Avid Artist | DNxIO Now Shipping To Meet the Growing Demands of High-Res Content Production

Avid Artist | DNxIO Now Shipping To Meet the Growing Demands of High-Res Content Production 23 September 2015

Avid (Nasdaq: AVID) today announced that Avid Artist | DNxIO, a hardware interface designed to accelerate high-resolution video production, is now shipping, and that customers can save more than 20% when they trade in select systems between now and September 30. Available standalone or bundled with Avid Media Composer , Avid Artist | DNxIO delivers best-in-class high-res video ingest, editing, monitoring, and output, giving video professionals the flexible, open, and integrated creative tools they need to efficiently create the highest-quality media.

Built on the Avid MediaCentral Platform, Avid Artist | DNxIO is compatible with Avid Artist Suite solutions and many third-party creative tools, including Blackmagic Resolve, Apple Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effects and more. It includes hardware by Blackmagic Design, a new IO Connectivity Partner for the MediaCentral Platform.

Between now and September 30, customers can save more than 20% on Avid Artist | DNxIO when they trade in Avid Nitris DX or Avid Mojo DX, or selected Open IO hardware from AJA, Blackmagic Design, Matrox and MOTU.

Avid Artist | DNxIO enables video professionals to capture, monitor and output Ultra HD, 2K and 4K media, as well as HD and SD formats. Its flexible form factor fits in standard 19-inch equipment racks for easy integration in equipment rooms, and it's quiet enough to place on the desk of an edit bay. The HD display allows editors to monitor media that is being ingested into and outputted from the system, even when the software is not running. A host of connections delivers fast switching among a range of input devices and sources for capture, and among a range of monitors and output devices. Hands-on controls allow users to quickly select video, audio, and timecode inputs as well as deck control.

Avid Artist | DNxIO is bundled with the Fusion Connect plugin for Media Composer giving users access to the best-of-breed node-based effects compositing tool from within the Media Composer user interface. Onboard DNxHR encoding for capture workflows will be enabled on DNxIO via a future no-cost firmware update. Updated software for supported creative editorial applications will be required to take advantage of this capability.

Key benefits and features:

Capture and playback up to 60 frames per second in HD format.

Work faster and more efficiently with real-time or accelerated encode, decode, colorspace conversion, up conversion, down conversion, and cross conversion with onboard hardware processing

Get reliable operation with a redundant power supply

Connect to a variety of computers using PCIe or Thunderbolt connections (cables sold separately)

Easily integrate with existing workflows using multiple connections, including:

Timecode in/out available on board

Control the system from external devices using remote control ports

Monitor media with confidence using a bright front-panel full 1080HD resolution LCD display

Get hands-on control over sources of video, audio, timecode, and remote control signaling

Video inputs and outputs

o 4 SDI in, 4 SDI loop, 4 SDI out and 4 SDI repeated out, providing 12Gb/s in/out with support for single link, dual link and quad link (quad link in coming soon)

o Dual Optical SDI in/out which support 3Gb/s and 6Gb/s SDI - 12Gb/s support coming soon (modules not included)

o HDMI in and out

o Analog video in and out component and composite

Audio inputs and outputs

o Balanced analog audio 4 channels in, 4 channels out

o AES/EBU 2 channels in, 2 channels out

o Consumer Hi-Fi inputs for MP3 players and other devices

o Front panel features mic input with 48V phantom power, mic level control, headphone connection, and headphone level control

Availability

Avid Artist | DNxIO is available now as a standalone solution for existing Media Composer, Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro, Resolve and Fusion customers, or bundled with Media Composer to provide a complete turnkey high-resolution solution.

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