Avid's product Media Composer consists of both proprietary hardware and software, and owns 78% of the total digital editing market.

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Adobe Edge Animate effectively replaces Flash as a timeline based rich media composer, but all rendered in HTML5, CSS and JavaScript.

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Social media was abuzz Tuesday with reflections of the legendary composer and his legacy.

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