Avid’s Media Composer Options Explained
By Adam Noyes
Once upon a time, choosing the right Avid licence was easy. There was one version of Media Composer. You ran it on the most powerful workstation you had, and worked wherever that workstation was. Now, things are slightly more complicated. Remote, virtualised and cloud options have brought fantastic functionality to Avid workflows, but left swathes of users unsure as to whether they’re using the right licence, and even if they have access to the full version of Media Composer. So we asked our experts: what’s the difference between the different Media Composer models?