During IBC 2022 we met with Paul Matthijs, CEO at Hedge for a friendly conversation that covers the latest activities of the company including the acquirement of Mimiq, a leading developer of so-called Bin Locking software. Mimiq allows Avid Media Composer users to work collaboratively on shared timelines and storage without interfering with each other. The only other way to do this is to buy into Avid’s proprietary NEXIS hardware. When working with Avid Media Composer, editors typically organize their footage (and other assets) into bins, which is what the corresponding folders are called in the Avid world. Now, if you are such an editor, but you are not the only one working on a particular project, but rather with an entire team of editors, a collaborative workflow needs to be established. Avid NEXIS storage hardware. Image credit: Avid How can you store all the footage, audio, effects, timeline snippets, etc. centrally so that any editor can easily access it? And how do you avoid conflicts when you’re working on a particular asset, so no other editor should be able to change it during the process? That’s where Avid NEXIS comes in. These hardware units not only provide teams with ample shared storage over the network, but they also monitor individual editors’ access to specific bins so that that bin is locked to all other editors. What’s Hedge? In case you don’t know Hedge, Paul Matthijs Lombert, CEO of the company, gives a brief overview of Hedge’s beginnings and current...
Published By: CineD - Thursday, 15 September, 2022