BURLINGTON, Mass.—Avid has introduced Media Composer 2024.6 of its video editing software, offering a new Transcript Tool for PhraseFind, enhanced compatibility with Avid’s Pro Tools audio production software and expanded availability of Avid Huddle, the company’s cloud service for real-time collaborative editing sessions.

The latest version enhances Avid PhraseFind with the Avid Ada AI. The new Transcript Tool allows editors to work more efficiently by letting them jump to specific moments in a clip based on spoken phrases, editing directly from selections in the transcript into the timeline, the company said. 

Media Composer 2024.6 also improves integration with Pro Tools, adding support for sub-frame automation for volume and pan, improving compatibility with Pro Tools and providing editors with more creative control. Pro Tools also can now export Media Composer-compatible session files that preserve essential metadata, it said. 

The release makes Avid Huddle available for all versions of Media Composer and Avid | Edit On Demand. Editors can stream the audio/video output of Media Composer directly to collaborators connected via Microsoft Teams, allowing for real-time reviews, time-stamped annotations and discussion. Time-based text comments can be imported back into Media Composer as markers to streamline content revisions, the company said.

More information is available on the company’s website.

BOSTON & LONDON—EditShare and Blackbird have teamed up to offer a collaborative workflow that assists with editing video in the cloud.

This integrated technology combines EditShare’s EFS scalable storage, FLOW media management and open APIs with Blackbird’s cloud video editing and publishing platform. With this connection, users can access all types of content located across storage pools in the proper formats for editing and delivery to multiple platforms and channels.

“Video production teams have rapidly pivoted their workflows to take advantage of the cloud’s scalability, flexibility and mobility,” said Conrad Clemson, EditShare CEO. “The combination of Blackbird and EditShare delivers added value to customers wanting to incorporate quick turnaround editing into a greater production workflow.”

EditShare and Blackbird will demonstrate their integrated solution during a pair of webinar sessions on Nov. 18, one at 9 a.m. ET and the other at 3 p.m. ET. 

WALTHAM, Mass. & LONDON—Zixi and Blackbird have announced a new partnership that will enable easy access to video content for the creation of clips to multiple devices.

Through this collaboration, Zixi’s Software-Defined Video Platform has been integrated with Blackbird’s fully-featured editor that can be accessed through a range of browsers. The new editing and publishing platform works in the cloud and can be deployed in Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud with live Zixi workflows. It also has the ability to insert branding, advertising and sponsored content for delivery to subscriber platforms.

The integrated SDVP provides ultra-low latency video delivery with the Zixi protocol, as well as transport, network and content quality analytics through Zixi Video Solutions stack. The virtual control plane ZEN Master, meanwhile, allows remote users to orchestrate, manage and monitor broadcast quality, low latency live video workflows from anywhere.

“The Blackbird Zixi integration allows for the real-time ingest of live video, and then lightning-fast video viewing, clipping, editing and immediate publishing for the realization of monetization,” said John Wastcoat, senior vice president, Alliances, at Zixi.

Zixi and Blackbird will demonstrate their joint offering April 29 at 11 a.m. ET as part of the Zixi Powered! virtual showcase.

For more information, visit www.blackbird.video.  

NEVADA CITY, Calif.—Telestream announced it has begun shipping ScreenFlow 9, the latest version of its video editing and screen recording software for the Mac.

ScreenFlow 9 makes it easy for users to create high-quality, professional videos, the company said. Version 9 adds new streamlined editing tools, multiscreen recording capability, a new clip editor and a high-resolution proxy editing workflow.

“The new features in ScreenFlow 9 focus on enabling users to create even more professional looking content that engages and retains viewers’ attention,” says Bryce Stejskal, product manager at Telestream. “Thanks in part to our passionate customer base, ScreenFlow continues to evolve to be the perfect communications tool for users wanting to communicate with video, while avoiding the complexities frequently associated with other video editing applications.”

ScreenFlow was created for marketers, educators, online-trainers, Vloggers and others needing an easy screen recording and video editing application, the company said.

New ScreenFlow 9 features include:

• Multiscreen recording, which gives users the ability to take advantage of more screen space to lay out various applications to help viewers follow processes or take note of more examples;
• Timeline tool palette, offering new editing tools, such as Hand, Zoom, Blade and Track Select.
• Proxy editing, which can reduce CPU demands when editing high-resolution images and allows users to edit more demanding content on less powerful systems;
• Clip editor, which makes it possible to preview clips and trim them to size before dropping them onto a timeline; and
• New click effects, which allow users to customize cursor looks and adjust size, color, duration and blur during screen recording.

ScreenFlow 9, which starts at $129, also includes updates for the latest Mac OS, updated capture card support, thumbnail image improvements and manual media management. Telestream is offering the latest version with the option of a $60 annual subscription to a comprehensive stock media library with unlimited access to more than 500,000 pieces of media.

The company is making a trial version available as a download, as well as selling the full version online.