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14-555: On September 12, 2014, Avid Technology, Inc. announced the DNxHR codec as part of a broader "Avid Resolution Independence" announcement at their Fall 2014 Avid Connect event, which was held during the IBC 2014 conference in Amsterdam , Netherlands . On December 22, 2014, Avid released Media Composer 8.3 which included support for 4K project formats and the DNxHR codec. Further details for

28-528: A group led by STG in an all-cash transaction for $ 2.075 billion. In March 2021, STG acquired McAfee Enterprise for $ 4 billion. On June 2, 2021, FireEye announced the sale of key software technologies to Symphony for $ 1.2 billion, while retaining the services business under the Mandiant name. FireEye bought Mandiant for around the same price. On January 18, 2022, Symphony announced the launch of Trellix , an extended detection and response company, which

42-603: Is a combination of FireEye and the McAfee enterprise business. In January 2022, STG announced the McAfee Enterprise security service edge (SSE) business would operate as a separate company to be known as Skyhigh Security. The cloud security company is headquartered in San Jose, California , and led by CEO Gee Rittenhouse. On January 5, 2022, EFI split off its software business, creating eProductivity Software, which

56-636: Is an American private equity firm based in Menlo Park, California . Its Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer is William Chisholm who co-founded the firm with Bryan Taylor and Dr. Romesh Wadhwani in 2002. STG acquired McGraw-Hill Construction from McGraw-Hill Financial for US$ 320 million on September 22, 2014. The acquisition includes Engineering News-Record , Architectural Record , Dodge and Sweet's. McGraw-Hill Construction has been renamed Dodge Data & Analytics. On February 17, 2020, Dell Technologies sold its RSA Security business to

70-682: The "Avid High Resolution Workflows Guide - December 2014" on page 166-172. Updated August 2015 avid.force.com "DNxHR Codec Bandwidth Specifications". Avid Technology Avid Technology, Inc. is a global technology company headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts , and was founded in August 1987 by Bill Warner. It develops high-end software, SaaS, and hardware products and solutions used in media and entertainment. Avid products and workflow solutions are used extensively in Hollywood and

84-539: The Avid Media Composer video editing system. On March 21, 1999, at the 71st Academy Awards, Avid Technology Inc. was awarded an Oscar for the concept, system design and engineering of the Avid Film Composer for motion picture editing which was accepted by founder Bill Warner. Symphony Technology Group STG Partners, LLC , doing business as Symphony Technology Group ( STG ),

98-656: The Avid was Let's Kill All the Lawyers in 1992, directed by Ron Senkowski. The film was edited at a 30fps NTSC rate, then used Avid MediaMatch to generate a negative cutlist from the EDL . The first feature film edited natively at 24fps with what was to become the Avid Film Composer was Emerson Park . The first studio film to be edited at 24fps was Lost in Yonkers , directed by Martha Coolidge . By 1994 only three feature films used

112-411: The DNxHR codec were outlined in the "Avid High-Resolution Workflows Guide - December 2014". It is used in both hardware and software. For example, some camera monitors with recording capability can record to this format for using in post production editing software. DNxHR is available in the following flavors: Bandwidth requirements for the codec and its different flavors have been announced in

126-566: The SEC's views. In February 2018, Avid appointed Jeff Rosica as CEO, after terminating Louis Hernandez Jr, who was accused of workplace misconduct. In November 2023, Avid Technology was acquired by an affiliate of STG for $ 1.4 billion. In 1993, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences awarded Avid Technology and all of the company's initial employees with a technical Emmy award for Outstanding Engineering Development for

140-487: The film industry; in the broadcast television and streaming media industry; and the music industry. It is known for its video editing software , audio editing software , music notation software and media management and distribution services. Avid was founded by Bill Warner, a former marketing manager from Apollo Computer . A prototype of their first non-linear editing system, the Avid/1 Media Composer,

154-621: The new digital editing system. By 1995 dozens had switched to Avid, and it signaled the beginning of the end of cutting celluloid. In 1996 Walter Murch accepted the Academy Award for editing The English Patient (which also won best picture), which he cut on the Avid. This was the first Editing Oscar awarded to a digitally edited film (although the final print was still created with traditional negative cutting ). In 1994 Avid introduced Open Media Framework (OMF) as an open standard file format for sharing media and related metadata. In

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168-493: The past, Avid released Avid Free DV , a free edition of Media Composer with limited functionality; Xpress DV, a consumer edition of Media Composer; and Xpress Pro , a prosumer edition of Media Composer . These editions were discontinued in 2008 as the flagship Media Composer was lowered in price. On March 29, 1999, Avid Technology, Inc. adjusted the amount originally allocated to IPR&D and restated its third-quarter 1998 consolidated financial statements accordingly, considering

182-724: Was shown at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) convention in April 1988. The Avid/1 was based on an Apple Macintosh II computer, with special hardware and software of Avid's design installed. The Avid/1 was "the biggest shake-up in editing since Melies played with time and sequences in the early 1900s". By the early 1990s, Avid products began to replace such tools as the Moviola , Steenbeck , and KEM flatbed editors, allowing editors to handle their film creations with greater ease. The first feature film edited using

196-494: Was sold to STG. In March 2023, a private equity consortium led by STG agreed to acquire Momentive Global Inc. formerly SurveyMonkey, an experience management company, based in San Mateo, California , in an all-cash deal valued at $ 1.5   billion, and rebranded it back to SurveyMonkey. On July 7, 2023, Wrike, a work management platform, announced it was being acquired by STG for an undisclosed amount. The transaction

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