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Avid releases new software, Media Composer | First

We have already advanced, last April, in which Avid announced Avid announced, during the NABthat it would release a new software called Media Composer I First. Avid, as expected, has already released its free version of Media Composer, called Media Composer | First. A free version of your NLT available for Mac OS X.10.11 and […]

Lightworks 14.0

Lightworks, the editing system developed by EditShare, reaches version 14.0, designed to make videos ranging from social media or YouTube to 4K film projects. This update includes a new interface that allows you to create content quickly. However, users who already have experience with Lightworks can revert to their usual interface design. Now, with version […]

Sony Catalyst Updates

On Friday Sony announced updates to Catalyst Prepare and Catalyst Edit, its two media management and editing software that make up the Catalyst Production collection. Catalyst Prepare 2.1 Prepare’s revamped interface allows a tree-view navigation of all devices, recorders and hard disks, and the contents can be organized into libraries by simply dragging and dropping […]

New version of Baselight for Avid

Just a few days ago the new version of Baselight for Avid was released, which comes with some improvements for this color correction plugin designed by FilmLight. First, new subdivision functions have been added so that a correction can be easily applied to a group of shots and then cut and customized for each individual […]

Apple releases Final Cut Pro 10.2 update

Apple is not usually too present during the NAB celebrations, but even so, it doesn’t stop releasing new products around these dates. A few days ago the latest updates for Final Cut Pro 10.2, Motion 5.2 and Compressor 4.2 software were released. Final Cut Pro In the case of Final Cut Pro, several speed improvements […]

Avid to release Media Composer First for free

One more year NAB has arrived, one of the most important audiovisual fairs of the year where the big companies present their great innovations. Among them is Avid, which has surprised everyone with the bombshell of a free version of the Media Composer editing system called First. Of course, this is a limited version of […]

Media Composer and 4K

A few days ago Avid released the long awaited update that allowed 4K editing in the Media Composer system. 4K has finally arrived As part of an initiative called “Avid Resolution Independence,” announced last September, users can now edit natively in 2K, 4K and UHD. Through AMA you can link DPX, XAVC-1, RED or QT […]

Lightworks 12 for Mac OS X

Lightworks 12 has been officially released for Mac operating systems, making it the first editing system capable of working on all three major platforms. This software, which also has a completely free version, could already be used without any problems on Windows and Linux computers. Now, in addition to cross-platform compatibility, some new features and […]

Multi-camera editing tutorial in Avid

          In this tutorial, Creative Cow‘s Kevin P. McAuliffe explains how to easily do a multi-camera edit in Avid Media Composer version 6 and Symphony. The really good thing is that it uses a material that is not ideal when working with multiple cameras; the timecode of the different shots does […]

Tutorial: Shortcuts in Media Composer with the Alt/Option key

              In the Avid Media Composer editing system there are multiple shortcuts that can help us speed up our work. In addition to those that come by default and those that we can add through the Keyboard (in Settings) and the Command Palette (Cmd + 3 or Tools > […]