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AVID - How to Access The Free Student License

AVID - How to Access The Free Student License

You will get an email from AVID Welcome get

started with Media Composer

Click on Get Started

Important please

>Agree and Proceed here it’s helpful to make this process go smoother.

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Put in the email you use to log into AVID.com

Note use the same email address at which you

received the invitation to the program

Put in the info for AVID Account

And password and

then click on Continue to Verify EDU Status

 

Will have to verify you are a UT student

so go through all the two factor steps

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Proceed if asked to check your Academic Eligibility Verification

 

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Go through the eligibility prompts

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You’ll get a email from Prox.id.Verification

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Go through those prompts

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Click Continue again here

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You will eventually see successfully verified

Click on Get Media Composer

 

Should auto log you into your avid.com account

You might need to wait a few minutes to get the downloads if you see

this message wait a few minutes and refresh the browser

Click on Account in the top right corner

 

 

 

 

 

 

The installers will be available to download 

Go to >My Products >AVID Download Center

 

 

Choose Avid Media Composer

Choose the AVID 2025.12.2 version for Fall 2026 semester

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Pick Windows or Mac 

Install the software following normal install instructions for Windows or Mac

Double click Install Media Composer

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Choose Continue

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Choose agree and continue to install

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Only choose to install Media Composer Editing Application

 

Do not choose

Media Composer Enterprise

Click Continue

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Choose Install

Then Launch AVID Media Composer after it finishes installing to activate it

When AVID Opens the menu will pop up:

Click

I want to activate my software using AVID Link

Sign in using the user name and password for your AVID.com account

Once logged in
scroll down to Media Composer and choose License

Choose Use License

Then Media Composer will activate as shown here and will show

Activated then you can either Open AVID by selecting

Open from the drop down menu or just double clicking the AVID Media Composer icon