Avid Media Composer Windows PC Suite

Create inspired stories with the industry-standard video editor

Edit with Oscar- and Emmy-winning tools

The majority of all mainstream movies and TV shows are edited on Media Composer. That’s because its coveted editing, effects, titling, color, and audio tools make the creative process fast, easy, and gratifying.

Create compelling content

Make your stories look, feel, and sound spectacular. From adding drama and mood through high-quality visual effects  and color grading, to creating stirring soundtracks in 7.1 surround, you can do it in Media Composer.

Work with any type of media

If you’ve got footage, you can edit it in Media Composer. From HD, UHD, 8K, 16K, and HDR, to stereoscopic 3D and IMAX, Media Composer eliminates the media bottlenecks, streamlining your workflow to bring your stories to life.

Finish in the box—or out

Get consistent color accuracy whether you edit and finish content in Media Composer or roundtrip projects to another application. And deliver OTT content to the required specs right from Media Composer with new IMF packaging tools in the Symphony Option.

Gain unmatched efficiency

Media Composer eliminates media bottlenecks, so you can complete projects faster. Its DNx codecs and HDR color pipeline enable you to scale high-res media and match color spaces quickly. You can even automate time-consuming tasks in the background—essential for every video editor on deadline.

Connect with creators everywhere

Avid Link is now integrated directly in Media Composer, enabling you to find, connect, and collaborate with a network of video and audio creators to expand your creative possibilities and career opportunities. And shop for additional effects and color tools to further your story.

Accelerate multicam editing

Media Composer’s patented, Emmy Award-winning multicamera editing tools minimize tedious prep time and complexity, so you can dive right into the creative fun of telling all perspectives of the story.

Get the industry’s most reliable media management

With rock-solid media management keeping track of all your files, including OP1a, you can have confidence knowing that media won’t go offline. Even as projects move and evolve over many months. Or even years.

Maximize your creative possibilities

Gain new capabilities with options

Want to find every clip that contains specific words of dialogue—in seconds? Or sync every take of a scene to the script to determine the best one? Give your Media Composer superpowers with a variety of add-on options.

Capture, monitor, and output video

Pair Media Composer with an Avid Artist I/O interface and experience the fastest way to capture, monitor, and output video. From portable 4K interfaces with onboard DNxHR encoding, to boxes that offer extensive I/O and video over IP, you get the tight integration you need to handle any production.