Hey John:
I LOVE DS, however, if the vision of the future from your boss is to
have a shared media pool environment from Avid DV to Adrenaline into
Nitris to on air playback - well DS does not play well in this
environment. It is sad to say that NITRIS cannot work in this
collaborative environment seemlessly. This is probably what is
driving the move to PhoneyNITRIS, because NITRIS cannot live in the
collaborative work place of shared media to air. YES, NITRIS can take
the shared media and use it, BUT ONCE TOUCHED BY NITRIS you cannot go
back to other systems, including the play to air.
I was sad to see Avid take the fragmented approach they did at NAB
when Mojo/Adrenaline and NITRIS were introduced. This action was the
death toll for DS NITRIS. Avid should have made EVERTHING ELSE
compatible with DS NITRIS, but they did not and we are in the
predicament we find ourselves today.
I truely hope Avid does not turn their backs on DS NITRIS, for if they
do some 4,000 plus systems are up for grabs, and Avid will not hold on
to these systems or talented artists that use them day to day.
Again, I LOVE MY DS NITRIS - I hope Avid does as well . . .
Philip Herring
Filmworkers Club - Nashville
On 12/26/05, Dsaustin35(at)aol.com <Dsaustin35(at)aol.com> wrote:
>
> Last year I took it upon myself to become a DS editor so I could free lance
> and possibly get a full time job at a facility that has a DS. Instead I
> have wound up doing some free lancing here in town (we only have two
> facilities with DS in Charlotte, NC) and also I have been fortunate to have
> unlimited access to a DS Nitris through our reseller here in town. I
> currently work for NASCAR Images which has recently been taken over by a
> bunch of NFL films and FOX guys, so we are having a change of the guards so
> to speak and not everyone is cool with that. I quite frankly am excited
> about all the changes.
>
> Well our vice president (who is from films) says we are eventually getting a
> DS, but my direct boss who is the post production supervisor HATES DS and
> says media composer and symphony rule and not to mention DS to him again. I
> cannot begin to tell you how much my DS classes have helped me in further
> understanding my trade. Even on Media composer and After Effects I now
> understand how to work with removing 3:2 pulldowns for graphics and even
> editing in 24p which is imperitive since everything we do is on film or HD.
>
> I can't believe all these rumors about avid doing away with DS because of
> Symphony Nitris. On symphony and media composer (they are really the same
> box, lets face it) there is no composite interface like there is on DS.
> That right there sells me on DS because I have to do compositing where I
> work and it takes me forever to export quick times to After Effects, and
> lets not forget how long it takes for it to render.
>
> Anyway my boss is very hard headed and has worked for NASCAR Images since it
> was just a hole in the wall and he does not welcome change. But to my
> surprise his boss saw to it that my training expenses were reimbursed. So
> hopefully we will have that wonderful DS soon.... Oh...uh...if Avid keeps
> making it and we can breathe a sigh of relief and continue doing our work
> the way it should be done!
>
> Happy Holidays.
>
> John
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