Avid Media Composer is one of the fastest and most powerful editing tool available. With Media Composer software, you can work with more formats and in more ways than ever before, and speed through common media barriers to get right to what really matters — telling a great story.
Media Composer goes where other video editing systems leave off, giving you full-featured editorial tools, the fastest file-based workflows around, dependable media management, and innovative features that save you time — and money.
Whether you’re cutting films, TV shows, short-format videos, or other media, in the studio or on the road, or using a Mac or a PC, you can edit the way you want, wherever you want, and in ways you never thought possible with Media Composer.
Here are some key features of "Avid Media Composer":
· Work Directly with RED Using the Newly Improved AMA - With Media Composer 5, AMA (Avid Media Access) has been completely reengineered, so you can work natively with more file-based media formats now and in the future. With the new and improved AMA, you can speed up RED workflows by directly accessing RED files (.R3D) in Media Composer without having to prepare them through MetaFuze (all footage is scaled to HD frame size). Plus, you have access to its full metadata and color management data too.
· Edit QuickTime Formats Natively - Get native access to all popular QuickTime formats, with full access to clip metadata. Thanks to AMA, you can natively access and edit any movie that can be played in Apple???s QuickTime Player (including Apple ProRes and .mov files captured by Canon 5D and 7D cameras) right in Media Composer ??? no transcoding, rewrapping, or logging and transferring required.
· Drag and Drop Video and Audio to Edit - Get comfortable ??? with Media Composer 5, you can truly edit the way you like. In addition to the standard way of editing, you can also now directly manipulate elements in the timeline to edit video and audio. Drag and drop clips anywhere you want on the timeline to rearrange sequences. And grab a clip???s in or out point and drag to trim a scene, dialog, or music.
· Get Full-Quality HD-RGB Processing - Keep those finishing jobs in house, and deliver the highest quality color and effects work, with support for full-quality 4:4:4 HD-RGB color space processing in Media Composer. With the higher resolution detail, you can perform color correction, keying, and effects work with greater precision and ease. And if you have a Nitris DX-based system, you can digitize, process, monitor, and output (output in Symphony systems only) projects in HD-RGB, using the two HD SDI connections to handle the high-bandwidth resolutions.
· Monitor Video Externally through Matrox MXO2 Mini - If you don???t have a Nitris DX- or Mojo DX-based system, Media Composer 5 opens the door to third-party workflows, enabling you to monitor video externally using the Matrox MXO2 Mini interface, which is available for Mac and Windows systems. When paired with Media Composer software, MXO2 Mini becomes a dedicated, high-quality monitor-only solution for file-based or workgroup production, so you can view your video work in real time without any major expense.
Requirements:
· Processor: Intel Dual or Intel Dual Core 2.66 GHz Xeon processor or faster, or Intel Core 2 Duo 2.33 GHz processor or faster (laptops)
· Memory: 4 GB of RAM
· Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce family
· Internal Hard Drive: Minimum 80 GB 7200 rpm hard disk
Limitations:
· 30 days trial
What`s New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· Capture, monitor, and output video with support for the AJA Io Express interface
· Natively access and edit Sony HDCAM SR Lite media through AMA (Avid Media Access)
· Accelerate Panasonic AVC-Intra projects???and use multiple streams???with support for the new Nitris DX AVC-Intra hardware interface
· Take hands-on control of your video and audio editing/mixing with EUCON support for Artist Control, Artist Mix, and Artist Transport control surfaces (watch the video)
· Find the right clips fast with support for the new PhraseFind option (watch the video)
· Directly manipulate transitions in the timeline with the expanded Smart Tool (watch the video)
· Be more creative with updates to production suite (watch the video)
· Quickly find files across local and shared storage bins using the improved Find tool
· Capture and monitor audio in Media Composer projects using Pro Tools hardware
· Specify audio track formats during import or through AMA, and expand your creative palette with 20 included AIR effects plug-...
