Learn Avid’s Media Composer Lesson 14: Basic Transitions
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Learn Avid’s Media Composer Lesson 14: Basic Transitions

library.creativecow.net/mcauliffe_kevin/Avid-Media-Composer_14 In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe talks about working with basic transitions in your timeline. He shows you the long way, and the short way to access the effects, and also shows you everything you need to know to adjust transitions once they’ve been applied in your timeline, as well as quick ways to…

IBC 2012: Work Anywhere with Interplay® Sphere
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IBC 2012: Work Anywhere with Interplay® Sphere

Requiring only a NewsCutter or Media Composer editor and an internet connection to an Interplay Production workgroup, Interplay Sphere connects multiple remote editors simultaneously, letting them combine footage from the scene with material on the Interplay Production system. For quick turnaround, proxies of finished edits can precede upload of full resolution media, all becoming available…

Boris Forum Tip: Draw a Custom Shape to Create an Alpha in Avid FX
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Boris Forum Tip: Draw a Custom Shape to Create an Alpha in Avid FX

An Avid editor recently inquired regarding how to draw a custom shape to create an alpha in Avid FX. Boris FX Senior Product Manager Dirk De Jong created this screencap to show how it’s done. You can view the original Avid Community Forums thread at http://community.avid.com/forums/p/112470/651199.aspx

IBC 2012: What’s new in Avid® Media Composer® 6.5
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IBC 2012: What’s new in Avid® Media Composer® 6.5

There was a huge buzz in the industry when we released Media Composer® 6, Symphony™ 6, and NewsCutter® 10 last year with 64-bit performance, third-party I/O workflows, stereoscopic 3D, hands-on Artist Series controller support, and a slick new interface. And now they’re even better—meet the new Media Composer 6.5 family, featuring: • New versioning and…

IBC 2012: Introducing Pro Tools|HD Native Thunderbolt™ interface
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IBC 2012: Introducing Pro Tools|HD Native Thunderbolt™ interface

ProTools|HD Native is a new generation of Pro Tools|HD system that enables you to compose, record, edit, and mix music and/or sound for picture—with great speed and ease. Consisting of an HD Native Thunderbolt interface or PCIe core card, Pro Tools HD software, and Pro Tools HD Series interface, Pro Tools|HD Native harnesses the power…

IBC 2012: Take your newsroom anywhere with Interplay® Sphere
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IBC 2012: Take your newsroom anywhere with Interplay® Sphere

Requiring only a NewsCutter or Media Composer editor and an internet connection to an Interplay Production workgroup, Interplay Sphere connects multiple remote editors simultaneously, letting them combine footage from the scene with material on the Interplay Production system. For quick turnaround, proxies of finished edits can precede upload of full resolution media, all becoming available…