[Chris Harlan] "I'm curious what you think of the Symphony cross-grade in the light of this."
What do I think of Symphony versus Smoke? I guess it depends on your workflow and needs. I don't think they really compete as they don't really have overlapping feature sets.
Symphony is a steal at $999 if you have an Avid workflow and want to color in the context of your edit, or want if you want to get the bundled Boris Continuum effects for less than the Boris bundle's standalone price, but other finishing tasks like paint and compositing would clearly go to Smoke.
DS would be Avid's competitor to Smoke, and Dermot could talk a lot more about that. From my outsider's perspective on DS, I'd be nervous about investing in it today. Avid doesn't seem to be paying it a whole lot of attention.
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