[Marcus Warren]

Michael, as was mentioned, you don’t have to move to Yosemite if you don’t want to. I believe 2.1.6 supports everything from Snow Leopard forward. We’ll will have to wait and see what transpires for M100 after the El Capitan OSX upgrade is released in the fall.

[Marcus Warren]

Considering that BorisFX initially sold Media 100 for more than $1,000 a copy, they may have hit that mark after selling less than 2000 licenses. I sure would like to know the total sales figures for Media 100 since BorisFX took over.

[Marcus Warren]

Boris and Optibase have to share revenue up to $2 million. I wonder if Media 100 sales ever hit that threshold?

[Marcus Warren]

Media 100 is not making a comeback.
And I am glad that Jim W. backed off of using that phrase.

What is happening now is an experiment or test that could lead to a comeback. It all depends on the success of this $99 deal. The greater the success, the greater the possibility of seeing a new 64 bit version of M100 with new features and interface.

For those of you with varying thoughts on the matter, your posts are welcome because they may help drive what M100 becomes. Of course, your $99 investment helps, too.

Who should take advantage of the $99 deal?
-Media 100 owners using a version prior to Media 100 Suite 2.1
-Premiere owners who would like to add the versatile and powerful Boris RED to their arsenal and gain additional titling, compositing and effects capabilities from a program that normally costs $695 (and not to long ago sold for $995).
-Anyone interested in Boris RED for the above reasons because the program can be launched in standalone mode.
-Folks who are just curious about Media 100.

Let’s be honest. M100 Suite is a capable, professional NLE that has been stymied by lack of real development for the last four years. But make no mistake, it’s a nice tool to have no matter what your primary editor; just try the 60 day trial (60 days!). And as mentioned, it does work with the latest version of the Mac OS.

Tracks – I want to clarify something about the number of tracks available. The Media 100 interface supports 100 video tracks and 24 audio tracks. But with RED, the number of tracks is actually unlimited. In fact, you could “nest” an unlimited amount of clips (and effects) on every one of Media 100’s one hundred tracks.

Many of you will remember the limited video tracks of earlier M100 versions. The A/B transition and fx option is still there (using tracks V and V1). But I’ve used M100 for close to 6 years and more than 99% of my editing does not involve using the A/B scheme. You don’t have to. Really, you don’t.

If you don’t like the A/B option, don’t use it. Just stack (or butt) clips and go.Remember, you have 100 video tracks, plus unlimited clips and effects through RED. Use dissolves or cuts for transitions, or use some third party effects to cover the cuts or build never-before seen transitions using RED. And of course you can still take advantage of the tons of transitions and effects available using the fx track, if you so desire.

You can get a lot done using Media 100 Suite, but even if you don’t care for Media 100, $99 for RED is an outstanding value.

[Marcus Warren]

The note on the Media 100 web page that said the M100 was not compatible with Yosemite has been removed, so I guess that is a sure sign of something new.

Thanks, Floh, for all that you do, have done and will do on behalf of Media 100 users worldwide.

[Marcus Warren]

Robert, these are very, very good. You are correct in saying there’s more to RED than titling and as far as compositing, there’s really a lot more to that aspect of the program that needs to be explored. In the meantime, I hope that you will share your RED animation techniques as well as what additional features you would like added to RED to make animating with it even better. Hopefully the folks at BorisFX will listen and follow-through.

[Marcus Warren]

Did you really mean to post in the Media 100 forum? Just checking.

[Marcus Warren]

If you don’t mind, please post the links to your other RED animations. Much appreciated.

[Marcus Warren]

Thanks, Andrew. Somehow I missed a whole lot of that thread on Facebook.

[Marcus Warren]

Andrew, would you post a link to Floh’s comment, “Hopefully there will be a nice announcement from Boris about Media 100 soon, not only covering Yosemite support…”