UPGRADE AND SYS REQUiReMENTS

[Jon Zanone]

The latest XPress Pro version (5.7) has dropped the HD designation. There is no longer the XPress Pro DV line, either. Unfortunately, it looks like you’ve got a $495.00 price tag:

https://www.avid.com/products/xpressFamily/upgradePath.html

Here is a link to 5.7 system requirements:

https://www.avid.com/products/xpresspro/specs.asp#pc

A G4 is not listed. Thats not to say it won’t work – you may not be happy with the performance.

[dmcel23] “1. Will my G4 be able to handle editing HDV material? (Or should I go get a new computer altogether)”

I don’t work with HDV, but I’ve heard the more processor power you have the happier you and your footage are.

[dmcel23] “2. Does the new HD version allow Multicamera editing?”

Yes. You only get 4 streams, but you can group as many clips as you like. Map the step button and you can go through all of your clips.

[dmcel23] “3. What OS System will I need to have set in place?”

10.4.10

[dmcel23] “4. If I go to the AVID site, am I correct to assume I want the $149 upgrade?”

As long as you registered your copy, I believe that to be true.

The best advice I can give is to read EVERYTHING. Twice. I recently upgraded from 5.2 to 5.7. Had I not had someone looking over my shoulder, I would not have noticed the difference in the boxed version instruction regarding updating the dongle. The web instructions are correct.

Jon

“So you want to throw out the old you – but the old you is old enough to know it won’t make it better”
Del Amitri – “Make it Better”