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Avid Media Composer 6.5 review
Digital Arts UK by Michael Burns
The hardware liberation that started in Media Composer 6.0 is continued in the 6.5 update with a toggle for attach...

Learn how Media Composer and its unique features can help you edit smarter and faster than ever.
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AMA makes it easy to access and edit file-based media without transcoding. Now you can use AMA to export files back to the media's original so...

Kicking the tires on Avid Media Composer 6.5
the Editblog on PVC by Scott Simmons
The 6.5 update is only evolutionary and it’s not free but some of the new features and fixes are things we’ve ...

Avid AMA Best Practices
Digital Rebellion by Jon Chappell
Avid Media Composer traditionally required all media files to be converted to its DNxHD Op-Atom MXF format but re...

Going Avid...
Little Frog in High Def by Shane Ross
…as in “going native.” Get it? OK, sorry…moving on.
I have a new project starting up in June. This is a re...

Avid Media Composer 6
MacVideo by Duncan Evans
The top program for pro video editing has benefited from a wide-ranging makeover, says Duncan Evans
With Apple almost thro...

Review: Avid Media Composer 6
Post by Greg Kiernan
Like most Avid, editors I was waiting impatiently for the 6.0 release. Dreams of 64-bit architecture were spinning in my head...

Avid Readies for a Brave New World
Creative COW by Kirk Arnold
When it comes to business strategy, you have to have a lot of insight and a little bit of luck. When Gary [Greenfield, ...

Q and A with Bunim/Murray’s Mark Raudonis about their recent Avid switch
the EDITBLOG on PVC by Scott Simmons
If you haven’t heard they have moved from FCP7 to Media Composer
Back in January news broke that reality tel...

A look at AVID media composer 6
Philip Bloom
Earlier this week we had an in depth reassesment of FCP X by 7 different editors and it was fascinating reading. Today my good Canadi...

Open-Door Policy: Avid's Media Composer 6 and Symphony 6 Offer Editors 64-Bit Code and Open IO
DV by Oliver Peters
Avid made the jump to 64-bit in November with its mainstream Media Composer 6, Symphony 6 and NewsCutter 10 software. This high...

Studio Daily Review: Avid Media Composer 6
Studio Daily by Scott Simmons
Though This 64-bit Version Moves Faster and Looks Different, the Overall Workflow Remains, Comfortably, the Same
The ...