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Old 19th November 2009   #24
Max G
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Originally Posted by Loki View Post
Avid video editing is not PC based. It is cross-platform, though some of their subsidiaries are PC only (game pre-vis in particular and some media-ingest services.) The NLE Video editors are cross platform and if you worked in the professional field in LA you'd be hard pressed to rent anything but a Mac based Avid editor.
True statement.

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Originally Posted by Louiseven View Post
Avid already being a strong Windows market leader without the threat of another hardware company making devastating changes to it's hardware/software (Macs) it may just be cheaper to concentrate on one platform. I of course hope not.
Avid is platform agnostic. There is no reason to fear a change in this philosophy.

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Originally Posted by Stiff View Post
I think the big bonehead move is that they're doing something inbetween. If you're going to rebrand, then rebrand! If not, then don't!
We understand the process of rebranding is more gradual than some would like - on the other hand, others are comforted by a more deliberate approach....
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