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  • What’s the difference?

    Posted by Brant Mills on June 5, 2006 at 10:36 pm

    I’ve been usings Premiere since version 5.5 through pro 1.5 and have recently started cutting on a friends Xpress Pro system. I’m thinking about switching largely because of the bias of major clients to lean toward the Avid system. I have my head around the workflow and feel comfortable cutting away on it. My question is what’s the difference (aside from the price) between Media Composer, Symphony, Adrenaline, Nitris and Xpress Pro? Is there a huge difference in workflow, system stability, performance, resolution, etc.? Thanks for your assistance.

    ~Brant

    Brant Mills replied 19 years, 11 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  • Andrew J. bricker

    June 6, 2006 at 1:04 am

    Xpro is the base model. the higher up you go, the more bells and whistles. Nitris, I’m told, is a whole different animal – more a compositor than editor.

    Andy

  • Dom Silverio

    June 6, 2006 at 4:38 pm

    This is correct. The GUI and workflow for XPro, Media Composer and Symphony (even HD version) are the same.
    Media Composer has paint, animatte, better keyer, more resolution option and some minor GUI features.
    Symphony adds a deeper color correction toolset.

    Nitris is a finsihing box. It handles projects that is heavy with composite and graphics (commercials, high end corporate, major TV show, etc.).

  • Brant Mills

    June 6, 2006 at 4:41 pm

    Thanks guys I appreciate it.

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