Avid Bolsters Broadcast Graphics Software with New Design Tools and Timesaving Features

Avid's powerful graphics authoring software delivers new features that enable users to quickly and efficiently create stunning real-time 2D and 3D graphics

Burlington, MA, June 30, 2017 - Avid (Nasdaq: AVID), a leading global media technology provider for the creation, distribution and monetization of media assets for global media organizations, enterprise users and individual creative professionals, today announced the release of a new version of Avid 4Designer next-generation graphics authoring software. As part of Avid's commitment to providing the most comprehensive media creation tools and workflow solutions, the new version of 4Designer enriches the artist's toolset with new graphics features and workflow improvements, enabling users to create captivating real-time graphics more quickly and efficiently than ever before.

Integrated with the MediaCentral Platform-the industry's most open, tightly integrated and efficient media platform-4Designer is the core application used to create graphics for Avid's entire production environment, including on-air graphics, virtual studios, channel branding, sports enhancements, video walls, and interactivity. The new version gives Avid's community of leading graphic designers new design tools and timesaving features for creating stunning real-time graphics for news, sports and other broadcast productions with unprecedented creative power and speed.

Innovations in the new version of 4Designer include:

4Designer can now render scenes to a variety of broadcast video standards including DNxHD, MPEG2 and XDCAM, as well as image sequences in PNG / TGA and JPEG. Allowing artists to send their designs for production approval helps improve their turnaround time for new graphic content.

The extended Adobe Photoshop importer now supports separate text and vector layers, giving artists the ability utilize more pre-production content in their workflow, while preserving the stations brand identity

The ability to quickly and easily create and customize high-quality bar charts using a wide range of pre-made elements. With these editable elements, users can quickly update charts as data or needs change.

A wide range of user-requested features, improvements, and fixes that enable users to create real-time graphics faster and more easily.

Avid will host a free 45-minute 4Designer webinar on July 18, 2017 at 10 a.m. ET where Martin Appleton, senior principle product manager for Avid's Graphic Solutions will demo the new 4Designer 1.3 features. To register for the webinar visit the Avid website.

Availability

The new version of 4Designer is available now. For more information, visit 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 on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, or subscribe to Avid Blogs.

2017 Avid Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. Avid, the Avid logo, Avid Everywhere, MediaCentral, Avid NEXIS, Interplay, Media Composer, Pro Tools, ProSet, RealSet, Maestro, PlayMaker 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. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Product features, specifications, system requirements and availability are subject to change without notice.

PR Contacts:

Avid

Amy Paladino

amy.paladino@avid.com

+1 617-733-5121

Red Lorry Yellow Lorry (Avid's PR agency)

Josh Paterson - UK

Tanya Roberts - USA

avid@rlyl.com

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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 on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, or subscribe to Avid Blogs.

2017 Avid Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. Avid, the Avid logo, Avid Everywhere, Avid Nexis, Interplay, MediaCentral, Media Composer, Pro Tools, Sibelius, ProSet, RealSet, Maestro, and PlayMaker 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.

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