Avid Media Composer 5-Seat Floating License (1-Year Subscription, Download)

Avid Media Composer Overview

Avid Media Composer professional video editing software is designed with ACE-certified tools and time-saving workflows, and it allows you to edit everything from SD to 8K and higher, HDR, stereoscopic 3D, and a wide range of file formats, camera formats, and codecs without transcoding.

Offering 64-bit performance, Avid DNxHR and Avid Resolution Independence technologies, and background rendering and transcoding, Media Composer allows you to work with high-resolution, high frame rate media efficiently. The program features 24 video tracks, visual effects, green screen composites, motion effects, transitions, color correction tools, and graphical titles and animations. It allows you to preview clips before committing them to a project, edit multicamera projects, and automate non-creative media tasks such as transcoding, consolidating, and relinking.

The application also lets you record, edit, and mix up to 64 audio tracks in 7.1 channel surround sound, create groups to mix dialog, Foley, music, and sound effects more easily, and polish soundtracks using the same audio effects and sound processors used in the popular Avid Pro Tools audio application.

Media Composer includes a variety of plug-ins and supports many more. Users of Media Composer get access to the Avid Marketplace directly from the software. Here you can purchase additional plug-ins, add-on options, stock footage, and more. Add-on options include the Symphony Option and ScriptSync Option. Media Composer also supports multiple control surfaces and other hardware add-ons for a more advanced and professional workflow.

Features

Bins

Unlimited, volume, favorite

Video and Audio Plug-In Support

All AVX and AAX plug-ins

Transcoding

Yes

Consolidation

Yes

Video Tracks

24

Audio Tracks

64

Data Tracks

Fully supported

Linked File Support

Full encode and decode SD, HD, > HD

Project Formats

SD PAL, SD NTSC, 720, 1080, 2K, UHD, 4K, custom

Frame Rates

23.978p, 24p, 25i/p, 30i/p, 50i/p, 59.94i/p, 60p

Native Compression

JFIF, DV, ProRes (encode on Mac only), XDCAM, AVC-I, IMX, DNxHD, DNxHR, XAVC-L, AVC-LongG, J2K

Color Spaces

601/709, RGB 709, S-Log3, SMPTE-2084, DCI-P3, Rec. 2020, ACES proxy

Desktop Display LUTs

Rec. 709, DCI-P3, sRGB, Rec. 2020, ACES proxy

Audio Resolutions

32, 44.1, 48, and 96 kHz 16- and 24-bit

Audio Channels

Mono, dual mono, stereo, 5.1, and 7.1

Multicamera Editing

Group Clips, MultiGroup, 4-Way Split Display, 9-Way Split Display, MultiCam Editing mode, MultiCam Accelerator keys, Swap Banks, Previous/Next in Group, Group by Audio Waveforms

Video Effects

Full core set, Source Side Motion Effects, TimeWarp, TimeWarp Fluid Motion, Stabilize

FrameFlex

Yes

Timecode Tool

Yes

Print Timeline

Yes

List Tool

Yes

Film Workflows

Yes

Stereoscopic 3D

Yes

Color Correction

CC effect, predefined CC effects, HSL controls, hue offsets, luma range, curves, color info, channels, (secondary and relationships are available through the Symphony option)

Audio Editing

Audio tool, Audio Ducking, Audio Punch-In, Audio Subframe Slip, audio grouping, read audio timecode, Audio MultiMix, change sample rate

Audio Effects

Full core set

Workspaces

Custom, Single View, Source/Record Editing, Full Screen Playback, Effects Editing, Color Correction, Audio Editing, Capture

Titles

Classic title tool, marquee tool

Background Render, Transcode, and Consolidate

Yes

Settings

Full user settings, multiple user settings, site settings, project settings

Keyboard Mapping

Full

Source/Record Color Differentiation

Off by default

Snap to Edit

Off by default

Auto-Launch Effects Editor

Off by default

Video and Audio Plug-In Support

All AVX and AAX plug-ins

Ingest

Source browser, drag-and-drop import, drag-and-drop link, Photoshop with layers, capture, dynamic media folders, AAF import, EDL import, ALE import, shot log import, SCC import, edit while capture

Export

QuickTime (.mov), graphic, AAF, ALE, AFE, shot log, SCC, TTML, AMA, DPX, AS-11 MXF OP1a, DNxHD MXF OP1a, DNxHR MXF OP1a, J2K MXF OP1a, export to device

Supported Hardware Interfaces

Avid Artist | DNxIQ, Avid Artist | DNxIV, Avid Artist | DNxIP, Avid Artist | DNxID, Avid and third-party audio interfaces, third-party video interface

Supported Control Surfaces

Pro Tools | Control, Pro Tools | Dock, Artist Control, Artist Mix, Artist Color, Artist Transport

Included Plug-Ins

BF76

Add character to sounds with an emulation of the classic solid-state 1176 compressor

DC Offset Removal

Remove pops and clicks caused by miscalibrated analog-to-digital converters

D-Verb

Add studio-quality reverb and ambience to tracks, from spacious halls to intimate rooms

Duplicate

Copy all selected audio in place, ideal for consolidating multiple clips into one

Dynamics III Compressor/Limiter