Compare the versions of EDIUS

All versions of EDIUS share the same pristine video quality and ease of use that make EDIUS one of the world’s most popular video editing and production solutions. Depending on the size and complexity of your projects, your feature requirements and your budget, you can choose the EDIUS version that fits you best. If you find that you need more facilities, of course, you can upgrade.

EDIUS 11

FeatureEDIUS 11 ProEDIUS 11 WorkgroupEDIUS 11 Broadcast
8K support (project setting and export)YesYesYes
FTP uploading and downloadingNoYesYes
Title Insertion ModeNoYesYes
Editing while recording captureNoYesYes
Monitor controlNoYesYes
Audio monitoring modeNoYesYes
Loudness meterNoYesYes
Audio bitstream pass-throughNoYesYes
Advanced MXF file exportingNoYesYes
Video-out conversion (via I/O hardware)NoYesYes
Video-out support for UHD/4K 50/60p (via I/O hardware) NoYesYes
Offline activation and offline editingNoNoYes
Usage of eID can be skippedNoNoYes
Import of Dolby Digital Professional and Dolby Digital Plus formatsNoNoYes
Output of Dolby Digital Professional and Dolby Digital Plus formatsNoNoYes
K2 connection (SAN)NoOptionalOptional
K2 connection (FTP)NoOptionalOptional
Avid DNxHD codec SupportMOV onlyMOV+MXFMOV+MXF

EDIUS X

FeatureEDIUS X Pro
EDIUS X Workgroup
8K support (project setting and export)NoYes
FTP uploading and downloadingNoYes
Title Insertion ModeNoYes
Editing while recording captureNoYes
Monitor controlNoYes
Audio monitoring modeNoYes
Loudness meterNoYes
Audio bitstream pass-throughNoYes
Generic MXF file exportingNoYes
Video-out conversion (via I/O hardware)NoYes
Video-out support for UHD/4K 50/60p (via I/O hardware)NoYes
Offline activation and offline editingNoYes
Usage of eID can be skippedNoYes
Import of Dolby Digital Professional and Dolby Digital Plus formatsNoOptional
Output of Dolby Digital Professional and Dolby Digital Plus formatsNoOptional
GV STRATUS supportNoOptional in the future
EDIUS XRE supportNoOptional in the future
K2 connection (SAN)NoOptional
K2 connection (FTP)NoOptional
Avid DNxHD codec SupportOptionalYes
FeatureEDIUS Pro 9EDIUS Workgroup 9
Support of integrated subtitles (“Closed Captions”)YesYes
Possibility to select preview quality (“Draft Preview”)NoYes
Possibility to preview material in UHD (“4K 16:9”) at 50p/60p by using editing cards from e.g. Blackmagic Design or AJANoYes
Loudness Auto Adjust according to R 128 (New in EDIUS 8.51)NoYes
Mync for managing video, audio and stills including import function, tagging, seraching for keywords and previewing clips in high quality. Upload function to YouTube, Vimeo and FTP-servers (New in EDIUS 8.32)YesYes
Optical Flow for framerate conversion and slow motion (New in EDIUS 8.30)YesYes
New Bin mode including the “Time Code” (New in EDIUS 8.3)YesYes
Disc Burner authoring in various project settings (New in EDIUS 8.3)YesYes
High-resolution proxy files (New in EDIUS 8.3)YesYes
GV Browser improvements (New in EDIUS 8.3)YesYes
FUJIFILM – F-Log color space in primary color correction filter (New in EDIUS 8.3)YesYes
64-channel audio support (New in EDIUS 8.3)YesYes
Import/Export improvements of MXF DNxHD (New in EDIUS 8.3)NoYes
Improved GUI for high resolution screens (New in EDIUS 8.3)YesYes
Installation of EDIUS without Apple QuickTime possible. (New in EDIUS 8.22)YesYes
ProRes material can be imported and edited natively without Apple QuickTime. (New in EDIUS 8.22)YesYes
Support for more color spaces by the Primary Color Correction filter.(New in EDIUS 8.22)YesYes
Custom LUT (.cube) file import for the Primary Color Correction filter. (New in EDIUS 8.22)YesYes
GPU acceleration for the Primary Color Correction filter. (New in EDIUS 8.22)YesYes
Improved support of Intel Quick Sync. (New in EDIUS 8.2)YesYes
Primary color correction (RGB) on LOG or RAW clips. (New in EDIUS 8.2)YesYes
Support for Sony and Canon RAW decoding. (New in EDIUS 8.2)YesYes
Motion tracking feature for Mask filter (New in EDIUS 8.2)YesYes
Support for draft video preview (New in EDIUS 8.2)NoYes
Increased ProRes and DNxHD performance by 250% (New in EDIUS 8.1)NoYes
Support of Project Templates (New in EDIUS 8.1)YesYes
Supporting Open FX Plug-ins (New in EDIUS 8.1)YesYes
New GUI with an improved scalability for high-res-displays and a sleek, modern design (e.g. to view footage in the bin-window in any desired size)YesYes
Mync, a personal file-manager, for retrieval and admiration of all your source-material including video, audio and stillsYesYes
Supporting the newest camera-models like the Canon XF-AVCYesYes
Windows 10 supportYesYes
Optimized for Intel’s Core i architecture 4th generation (Haswell)YesYes
Enhanced MPEG2- and H.264-encoderYesYes
Utilizes Intel’s Quick Sync GPU technology intensely speeding up the timeline-performance editing H.264 HD and 4K-footage.YesYes
9.xx dot-release-updates free of charge with new features and enhancements within the EDIUS 9-productcycle until the end of 2019YesYes
High DPI support as well asYesYes
Support of import from H.265/HEVC
“Edit while Capture”: Sources can be captured and edited at the same time while the recording file is still going on with continuously „growing“ files. Further supported: Metus Ingest or Grass Valley T2 RecoderNoYes,
edit and ingest
Avid DNxHD Codec (MXF) included, ideal to collaborate with Avid cuttersOptionalYes
EDIUS Watch Folder, monitoring a folder (local or network-drive) and automatically importing files into the EDIUS-binNoYes
EDIUS XRE Render Engine Support, allowing an external rendering of EDIUS-projectsNoYes
Dolby E Pass-Through, audio data remain unchangedNoYes
ANC Data (closed captioning subtitles) Pass-Through, video-embedded subtitles remain unchangedNoYes
Player-Audio-Monitoring-Mode to monitor any chosen track of a source fileNoYes
Loudness Monitoring according to the R128 standard (important when finalizing the audio-mix for a broadcasting-station)NoYes
Connecting to storage-media via FTP (rarely used feature)NoYes
General MX-Exporter (rarely used feature)NoYes
K2 GXF Exporter for K2-Storage-Server, requires K2-ServerNoOptional
Connecting to GV STRATUS (newsroom, field), requires GV STRATUS-installationNoOptional
Connecting to K2 SAN, K2 DyNo (SNFS), requires K2 SAN or K2 DyNoNoOptional
Tight integration with the CatDV-MAM-system (Square Box Systems), requires CatDV-MAMNoYes
Tight integration with the Metus-MAM-system, requires Metus-MAMYesYes
Dolby Plus Professional Licence, relevant choice for broadcastersNoOptional
Internet-access required (In case there is no access possible or prohibited by your companies’ regulations please contact your local EDIUS reseller)Yes (at least once within 60 days)No
Creating a personal EDIUS ID is required to run EDIUSYesNo