Avid DS - History

History

Released OS Version Notes/Major features
01/1998 WinNT 4.0 1.0 Softimage DS release on Intergraph TDZ workstation, Base system comes with 30 minutes of uncompressed storage using the 'StudioZ Burst' hardware.
08/1998 WinNT 4.0 2.0 New blue/green keyer, Graphics Object View, Archive to videotape.
12/1998 WinNT 4.0 2.1 Real-time dual stream effects on Intergraph TDZ-2000 GT1 hardware.
12/1999 WinNT 4.0 3.0 Effect trees, more real-time effects, Morph effect (ElasticReality), Paint enhancements, Improved interface layout
03/2000 WinNT 4.0 3.01 3D DVE using Avid Marquee engine.
12/2000 WinNT 4.0 4.0 Product renamed to Avid DS, Remote Processing, AVX1 plug-in support, EPS import, Surround sound mixing,
08/2001 Windows 2000 4.01 Avid DS HD released on Equinox hardware, Supports uncompressed 1080i and 1080p formats.
12/2001 WinNT 4.0 and Windows 2000 5.0 Moveable camera in 3D DVE, 1080p@23.976 support, End of StudioZ hardware support.
08/2002 Windows 2000 6.0 Media Composer 'like' interface, 720p support, Real-time playback of multiple video streams, AAF/AFE import of Media Composer projects with playback of 1:1 media.
07/2004 WinXP 7.0 Support for Nitris hardware, Symphony based color corrector, RP uses DMS Broker for job queuing, 16-bit and 32-bit color depth FX support.
12/2004 WinXP 7.5 DNxHD, MXF support, Link and playback of compressed media from Media Composer.
07/2006 WinXP 7.6 FluidMotion timewarps, Mix framerates on timeline, Source side effects, Expressions.
04/2007 WinXP and WinXP x64 8.0 Window 64-bit native version, Dual-link RGB 444 option, Symphony Nitris dual boot option, Render engine optimized for 4 core systems, Improved DMS broker, DS Assist Station.
10/2007 WinXP and WinXP x64 8.4 Render engine optimized for 8 core systems, DS Assist Station supports AJA Xena cards for video output, End of Equinox hardware support.
9/2008 WinXP x64 10.0 HP xw8600 with AJA Xena 2Ke as standard hardware, GPU effects, Stereoscopic containers, Interplay, 720p@23.976, 1080p50 & 1080p59.94 formats, 3D LUTs, 12 Real-time Secondary Color Correctors within the Color Corrector.
11/2008 WinXP x64 10.1 Performance improvements, Support of new formsts ("2K DCI (2048 x 1080) @ 23.98" and "DV100 / P2 1280 x 720 @ 50").
3/2009 WinXP x64 10.1.1 Native RED support, Mocha Tracking Station trial.
8/2009 WinXP x64 10.2 HP Z800 hardware support, AVX2, Double speed capture with supported Sony SRW decks, RED audio support, Graphics card playback of 10-bit 4:4:4 RGB on color-managed displays, Timecode with QuickTime support, 1080p@24HZ (True Progressive) output.
1/2010 WinXP x64 10.3 Red Rocket support, Conform of MC 'Mix and Match' timelines, OpenFX Plug-in, Improvements to AVX2 plug-in, Support for linking to QuickTime files.
7/2010 WinXP x64 10.3.1 Stereoscopic enhancements (Global zoom, Convergence, Project setting for stereo output type), Updated RED SDK, OFX Host fixes, End of Avid Nitris (classic) DNA hardware support.
12/2010 Win7 Pro x64 10.5 Available as software only to use with AJA Kona 3 (renamed Xena 2Ke) card, RED Color Science 2, Media Composer v5 conform support with AMA RED enhancements, Support for QuickTime 10-bit and 16-bit color codecs, DPX optimizations, Promotion of AVX1 to AVX2 effects.
5/2011 Win7 Pro x64 10.5.1 Avid ISIS 5000 3.2 support, NVIDIA Quadro 4000 support for generic Avid DS system, Enhanced conform of AMA QuickTime and R3D files.
10/2011 Win7 Pro x64 10.5.2 AJA Kona 3G Support, RED Epic support.
6/2012 Win7 Pro x64 11.0 Avid Artist Transport and Avid Color Controller support, Long-GOP media playback, DNxHD 444 RGB, 16 channel audio, Custom canvas sizes, Blending modes in timeline, OpenEXR import.
8/2012 Win7 Pro x64 11.0.1 Improved Artist Color surface controls, updated AJA driver.

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