Avid has a series of 14 tutorials for editing on their Avid Free DV software. The tutorials cover all the basics of Free DV, which is a fantastic free version of Avid’s professional editing offerings. Free DV is amazingly well stocked with features for it’s lack of a pricetag (the next version up being $495!). Forums » Professional Video Editing & Finishing Forums » Avid Media Composer - Mac » MC 2020 Mac Option Copy Latest post Sat, Nov 14 2020 2:42 AM by gtube. Page 1 of 1 (5 items). Avid hopes that you'll find the free product so intriguing that you'll move up to their commercial applications, which include Avid Xpress DV and Avid Xpress Pro. Mac system requirements are Mac.
Developer(s) | Avid Technology |
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Final release | 1.8 (Mac OS X), 1.6 (Windows) |
Operating system | Windows, Mac OS X |
Type | Video editing software |
License | Proprietary |
Website | avid.com/us/resources/freedv |
Avid Free DV is a non-linear editingvideo editing software application which was made by Avid Technology. Avid discontinued this product, stating: 'Effective September 1, 2007, Avid is discontinuing the Avid Free DV application offer, and has no immediate plans to make an updated version available.'[1]
Non-destructive editing is a form of audio, video, and image editing in which the original content is not modified in the course of editing; instead the edits are specified and modified by specialized software. A pointer-based playlist, effectively an edit decision list (EDL), for video or a directed acyclic graph for still images is used to keep track of edits. Each time the edited audio, video, or image is rendered, played back, or accessed, it is reconstructed from the original source and the specified editing steps. Although this process is more computationally intensive than directly modifying the original content, changing the edits themselves can be almost instantaneous, and it prevents further generation loss as the audio, video, or image is edited.
Video editing software is software used for performing the post-production video editing of digital video sequences on a non-linear editing system (NLE). It has replaced traditional flatbed celluloid film editing tools and analogue video tape-to-tape online editing[1] machines.
Avid Technology is an American technology and multimedia company founded in August 1987 by Bill Warner, based in Burlington, Massachusetts. It specializes in audio and video; specifically, digital non-linear editing (NLE) systems, management and distribution services.
It was intended to give editors a sample of the Avid interface to use in deciding whether or not to purchase Avid software, so when compared with other Avid products its features were relatively minimal. When it was available it was not limited by time or watermarking, so it could be used as a non-linear editor for as long as desired.