Editshare

EditShare is an award-winning system for storing audio and video media files in a central networked location.

With its patent-pending technology, EditShare allows all connected workstations to capture, access and share a common pool of media files, while guaranteeing a fast and efficient workflow as well as the safety of your media files. Thanks to another patent-pending innovation, EditShare is also the only non-Avid solution that supports full Avid Project Sharing -- allowing multiple editors to open and work from the exact same Project and get instant Read-Only access to each other’s bins and sequences. EditShare is the first affordable solution for true collaborative editing -- designed for the industry’s leading NLE products like Avid Adrenaline, Avid Xpress Pro, Avid Xpress DV, Final Cut Pro, Canopus Edius, Adobe Premiere Pro, and Pinnacle Liquid Edition. Today, there are hundreds of EditShare systems in operation around the world working at resolutions from offline all the way to uncompressed HD and helping digital content producers be more efficient and more creative.

EditShare, the technology leader in cross platform collaborative editing and shared media storage systems, has begun shipping version 5.0, the latest release of their award-winning EditShare shared storage solutions. This new release adds significant enhancements including “plug and play” for easy deployment, a streamlined file management structure to organize media files with greater speed and ease, and daily “health” reports on server activity.

“From day one we have designed EditShare systems to not only support, but advance file-based workflows for media-centric environments. Version 5.0 is no exception. A customer driven release, we are confident that our users will be very pleased with the vastly simplified media sharing experience and impressed with the immense workflow benefits from features such as the new Health Report and Synchronization Tool,” comments Andy Liebman, founder and president, EditShare.

"The changes to EditShare 5 has improved our edit workflow substantially. With a large number of users connected, the system would need to re-scan to make new media available to all suites. Now the media appears seamlessly and there is no interruption to the workflow. Add to this the bulletproof reliability that we've been experiencing with our EditShare systems and it truly is the cost effective yet powerful solution that we've been searching for." Michael Burton, general manager, Cutting Edge.

EditShare Workflow - Open Architecture that Promotes Collaborative Editing

From field to finish – offline to uncompressed HD - EditShare products maximize media sharing and storage for multi-user editing environments. EditShare technology leverages the power and affordability of Gigabit Ethernet to offer seamless media sharing in a collaborative environment. Avid, Apple, Adobe, Autodesk, Boris FX, Canopus, Digidesign, Media 100, and Sony editors and compositors connected to an EditShare network have realtime access to a common pool of media files. Unlike standard SAN devices, EditShare technology supports file level sharing - allowing multiple editors to write to the same volume simultaneously. Regardless of application or platform, source material, work in progress and finished packages are shared and instantly available to all users on the EditShare network. The rules-driven workflow ensures that no data is ever overwritten or accidentally destroyed.

Version 5 New Features

•   Simplified Media Management: Multiple levels of file protection. New “Read Only” option. New “Maintenance
    Mode” for deleting and modifying files.
•   Tighter Control Using Limited Administration Rights;: Grant specific controls on a per-user and per-Media
    Space basis. Authorized editors exercise their admin rights through EditShare Connect.
•   Improved Shared Avid Projects: Warnings that other user's bins are locked. Move nested folders and bins
    without having to worry about permissions. Works flawlessly under both OS X and Windows.
•   “Plug and Play” Network Configuration: EditShare can now be configured to act just a like a “switch” for easy
    deployment. Plug in your workstations and connect to media or anything on the office network.
•   Powerful Synchronization Tool: Duplicate media files across two or more servers -- whether they're located in
    the same building or on the other side of the world.
•   Daily "Health Report": Administrators receive a daily email detailing server status and performance.
•   FCP Project Sharing
•   AUD Project Sharing

Other Features

•   Up to 70 simultaneous workstations
•   HD / SD / HDV / DV support
•   Up to 20 streams of uncompressed SD
•   Up to 70 streams of DV25
•   No per-seat license
•   Cross platform support (Mac and Windows)
•   Unique Project Sharing for Avid NLEs
•   Gigabit Ethernet connectivity standard
•   Supports optional 10 Gigabit Ethernet
•   RAID 5 protected storage
•   Media Protection – users can never accidentally delete media
•   Quota control for instant resizing of Media Spaces
•   Simple client interface for users
•   Integrated Instant Messenger
•   Scalable from 2TB to 30TB and beyond
•   Can run as Domain Controller

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