BURLINGTON, MA — Avid (www.avid.com) is now shipping its Avid Artist|DNxIO hardware interface. The unit is designed to accelerate high-resolution video production. Existing customers can save more than 20 percent when they trade in select systems between now and September 30th.
Available standalone or bundled with Media Composer, Avid Artist|DNxIO offers high-resolution video ingest, editing, monitoring, and output. Built on the Avid MediaCentral Platform, DNxIO is compatible with Avid Artist Suite solutions and many third-party creative tools, including Blackmagic Resolve, Apple Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere Pro and Adobe After Effects. It includes hardware by Blackmagic Design, a new IO Connectivity Partner for the MediaCentral Platform.
Users can 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.
Avid Artist|DNxIO is bundled with the Fusion Connect plug-in for Media Composer, giving users access to a 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.
Pricing is as follows: DNxIO (standalone), $3,899; DNxIO with Media Composer, $4,899; DNxIO with Media Composer subscription, $4,899.