Avid Media Composer Ultimate (Subscription, 1-Year, Crossgrade from Media Composer Standard Perpetual, Student/Teacher, Download)

Media Composer is professional video editing software used by film, TV, and news studios. It combines AI-powered automation, deep timeline control, and reliable finishing pipelines to handle large volumes of footage securely from first cut to final delivery.

Command the Timeline

Media Composer provides flexible cutting, trimming, slipping, sliding, and rearranging tools with customizable keyboard shortcuts. Editors can design workflows that fit their style while maintaining high-speed editing.

• Customize keyboard shortcuts for personalized workflows
• Tools designed for fast-paced editing
• Full flexibility in manipulating clips and timelines

Edit from Transcripts

AI-powered text and phonetic search tools instantly navigate transcripts to turn large volumes of dialogue into searchable content. Editors can locate lines, compare takes, generate multicam edits by speaker, and shape scenes.

• AI-powered text and phonetic search for dialogue
• Instantly locate lines and compare takes
• Generate multicam edits organized by speaker
• Shape scenes using transcript navigation

Multi-Camera Workflows

Automated waveform and timecode matching lets editors create multicam timelines from thousands of hours of footage. The software supports grouping up to 64 cameras with a responsive, zero-lag engine.

• Automated camera syncing via waveform and timecode matching
• Support for up to 64 synchronized cameras
• Zero-lag engine for responsive multicam cutting
• Create multi-camera timelines from large footage volumes

Color, Finishing, and Collaboration

Media Composer includes built-in Symphony grading tools or supports frame-accurate round-trips to external color suites with full metadata preservation. Shared project support with Avid NEXIS and third-party storage allows multiple editors to safely work simultaneously in the same project with real-time bin locking and centralized shared media.

• Native grading with Symphony toolset
• Frame-accurate integration with external color suites
• Full metadata preservation of edits and layers
• Real-time bin locking for secure shared projects
• Integration with Avid NEXIS and third-party storage

What you’re buying

• A crossgrade to Avid Media Composer Ultimate for owners of Media Composer Standard Perpetual.
• 1-Year subscription.
• Student and teacher (educational) license.
• Delivered as a download.