Product Details
Artist | DNxID with Media Composer (E)

Portable, professional-grade I/O. Capture, monitor, and output HD and high-res content. With Media Composer Perpetual License.

Product Details

Whether you’re an editor on the go, a post editor working on location, or simply budget-minded, you can now have professional-grade I/O with you wherever you and your laptop travel. The new Avid Artist | DNxID sports a small yet rugged backpack-friendly design, enabling you to capture, monitor, and output HD and high-res content in the field, in the studio, or in a hotel room.

Accelerate your workflow

Get the high-res media acceleration of big brother Avid Artist | DNxIQ, at a fraction of the price. Avid Artist | DNxID offers hardware baseband encoding to Avid DNxHR, making it easy to work with large 4K files without slowing down your workflow. Bundle the interface with Media Composer to maximise your editorial efficiency. You can also record voiceovers and live audio with easy punch-in recording to Media Composer, and monitor HDR content in all of its stunning glory.

And The Industry's Leading NLE Video Software

Avid Media Composer is the industry-standard video NLE — this Oscar- and Emmy-winning software is used by the majority of mainstream movies and TV shows. With it, you can tackle every aspect of hi-res video production while streamlining even the most complex file-based workflow. Make your stories look, feel, and sound amazing with high-level visual effects and color grading. Craft mind-blowing soundtracks in 7.1 surround. Find, connect, and collaborate with other pros via Avid Link. With unprecedented color precision, a blazing-fast customizable interface, powerful editing tools, cutting-edge HD capabilities, and impressive file handling, you'll be totally blown away by what you can do with Media Composer.

Technical Specification
Artist | DNxID 
Video formatsSD—PAL 25i, NTSC 30i | HD—720p (50, 59.94, 60*), 1080i (50, 59.94, 60), 1080p (23.98, 24, 25, 29.97, 30, 50, 59.94, 60) | Ultra HD—23.98p, 24p, 25p, 29.97p, 30p, 50p, 59.94p, 60p | 4K—23.98p, 24p, 25p, 29.97p, 30p, 50p, 59.94p, 60p | Raster support—Supports thin raster media scaled up to full frame on output
Audio sample rate16-bit and 24-bit at 32 kHz, 44.1 kHz, and 48 kHz
Color spacesYUV 4:2:2, RGB 444, Rec 709, BT 2020; 8-bit and 10-bit
Video I/OSD—YCbCr Component | HD—YCbCr/RGB Component
CodecAvid DNxHR—Onboard hardware encoding for capture workflows | Avid DNxHD—Host CPU encoding | AVC-I—Host CPU encoding
HDMI I/OSupports HDMI 2.0a and 2.0b (video and 8-channel audio)
Audio I/OEight channels of HDMI audio I/O, One front-panel XLR mic/line input with 48V phantom power and gain control, Two 1/4" analog TRS pro-level (+4 dBu) inputs, Two 1/4" analog TRS pro-level (+4 dBu) outputs, One stereo headphone jack with volume control
Computer Thunderbolt 3 port (cable sold separately)
Clock source Internal clock, HDMI
Down-scaling/conversion HD to SD, >HD to HD
Up-scaling/conversion SD to HD
Other conversion Color space conversion*
Display screen 1080p LCD on front panel
External media connections One SDXC card slot (supports high-capacity UHS II cards), One USB-C port
Keypad Video and audio input selectors
Copy protection Prevents capture from copy-protected HDMI sources
Power supply One built-in international AC power supply (120–240V, 50–60 Hz)
Operating temperature 32°–104° F (0°–40° C)
Storage temperature -40°–140° F (-40°–60° C)
Relative humidity 10–90% non-condensing
Dimensions (H x W x D) 1.7 x 8.7 x 8.1 inches (42 x 222 x 206 mm)
Operating altitude <10,000 feet (<3,000 meters)
Weight 2.4 lbs (1.1 kg)
Media Composer 
Software Type Video Editing
Platform Mac, PC
Download/Boxed Boxed
OS Requirements - Mac OS X 10.9.5-10.11.6
OS Requirements - PC Windows 7 Pro (SP1) 64-bit or later
Format AMA RTAS
Hardware Requirements - Mac Intel Quad Core i7 or Quad Core Xeon processor or higher, 8GB RAM (16GB or more recommended), NVIDIA GeForce / Intel HD4000/ATI
Hardware Requirements - PC Intel Quad Core i7 or Quad Core Xeon processor or higher, 8GB RAM (16GB or more recommended), NVIDIA GeForce / Intel HD4000/ATI
Bit Rate 64-bit
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