BURLINGTON, Mass.—Avid has launched the next generation of Maestro, a new subscription-based software solution for real-time broadcast television graphics. 

Available immediately, this fully backward compatible solution offers graphics teams the power, flexibility and scalability to produce and deliver the best quality graphics possible for on-air and studio video wall content.

The move means that graphics teams can now deploy Maestro software on commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware or existing Avid Maestro | Engine hardware to power a faster and more flexible solution that can be used for any live production workflow, whether it’s news, sports, current affairs or special events. 

“With easier access and better workflow integration, the new Maestro subscription solution solves the need for news and sports production and graphics teams to have tighter collaboration and faster content turn-around,” said David Colantuoni, vice president, product management for video and media solutions, Avid. "With today’s Maestro graphics, teams are able to rapidly illustrate more compelling broadcasts and events for their audiences, while taking advantage of our new subscription model to gain the flexibility to adapt to the evolving requirements in demanding production environments.”

New and existing Avid graphics customers can future-proof workflows in the cloud while continuing to benefit from the familiar industry-leading full suite of tools designed to meet every live graphics need, the company said. 

It is also fully backwards compatible so users can continue to work with content they created in earlier versions of Maestro and provides tight integration with Avid’s solution portfolio, including the MediaCentral platform which enables production teams to easily incorporate graphics into their workflows. 

In addition, the new Maestro can be used in environments with existing Maestro | Engine hardware and it supports HD/UHD over IP (25G), UHD 12G and HDR workflows, bringing more flexibility to meet today’s and tomorrow's graphics requirements, the company said. 

More information on the new Maestro graphics solution is available here.

BURLINGTON, MASS.—It’s game time for Avid’s Maestro | Live, a new graphics platform designed to work for live television sports productions. Maestro | Live offers a combination of data driven graphics, video playback and sports enhancements.

Avid provided Maestro | Live with plug-and-play integration with real-time sports databases and scoreboard protocols to enable live updates of scores and player stats. The system also supports both 1080p and UHD.

The graphics system also has a drag-and-drop methodology that allows users to address the changing production needs of different sports. It comes equipped with ready-made controllers for sports like soccer and basketball.

BURLINGTON, MASS.—Avid is rolling out the latest versions of its Maestro | Designer and Maestro | News graphic systems. The aim with these new updates is to give content creators the ability to create high resolution graphics more efficiently, according to Avid’s press release.

Maestro | Designer

Avid has enriched Maestro | Designer’s graphics authoring software with greater rendering power to allow content creators to create and view their content in 4K without having to adjust the resolution of their graphics. Improved workflow efficiencies have also been added to increase productivity and enable faster turnaround of content, including font handling, animation editing and mask editing. Users can also now set specific animation start and end points for playback, as well as have access to scalable vector graphics for resolution independence.

Updates to the Maestro | News on air graphic suite enables users to reuse content and mirror data between different production systems. A simplified workflow provides faster page creation and the ability to manage complex content through its rundown filtering capability. The unit now features Array control and exposers to set the timing of exported elements directly in the Maestro | Designer animation timeline while creating content. A new Auto Still Cue setting option for the video playback module allows a clip to display relevant metadata in its first frame or in point when the video item is cued. Video items can be added directly from the MediaCentral | Maestro News app to a MediaCentral | Newsroom Management rundown.

Both platforms are now available from Avid.