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Media Composer Family
Since their introduction, Media Composer systems have set the standard for nonlinear film and video editing solutions. No other editing system can match the power, versatility, and refinement of the Media Composer toolset. Today, Avid offers Media Composer in a range of configurations designed to satisfy the creative and business needs of post professionals who strive to do more.
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 Attention All Avid Xpress Pro Users: Avid Media Composer Software Upgrade now under $500!
The world's most powerful & refined film & video editing software
Avid introduces Media Composer software: affordable, hardware-independent film and video editing for Mac and Windows systems. This is the same Media Composer toolset used to create more of the world’s films, television shows, and commercials than any other editing system, and it’s more powerful than ever. New features include Motion Tracking and Stabilization, full-screen video output over DVI, and HD editing for Mac OS X (Tiger) systems-plus all the creative tools, integrated asset management, and multi-format editing support that have made Media Composer the best editor on the planet.
Media Composer UPGRADE from Xpress Pro
$495.00
Avid Media Composer
$2,495.00
Exclusive offer for Avid Xpress Pro editors:
Media Composer software for only $495USD
If you own Avid Xpress Pro software, you can upgrade to Media Composer software for only $2,995USD*. It's never been easier, or more affordable, to step up to the same editing toolset used to create the world's most acclaimed feature films and primetime television programs, including King Kong, Crash, Walk the Line, "Gray's Anatomy," and "American Idol."
New Media Composer software runs on Mac and PC systems and gives you more professional features, including:
- Complete compatibility with your Avid Xpress Pro projects
- Nearly 30 resolutions, including IMX and progressive
- Advanced film and digital intermediate (DI) support
- Nine multicam streams with up to 99 clip groups
- Professional image stabilization with SteadyGlide™ technology
- Real-time 16-bit SpectraMatte keying
- Support for Avid Unity and Avid Interplay workgroups
And when you're ready, it's a snap to add the facility-grade processing power of Avid Adrenaline hardware and the HD-SDI capability of the Avid DNxcel board.
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Bundles with Avid Media Composer Included
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Avid Media Composer
with Avid Mojo SDI
If you don't already own the Avid Xpress Pro/Mojo but have been considering the Avid Media Composer Software this is your chance to get it!
Avid Media Composer is the same toolset used to create more of the world's films, TV shows & commercials than any other editing system! The Mojo SDI Hardware provides the highest quality professional SD connections to facility-class cameras, decks and digital pipelines. In addition to serial digital video, Avid Mojo SDI also provides I/O for IEEE-1394, & either component or composite and S-video. Mojo SDI supports up to 8 channels of embedded audio over SDI & 2 channels of optical S/PDIF audio, with additional connections for 4 channels of AES/EBU audio.
UPGRADE from Avid Xpress Pro with Mojo
$2,995.00
Full bundle valued at $5,995
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The affordable, flexible, hardware-independent film and video editing solution for MacOS X, and Windows XP systems. New features include support for the Intel on Mac systems, the high quality low bandwidth DNxHD 36 Codec, improved XDCAM and P2 workflows, ScriptSync™ the automated script editor, 720p50 format support - plus all the creative tools, integrated media management, and multi-format editing support that have made Media Composer the best editor on the planet.
Edit faster with higher-quality results
Intuitive, integrated media management. Faster trim tools. One-step color correction. Image stabilization. Real-time animated alpha channels. 16-bit AVX effects processing. The industry's most accurate and reliable film editing workflow. No other application offers the features and functionality of the Media Composer software toolset.
Mix and edit multiple formats in real time
Combine HD, SD, DV, and film formats and resolutions, as well as Avid AVR and Meridien JFIF media, in the same timeline - without rendering, transcoding, or re-digitizing. Edit native DVCPRO HD and HDV media. And take advantage of real-time, mixed-format HD, SD, and DV multicam editing.
Handle film and video sources with confidence
The industry's most powerful and precise 24p technology lets you handle film and video projects with equal ease and efficiency. Features such as real-time pulldown of 24p media directly over IEEE-1394 (FireWire) eliminate time-consuming conversions and offers greater flexibility to output to video or film.
Be more productive-and have more time to create
The unified Avid editing environment and seamless conform between Avid editing and finishing systems eliminates the need to re-create or re-build creative editorial work in the online suite. Support for Avid Unity media networks and Avid Interplay nonlinear workflows adds background media management and true facility-wide collaboration.
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The Media Composer Advantage
Why make the move up from Avid Xpress Pro?
At $1,495, Avid Xpress Pro offers tremendous value in features and functionality, most of which can’t be found in similarly priced competitive offerings. But for customers that demand richer editorial and effects capabilities, Media Composer® distinguishes itself by meeting these needs in multiple configurations; all of which offer total integration for workgroup environments.
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Hardware
By upgrading to Avid Media Composer you have access to a suite of hardware options that allow you to be more productive-and to have more time to create. Options include:
 Avid Mojo® / Avid Mojo SDI Connects low-cost, competitive quality hardware for SD I/O with acceleration of analog and digital sources.
- Capture any SD format found in a Media Composer; this includes popular 2:1 and 3:1 resolutions compatible with legacy Meridien™ Media Composer systems and media. There are NO stream count limitations in Media Composer when Mojo is connected whereas Avid Xpress Pro is limited to a single stream uncompressed SD.
Avid Adrenaline™ provides a complete set of SD I/O options, more robust analog and digital audio connectivity and a simple path to real-time Avid DNxHD™ encoding.
- Dedicated, best-quality I/O components for Composite, SVideo, Component and SDI connectivity
- LTC in and out for better integration into facility environments
- 8 Channels of AES/EBU and Optical digital audio
- Balanced analog Audio
- Analog baseband (Composite, S-Video and Component) monitoring of DV source during capture
Avid DNxcel™ when added to Adrenaline DNA provides:
- Real-time encoding to 145, 220 and 220 10-bit DNxHD
- HD Cross-convert
- Real-time HD-to-SD down convert
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Editorial and Architecture
Handle film and video sources with confidence - The industry's most powerful and precise 24p technology lets you handle film and video projects with equal ease and efficiency.
Multiple streams of Uncompressed SD (Avid Xpress Pro Limited to 1)
10-bit SD and HD (Avid Xpress Pro limited to 8-bit)
More resolution support than Avid Xpress Pro Supports all legacy and current Avid resolutions and formats including ABVB and Meridien projects, bins, sequences, and media.
- Capture, play and render Avid Meridien JFIF, ABVB AVR (play/render only), DV25, DV50, IMX 30/40/50F
- Film and Digital Intermediate Workflows
- 24, 25 and 30fps timecode tracking
- Multiple metadata display in the timecode window for allsources
- DI data tracking for DPX file names, UNC paths and LUT’s
- LTC output of sequence time codes
Archive to Tape allows a user to store the source media associated with sequences, master clips, sub clips, and group clips to video tape. Users can use this to dramatically reduce the amount of tapes necessary to restore a project as well as transfer to a more robust format that is less susceptible to dropout.
Capture to Timeline write media directly to a predetermined segment of the timeline. Rather than go through the process of logging, capturing, marking and editing, the editor can replace the necessary material in the timeline with a single keystroke.
Multicamera Editing
- 9 Streams SD (Avid Xpress Pro limited to 4)
- Clip grouping for up to 99 clips (Avid Xpress Pro limited to4)
- Multigroup capability for grouping multiple “banks” ofcamera angles allows for more efficient editing selections
- Multicam is available at any Avid resolution from single field to uncompressed
VTR Emulation (Remote play and capture) Traditional post facilities and broadcast environments are made up of a wide variety of cpu-based and black-box solutions. Many of which can’t be networked over TCP or Fibre connections. Using the broadcast standard serial control protocol, Media Composer’s VTR emulation lets it work together with devices such as switchers and media encoders with the simplicity of a source deck.
VBI Preservation (Vertical Blanking Interval) This feature instructs the system to preserve 5 lines above each field in NTSC and 8 lines above each field for PAL when you display a sequence or perform a digital cut. This results in essential control when working with encoded information such as closed captioning, edge codes or key numbers for film projects, or various interactive or enhanced TV codes.
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Acquisition
File-based Formats like Sony’s XDCAM and Panasonic P2 are taking off in production due to their benefits in cost, quality and immediacy. Media Composer has distinct advantages for customers with a need to work with this format.
Sony XDCAM
- MPEG-4 Proxy Support
- IMX 30, 40 and 50
Sony XDCAM HD
- 18, 25 and 35Mb Data Rates (Avid Xpress Pro will supportXDCAM HD at 25Mb as it is - basically HDV)
Panasonic P2 Support
- Connect P2 card directly to systems for immediate editing or high-speed file transfer.
- Edit directly from P2 cards
- Quick and efficient capture of media into edit system
- No need to shuttle through tape looking for a shot
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Effects
Edit faster with higher quality results. No other application offers the features and functionality of the Media Composer software toolset.
Blend Effects
- Real-time 3D warp with 23 customizable parameters
- Blur effect for deep defocus of images and keys with alphas.
Image Effects
- Intraframe painting featuring cloning, blurring and mosaic modes.
- Scratch Removal – remove unwanted imperfections in your footage.
Title & Graphics
- Boris Continuum complete AVX – a $1,995USD value included
Motion Effects
- Fully customizable TimeWarp effects
- FluidFilm™ and FluidMotion™ - Create incredibly smooth slow-motion effects and “fit-to-fill” video using patented FluidMotion pixel morphing technology while you control speed and position using intuitive curve-based keyframing. Apply the look of 24 fps progressive frame rates to 30 fps interlaced sources with the exclusive FluidFilm feature which offers more creative adjustments than Avid Xpress Pro.
Motion Tracking and Stabilization
- 8-point tracker system for advanced tracking operations including offset tracks, applicable to most real-time and non-real-time effect operators
- Patented SteadyGlide™ technology to remove image shakiness while preserving desirable camera motion like pans and tilts. Results in big savings in time and money by saving seemingly unusable footage by not having to do re-shoots and tedious compositing work.
Keying
- Real-time 16-bit SpectraMatte™ keying featuring SpectraGraph™ viewer Chroma keying is a fundamental element in compositing and everybody needs it. Media Composer comes integrated with a 16-bit chroma key toolset that not only delivers crisp keys, but does it with an efficiency that can only be found in Avid SpectraGraph technology – a visual display of image color map superimposed over the foreground elements being keyed out. This helps users understand the changes they are making and eliminates guesswork by showing them how those changes will help them achieve the perfect key.
- AniMatte™ toolset for fast matte key creation within the editor.
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Audio
Media Composer offers a creative, flexible, and powerful set of tools for professional audio editing.
- 8 channels of digital I/O via ADAT lightpipe (Avid Xpress Pro with Avid Mojo SDI limited to 4 channels).
- LTC I/O (Longitudinal Time Code) available only on Avid Media Composer with Adrenaline – This better allows other systems, like an automated mixing console, to chase the timecode of Media Composer resulting in a more efficient audio edit.
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Collaboration and Interop
With direct integration into Avid Interplay™ and support for Avid’s independent workgroup services (MediaManager, TransferManager), Media Composer is the ideal editorial solution for collaborative environments.
Workgroup Services
- Direct connect to Avid Interplay from within the editor (currently PC only).
- Support for Avid’s legacy workgroup services (MediaManager, TransferManager, ProLog Player)
- Compatibility with Avid Unity Productivity tools
- Avid MediaManager
- Avid MediaManager Select
- Avid TransferManager
- Avid DMS
- Avid Nearchive™
- Avid Media Browse™
- Avid Interplay
- Frame Chase™ Editing provides editors in workgroup environments that incorporate TransferManager the ability to begin editing material seconds after it starts being ingested into the network. This reduces the overall amount of time to complete a project by allowing creative work to begin before capture process is completed.
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Avid Mojo brings the power of Avid's Digital Nonlinear Accelerator (DNA) technology to Avid Xpress Pro and Avid Xpress Pro HD software. Compact enough to take on location yet powerful enough to serve as the core of a video-editing suite, Avid Mojo hardware connects to both laptop and desktop systems with a single IEEE-1394 cable and, unlike other NLE add-on hardware, lets you capture audio or video while also providing output of the same source.
$1,495.00
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Avid Mojo SDI provides the highest quality professional SD connections to facility-class cameras, decks and digital pipelines. In addition to serial digital video, Avid Mojo SDI also provides I/O for IEEE-1394, and either component or composite and S-video. Mojo SDI supports up to 8 channels of embedded audio over SDI and 2 channels of optical S/PDIF audio, with additional connections for 4 channels.
$2,495.00
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With Avid Studio Toolkit, independent editors, producers, and filmmakers can add professional effects and titles, create 3D animations, and author standard-definition DVDs or high-definition Blu-ray Discs right from their Avid editing system. No other suite combines this level of features, integration, and ease-of-use. And no other solution makes an end-to-end HD workflow this affordable.
$1,275.00
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