Avid Celebrates At Daytime Creative Arts Emmy® Awards Gala

Avid has congratulated its customers on the many awards and nominations they received at the prestigious Daytime Creative Arts Emmy® Awards gala.

Presented by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS), as part of the 41st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards on June 20 in Los Angeles, the awards honor the craft behind the shows that define the daytime genre. Many of the winners and nominees for outstanding editing rely on the industry's foremost editing solution, Avid Media Composer®, to create such high-quality, inspiring programs
Daniel Cahn was nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Multiple Camera Editing for a Drama Series for The Young and the Restless (CBS) alongside Mike Boord, Rafael Gertel, and Andrew Hachem.
"I've been editing on Media Composer exclusively for the last 20 years and there's no other editing platform I would even consider using," said Cahn. "Avid's customer support and contributions to editing are immeasurable."
The nominees for Outstanding Achievement in Multiple Camera Editing for a Drama Series – Christine Cooper, Peter Fillmore, David Gonzalez, Christine Magarian Ucar, and Denise Van Cleave, used Media Composer to cut General Hospital (ABC).
"It's very humbling to be nominated for an Emmy award," said Josh Young, who was nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Multiple Camera Editing for Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade (ABC) alongside supervising editor Bill Morris and fellow editors Sharon Everitt and Bill Miller. "Thanks to Avid, I learned how to edit, have a career I could only have dreamed of, and am part of an incredibly creative group."
"We are honored that the television industry's most talented editors choose Media Composer to bring their creative visions to life, and we congratulate them on their exceptional achievements," said Jennifer Smith, senior vice president and chief marketing officer, Avid.
Media Composer is part of the Avid Artist Suite of content creation applications - powered by the Avid MediaCentral Platform and comprised of the company's industry-standard creative tools, including video editing, graphics creation, music creation, music notation, audio post, and live sound solutions.

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