| Feature | Media Composer | Media Composer Ultimate |
| Projects | Unlimited, with support for Custom Projects | Unlimited, with support for Custom Projects |
| Bins | Unlimited bins, Volume bins, Favorite bins | Unlimited bins, Volume bins, Favorite bins, Shared bins and projects |
| Video and audio plug-in support | All AVX and AAX plug-ins | All AVX and AAX plug-ins |
| Transcode | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Consolidate | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Video tracks | 24 | 24 |
| Audio tracks | 64 | 64 |
| Data tracks | Fully supported | Fully supported |
| Linked file support | Full encode and decode | Full encode and decode, SD, HD, >HD |
| Project formats | SD PAL, SD NTSC, 720, 1080, 2K, UHD, 4K, Custom | SD PAL, SD NTSC, 720, 1080, 2K, UHD, 4K, Custom |
| Frame rates | 23.978p, 24p, 25i/p, 30i/p, 50i/p, 59.94i/p, 60p | 23.978p, 24p, 25i/p, 30i/p, 50i/p, 59.94i/p, 60p |
| Native compression | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Color spaces | 601/709, RGB 709, S-Log3, SMPTE-2084, DCI-P3, Rec. 2020, ACES Proxy | 601/709, RGB 709, S-Log3, SMPTE-2084, DCI-P3, Rec. 2020, ACES Proxy |
| Desktop display LUTs | Rec. 709, DCI-P3, sRGB, Rec. 2020, ACES Proxy | Rec. 709, DCI-P3, sRGB, Rec. 2020, ACES Proxy |
| Audio resolutions | 32, 44.1, 48, and 96 kHz; 16- and 24-bit | 32, 44.1, 48, and 96 kHz; 16- and 24-bit |
| Audio channels | Mono, dual mono, stereo, 5.1 and 7.1 surround | Mono, dual mono, stereo, 5.1 and 7.1 surround |
| Video editing | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Multicam editing | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Video effects | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| FrameFlex | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Timecode tool | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Print Timeline | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| List tool | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Film workflows | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Stereoscopic 3D | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Color Correction | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Audio editing | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Audio effects | Full core set | Full core set |
| Workspaces | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Titles | Marquee tool and Classic Title tool | Marquee tool and Classic Title tool |
| Background render, transcode, and consolidate | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Settings | Full User settings, Multiple Users settings, Site settings, Project settings | Full User settings, Multiple Users settings, Site settings, Project settings |
| Keyboard Mapping | Full | Full |
| Source/Record color differentiation | Off by default | Off by default |
| Snap to Edit | Off by default | Off by default |
| Auto-launch Effects Editor | Off by default | Off by default |
| Video and audio plug-in support | All AVX and AAX plug-ins | All AVX and AAX plug-ins |
| Avid Marketplace | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Source Browser | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Drag-and-Drop Import | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Drag-and-Drop Link | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Photoshop w/Layers | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Capture | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Dynamic Media Folders | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| AAF Import | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| EDL Import | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| ALE Import | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Shot Log Import | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| SCC Import | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Edit While Capture | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| QuickTime (.mov) formats | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Graphic Export | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| AAF Export | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| ALE Export | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| AFE Export | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Shot Log Export | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| SCC Export | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| TTML Export | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| AMA File Export | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| DPX Export | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| AS-11 MXF OP1a Export | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| DNxHD MXF OP1a Export | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| DNxHR MXF OP1a Export | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| J2K MXF OP1a Export | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Export to Device | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Send to... | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Avid Artist | DNxIQ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Avid Artist | DNxIV | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Avid Artist | DNxIP | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Avid Artist | DNxID | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Avid and third-party audio interfaces | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Third-party video interface | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Pro Tools | Control | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Pro Tools | Dock | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Artist Control | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Artist Mix | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Artist Color | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Artist Transport | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Media Composer | Symphony Option | ✔️ | ✔️ (Included) |
| Media Composer | NewsCutter Option | ✔️ | ✔️ (Included) |
| Media Composer | ScriptSync Option | ✔️ | ✔️ (Included) |
| Media Composer | PhraseFind Option | ✔️ | ✔️ (Included) |
| Media Composer | Production Pack | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Interplay | Production | ✔️ | |
| Interplay | MAM | ✔️ | |
| MediaCentral | ✔️ | |
| MediaCentral | Cloud UX | ✔️ | |
| Avid NEXIS shared bins and projects | ✔️ | |
| iNEWS | ✔️ |
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