For at least the last six years, and really even before that, Apple’s Final Cut Pro and Avid’s Media Composer have been the leading products for professional editing, with FCP having carved it’s way into Avid’s market share quite substantially in some sectors.
The typical head-to-head comparison of non-linear editors now is between Final Cut and [...]
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Final Cut Pro vs Media Composer 5?
June 11th, 2010
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Media Composer for Students
June 11th, 2010
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Years ago when I was a student at film school I really wanted my own copy of Avid at home. I even tried to get a cracked copy (it didn’t work very well at all). In the end I had to contain my editing to school time.
Students now, however, are offered a fantastic offer by [...]
Media Composer 5 Plugin Testing
June 8th, 2010
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There are a large range of external plugin packages for Avid Media Composer, so I’ve decided to test as many as I can with Media Composer 5.0
My tests are not exhaustive, and are limited to my system. I am testing with:
Avid Media Composer 5.0
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
DNxHD Footage
To test I am generally adding the plugin [...]
Review: Media Composer 5.0
June 7th, 2010
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Avid’s newest version of their flagship NLE, Media Composer, hits the shelfs in June 10 and I’ve had the opportunity to give it a test drive over the last week or so. In some ways Media Composer 5 marks a very substantial change for Avid in how it deals with media, and some of it’s [...]
Rebranding
June 6th, 2010
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As my website is not pretty solidly devoted to video post-production I’ve decided I’m going to rebrand it a little to be more clear. As a part of thing change I’m also hoping to keep this site updated a lot more regularly.
It’ll be a little changable around here for a week or so while I [...]
