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Ben Affleck to Podcast on Experience Using Avid Media Composer


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Actor, Director to discuss his experiences using Media Composer while filming and editing his documentary “Gimme Shelter”

TEWKSBURY, Mass. – Avid Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVID) today announced that Ben Affleck will participate in a podcast with Avid® discussing his work as a director, producer and editor on March 30, 2009. Affleck used Avid Media Composer® on his latest project “Gimme Shelter,” a short film on the humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Affleck collaborated with Editor Dana Glauberman while documenting his experience in Uganda, Rwanda and DR Congo. He began cutting selects using Media Composer software on an HP 8710w mobile workstation and sent them to Glauberman in L.A.

“I had a great experience collaborating with Dana and her team,” Affleck said. “Because the software and equipment were fast and portable, I was able to be productive on the road so by the time we got into the editing room, we had a great deal of material that was ready to use.”

Affleck directed, co-produced and co-edited “Gimme Shelter,” which was made for the United Nations High Commissions for Refugees and takes an inside look at the humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It has been released and screened at the UN and several cinemas nationwide.

To listen to the podcast about Affleck’s creative thought process throughout the making of the documentary, visit http://community.avid.com/blogs/theroughcut/archive/2009/03/27/episode-027-ben-affleck.aspx?cmpid=196
About Avid Technology, Inc.

Avid is a worldwide leader in tools for film, video, audio, and broadcast professionals -- as well as for home audio and video enthusiasts. Avid professional and consumer brands include Avid, Digidesign®, M-Audio®, Pinnacle Systems®, Sibelius® and Sundance Digital®. The vast majority of primetime television shows, feature films, commercials and chart-topping music hits are made using one or more Avid products. Whether used by seasoned professionals or beginning students, Avid’s products and services enable customers to work more efficiently, productively and creatively. Avid received an Oscar® statuette representing the 1998 Scientific and Technical Award for the concept, design, and engineering of the Avid Film Composer® system for motion picture editing. For more information about the company’s Oscar, Grammy® and Emmy® award-winning products and services, visit www.avid.com, del.icio.us, Flickr, twitter and YouTube; connect with Avid on Facebook or subscribe to Avid Industry Buzz.

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