Media Composer Ultimate as a perpetual licence in the education version – the professional video editing software for film, television and video, with tools for colour correction and collaboration.

Media Composer is Avid’s professional video editing software for creative storytelling and post-production workflows. According to Avid, the Ultimate version adds features for collaboration plus extra tools, including Symphony for advanced colour correction, ScriptSync to speed up script-based editing and PhraseFind, which finds clips based on the dialogue they contain. The education version follows Avid’s eligibility guidelines, and Avid validates academic eligibility.

Features

• Media Composer Ultimate as a perpetual licence
• Professional video editing for film, television and video
• Features for collaboration in teams
• Symphony for advanced colour correction
• ScriptSync and PhraseFind for script- and dialogue-based work
• Education version in line with Avid’s guidelines

Technical details

• Type: standalone software (video editing), education version
• Operating systems: Windows, macOS
• Licensing: perpetual licence
• Requirement: education version in line with Avid’s guidelines; academic eligibility validated by Avid

System requirements

• macOS 14 Sonoma (14.x to 14.8.x), macOS 15 Sequoia (15.x to 15.7.x) or macOS 26 Tahoe (26.2 to 26.6)
• Apple silicon processors of the M1 to M5 series
• Windows 11 (64-bit) version 22H2 or later, Pro or Enterprise
• Graphics driver (Windows workstations): NVIDIA 582.53 or AMD 26.2.2
• Dongles are not supported on macOS
• Avid-qualified computers and I/O hardware (list available from Avid)

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