Item: Media Composer
Rating: 10
Author: Dan Leonard

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Media Composer is an essential tool for our Film and television workflows. It addresses students learning the industry standard for film and television editing

Pros and Cons

Manage Longform Media
Edit video and sound
Script Based editing

Visual effects
Speed of export
performance of linked media

Most Important Features

Editorial
Export to Pro Tools
Industry standard toolset

Return on Investment

Allowed our students to get top jobs in the industry
trained on tools that large media companies use
Comprehensive educational curriculum and certification available

We [utilize] premiere for our VFX and animation curriculum due to tight integration with after effects and [photoshop]. we utilize resolve for DIT and color correction and finishing Media composer is the heart of our editorial workflow to align with the industry and give students a leg up to get jobs

Key Insights

Do you think Media Composer delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Media Composer's feature set?

Yes

Did Media Composer live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Media Composer go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Media Composer again?

Yes

Other Software Used

DaVinci Resolve, Avid Pro Tools, Adobe Premiere Pro

Likelihood to Recommend

Media composer is well suited to [the] collaborative workflow for the entertainment industry when working with multiple professionals. Media composer is also vital for creative post-production professionals that want to work at the top level of the industry. Media composer works well with Pro Tools the industry standard for Audio Post-production

Avid Media Composer Still the Industry standard

Overall Satisfaction with Media Composer