New in Media Composer v2021.12

What’s New forAvid® Media Composer® v2021.12
New in Media Composer v2021.12
The following are new for Media Composer v2021.12:•New Mac Support•

Updated OS Support•

Rendering AudioSuite Effects•

SubCap Font Support•

Change to Dual Monitor Systems•

Dockable Tool Palette•Increased Track Limit•

Snap to Grid in Bin Frame View•

HW/SW Context Menu Update•

Insert Track Menu Option•

Updated Bin Settings

New Mac Support
This release of Media Composer supports Mac M1 systems.
Avid recommends you set the following in Media Composer when working with a M1 16G system:•Set the video memory and file cache. Access the video memory by selecting File > Settings,click the Site tab and double-click Media Cache. Use the slider to set the Desired Video Memory(GB) to 1G. Set the File Cache to 2GB.

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Turn off Phonetic Indexing. Access this option by pressing Ctrl + F to open the Find Window.
Click the Settings button (gear icon) in the Find window and click Stop Indexing.

•Turn off Background Services. Access the background services by selecting Tools >Background Services. The Background Services window opens. Select Stop to stop the services.

•Resolutions: Avid recommends you work with the DNx family of resolutions and Apple ProRes
422 resolutions.

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Avid recommends the following if you see hangs or stuttering play with 10-bit or RGB formats whenworking with a M1 Pro/Max system.
•Increase the Media Cache “Video Memory” setting to 4GB.

Updated OS Support
Avid has qualified the following or this release.
•Windows 11•

macOS v12

Composer v2021.12 has been qualified with macOS v12. Avid has not qualified macOS v12n Mediawith the CrowdStrike anti-virus application.

Rendering AudioSuite Effects
With this release, when performing an AAF export that requires rendering of AudioSuite effects, therendering is performed on the existing sequence prior to making the .copy that is used for the actual
export. The reason for this is that after more edits are made to the original sequence, subsequent
exports will only create new renders for effects that have changed since the previous export, reducing
the volume of new media that needs to be included in the turnover.

SubCap Font Support(Windows) With this release, the SubCap effect supports Extensis Universal Type Client/ServerFonts.

Change to Dual Monitor Systems
With two or more monitors connected to the system, when you launch with a new user setting, MediaComposer will display a main host panel on Display 1 (the primary display), and a Floating panel
containing the Timeline and Composer on Display2. The second host panel will be disabled bydefault. To enable the second host panel, go to Windows > Host Panels > Display 2.

Dockable Tool Palette
You can now dock or tab one or more Tool Palettes and include them in Workspaces.
Simply click in the vertical title bar of the Tool Palette and drag to the location where you want todock the window. Locations where you can dock the window will appear as green drop zones.

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Example of a Tool Palette dropped next to the Timeline

You can also access your named Tool Palettes from the Tools menu. To create and name multiple
Tool Palette Settings see “Duplicating Settings” in the Help. Once you have multiple settings you canchoose them from the Tools menu.

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Increased Track Limit
Previously, Media Composer allowed you to create up to 64 video and 64 audio tracks. With thisrelease, you can create up to 99 video and 99 audio tracks.
you create a sequence with up to 99 video and 99 audio tracks and bring that sequence to ann Ifearlier
version of Media Composer, you will be able to see the additional tracks, but they will belocked.

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Snap to Grid in Bin Frame View
When you are in Bin Frame View, you can select grid settings to allow you to easily organize yourclips in the bin with the aid of a grid. The grid is used only when you are dragging clips. The grid canbe hidden or visible and allows you to easily arrange your clips.
To work with the grid in Frame View:

1. Click the Frame View button in the bin.
2. Select the Bin Fast Menu and select Snap to Grid, or right click in the Bin and select Snap toGrid.
3. Choose from the following:t

Disable - choose to disable the grid in the bin.

tTemporary - choose to temporarily display the grid. Click and hold a clip to temporarily
display the grid until you move the clip to the desired location.

tEnable - choose to always display a grid in the bin allowing you to easily arrange items inthe bin.

tInvisible - choose to enable the grid without displaying the grid.

4. If you have enabled the grid, arrange the items in your bin by dragging the clips. Once you drop
the clip, it will align to the nearest intersection of the grid.

HW/SW Context Menu Update
With this release, you can call up control panels for each hardware interface or streaming plug-in
individually from the HW/SW open I/O context menu. Places where the hardware control panel isaccessed, outside of the context menu on the HW/SW switch, will call up control panels for theattached interfaces and streaming plug-ins.

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Insert Track Menu Option
An Insert Track menu option has been added to the Timeline menu. This allows you to easily accessthe Insert Track dialog box. Select Timeline > New > Insert Track or right-click the Timeline context
menu and select New > Insert Track to access the dialog.
In previous releases, you could access this dialog with Ctrl+Alt+U or Ctrl+Alt+Y.

When you choose to insert a track, Media Composer labels the new track with the number you
selected and renumbers the existing tracks in consecutive order.

Updated Bin Settings
The text in the Bin Settings has been updated to clarify the settings when creating a new Bin or
opening a closed Bin.

This allows you to choose:•Tabs the Bin into the active pane in a Bin Container - select if you want double-clicking aclosed bin, script, or volume in a Bin Container sidebar to open and tab it to the currently activebin in the right side of the Bin Container.

•Floats the bin - select if you want double-clicking a closed bin, script, or volume in a Bin
Container sidebar to open in a new floating Bin Container window.

n Pressing Ctrl (Cmd) + double clicking inverts the active setting.
This setting applies anytime a Bin is opened or created, such as when you perform a Find Binn commandthat causes a bin to be opened

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