Avid just released Free

[FredThompson]

We are pleased to announce that Avid® Free DV is now available for download. Visit www.avid.com/freedv and follow the download instructions to get your copy today.

Perfect for anyone exploring video editing - Avid Free DV software is an easy, free way to join the Avid family and experience a limited version of the industry-standard editing interface.

Once you’ve had a chance to familiarize yourself with the Avid editing interface via Avid Free DV software, we invite you to step up to the robust production and networking features found in our professional line of products. We currently offer an entire family of Avid Xpress®
editing products which include Avid Xpress DV and Avid Xpress Pro and the revolutionary Avid Mojo™ Digital Nonlinear Accelerator™.
Visit http://www.avid.com/products/xdv_xpro.html to pick the
right Avid solution for you.

Enjoy your video editing with Avid Free DV!

Sincerely,
The Avid Team

[communist]

I never liked Avid stuff - it looks way too overcomplicated.

Still I'm gonna give this one a try - thanks for the linkage :)

Oh and the comparison is extremely weird - for what would 'Pros' need WMV encoding or export to FLASH :rolleyes:

[Foambullet]

I think this post might be better suited for the Non Linear Editing forum.

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Well, in fact I wanted to post this here, too, but Fred was faster... :)

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