Leveraging the new Avid Resolution Independence architecture and Avid DNxHR encoding, Media Composer offers the most complete and flexible end-to-end workflow for file-based editing of any resolution. This new release helps content creators deliver higher quality content in more collaborative, powerful, and efficient ways a key part of Avid Everywhere. Leveraging the Avid MediaCentral Platform, Media Composer is part of the Avid Artist Suite of industry-standard creative tools.
Avid Resolution Independence provides a holistic, platform-centric approach that puts no limits to the resolutions customers can capture, edit, and output. Media professionals can work with the broadest variety of media in every resolution SD, HD, 4K and beyond using their existing infrastructure. Media Composer is the first Avid product to support Resolution Independence, with support for more products and solutions across the MediaCentral Platform coming soon.
At the center of the Avid Resolution Independence architecture is Avid DNxHR, a new extensible media codec that makes it possible to edit and deliver high-res content within HD-capable infrastructures. Offering greater beauty without the bandwidth, DNxHR scales from lightweight proxies to mastering-quality high-resolution media.
Other new capabilities in the latest version of Media Composer include enhanced color management, high frame rate support, high-efficiency proxy workflows, and timesaving background rendering of high-resolution media.
The new version of Media Composer | Software is available as of Dec. 22, 2014,
Before the end of 2014, existing owners can upgrade many older versions of Media Composer for only $299 and receive all updates and support for a year.
New capabilities in the latest version of Media Composer
- High-resolution editing including 4K as well as 2K and Ultra HD
- Avid Resolution Independence
- DNxHR encoding
- Enhanced color management support for new advanced color spaces that provide * richer color depth than HD
- High frame rate support for up to 60p
- Proxy workflows work with high-res media quickly and efficiently with proxy media and proxy timeline features
- Background rendering for high-res media
