well Grinner you should be grinning now – Symphony Nitris is here

[Oakmozart]

Grinner won’t be grinning about the price…that I’m pretty sure of.

Symphony Nitris is a cool product, but it isn’t a revolutionary product. While Avid added HD support via Nitris, SpectraMatte keying and 10-bit color-correction, the rest of it is nothing more than Symphony 5.5 (Meridien). You’d think for a remarkable new product like this that Avid would have filled it full of new goodies, but they didn’t. I figured that they’d add new FX capabilities to it (DS trickle-downs), and new enhancements to the color-correction toolset, but they didn’t. Symphony Nitris is what a lot of the Meridien Symphony users were asking for and Avid gave it to them. Good for Avid. Now I just wish they’d give us lower-end users what we want: an improved Mojo with 10-bit hardware, XLR and SDI connectors, plus add secondary color-correction and full Timewarp/FluidMotion to XPro HD. Will it ever happen? Probably not: they’ve got their precious, obsolete Media Composer Adrenaline to protect.

[Grinner Hester]

I didn’t have to look at it very long. Same aliased DVD as before, no native HDV support and a price tag that… well… is pretty goofy.
Not sure what they’re thinkin’ here.
I call it the BS Nitris.
Dude, naming it Symphony Nitris was about as smart as Newtek calling the VTNT a freakin toaster.
Nitris owners need not feel threatened by this one. It’s an adrenaline with different hardware.
oi vay

[Oakmozart]

Couldn’t have said it better myself. BS Nitris. I love it!! LOL!

[Charley King]

[grinner] ” naming it Symphony Nitris was about as smart as Newtek calling the VTNT a freakin toaster. “

Hey Grin,
That just made me think, yeh this is off topic but I had to say it somewhere. Since Kiki was demoeing the Newtek Tricaster. I didn’t think to ask them if it comes with the Kiki wipe.
Damn, that would have sold me, I’m sure. hehehehe

Charlie

[Grinner Hester]

lol
while no kiki wipes are included, they did seem to adhere to the aliased rotating ball and many other transitions from the world of cheese.

[Valerie Shoaps]

[grinner] “I call it the BS Nitris.”

Hahahaha ;P

[Valerie Shoaps]

I’ve heard of these “legendary” transitions of the Newtek lore, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen them. Can you guys clue me in?

It’s gotta be better than a $76K page peel.

[Grinner Hester]

mmm no.
Worst and funniest transitions in the history of post-production.
Every see a flop bar commercial with a silhouette of a chick’s leg as the transition? How about the more than aliased rotating ball? Falling sheeps with moving legs? Black blood/wet paint ooze? or how about the city skyline silhouette that took us through a window of a building to reveal the next shot?
Ya saw these about 15 years ago on cheezy local spots.
I had fun with em in my toaster/amilink daze but never dared actually use any of them in a paying project.
What was wonderful about those days was the fact that a very primative version of Lightwave was included and this was how I cut my teeth on 3D.
Damn I feel old now, Valerie.