User Manual

32 The Avid Marketplace
The Avid Marketplace feature allows you to purchase video (stock footage), sound effects, music
and plug-ins from within your Avid editing application. This chapter describes the process of
downloading stock footage clips and Avid supported plug-ins from within your Avid editing
application.
You must be connected to the Internet to access features offered in the Avid Marketplace.
The Avid Marketplace window includes a navigation toolbar that allows you to move Backward,
Forward, Refresh, and Cancel your last action. When you are ready to download, a progress bar
displays at the bottom and indicates the percentage of time left to download your plug-in. You
can also cancel the download at anytime.
Avid Marketplace Media Libraries
The Avid Marketplace Media Libraries allows you to search and select from hundreds of
thousands of clips in an online footage library, review your search results from a thumbnail clip,
and once you decide on the stock footage clips you want, download a proxy clip to try out in
your sequence, and then purchase and download the high resolution clip.
With the help of Thought Equity Motion, a third-party distributor of stock footage, you can
connect through the Avid Marketplace Media Libraries window and search, view and purchase
stock footage clips to load into your sequence.
Avid partnered with Thought Equity Motion because they increase the value of video content
through an advanced technology platform and licensing service. You will be able to license and
purchase sports, news, entertainment, editorial, and creative content from Thought Equity
Motion media partners, including BBC Motion Gallery, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures
Entertainment, National Geographic, The New York Times, and the NCAA.
The Avid Marketplace requires that you install Flash Player 11 or higher to play the stock
footage clips in the Thought Equity Motion website.