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Fig. 51: TFT Images from Matrox Dual head VGA Card
AVID systems
The Avid editing system is one of the most popular systems in the professional TV production field
and it cost well beyond our limit of 999 US$. It is, however, in place to mention that Avid has
marketed a light version for news reporters so they can record and edit material directly from a DV
Camera into a Laptop PC. This material can be stored and later sent to a professional Avid unit for
editing and fitting into a larger TV station file system.
So for local media centres, which deal directly with national systems using Avid, it could be worth
considering Avid Xpress DV or Avid Xpress Pro, which in combination with the Avid Mojo DNA
hardware box is a very fine system. Avid works for both PC and Mac platforms and the price range
is around 3.000 US$.
3.11.3 Apple Mac Platform
For many professional TV editors the Mac platform combined with the Final Cut Pro software is
the ultimate choice (www.apple.com). Actually Mac has 3 editing software packages: The home
editing Imovie system, the semi-professional “Final Cut” Express at 299 USD and “The Final Cut
Pro” at 899 USD.
Fig.52: Apple Mac Final Cut Express 2 editing software
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