Avid Symphony

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Avid Symphony is non-linear editing software aimed at professionals in the TV and movie industry. It is available for Microsoft Windows PCs in its current Nitris form, and previously for Apple Macintosh computers in addition to Windows.

Symphony is Avid's high end SD/HD finishing platform for long form work, such as documentary and episodic TV. Its interface is based on the same look and feature set as the Media Composer and Xpress systems, but features the highest level of features and resolution including uncompressed HD.

The previous Meridien hardware platform was SD only, and was available for the PC and Macintosh platforms. Its last release was 5.0.5 which supported Windows 2000 and Mac OS X v10.2. The current Symphony is powered by the Nitris DNA hardware (PCI-X) and runs on Windows XP only, current version is 1.8.3. Avid announced at NAB 2008, that Symphony v3.0 would be released in June 2008. This new release will run on Windows XP/Vista or Mac OS X Leopard, one of its new features is support for Avid's 'Nitris DX' PCIe hardware.

Symphony Nitris supports 8 bit and 10 bit SD and HD resolutions in both compressed and uncompressed forms. It is MXF and DNxHD aware, but support for HDV is unfinished or unavailable. Symphony differentiates itself from Media Composer with the addition of secondary color correction, uncompressed HD, higher real-time performance, and other advanced features.

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[edit] Avid Symphony used in Movies

American Hardcore (film) Avid Xpress Pro and Symphony ^[1]
Summercamp! (film) Avid Xpress Pro and Symphony ^[2]
When the Levees Broke Avid Media Composer and Symphony Nitris ^[3]
Superman Returns Edited with Mac-based Film Composer XL, but HD screenings prepped with Symphony ^[4]