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Promotions & Product Trials

Our promotions and trials are designed to give you the opportunity to understand Avid services and solutions better and to help you get the most for your money. Fnd out more information about a particular promotion by following the links below.

Avid DS – The difference is like Night and Day

Say goodnight to painful conform sessions and good morning to the most powerful, responsive, open and affordable Avid DS editing experience ever. Simply upgrade from any Equinox or older DS system, or trade in an Autodesk Smoke, and you’ll receive an additional 30% off MSRP on a complete turnkey Avid DS v10 system. This offer expires December 20, 2008.

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MediaDrive r/S Rack & Stack

Looking for portable and flexible local storage for your Media Composer Adrenaline or Media Composer Meridien system? Act now on this limited time promotion on MediaDrive r/S SCSI local storage – high performance QuietDrive technology that lets you flexibly manage storage across your edit suites or take it across town.

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Now's The Time To Move Up To Media Composer

If you own Avid Xpress Pro software, you can upgrade to Media Composer! It's never been easier, or more affordable, to step up to the same editing toolset used to create the world's most acclaimed feature films and primetime television programs.

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Enter the HD era - Upgrade Avid DVD by Sonic!

Upgrade your current version of Avid DVD by Sonic, Sonic DVDit! or Sonic ReelDVD (as bundled with your Avid editing system) to the latest version of Avid DVD by Sonic, for an extraordinary low price! Offer ends December 31, 2008.

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New Deko Newsroom Graphics Packages - Big Savings and Free Options!

New Avid Deko Newsroom Graphics Packages offer substantial savings and free options that you won't get by purchasing an individual dual-channel system.

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All trial products & beta software

Get these free tryouts or beta versions of the Avid family of products. There is software available in video, asset management, animation and audio.

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