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Introducing Avid Media Composer 6 and Open I/O Bundles at Videoguys.com!

Introducing Avid media Composer 6 and Open I/O Bundles at Videoguys.com!

Introducing Avid Media Composer 6
Upgrades & Crossgrades plus Lots of Money-Saving Hardware Bundles!

Faster & Better Than Ever!

Professional editors and producers like you around the world have told us what you need to succeed. More efficient and easy-to-use video editing tools. An open platform that enables you to work with everything you want and integrate into any workflow. More power to eliminate bottlenecks, so you can work faster than ever. We listened. We took notes. We made it happen. Introducing Media Composer 6—the fastest, most versatile tool for professional video editing.

Open to anything
You never know what kinds of media, projects, and people will arrive at your desk or doorstep. That’s why Media Composer offers an open workflow, so you can take on whatever challenge awaits. Work with practically any media format, including tape and film. Capture and monitor with your choice of Avid and third-party interfaces. Accelerate editing with Artist Series control surfaces. Integrate into any professional production pipeline.

What's New in Media Composer 6

Get better performance and speed to handle complex editing, now that Media Composer is a 64-bit app
Work with the Avid or third-party hardware you want—with Avid Open I/O, third-party manufacturers can now make their I/O hardware work with Media Composer
Manage and edit stereoscopic 3D projects with a comprehensive set of editorial tools and workflows
Take hands-on control of all color correction and grading functions with Artist Color
Create 5.1 and 7.1 surround mixes directly within Media Composer, or import from Pro Tools
Work more creatively with audio with new mixer features and support for additional Pro Tools hardware
Work more easily and efficiently—but not differently—with the sleek and sexy new user interface
Get full native ProRes support on Mac (encode and decode) and Windows (decode only) for easy integration into any ProRes workflow
Instantly access, screen, and edit AVCHD clips and RED EPIC footage through AMA
Accelerate your RGB 4:4:4 workflow with Avid DNxHD 444, which delivers exceptional image quality in a low bandwidth format
Conveniently purchase stock footage, plug-ins, and more through the Avid Marketplace
Get direct access to user guides and documentation from within the interface
Access additional ancillary data when working with XDCAM HD material
Work more easily with animated effects with many keyframe editor improvements
Get Avid FX (Boris RED), Avid DVD, and Sorenson Squeeze in all versions of the software
Manage multiple licenses more easily with unified licensing

Avid Media Composer 6
Upgrade & Crossgrade
Specials Available Now!

Upgrade from Avid Media Composer 5 or older, Avid Xpress DV or Xpress Pro for just...
$575.00

ATTN Final Cut Owners:
Crossgrade to Avid Media Composer 6 at this special promotional price available for a limited time. Just submit this proof-of-owership with your order and get Avid Media Composer 6 for just...
$1,475.00

Also available: Avid Media Composer 6
Full Version, New License - $2,395
Upgrade from Media Composer 5.5 - $488.00

Videoguys' Money Saving Bundles including
Avid Media Composer 6 Upgrade & Crossgrade!

Avid Media Composer 6 is now fully open thanks to Avid Open I/O, so you can work with your choice of Avid audio and video interfaces or third-party video interfaces, including those from AJA, Matrox, MOTU, Blackmagic Design and Bluefish444. Manufacturers can simply create plug-ins using Avid Open I/O to have their hardware work with Media Composer, meaning you’ll have even more choices to come. The Videoguys techs have made it easy and affordable for you to get the new Avid Media Compooser 6 with the Hardware of your choice when you select any of these bundles:

Avid

Avid Media Composer 6 Color Grading Bundle

Accelerate your color correcting and grading with Artist Color. With its highly responsive feel, you can keep your eyes on the picture instead of the interface while you make adjustments. And since you can tweak multiple parameters at once, you dramatically gain more speed and efficiency to complete time-consuming tasks quickly.
• Avid Artist Color - $1,450

with Avid Upgrade $1,995.00

with Avid Crossgrade $2,795.00

Avid Media Composer 6 Bundle with Avid Mojo DX

High-performance digital I/O and monitoring. You're always balancing quality, cost, and the next deadline. Pair Mojo DX with the power of Media Composer, Symphony, or NewsCutter, and you gain a high-performance digital video solution that gives you a head start on all three. Thanks to Avid Intelligent Architecture, your Avid video software tightly integrates the Avid hardware with your host computer's CPU and GPU, delivering a single high-bandwidth effects engine that delivers without compromise—no matter what formats and codecs you use. Whether you’re capturing tape or going tapeless, experience a faster workflow with Mojo DX.

Specially Priced Bundle includes MojoDX with Avid Media Composer 6
$4,499.00

Avid Media Composer 6 Blu-ray Bundle

Includes Pioneer BDR-206 12x Blu-ray Disc Burner for creating high-definition discs. Also includes a 10 disc spindle of Verbatim 25GB BD-R Blu-ray Discs plus an external eSATA/USB2 enclosure.

• Blu-ray bundle - $149 value

with Avid Upgrade
$699.00

with Avid Crossgrade
$1,595.00

Matrox

Avid Media Composer 6 MXO2 Mini and Mini MAX
AV & HDMI I/O Bundle

Don’t settle for an HDMI and analog I/O card with messy cables when you can get all the features and more in a professional breakout box with Matrox MXO2 Mini. MAX adds faster than realtime H.264 acceleration.
• Matrox MXO2 Mini - $449
• MXO2 Mini MAX - $849

MXO2 Mini with Avid Upg
$995.00
with Avid Crossgrade
$1,795.00

MXO2 Mini MAX
with Avid Upg.
$1,399.00
with Avid Crossgrade
$2,199.00

MXO2 Mini MAX with Thunderbolt Adapter
with Avid Upg.
$1,499.00
with Avid Crossgrade
$2,299.00

Avid Media Composer 6 Bundles with Matrox MXO2LE Max

The Matrox MXO2LE with MAX is the perfect HD-SDI hardware solution for Avid Media Composer 6! Don’t settle for an SDI, HDMI and analog I/O card with messy cables when you can get all the features and more in a professional breakout box with Matrox MXO2 LE MAX.
• Matrox MXO2LE Max - $1,395,
$1,495 with Thunderbolt Adapter

with Avid Upgrade
$1,795.00
with Avid Crossgrade
$2,595.00

MXO2LE MAX Thunderbolt
with Avid Upgrade
$1,895.00
with Avid Crossgrade
$2,695.00

Avid Media Composer 6 Bundle with NEW Matrox Mojito MAX

Matrox Mojito MAX is an SDI/HDMI/analog HD/SD video and professional audio I/O card that supports Avid Media Composer 6, and lets users deliver H.264 files for the web, mobile devices, and Blu-ray up to five times faster than software alone without sacrificing quality.
• Matrox Mojito MAX - $995

with Avid Upgrade
$1,495.00

with Avid Crossgrade
$2,295.00

AJA Video

Avid Media Composer 6 with AJA Kona 3G Bundle

KONA 3G features 10-bit Uncompressed video I/O, the newest HDMI 1.4a support for 3D workflows, 16-channel SDI embedded audio I/O, and up to 16-channel AES digital audio I/O (8 with breakout cable or 16 with optional K3G-Box). Add to that realtime hardware-based up/down/cross conversion for efficiently working with a wide variety of SD and HD, 3G, dual-link HD, even 2K formats, a hardware downstream keyer for compositing graphics without rendering, and so much more. • AJA Kona 3G- $1,995

with Avid Upgrade
$2,395.00

with Avid Crossgrade
$3,295.00

Avid Media Composer 6 with AJA Kona LHi Bundle

KONA LHi offers a full host of no-compromise features: 10-bit or 8-bit uncompressed video, 2-channel AES digital audio and 8-channel SDI embedded digital audio, analog composite or s-video or SD/HD component video I/O, 2-channel balanced analog audio I/O, and broadcast-quality hardware-based up/down/crossconversion for flexible SD and HD post production.
• AJA Kona LHi - $1,495

with Avid Upgrade
$1,995.00

with Avid Crossgrade
$2,795.00

Avid Media Composer 6 Bundle with AJA Io Express

With its small footprint it offers big features, like 10 or 8-bit uncompressed video, HDMI I/O, HD/SD-SDI I/O with 8 channels of embedded audio, analog component video (SD/HD) or composite output, 2-channel unbalanced audio output, and broadcast quality hardware-based down-conversion for flexible post production.
• AJA IoExpress - $995

with Avid Upgrade
$1,595.00

with Avid Crossgrade
$2,395.00

Bluefish444

Avid Media Composer 6 Bundle with
Bluefish444 Create|HD

Create|HD is ideal for creative artists looking to connect digital VTR’s, cameras and monitors working in either HD or SD SDI. Create|HD allows for hardware based real-time up, down or crossconversion during capture or playback. The same hardware based scaler intuitively accelerates real time effects within supported NLE and compositing software. Additionally, dual SDI outputs allow for original and converted signals to be output simultaneously.
• Bluefish444 Create|HD - $1,999

with Avid Upgrade
$2,295.00

with Avid Crossgrade
$3,195.00

Avid Media Composer 6 Bundle with Bluefish444 Create|3D Ultra

Create|3D Ultra brings together our 10 years of expertise in a cost-effective product integrated tightly with Symmetry for Windows 3D and DI acquisition, preview and playout. Create|3D Ultra incorporates the Create|HD and Create|3D feature sets and builds upon them by having a dual link and 3D input.
• Create|3D Ultra - $2,499

with Avid Upgrade
$2,695.00

with Avid Crossgrade
$3,595.00

MOTU

Avid Media Composer 6 Bundle with Motu
HD Express

Turn your laptop or desktop computer into a video editing workstation able to capture and monitor broacast quality HD and SD video. The HD Express HDMI opens your Mac or Windows computer to the world of HDMI video, the next-generation digital video connectivity standard found on today's latest HD cameras, monitors and set top boxes. • HD Express - $449.95

with Avid Upgrade
$999.00

with Avid Crossgrade
$1,895.00

Avid Media Composer 6 Bundle with Motu HDX-SDI

For the best-possible image quality, capture uncompressed video via HD-SDI or HDMI with 4:2:2 10-bit color depth and full-raster 1920x1080 HD resolution. Many cameras feed their uncompressed SDI, HDMI or component output directly from the camera’s optics and imager, before compression, for absolutely pristine picture quality during capture with the HDX-SDI.
• Motu HDX-SDI - $849

with Avid Upgrade
$1,395.00

with Avid Crossgrade
$2,295.00