Monday, 25 November 2013

Final Cut Pro Vs. Avid Media Composer.


                    
                                                            


Avid Media Composer is a professional video editing software that is edited offline and non-linear. Since the first Avid Media Composer was released in 1989, the application features have increased to allow for film editing, uncompressed standard definition, video and high definition editing and finishing. The first Avid Media Composer was released in 1989. In 1999 the first Media Composer released on Windows. In February 2003 the first version to support Mac OS X was released. The latest Avid Media Composer is compatible with Windows 7/8 and Mac OS X 10.7, 10.8. 

Final Cut Pro is another professional video production editing software for Mac OS X from Apple and also a direct competitor to Avid Media Composer in the high-end movie production industry. It is now only available to purchase through Apple online or in the Apple stores. In April 2005, Apple replaced Production Suite with Final Cut Studio, which includes new versions of Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro and Motion. The first Final Cut Pro was released in 1999 with different versions released since then and the latest released in July 2011, which was the Final Cut Pro X, Motion 5, Compressor 4.

Avid Media Composer and Final Cut Pro are both editing softwares that can both put a video together but with the different tools that are set in both softwares can then be edited in different ways. One of the major differences between Final Cut Pro and Avid Media Composer is that Avid is compatible with Macs and Windows where as Final Cut is only compatible with Macs. 


When importing QuickTime media files into both of the software’s, Final Cut allows you to drag and drop directly into the software where as with Avid, you have to import and convert the media before being able to use it. Another difference is collaborative editing as Avid allows multiple editors to work on a project where as Final Cut is still behind when it comes to collaborative editing.

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