etc for media/project managment) and has more
PC related import/export options, while the Mac has an interface much
more like the high end Avid's (Composer). The Mac version is also
completely compatible with Media Composer bins etc while the NT version
requires import/export via OMF.

Both versions use a Avid's well developed timeline editing model, so you
are always editing with an Avid...

Steve Quinn

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[ame...@erols.com]

If you are considering MCXpress NT, you really should look at D-Vision
ONLINE. It won a Hit Pick at NAB '97. MCXpress did not, and they run on
the same hardware!

D-Vision is a more powerful system, with more features. Everyone whom I
have talked to who looked at both systems, came to the same conclusion -
D-Vision is signficantly better.

At NAB, even the Avid engineers were hanging around the D-Vision booth
admiring OnLINE 3.0.

You owe it to yourself to check it out: http://www.dvision.com/

Jon Lieberman
American Film & Video
Bethesda, Maryland

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