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Review: Avid Media Composer 7
Post Magazine by Brady Betzel
Avid Media Composer 7 is bringing the heat to post production workflows and data management everywhere. Full disclos...

How to Import Video into Avid Media Composer (Part Four): Dealing with Codecs
wolfcrow by Sareesh Sudhakaran
In this part we’ll look at how Avid Media Composer deals with different codecs, and how you can import them.How to I...

10 Changes in Media Composer 7 You'll Want to Use Right Now (Part 2)
Avid Blogs by Wim Van den Broeck
With the launch of Media Composer 7 comes a whole bunch of exciting new features and enhancements that will imp...

Background Media Processing in Avid Media Composer 7
Avid Blogs by Matt Feury
Although Media Composer’s AMA plug-in architecture allows virtually any file-based source media to be played in real time ...

10 Changes in Media Composer 7 You'll Want to Use Right Now (Part 1)
Avid Blogs by Wim Van den Broeck
With the launch of Media Composer 7 comes a whole bunch of exciting new features and enhancements that will imp...

Version 7 of Avid Media Composer Now Available and Cheaper than Ever
nofilmschool by Robert Hardy
We covered the announcement of Avid Media Composer 7 back in April at NAB 2013. Since that time, we’ve gotten new vers...

High-Resolution Workflows Featuring FrameFlex
Avid blogs by Matt Feury
File-based media, 2K, 4K, 5K footage, analog and digital tape, stereoscopic 3D material, film—bring it on. Media Composer ...

Paul Samson has posted 9 Avid AMA Guides on his website
Paul Sampson
TRAINING and WORKFLOW
I am involved in developing and delivering training and workflow assistance on current Broadcast systems from m...

Diary of an Avid Switcher Part 3 – Things I Should Have Done
By Jonny Elwyn
Learning Media Composer – Doing Things Right From The Start
So this is my third instalment of my Avid Diary of a Switcher and thank...

Diary of an Avid Switcher – Solutions for FCP Editors
Toolbox by Jonny Elwyn
Learning Avid Media Composer 6.5.2 – Solutions for FCP Editors
If you’re in the throws of making the switch from FCP7 to Avi...

Avid Media Composer 6.5.2 ? Consolidate QuickTime ProRes
Avid by Rob D'Amico
The following is the second in a series of five blog posts from Rob D’Amico, Senior Product Manager for professional film and v...

Avid Whitepaper: Digital Cinema Camera Workflows
By Avid
With the ability to track multiple sources and timecodes, combined with AMA and open standards such as MXF, AAF, and DNxHD, Media Composer ...