Avid’s Latest Media Composer Includes New DNxUncompressed Format
By Jim Bask
From studiodaily.com
Avid editors got a pre-IBC treat as Media Composer 2018.9 was released last week, on the eve of the show.
Notably, the new release introduces DNxUncompressed, a “visually lossless” DNx format with 32-bit float support for effects and color processing. This means you can pull 16-bit or higher-quality formats onto the timeline and maintain full quality through FX, color-correction, or media encoding.
To help keep users sane, Avid said it has improved by six to eight times the speed of exporting the 16-bit DPX files that will be required for high-quality export of DNxUncompressed media. The new format will eventually be SMPTE certified, Avid said, to enable support in other applications and tools. And, yes, it works in the free Media Composer First as well as Media Composer and Media Composer Ultimate for render, mixdown, consolidate and import…read more