The Upgrade Plan for an existing Media Composer Ultimate perpetual licence in the education version – one year of software updates and support for your video editing software.

With the Upgrade Plan, your Media Composer Ultimate perpetual licence receives one year of software updates and support. 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

• One year of software updates and support
• For an existing Media Composer Ultimate perpetual licence
• Professional video editing with collaboration features
• Symphony, ScriptSync and PhraseFind as extra tools of the Ultimate version
• Education version in line with Avid’s guidelines

Technical details

• Type: software updates and support (Upgrade Plan) for Media Composer Ultimate, education version
• Operating systems: Windows, macOS
• Requirement: Upgrade – requires an existing Media Composer Ultimate perpetual licence; education version in line with Avid’s guidelines
• Term: 1 year of software updates and support

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.