Avid to launch video editing app for iPad
Can you actually edit videos properly on a tablet?
That's what Avid is attempting with its first prosumer video editing app for the iPad. Although the company claims that the app will have most of the features found on its desktop equivalent, Avid Studio, we aren't sure if the iPad's smaller display will be adequate for users who are accustomed to larger screens. There's also the issue of storage space on the iPad, though the app allows full projects and videos to be transferred via iCloud and iTunes.
However, with a starting price of just US$4.99 (rising to US$7.99 after 30 days), the Avid Studio for iPad app costs only a fraction of the desktop version (US$130).
Avid's announcement comes just days after Apple moved to rebuild its reputation with video editors with an update to restore some features that had been removed from its high-end desktop video editor, Final Cut Pro X. The latest version of the software was a radical remake that generated much controversy among professional users.
Via All Things D
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After years of reviewing the innards of PCs in his previous job, Senior Writer Vincent Chang has moved on to covering notebooks and PC systems at CNET Asia. A big reader of sci-fi and fantasy, he has accepted the inevitable and gone down the e-book route, though he's still resisting the siren call of the Kindle.
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