Appendix C

Media Composer v10.5, Symphony v3.5 and Xpress v4.5

In mid-2001, Avid released ‘point five’ upgrades to Media Composer, Symphony and Xpress, too late for details to be included in the main text. There are a number of new features and modifications of existing features. Some of these features appeared in an interim release, 10.1, 3.1 and 4.1. A summary of the main features follows.

The Editing Interface

Avid have changed the appearance of the editing interface over the years but users have had little control over it, other than changing the shade of background grey or changing the buttons. Now users can change button shape, spacing and shading, and change the background colours of various windows. These changes are made from the Interface ...

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