Media Composer 8: Interplay Edition Academic Edition

Media Composer 8: Interplay Edition Academic Edition

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Please Note: Once the order has been processed, this product is nonreturnable.

PLEASE NOTE: Always receive the most current version available! This product no longer contains a disk for installation and instead contains a card with download instructions.

Media Composer is proven and trusted by professional editors in every segment of film, television, and broadcast. Designed to handle high volumes of disparate file-based media, Media Composer delivers accelerated high-res-to-HD workflows, real-time collaboration, and powerful media management, eliminating time-consuming tasks so you can focus on telling a great story. And now the choice is yours—edit on premises, remotely through the cloud, on demand, through a low-cost subscription, or purchase a license outright—making Media Composer the most versatile and accessible tool for professional creative editorial.

What's new in Media Composer

The choice is yours
Edit on premises, in the cloud, on demand, through monthly access, and/or buy a full license.

Configure it your way
Get great flexibility with options that open up more creative opportunities.

Accelerate high-res workflows
Acquire high-resolution media and deliver in HD—with full creative control of reframing.

Automate media management
Spend more time being creative by automating media tasks in the background.

Gain total audio control
Master the overall audio mix using RTAS plug-ins on the Master Audio Fader.

This version of Media Composer Software provides you with a non-expiring, perpetual software license, plus one year of Avid Support (your choice of standard or Elite).

• Get an editing head start with new education pricing that makes Media Composer more accessible than ever
• Edit everywhere with support for Interplay Production and Media Composer Cloud (formerly Interplay Sphere)
• Stay up to date with the new application manager
• Accelerate your storytelling with ultra-accurate ACE-certified editing tools, open workflows, and 64-bit performance
• Directly access and edit RED, ARRI ALEXA, QuickTime, ProRes, AVCHD, XDCAM, and other file-based formats with AMA (Avid Media Access)
• Work directly in HD from high-res sources, with full creative control of the image framing
• Capture, monitor, and output with accelerated Avid interfaces or third-party cards and devices
• Mix and match formats, frame rates, and more in real time—without rendering
• Experience real-time HD editing—in mastering picture quality—with Avid DNxHD and Avid DNxHD 444
• Never lose assets with the industry’s most reliable media management, which can automate complex tasks in the background
• Edit, sync, and share projects remotely and extend real-time production everywhere
• Deliver on time and on budget, with tight integration into professional pipelines
• Work on stereoscopic 3D projects with a comprehensive set of tools
• Create 5.1/7.1 surround mixes in Media Composer or import from Pro Tools
• Get the look, effects, and quality you want with powerful production tools
• Version, transfer, and archive finished sequences easily with AS-02/AS-11
• Work on a Mac or PC

Included software

• Media Composer—Edit SD, HD, and stereoscopic 3D material
• NewBlue Titler Pro v1 – Create stunning and chic professional 2D and 3D video titles in your timeline
• EDL Manager—Export timecode metadata
• FilmScribe—Export film metadata
• iZotope Insight 30 Day Free Trial – Visualize and troubleshoot mixes and ensure compliance with loudness standards free for 30 days
• One year of standard Avid Support (includes complimentary software updates/upgrades; renewable annually)