Avid Updates Media Composer

The latest version of Avid's Media Composer software is now available, expanding on the company's video editing solution that enables the acquisition, management, editing and delivery of native 4K.

The upgrade enables the software to utilise Avid Resolution Independence architecture and Avid DNxHR encoding, delivering on the company's 'Everywhere' mantra.

"Avid Resolution Independence provides a holistic, platform-centric approach that puts no limits to the resolutions customers can capture, edit, and output," a statement from Avid said. "Media professionals can work with the broadest variety of media in every resolution – SD, HD, 4K and beyond – using their existing infrastructure. Media Composer is the first Avid product to support Resolution Independence, with support for more products and solutions across the MediaCentral Platform coming soon."

Avid DnxHR is a new extensible media codec that makes it possible to edit and deliver high-res content within HD-capable infrastructures. DNxHR scales from lightweight proxies to mastering-quality high-resolution media.

Other new capabilities in the latest version of Media Composer include enhanced colour management, high frame rate support, high-efficiency proxy workflows and timesaving background rendering of high-resolution media.

Upgrade features:
• High-resolution editing – including 4K as well as 2K and Ultra HD
• Avid Resolution Independence
• DNxHR encoding
• Enhanced colour management – support for new advanced colour spaces
• High frame rate – support for up to 60p
• Proxy workflows – work with high-res media with proxy media and proxy timeline features
• Background rendering for high-res media.

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