Start moving things and things go haywire, and we get grumpy (note the Smart Tool). They know, as they got constant feedback from us editors, that we rely heavily on muscle memory in order to edit quickly. They didn’t change the interface as drastically as Apple did with FCP-X. Meaning that they didn’t re-arrange buttons on us. One big thing that I need to point out is that Avid didn’t do any radical changes. Avid is still limited to one sequence open at a time. And you can rearrange the order of the tabs too, by dragging them where you want. This is great if you are working on a laptop, and also great if you are in the habit of opening lots of bins on your tower to access a variety of footage. So now you can have one bin that is several, just click back and forth on the tabs. Now instead of a SUPERBIN, which I personally despised because navigating between bins wasn’t easy, and the single click nature of it went against all my muscle memory of opening bins. This is yet another idea that Avid has borrowed from FCP (because it is very useful), BIN TABS. One thing you may notice with those above pictures…the bin has TABS. And if you change the color in the bin, the color is instantly changed on the timeline as well. Meanwhile, on the timeline, the entire clip does show up as the color you gave it in the bin, making it easy to spot. And if you right-click on that, you can change the color to what you want…within a limited palette.Īnd you can move that box indicating clip color to wherever in the bin you want. ![]() Instead of highlighting the whole clip in the bin with the color, there is a little box next to the clip that contains the color. Note that the close/expand/minimize button are also colored when active, so they are easily spotted.Ĭlip color. There are bin highlight colors on the top bar, so you can see which bin is active. It is very readable, and stands out, without being obnoxious. This is not modifiable…which is fine by me (and the other editors on the beta). MC6_TimecodeReadout The timecode displays in the Composer window are green, like you’d see on a deck. Mainly because I’d open up my in my assistant’s (or another editors) settings and be confronted with neon chaos. Missing are all the bin color options and various window color options, which I find refreshing. ![]() You can choose one of 6 highlight colors (I like gold personally, and very dark). You can have it look the normal flat grey…or you can go very dark grey. Here is a big picture of the grey interface.Īnd here is a pic of the black interface (what I use) ![]() Here, I’ll show you several pics, so you can see for yourself. There were minor changes done since then…refinements to every part of the interface. It is something we all got a taste of at the Avid Event in July (that I blogged about here), but at that time it wasn’t locked down. It has been updated from the old UI we have been using for a decade or two now, and it is pretty sleek. ![]() I will start first with what we all see when we first open up the application…the User Interface (UI). OK…that all said and done, let’s move onto the new features of Media Composer 6.0. And the feedback was almost instantaneous, as we’d have a new build to look at every week or two. There were several instances when Avid conferenced-called us users and got our feedback on what we liked and didn’t like. Avid is showing a true commitment to professional editors by having the pros test every aspect of MC6 and provide feedback. Because it was a beta I only used it on non-time critical projects, but I did use it in real world application. Editors from all walks of professional life who used the beta on some of our actual projects. One of a couple hundred actual end-users of the software. Technical Details of Avid Media Composer 8.I’m going to start out by saying that I was one of the beta testers of this version of Media Composer. Avid Media Composer Mac Os Features of Avid Media Composer 8.8 for Mac All in all, it is a complete environment for editing and enhancing the videos and other media files. It is also possible to adjust the resolution and the framerate of the videos. There is a bundle of video effects and filters. This powerful application can handle both analog and digital tapes. A wide range of powerful media editing tools, it is possible to handle high-resolution videos such as SD, HD, 2K, 4K, 5K, and even 3D media content including ALEXA, ARRI, MXF, AVCHD, RED, ProRes, XDCAM, P2, Canon, QuickTime, XF and various others.
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