Xpress Pro

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Xpress Pro

Xpress Pro edits both standard definition and low-mid-range high definition video
Developer:	Avid Technology
Latest release:	5.6.2
OS:	Windows, Mac OS X
Use:	Video editing software
License:	Proprietary
Website:	Avid Xpress Pro Overview

Avid Xpress Pro is non-linear editing software aimed at professionals in the TV and movie industry. It is available for Microsoft Windows PCs and Apple Macintosh computers.

Xpress Pro includes many of the high-end editing features offed by other Avid editing systems, and is closely based on Avid's Media Composer systems. In conjunction with the Avid Mojo hardware, it provides realtime uncompressed video editing at a professional level. Xpress Pro is capable of sharing media files with Avid's advanced Media Composer editing systems making it a capable logging or off line editing system for larger projects.

While Xpress Pro was originally aimed at DV and uncompressed standard definition editors, the upgrade to Xpress Pro HD with version 5.0 of the software added support for high-definition editing with the 8-bit version of Avid's DNxHD codec or Panasonic's DVCPRO HD codec, and version 5.2 added support for HDV editing. Unlike some other editing packages, Xpress Pro HD edits HDV natively by decompressing the MPEG-2 stream on the fly, rather than transcoding into an intraframe codec.