Media Composer 8.6

Published on 18 July 2016 by Mirja Fürst. The Topics are: Editing (607)

Update 8.6 for Media Composer brings several new features, such as ingesting new files through a single window, as well as further functions for audio editing.

The Source Browser allows file-based media to be imported or linked with the associated settings from a single window, and lets users skip through clips in a tile-preview view before they are added to a project.

Media Composer 8.6 now offers native support for the Panasonic AVC-LongG format. With the latest Panasonic plug-in, you can now link and consolidate data, as well as create native AVC-LongG media. Supported formats include Panasonic AVC Long-GOP G12, G25 and G50 for 720p/50, 720p/59.94, 1080i/50 and 1080i/59.94.

The new selection functions in the timeline allow sections to be selected based on clip colour, offline property or similar. Sequences can now be created based on this selection, with the original position of the selected clips retained.

Audio Features

Audio Ducking makes it possible to create audio mixes quickly and easily. The tool can automatically reduce the volume of one or more audio tracks relative to the other audio tracks. If you rename an audio track in the track-selection window, the corresponding name appears together with the title identifier in the Audio Mixer tool. In the new version, Audio Suite effects can be stacked, so you can either manipulate each effect individually or treat the effect stack as one segment. It is also possible to group audio tracks, which can be useful when working with a large number of audio tracks.

An overview of the further features can be found here at Avid. The Media Composer V8.x documentation is available here.

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