Media Composer 5 has been out for a while now… And since my initial impressions of it I’ve been thinking more about what it signals for the future of Avid in general and Media Composer specifically – about what I expect to see in the coming versions.
Archive for the ‘Avid’ Category
RED: MC5 to DS Workflows
July 2nd, 2010
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With the introduction of AMA support for RED media in Media Composer 5 it has become a easier to edit RED footage in MC, but it’s still not a finishing solution for many jobs. Avid’s DS product, on the other hand, is a great RED finishing tool.
Transcoding Canon DSLR Footage
June 15th, 2010
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The new AMA functionality in Avid Media Composer 5 makes working with Canon DSLR footage a lot easier, but at some point it’s probably going to become necessary to transcode it to another format, so which resolution is best?
Well the first thing to consider is what the Canon footage is natively. And then how that [...]
Final Cut Pro vs Media Composer 5?
June 11th, 2010
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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 [...]
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 [...]
