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There are new ways to customize your work area for more viewable workflow and organization. Lastly, the maximum audio tracks has been increased almost threefold from 24 to 64. A new Quick Find and Filter field is now available in the effects palette for simplifying the search for a given effect. You can now add both audio and video tracks by just moving video into an empty space in the timeline, much like other editors. The timeline has also seen some improvement.
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The appearance of slip edits is also new, now showing tick marks that indicate the full length of the clip you are slipping. The way the process works isn’t much different, but what they’re labled has changed. How you import media has also been updated to be simply import/media instead of import/AMA/media. The biggest change to Media Composer is through the new menu simplification. Choices within menus have also been changed to be better related to their main menu category, offering a more intuitive user experience. The change was to give a better name for the choices within that category. Some changes go deep, like the changes to menu options Output and Special to Timeline and Composer.
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With this update, there are now more intuitive menu categories. However, they’ve been updated for the better and increase the program’s usability and functionality. You might be a bit frustrated at first because things have been moved around and reorganized. If you’re not new to Media Composer, then you’ll really like the new improvements in 8.5. Plus, knowing multiple editing platforms will expand your knowledge and knowhow, increasing your value and the productions you create. Many choose what they know because sometimes learning new programs can be difficult, but choosing the right tool for the job can save money and time. But just because a program you’re used to using seems easier, it's not necessarily a better program than the others it’s just different.
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Both Media Composer and Final Cut Pro X get this treatment because they are different than most programs currently. There is a big misconception out there when it comes to editing software: If it’s foreign to the user or causes the user to struggle, it must not be good.
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You want to choose what fits your work and editing style. It’s easy to get caught up thinking that the product everyone is talking about or using is right for you, but it’s always best to research what’s out there and assess your own needs. It’s a favorite amongst seasoned film editors and production houses because of its workflow capabilities across large teams, but the program still has shadows of its rigid past. Now, however, with version 8.5, it’s far more flexible, with easier media import and support. Sure it was rigid, but it forced a better understanding of codecs, resolution and containers. Media Composer was a great editor to learn on because it forced the user to know what what media they were using and required them to tell the program, not the other way around. Brands like Adobe and Apple make the marketplace diverse and offer strong challengers for AVID. Now though, the competition is far more stiff.
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For a long time, Media Composer was the only professional choice.