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Media Composer 7.0 with Software Licensing for Windows and Mac

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Overview

The industry leader in film and video editing.

Avid Media Composer is a standard in professional post-production facilities around the world. It is the most widely used NLE for professional film and video editing, giving you accelerated high-res-to-HD workflows, automated media management, and Interplay Sphere for Mac support, extending real-time production everywhere. Experience some of the fastest file-based media workflows, ACE-certified tools, and the most trusted media management in the industry.

Accelerate your high-res workflow
More content today is shot with high-res cameras, but the majority of programming is still HD. With the new FrameFlex tools, you can immediately start working in HD directly from high-res sources and maintain full creative control of the image reframing and keyframing, from beginning to end. In addition, 1D/3D Look Up Tables (LUTs) and Color Decision Lists (CDLs) make it easy to perform real-time RAW and LogC to Rec. 709 color space conversions.

Automate your media management
Gain more time for creativity with new features that accelerate and simplify file-based workflows. With Dynamic Media Folders, non-creative media tasks such as transcoding, copying, and consolidating can be automated in the background, without disrupting your editorial flow. Plus, you'll get peace of mind as Media Composer now fully manages AMA-linked media as reliably as it does with native Avid media.

Extend real-time production everywhere (Interplay Edition only)
Edit, share, tag, track, and sync media and projects with everyone on your editing team-no matter where you are in the world. Media Composer Interplay Edition provides full Interplay Production, Interplay Central, and Interplay Sphere support on Mac and PC, making remote cloud-based collaboration easy and cost-effective. What's more, you can edit just as efficiently as you would if you were all at the home facility, using the same tools and workflows you know and trust. Media Composer Interplay Edition is available from Avid resellers and Avid sales reps only.

Gain total audio control
Forget wasting time mixing down audio levels by trial and error. With the new Master Audio Fader, you can insert RTAS plug-ins to tweak tones and optimize the overall program loudness, making broadcast regulation adherence quick and easy. You can also now make audio adjustments to any clip directly in the timeline-independently of any track-based automation-with the Clip Gain control.

Streamline the video workflow with Pro Tools users
Video Satellite is now included with Media Composer, enabling audio editors and mixers to play Avid HD and SD video sequences directly in sync with their Pro Tools session, while maintaining full system power. And since Video Satellite eliminates the need to render effects, transcode video, or copy files for the audio team, you gain maximum post-production efficiency to turn around projects faster.

Get more value-and options
The industry's most trusted NLE is now more accessible than ever, with a starting price of just $999 (USD) for the full version of Media Composer 7. If you need to collaborate with others around the world, Media Composer 7 Interplay Edition provides additional support for the Avid Interplay family of products. And if you need advanced color correction tools, mastering tools, and the Boris Continuum Complete effects suite, add the Symphony option to Media Composer to get the full Symphony advantage.

Features

  • Acquire high-res media and deliver in HD”with full creative control of reframing
  • Spend more time being creative by automating media tasks in the background
  • Edit, sync, and share media with Interplay Sphere support (Interplay Edition only)
  • Master the overall audio mix using RTAS plug-ins on a Master Audio Fader
  • Get advanced color, effects, and mastering tools, now available as an MC add-on

Get your hands on the industry standard in video and film editing.

Specs

Media Composer 7.0 with Software Licensing for Windows and Mac Specifications:

Mac OS X
  • Computer: Avid-qualified Mac-based computer1
  • OS: Mac OS X Lion and Mountain Lion (64-bit)
  • Processor: Intel Quad Core i7 or Quad Core Xeon processor
  • Memory:
  • 4 GB RAM minimum (6+ GB recommended)
  • 8 GB RAM minimum required to support Interplay Sphere 2, background transcoding, and Dynamic Media Folders
  • 16+ GB RAM recommended to support full-frame stereoscopic 3D, simultaneous background transcoding, Dynamic Media Folders, FrameFlex 4K workflows, Raw format AMA plug-ins, Long GOP media editing, and other high-performance workflows
  • Graphics card:NVIDIA GeForce family 3(recommended), Intel HD4000 or ATI Radeon family (as supported by Apple) )
  • Internal hard drive: Minimum 250 GB 7200 rpm SATA drive, 128 GB SSD
Windows
  • Computer: Avid-qualified Windows-based computer1
  • OS:Windows 7 Professional SP1 (64-bit), Windows 8 Professional or Enterprise (64-bit)
  • Processor: Intel Quad Core i7 or Quad Core Xeon processor
  • Memory:
  • 4 GB RAM minimum (6+ GB recommended)
  • 8 GB RAM minimum required to support Interplay Sphere 2, background transcoding, and Dynamic Media Folders
  • 16+ GB RAM recommended to support full-frame stereoscopic 3D, simultaneous background transcoding, Dynamic Media Folders, FrameFlex 4K workflows, Raw format AMA plug-ins, Long GOP media editing, and other high-performance workflows
  • Graphics card: NVIDIA Quadro FX family3 (Q600 or higher recommended), Intel HD4000
  • Internal hard drive: Minimum 250 GB 7200 rpm SATA drive, 128 GB SSD
  • Additional compatibility information
  • QuickTime: Avid has tested and qualified Apple QuickTime X for Mac users and QuickTime 7.6.9 for Windows users
  • Windows Media Player: Microsoft Windows Media Player 11 is required to export certain formats and to work with VC-1 material
  • Uncompressed video on laptops is limited to one stream of uncompressed SD video, except for Windows-based Intel Core i7 laptops (Quad Core with Hyper-Threading) with eSata external storage, which can play multiple streams of 1:1 uncompressed SD.
  • Interplay Sphere is not supported on systems using background transcode or Dynamic Media Folders. Avid recommends 12+ Gb of RAM for Interplay Sphere workflows involving HD long GOP media, such as AVCHD, MPEG-2, and XDCAM. For more information on Interplay Sphere, please consult the Interplay Sphere product page
  • NVIDIA cards are recommended; full-screen playback requires a minimum of 128 MB of graphics memory. For information regarding the graphics card supported with your specific configuration, please refer to the Avid-qualified Windows-based computer list or Avid-qualified Mac-based computer list.
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