Avid Media Composer Ultimate 1 Year Subscription NEW Software (Download)

Avid Media Composer Ultimate is a professional video editing software offering real-time collaborative workflows. Media Composer Ultimate provides the most comprehensive solution of the three Media Composer versions. In addition to all the Media Composer features, Media Composer Ultimate includes multiple add-on options such as the Symphony Option and ScriptSync Option. It also includes support for Avid Solutions such as Interplay | Production and MediaCentral. (Please see the full list of options and solutions in the Features section below.) As for the other features, Media Composer Ultimate is designed with ACE-certified tools and allows you to edit everything from SD to 8K and higher, HDR, stereoscopic 3D, and a wide range of file formats, camera formats, and codecs without transcoding.

Offering 64-bit performance, Avid DNxHR and Avid Resolution Independence technologies, and background rendering and transcoding, Media Composer Ultimate allows you to work with high resolution, high frame rate media efficiently. The program features 24 video tracks, visual effects, green screen composites, motion effects, transitions, color correction tools, and graphical titles and animations. It allows you to preview clips before committing them to a project, edit multicamera projects, and automate non-creative media tasks such as transcoding, consolidating, and relinking.

The application also lets you record, edit, and mix up to 64 audio tracks in 7.1 channel surround sound, create groups to mix dialog, Foley, music, and sound effects more easily, and polish soundtracks using the same audio effects and sound processors used in the popular Avid Pro Tools audio application.

Media Composer Ultimate includes a variety of plug-ins and supports many more. Users get access to the Avid Marketplace directly from the software. Here you can purchase additional plug-ins, stock footage, and more. Media Composer Ultimate also supports multiple control surfaces and other hardware add-ons for a more advanced and professional workflow.

Media Composer Ultimate Features

Included Software Options

The Media Composer | PhraseFind Option, ScriptSync Option, Symphony Option, and NewsCutter Option are included with the Media Composer 2018 Ultimate 1-year subscription (and with 2- and 3-year subscriptions)

Avid Solutions Support

Interplay | Production, Interplay | MAM, MediaCentral, MediaCentral | Cloud UX, Avid NEXIS shared bins and projects, iNEWS

Bins

Unlimited bins, volume bins, favorite bins, shared bins and projects

Video and Audio Plug-In Support

All AVX and AAX plug-ins

Transcoding

Yes

Consolidation

Yes

Video Tracks

24

Audio Tracks

64

Data Tracks

Fully supported

Linked File Support

Full encode and decode SD, HD, >HD

Project Formats

SD PAL, SD NTSC, 720, 1080, 2K, UHD, 4K, custom

Frame Rates

23.978p, 24p, 25i/p, 30i/p, 50i/p, 59.94i/p, 60p

Native Compression

JFIF, DV, ProRes (encode on Mac only), XDCAM, AVC-I, IMX, DNxHD, DNxHR, XAVC-L, AVC-LongG, J2K

Color Spaces

601/709, RGB 709, S-Log3, SMPTE-2084, DCI-P3, Rec. 2020, ACES proxy

Desktop Display LUTs

Rec. 709, DCI-P3, sRGB, Rec. 2020, ACES proxy

Audio Resolutions

32, 44.1, 48, and 96 kHz; 16- and 24-bit

Audio Channels

Mono, dual mono, stereo, 5.1, and 7.1

Multicamera Editing

Group Clips, MultiGroup, 4-Way Split Display, 9-Way Split Display, MultiCam Editing mode, MultiCam Accelerator keys, Swap Banks, Previous/Next in Group, Group by Audio Waveforms

Video Effects

Full core set, Source Side Motion Effects, TimeWarp, TimeWarp Fluid Motion, Stabilize

FrameFlex

Yes

Timecode Tool

Yes

Print Timeline

Yes

List Tool

Yes

Film Workflows

Yes

Stereoscopic 3D

Yes

Color Correction

CC effect, predefined CC effects, HSL controls, hue offsets, luma range, curves, color info, channels, (secondary and relationships are available through the Symphony option)

Audio Editing

Audio tool, Audio Ducking, Audio Punch-In, Audio Subframe Slip, audio grouping, read audio timecode, Audio MultiMix, change sample rate

Audio Effects

Full core set

Workspaces

Custom, Single View, Source/Record Editing, Full Screen Playback, Effects Editing, Color Correction, Audio Editing, Capture

Titles

Classic title tool, marquee tool

Background Render, Transcode, and Consolidate

Yes

Settings

Full user settings, multiple user settings, site settings, project settings

Keyboard Mapping

Full

Source/Record Color Differentiation

Off by default

Snap to Edit

Off by default

Auto-Launch Effects Editor

Off by default

Video and Audio Plug-In Support

All AVX and AAX plug-ins

Ingest

Source browser, drag-and-drop import, drag-and-drop link, Photoshop with layers, capture, dynamic media folders, AAF import, EDL import, ALE import, shot log import, SCC import, edit while capture

Export

QuickTime (.mov), graphic, AAF, ALE, AFE, shot log, SCC, TTML, AMA, DPX, AS-11 MXF OP1a, DNxHD MXF OP1a, DNxHR MXF OP1a, J2K MXF OP1a, export to device

Supported Hardware Interfaces

Avid Artist | DNxIQ, Avid Artist | DNxIV, Avid Artist | DNxIP, Avid Artist | DNxID, Avid and third-party audio interfaces, third-party video interface

Supported Control Surfaces

Pro Tools | Control, Pro Tools | Dock, Artist Control, Artist Mix, Artist Color, Artist Transport

Included Plug-Ins

BF76

Add character to sounds with an emulation of the classic solid-state 1176 compressor

DC Offset Removal

Remove pops and clicks caused by miscalibrated analog-to-digital converters

D-Verb

Add studio-quality reverb and ambience to tracks, from spacious halls to intimate rooms

Duplicate

Copy all selected audio in place, ideal for consolidating multiple clips into one

Dynamics III Compressor/Limiter

Control every aspect of a track’s dynamic levels, from attack to release

Dynamics III De-Esser

Reduce sibilants with control over the frequency and range

Dynamics III Expander/Gate

Eliminate unwanted background noise or produce creative new effects

EQ III 7-Band

Shape sounds with seven bands of EQ, each with its own set of filters

Gain

Smooth out sounds by boosting or lowering a selected clip’s amplitude by a specific amount

Invert

Reverse an audio clip’s polarity to modify frequency response or fix out-of-phase audio

Lo-Fi

Crush down a track’s audio quality intentionally to create a low-quality retro effect

Normalize

Optimize the volume level of an audio selection, with all dynamics preserved

Pitch Shift

Change pitch up or down without affecting the clip duration

Recti-Fi

Alter sounds to create bold effects with super- and sub-harmonic synthesis

Reverse

Replace an audio selection with a reversed version, ideal for creating sound effects

Sci-Fi

Add analog synth-type ring modulation, frequency modulation, and frequency resonators

Signal Generator

Calibrate audio interfaces and other studio gear with this test tone generator

Time Shift

Stretch or contract time and shift pitch with high-quality results

Trim

Attenuate individual channels of a multichannel track, from infinity to +6 or +12 dB

System Requirements

• Avid-qualified Mac or Windows-based computer

Supported Codecs

• DNxHD
• 264AVC-Intra 50
• AVC-Intra 100
• AVC Long GOP 12
• AVC Long GOP 25
• AVC Long GOP 50
• DV 100
• DV 50
• DV 25
• MPEG-4 SStP (Simple Studio Profile)
• DNxHD/VC-3
• DV 25 411
• ProRes 422
• ProRes 422 HQ
• ProRes 422 LT
• ProRes Proxy
• ProRes 444
• AVC-Intra (H.264)
• DV PAL 420
• DV NTSC 411
• DV 50
• DV 100
• DVPRO 50
• MPEG-2 I-frame
• MP4
• XDCAM HD
• XDCAM HD 422
• DNxHR
• REDCODE
• CBG Class 300
• VBR Class 300
• CBG Class 480
• VBR Class 480
• AVC-Long G25
• AVC-Long G35
• AVC-Long G50
• MPEG-4
• MPEG-2 I-frame 30
• MPEG-2 Long-GOP
• MPEG-2 I-frame 40
• MPEG-2 I-frame 50
• D10
• HDV
• MPEG 40
• MPEG 50
• MPEG-2 HD Long-GOP 50
• MPEG-2 HD I-frame 100
• Stereoscopic 3D formats

Export Formats

• QuickTime (.mov)
• Graphic
• AAF
• ALE
• AFE
• shot log
• SCC
• TTML
• AMA
• DPX
• AS-11 MXF OP1a
• DNxHD MXF OP1a
• DNxHR MXF OP1a
• J2K MXF OP1a
• export to device