NEW Avid Media Composer 4.0 Digital Video XP/Vista/MAC

Media Composer 4.0 goes where other editors leave off, giving you the strongest editorial tools, the most dependable media management, and innovative features that let you do the unimaginable, so you can deliver projects on time and on budget. That's why pros use and trust it to create the world's most watched, most loved media. Whether you're a producer, director, or editor, in the studio or on the road, or using a Mac or a PC, Media Composer lets you edit the way you want, wherever you want. And now that it's more affordable than ever, Media Composer is also the best value around.

Features:

Mix and Match Frame Rates
Work with mismatched media without rendering or restriction. With the new Frame Rate Mix & Match feature, you can mix and match SD and HD formats at 24, 29.97, 30, 50, and 59.94 fps in the same timeline. Eliminate the time and money spent on external transcoding and frame rate conversions, and enjoy real-time, broadcast-quality playback

Sync with Pro Tools Editors
With the Video Satellite Option Pro Tools editors can now use a Mac OS X-based Media Composer system (in addition to Windows Vista and XP) as a Pro Tools Video Satellite, meaning you won’t have to transcode video, render effects, or copy files for them. Learn more about Pro Tools interoperability with Avid systems in this white paper.

Deliver Masters in AVC-Intra Format
Easily integrate into the popular Panasonic AVC-Intra pipeline and deliver final masters in AVC-Intra (P2) format for further handling and playout. With new AVC-Intra encoding, you can work with any P2 project in its original native format, from acquisition to delivery, for the quickest project turnarounds.

Expanded GFCAM Support
With this latest release, you can instantly access and edit Ikegami GFCAM 100 Mb-formatted material (in addition to GFCAM 50 Mb material) directly on GFPAK media or an AMA Virtual Volume through AMA . Get the fastest GFCAM workflow from shoot to edit, with full native support for the format and all metadata.

What's new in version 4.0:
- Share Mac-based Media Composer projects with Pro Tools editors through Video Satellite
- Encode and deliver final masters in Panasonic AVC-Intra format
- Instantly access and edit GFCAM 100 Mb-formatted media through AMA
- Be more creative and productive with new updates to the included Production Suite
- Create low-res proxies of archived HD 720p media for faster reviewing and retrieval
- Capture and preserve ancillary and closed captioning data on Nitris DX and Mojo DX systems
- Monitor 1080p24 projects on NTSC monitors with Symphony Nitris DX systems
- View stereoscopic material side-by-side for a more natural line of sight
- Get more monitor choices for viewing stereoscopic media
- Experience improved playback with DV100 media
- Get improved playback of QuickTime DNxHD media in Pro Tools
- View 16 tracks at a time in the audio mixer, in addition to 4- and 8-track display
- Work with AAF files larger than 2 GB
- Get more levels of undo
- Work with complex scenes even easier with multicamera editing improvements
- Gain precision and save time with auto-zoom for motion tracking and stabilization
- Move clips without having to rebuild transitions with transition preservation
- Get better archive and restore control with new recapturing and decomposing features
- Manage clips in the timeline easier with improvements to clip color coding
- Gain better edgecode handling when using the Timecode burn-in effect
- Enter timecode more easily when using a keyboard without a numeric keypad
- Directly register Media Composer through the activation dialog (may require an Internet connection)
- Get support for the latest qualified NVIDIA hardware with the updated driver

System Requirements:

2 GB system memory
40 GB or larger internal IDE drive
DVD-ROM or DVD+RW drive
QuickTime 7

Windows
Windows XP Pro/Vista
2.4 GHz Xeon processor OR Pentium 4 1.8 GHz processor OR Pentium M 1.8 GHz processor

Macintosh
Mac OS X 10.5.7 or later with Dual 2.33 GHz PowerMac G5

Academic affiliation requirements:

Bidder must be you must be a student, faculty member or staff member of an accredited and degree-granting U.S. academic institution (grade school, high school, college or university). Home-schooled students and Non-profit organizations also qualify for discounts. Proof of Academic status must be sent before item can ship.

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