Avid’s Free Editing Software Offer Is Expiring Sept. 1, 2007

Posted August 12, 2007 | by irene | in Free Stuff | 5 responses

Get it now before September 1, 2007, as this is a good deal.

The Avid Free DV video-editing software is geared towards students and those just starting out making videos. It is meant to introduce, and then hook people to the Avid interface and software, so that they upgrade and buy the pro video-editing tools which have a lot more functions and power.

It’s got what the new or casual user needs to start with. The Avid Free DV includes basic video and audio editing capabilities, up to two streams of real-time effects and support for both Windows XP and Macintosh OS X platforms.
Avid’s professional line of products include the Avid Xpress DV software and Avid Xpress Pro systems. You can compare Avid’s products here.

Avid was the standard video editing software in the industrly until Apple’s Final Cut Pro came on the scene.

Comments

Adam Kranitz says:

August 13, 2007 at 5:06 am

Hi Irene,

Thanks for helping to spread the word about Avid Free DV.

Two points of clarification, although the chart you’ve linked to displays Xpress DV, it’s only there for comparison sake for current Xpress DV users. Since last Fall, the Xpress DV product is no longer available for purchase. Students and other emerging media professionals should look to Avid Xpress Pro and Avid Media Composer for professional level video editing.

Regarding, Avid’s status as an industry standard, professional media producers across the world have continued to tell us it’s their first choice for editing their client’s projects…from feature films (Bourne Ultimatum) to indie productions (West Bank Story) and everything in between: http://www.avid.com/community/indie/top10-storytellers.asp?dm=storytellers

Best regards,

-AK