AVID Media Composer 4.0

Media Composer goes where other editors leave off, giving you the strongest editorial tools, the most dependable media management, and innovative features that let you do the unimaginable, so you can deliver projects on time and on budget. That’s why pros use and trust it to create the world’s most watched, most loved media. Whether you’re a producer, director, or editor, in the studio or on the road, or using a Mac or a PC, Media Composer lets you edit the way you want, wherever you want. And now that it’s more affordable than ever, Media Composer is also the best value around.

Imagine working with a powerful and creative editing tool that works the way you want to work, with all the formats you need, and in ways you never thought possible. That’s the beauty of award-winning Media Composer. With it, you get the speed, flexibility, reliability, and organization you need to cut films, TV shows, commercials, and other digital media, so you can stay focused on what matters most — telling a great story..

Need to Capture, Edit, Monitor, and Output Media?
Put the power of Media Composer and a high-performance hardware interface in your creative hands to maximize your potential.

New Features:

Mix and match frame rates (in addition to formats and resolutions) in the same timeline

Share Mac-based Media Composer projects with Pro Tools editors through Video Satellite

Encode and deliver final masters in Panasonic AVC-Intra format

Instantly access and edit GFCAM 100 Mb-formatted media through AMA

Be more creative and productive with new updates to the included Production Suite

Create low-res proxies of archived HD 720p media for faster reviewing and retrieval

Capture and preserve ancillary and closed captioning data on Nitris DX and Mojo DX systems

Monitor 1080p24 projects on NTSC monitors with Symphony Nitris DX systems

View stereoscopic material side-by-side for a more natural line of sight

Get more monitor choices for viewing stereoscopic media

Experience improved playback with DV100 media

Get improved playback of QuickTime DNxHD media in Pro Tools

View 16 tracks at a time in the audio mixer, in addition to 4- and 8-track display

Work with AAF files larger than 2 GB

Get more levels of undo

Work with complex scenes even easier with multicamera editing improvements

Gain precision and save time with auto-zoom for motion tracking and stabilization

Move clips without having to rebuild transitions with transition preservation

Get better archive and restore control with new recapturing and decomposing features

Manage clips in the timeline easier with improvements to clip color coding

Gain better edgecode handling when using the Timecode burn-in effect

Enter timecode more easily when using a keyboard without a numeric keypad

Directly register Media Composer through the activation dialog (may require an Internet connection)

Get support for the latest qualified NVIDIA hardware with the updated driver