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MC 2021.12.10 (Released October 5, 2023)

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2021.12.10 What's New?

Added: 

  • ScriptSync AI
  • PhraseFind AI


Other than these two additions, this is a maintenance release. All primary development ended in December of 2021 with MC 2021.12.0. All subsequent maintenance releases address bugs, occasional feature-adds, and other minor additions. 


17 bugs were squashed in this release.

Official "What's New" document

MC 2021.12.9 (Released June 6, 2023)

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2021.12.9 What's New?

This is a maintenance release. All primary development ended with MC 2021.12, and subsequent maintenance releases address bugs, occasional feature-adds, and other minor additions. 


Around a dozen bugs were squashed in this release.

Official "What's New" document

MC 2021.12.7 (Released January 26, 2023)

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2021.12.7 What's New?

This is a maintenance release. All primary development ended with MC 2021.12, and subsequent maintenance releases address bugs, occasional feature-adds, and other minor additions. 


15 bugs were squashed in this release, including:

- a serious bug with Baselight has been fixed

- a bug where interface elements would disappear in the Markers window

- lots of Dynamic Relink fixes

Official "What's New" document

MC 2021.12.6 (Released December 27, 2022)

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2021.12.6 What's New?

This is a maintenance release. All primary development ended with MC 2021.12, and subsequent maintenance releases address bugs, occasional feature-adds, and other minor additions. 


Dynamic Relink has been improved with this release and includes various fixes to address issues with Matte Keys and alpha channels. 

Official "What's New" document

MC 2021.12.5 (Released November 24, 2022)

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2021.12.5 What's New?

This is a maintenance release. All primary development ended with MC 2021.12, and subsequent maintenance releases address bugs, occasional feature-adds, and other minor additions. 


Dynamic Relink has been improved with this release and includes various fixes to address issues with Matte Keys and alpha channels. 

Official "What's New" document

MC 2021.12.4 (Released August 25, 2022)

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2021.12.4 What's New?

This is a maintenance release. All primary development ended with MC 2021.12, and subsequent maintenance releases address bugs, occasional feature-adds, and other minor additions. 


- Bug fixes that stop some crashes seen in 2021.12.3, including one associated with Script-Based Editing scripts causing crashes.

Official "What's New" document

MC 2021.12.3 (Released August 4, 2022)

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2021.12.3 What's New?

This is a maintenance release. All primary development ended with MC 2021.12, and subsequent maintenance releases address bugs, occasional feature-adds, and other minor additions. 


- 34 bug fixes! See them in the readme.

Official "What's New" document

MC 2021.12.2 (Released April 12, 2022)

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2021.12.2 What's New?

This is a maintenance release. All primary development ended with MC 2021.12, and subsequent maintenance releases address bugs, occasional feature-adds, and other minor additions. 


- 42 bug fixes!

- Fixes issue some users had with activating Symphony, SS, PH

- Fixes the issue some Mojave and Monterey users were having with installation

Official "What's New" document

MC 21.12 "What a Rush" (Released December 16, 2021)

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2021.12.0 What's New?

- Apple silicon support!!! (M1, M1 Pro, M1 Max) 

- Windows 11 support!!!

- Cloud licensing via Link (deactivate remotely) 

- AAF: more efficient rendering of AudioSuite effects 

- SubCap effect supports Extensis Universal Type Fonts (Win) 

- Advances to the Ul 

- Tool Palette now dockable; multiple palettes saveable 

- Now 99 tracks of video

- Now 99 tracks of audio 

- Bin Frame View: new "Snap to Grid" upgrade to interface 

- Updated HW/SW context menu 

- New timeline menu option: Insert Track 

- 35 bug fixes!

Official "What's New" document

MC 2021.9 (Released September 30, 2021)

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MC 2021.9 What's New?

- A bin's columns can now be manually dragged to increase/decrease their widths 

- Move Clip Leaves Filler" as a checkable option in the Timeline Menu 

- Numerous versions of macOS Big Sur supported (check the README) 

- Plus HUGE number of bug fixes!

Official "What's New" document

MC 2021.6 (Released June 15, 2021)

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MC 2021.6 What's New?

- Go to Next Event and Go to Previous Event 

- Duration added to the Bin Status Bar 

- Dragging Clips to a Closed Bin and Closed Folder in Sidebar!!! 

- Improved Timeline Scrolling 

- New bin setting: "Save single floating Bin Containers in Workspaces" 

- Workspaces load the last-known state rather than just the last-saved! 

- Avid Titler+ updates 

- Distributed Processing updates; MC|Enterprise updates 

- 37 bug fixes!

Official "What's New" document

MC 2021.5 (Released May 4, 2021)

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MC 2021.5 What's New?

This is mainly a bug-fix release:

- Fixed some issues with H.264 handling. 

- Fixed that bug where drop-frame sequences would be changed to non-drop when the start timecode was changed. 

- A dozen more good fixes.

Official "What's New" document

MC 2021.3 (Released March 23, 2021)

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MC 2021.3 What's New?

- Many interface upgrades 

- Bin Status Bar

- Sync Lock All button now mappable 

- Significant advancement in moving clips in Timeline with keyboard 

- Group Clip Name now an option in Timeline Clip Text 

- Find Bin can now be via a direct RT-click of a clip in Timeline 

- Farsi language now supported in ScriptSync and PhraseFind 

- Avid Titler+ updates 

- IMF workflows (Original and Supplemental) get a huge upgrade

Official "What's New" document

MC 2021.2 (Released February 9, 2021)

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MC 2021.2 What's New?

Dozens of bugs from the 2020 series have been squashed!

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