HD and SD video finishing with the real-time power of Nitris hardware.
Avid Symphony Nitris systems combine the legendary elegance of the Symphony finishing toolset, real-time primary and secondary color correction, and the real-time uncompressed HD and SD performance of Avid Nitris® DNA hardware. Together, they bring the power and productivity of Avid Total Conform and Universal Mastering to deadline-intensive HD and SD postproduction projects.
Key Features

Real-time uncompressed HD and SD
Client-driven environments demand the highest quality at the fastest speeds. Avid Nitris hardware delivers 2 streams of uncompressed HD or 8 streams of uncompressed SD with real-time primary and secondary color corrections, real-time DVEs or blurs, real-time Spectramatte keying, real-time transitions, and a real-time titles and motion graphics . You can also mix and match SD and HD in the same timeline, in real time. Plus Nitris provides real-time format cross conversion and down conversion from popular HD formats.

Total Conform
Get the most out of your finishing systems—and keep the work moving through. The unified Avid editing environment closes the gap between editing and finishing and eliminates the need to re-build creative editorial work in the online suite. Every cut, effect, title, and track is transferred intact from Avid Xpress and Media Composer editing systems, so projects move in and out more quickly.

Universal Mastering
Edit once and deliver 24p content to multiple formats—NTSC (4:3 and 16:9) and PAL (4:3, and 16:9)—with point-and-click ease. Be more productive and profitable—and take advantage of growing worldwide broadcast and distribution opportunities.

10-bit real-time color correction
Save time and with fast, accurate color correction tools based on award-winning Avid Symphony finishing technology. One click automatically analyzes and color corrects an entire sequence, making it easy for editors to create matching sequences quickly and easily.

Real-time secondary color correction
Correct mismatched or poorly lit shots and create new moods and settings—then preview the results in real time. Keep profitable work in-house with powerful, intuitive primary and secondary color correction tools integrated into the editing interface for maximum creative control and productivity.

SpectraMatte Keyer
Create higher-quality keys is SD and HD and play them back in finished quality and in real time with 16-bit Nitris-accelerated SpectraGraph technology. Save time with an interactive user interface that helps users understand the changes they're making and how those changes will help them achieve the perfect key.

Motion tracking and stabilization
When a re-shoot is out of the question, producers count on the finishing system to correct shaky camera footage and to merge real and synthesized elements in the frame. Avid Nitris systems offer integrated image stabilization tools that make precise, multi-point tracking and rock-solid stabilization fast and easy.

Avid DNxHD encoding
Work with all popular HD sources in a real-time collaborative environment and minimize storage and infrastructure costs. Avid DNxHD encoding is engineered to maintain mastering-quality images over multiple generations while consuming a fraction of the bandwidth of uncompressed HD, making it ideal for facilities who want to add high-quality HD capability to their existing workflow.

Superior media management
Organize, label, and locate all your media sources and assets quickly and easily. Move and rename clips without losing links—all occurrences are automatically updated. Intuitive, customizable media management features are built in to the Avid editing environment and are designed especially for long, complex projects.

Integrated hardware/software architecture
Revolutionary Avid Digital Nonlinear Architecture (Avid DNA) integrates software and hardware into a single turnkey system for guaranteed performance, built-in scalability, and long-term technology investment protection. And only Avid can deliver one-stop service, support, and training based on nearly two decades of nonlinear film and video editing innovation.