In more recent times, Avid Media Composer has come down to a much more reasonable $2,495, in order to compete with other video application bundles. So what can you do new with a program that’s well into its teens? The answer: refine, refine, refine – and that’s what Avid has done with Media Composer 3.5.įor most of its run in the professional world of non-linear editing, Avid came with a five-figure price tag, keeping it out of reach for many independent producers. It was cutting feature films when Premiere was looking at postage stamp-sized video and Final Cut wasn’t even a gleam in the eye of Apple.
Avid Media Composer is one of the oldest video-editing programs.