With a user-friendly interface, it is designed for consumers.

Standing shoulder to shoulder with superior brands like Apple and Adobe in the video production arena, it is a formidable force. Only Windows 10 64-bit is now being supported.VidComposer is a world-class video editing software that provides powerful tools for mainstream television and film professionals. If you are Windows 7 user, version 2020.4 will not support the operating system. It can be used independently or in concert with the S1 which is great if you have a client who wants to get hands on with a mix. Avid Control is essentially a mobile control surface that allows you to record and mix audio directly from a iOS, Android, Fire OS tablet or smartphone. Version 2020.4 adds support for audio channel meters in both AVID S1 Control Surface and Control app. AVID has also added Apple ProRes to the Media Creation settings, including options for 422 HQ, 422 LT, 422, and 422 proxy.įor those waiting for Apple ProRes RAW support, which was announced in September of 2019 during IBC, you'll have to wait a little longer. Windows users can now create, edit, collaborate, and export ProRes media natively with full decoding and encoding. Media Composer now supports Apple ProRes media in OP-Atom, MXF OP1a, and MOV containers on both Mac and Windows. Until then, it's something to be keen on.ĪVID now has new bulk editing features Apple ProRes AVID says it plans to update older versions and provide an installer for third-party programs. It also means that DNxHD MOV files created using UME will require an updated QuickTime PE/LE codec package to be supported by the previous version of Media Composer and third-party software. Now MOV files containing DNxHD with Alpha that were generated in earlier versions of AVID and third-party software, will be converted to MXF OP1a upon linking. With UME, DNxHD media has been update to support the ADHRv2 standard. The new UME should support improve performance for H.264 files, but how much will be machine dependent. If you've updated to version 2020.4 on a system with QuickTime still installed, you may not experience changes immediately with files that rely on QuickTime. Link, import or export Variable Frame Rate (VFR) H.264 in MOV, MP4ĪVID no longer completely relies on QuickTime with its new Universal Media Engine (UME) plug-in for linking, importing, playback, editing, and exporting.Link, import or export QuickTime Reference, Same as Source.WAV and AIFF import/export containing uncompressed PCM audio at 8 and 32-bit.Link to 3GP, 3G2, AU, AVI, BMP, DV, GIF, M4V, MID, MP2, MP3, MPE.

Link to MOV or MP4 files using DNxHD with Alpha, Meridien, MPEG 50, DV, MPEG 4 (H.263), or other formats that require a QuickTime Codec.

Some of the QuickTime functionality in macOS Catalina is limited as well.

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