Media Composer Perpetual offers pro-level video editing, color grading, and effects tools used in film and TV production.

Import + Manage

Import and edit footage from any camera, no matter the format, codec, or resolution. From HD and UHD, to HDR, 8K, and beyond, experience smooth, frame-accurate playback—even when mixing different types of video, audio, images, and frame rates.

High-res, high efficiency

With the new Avid Media Engine, you can work with high-res, HDR, and proxy media more easily. Avid DNxHR and OpenEXR support eliminate bottlenecks, so you can work with a massive amount of media and quickly relink proxies to the original files with ease.

Track media with confidence

Media Composer keeps track of all projects, source material, rendered files, metadata, and other media, so you’ll never lose sight of your assets. Your project media will always be linked—even as projects move and evolve over the years.

Organize and find files fast

With new bin containers and mapping, you can organize and group content any way you want. Find footage in seconds, searching for clips and takes based on the dialogue they contain with the PhraseFind and ScriptSync options.

Edit + VFX

The majority of all films and TV shows are edited on Media Composer. That’s because it makes the creative process fast, easy, and gratifying. From fluid timeline editing, to the precision toolset, you can navigate and cut sequences more intuitively and tell better stories.

Boost your creative flow

Work the way you want to work, with a modern interface that makes editing easier and more fluid. Task-oriented workspaces—Edit, Color, Audio, and Effects—provide just the tools you need. You can even resize, rearrange, and hide panels.

Accelerate multicam editing

Show every angle of your story with ease with the Emmy Award-winning multicamera editing toolset. Sync up to 64 different angles automatically—even with different formats and frames—so you can immediately edit and align shots as needed.

Design stunning visuals

Add dramatic flair to your stories with built-in VFX, filters, and titles. Take your creative vision further with more video plugins and advanced tools to create composites, motion effects, transitions, graphics, and animation.

Features

• Full core set Audio effects
• Workspaces: Edit, Color, Effects, Audio
• Titles: Titler+ Marquee tool
• Background render, transcode, and consolidate
• Full User settings, Multiple Users settings, Site settings, Project settings
• Full Keyboard Mapping
• Source/Record color differentiation: Off by default
• Snap to Edit: Off by default
• Auto-launch Effects Editor: Off by default
• Video and audio plugin support: All AVX and AAX plugins
• Avid Marketplace
• Best-in-class Trim tools, Smart Tools, Create sequence based on selection, Script-based editing, Auto-Sequence

Technical details

• Operating systems: Windows, macOS
• Architecture: 64 bit
• Licensing: licence key, manufacturer account

System requirements

• macOS 10.15.7, 11.x to 11.7, 12.x to 12.7.x, 13.x to 13.6.x and 14.0 to 14.1.x
  • RAM: 16 GB
• Windows 10 64-bit 21H1, 21H2 or 22H2 or later Windows 11 64-bit 21H2, 22H2 or later
  • RAM: 16 GB

The licence is registered with the manufacturer at https://avid.com/registration. You will receive your serial number and the download link by e-mail immediately after purchase.