However, with the addition of the Host Panels, these items are hidden from view. In the classic versions of Media Composer, users had the ability to see the MacOS Desktop and other applications or windows behind Media Composer. If using 3 or more displays, you have the ability to add host panels using the Windows -> Host Panels menu. For bays with two or more monitors, Media Composer displays a host panel on Display 1 and Display 2. With the release of Media Composer 2019.6, Avid added host panels to support “paneling”, the docking of windows and bins.
If you prefer to have a Project window that floats with all your bins and folders, you can access Project from the Tools menu. Project WindowĪs I mentioned above, the modern versions of Avid hide the Project window by default in favor of Bin Containers with the Bin Sidebar. If you prefer to leave tabbing the default behavior, you can also use the CMD key modifier to float a bin on demand. Selecting “Floats the bin” will restore the classic bin floating window. The Settings panel can also be accessed by pressing CMD + Control + Equals on the Keyboard. They are no longer tabs across the top of the Project window (Avid now hides the Project window by default) but rather located under the File menu at File -> Settings. New Settings Locationįirst, it’s important to note that the Settings and Format tabs have moved in the modern versions of Avid to their own window. Thankfully, Avid has listened to some of the feed back provided since 2019, and has added a little bit of customization to the modern versions of Media Composer that can allow users who are more comfortable with classic 2018 Media Composer to feel a bit more at home. Post facilities replacing the old Westmere Mac Pros with newer Macs find themselves required to work with the modern Avid versions as only 2020.4+ are compatible with Catalina and Big Sur.
Over the last three years, while many have come to adapt to the “new” Avid user interface (first introduced in Avid Media Composer 2019), there are still a large number of editors and producers who are encountering the new interface for the first time. We Avid editors can often be set in our ways, and resistant to change.
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