From new 16K project presets and support for 120 fps video, to NDI-aware device integration and powerful Live Timeline playback capabilities, the latest update to Media Composer (2018.7) provides you more than ever with timesaving tools that work the way you want without getting in the way of your creativity….
Since the 1990s, Avid has been the leader in film and television editing and post-production, due to its rock-solid stability, enormous range of format compatibility and familiar workflow. It’s used by award-winning editors in Hollywood and everywhere else filmmakers tell their stories.
Background save, uninterrupted playback from the timeline, and a new background rendering service are among the fresh features arriving this year in Avid Media Composer, driven by feedback from Avid’s user base.
With a new semester beginning, students at NYFA campuses are starting their first introduction to Avid’s Media Composer system. Hard drives are being formatted, project directories are being created, and folks everywhere are wondering to themselves “What is YCbCr anyway?”
It was one of the original NLEs and it has industry support like no other. Avid’s Media Composer is still a world leading editing system. Mark Andrew Job takes a look at its legacy, and how it has remained relevant in today’s ever-changing media landscape
Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro X, DaVinci Resolve, Avid Media Composer…which is the best NLE for which job?
An interview from the 2018 National Association of Broadcasters Convention in Las Vegas with David Colantuoni of Avid. Avid Technology delivers the industry’s most open, innovative and comprehensive media platform, connecting content creation with collaboration, asset protection, distribution and consumption.
On the weekend of NAB and during Avid Connect, I found myself sitting in a large meeting room with some of the most well-known editors and creatives in the business. To my left was Larry Jordan, Steve Audette was across from me, Chris Bovè and Norman Hollyn to my right, and many other luminaries of the post world filled the room. Motion picture, documentary, boutique, commercial and public broadcasting masters were all represented here… as well as sound designers and producers. It was quite humbling for me.
The growth in connected consumer TVs and mobile devices, combined with more affordable and faster broadband coverage, is rapidly making 4K/UHD content ubiquitous. Post production studios are upping their game and equipping their facilities for 4K/UHD but there are other factors at play which make modern-day post production more challenging than it’s ever been.
This week’s Broadfield Live Webinar we are taking about new Avid Media Composer software updates. Avid has always been improving their extensive software line and now with a new re-branding of their software comes new subscription opportunities and features with their software.