Media 100 is making a Comeback!

[Andrew Mehta]

Media 100 was $595 before Christmas, $99 since May, they’ve just announced $49 for students and teachers, and free for educational institutions until the end of October…who knows what is next? A freemium model is interesting, although I’m not sure how it would work – I daresay they need to figure it out first, too, before offering it.

In the meanwhile – drop Macpromovideo an email – more than likely they’ll be able to reset your demo period for you.

Although I was never able to afford the old $10,000 systems Media 100 used to come out with, I really value the software, and think $99 is worth it, especially with the free copy of Boris RED. The software is still a bit dated in some respects – you can tell it has only seen minor updates for the past couple of years, looking more like something you’d see in OSX Tiger, than Yosemite, – but everything works, and is a joy to use, =). You’ll be back to being a Media 100 expert in no time, I’m sure, ^_^.

And if not – just post here, =D, and everyone’ll try and help, =D. Yay! ^_^

And…wow! =D You wrote a production guide for Media 100!? =D
https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:m7p76QAoNVsJ:https://www.overdrive.com/creators/745693/steve-mullen+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk

[Steve Mullen]

I used this when I taught Media 100 at Harvestworks in NYC. Many Media Composer editors were blown away by how much faster they could edit on the Media 100!

Of course, back then we did FX with AE. (Why I don’t want to bother with Boris.)

Today one can also use AE to import CinemaDNG clips, grade, and export as ProRes.

Below the opening of my book:

imMEDIAte 100© Copyright 2002

by Steve Mullen

ImMEDIAte 100 has been designed to enable a video editor who is familiar with nonlinear, online editing concepts to quickly learn to edit using a Media 100. It assumes the editor has extensive Mac experience. It also assumes the Media 100 version 4.0 (or later) has already been installed on a Mac, an appropriate VCR has been connected, and you have been given a hands-on tour of the Media 100 human interface. After an introduction to the Media 100, each subsequent imMEDIAte 100 lesson provides information on how to perform a specific editing task.