Avid Matador

Avid Matador setup with SGI Octane and Wacom graphics tablet

Avid Matador was a paint application by Avid Technology targeted at the television and film markets. It ran on Silicon Graphics workstations. The main features were paint, mask creation/rotoscoping, animation and stabilization/tracking. Matador was used on several films, such as Jurassic Park, Forrest Gump and The Mask.

Development

Release history

Version	Hardware	O/S	Release date	Price	Significant changes (selected)
Matador 7.0	?	IRIX	September 12, 1996	?	New painting tools Enhanced handling of shapes and text Support for additional file formats Unlimited paint layers within the animation module
Matador 7.55	?	IRIX	December 6, 1999	$10,000	?

See also

• Avid Elastic Reality
• Avid Media Illusion
• Avid Technology