Let’s Edit with Media Composer – Lesson 18 – Basic Transitions
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Let’s Edit with Media Composer – Lesson 18 – Basic Transitions

ByFreddy

In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe goes back to basics and continues his talk about editing in the timeline by looking at how to add basic transitions to your timelines. Most people think that this is pretty straight forward, but when you have to add a slightly “custom” transition to your timeline, it needs a…

Let’s Edit with Media Composer – ADVANCED – Application Manager Syncing Issues
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Let’s Edit with Media Composer – ADVANCED – Application Manager Syncing Issues

ByFreddy

In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe talks about a common issue that editors run into with the Application Manager, and that is that they cannot download updates, as it’s status is always “Syncing”. This technique should fix that issue, and get you downloading updates ASAP. http://www.provideocoalition.com/kmcauliffe/

Let’s Edit with Media Composer – Advanced – What’s New in v8.5
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Let’s Edit with Media Composer – Advanced – What’s New in v8.5

ByFreddy

In this lesson, we look at the new 8.5 release of Avid Media Composer, and we talk about the enhancements to the User Interface, the new timeline updates, a new way to sync audio for Multi-cam edits and so much more! Interactive video frame cache. http://www.provideocoalition.com/kmcauliffe/

Let’s Edit with Media Composer – Lesson 17 – Basic Editing & Timeline Views
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Let’s Edit with Media Composer – Lesson 17 – Basic Editing & Timeline Views

ByFreddy

In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe talks about basic editing techniques in Avid Media Composer, and also talks about how you can create different timeline views, including Audio Waveform as well as Audio mixing views, to make mulit-tasking in your day to day work, as simple as possible! http://www.provideocoalition.com/kmcauliffe/

Let’s Edit with Media Composer – Lesson 16 – Bins Part 4: Bin Layouts/Displays
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Let’s Edit with Media Composer – Lesson 16 – Bins Part 4: Bin Layouts/Displays

ByFreddy

In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe wraps up his looks at Bins in Avid Media Composer by talking about the three different Bin layouts (List, Frame and Storyboard), and gets “under the hood” of the Bins, and talks about the “Set Bin Display” feature, and how it can help you clean up bins in a…

Let’s Edit with Media Composer – Lesson 15 – Bins Part 3: Column Layout Customization
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Let’s Edit with Media Composer – Lesson 15 – Bins Part 3: Column Layout Customization

ByFreddy

In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe talks about setting up the columns in your bin, as well as how to add your own custom columns, and quickly and easily populate the new columns with your relevant data. http://www.provideocoalition.com/kmcauliffe/

Let’s Edit with Media Composer – Lesson 14 – Bins Part 2: Bin Views
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Let’s Edit with Media Composer – Lesson 14 – Bins Part 2: Bin Views

ByFreddy

In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe talks about Bin Views inside of Avid Media Composer. Bin Views are how you are going to see the most important information about your clips, depending on the editing situation you are currently working in, so that the relevant information is displayed to you, and you can keep your…

Let’s Edit with Media Composer – Lesson 12 – Keyboard Settings & Command Palette
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Let’s Edit with Media Composer – Lesson 12 – Keyboard Settings & Command Palette

ByFreddy

In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe talks about probably the most important of your settings, and it is the Keyboard Setting. Most people get frustrated right away, as they can’t figure out how to add commands to your keyboard and composer window, but that’s where the Command Palette comes into play, and gives you (almost)…

Let’s Edit with Media Composer – Lesson 11 – Import Settings Part 2 – Graphic Imports
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Let’s Edit with Media Composer – Lesson 11 – Import Settings Part 2 – Graphic Imports

ByFreddy

In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe continues his discussion of the Import Settings inside of Media Composer, and uses graphic imports as a perfect example where if you don’t have these settings set correctly, you can run into a world of trouble very quickly.

Let’s Edit with Media Composer – Lesson 10 – Import Settings Part 1 – Supported Codecs
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Let’s Edit with Media Composer – Lesson 10 – Import Settings Part 1 – Supported Codecs

ByFreddy

In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe talks about your Import settings, and focuses in on a very important aspect of importing, and that is supported codecs inside of Media Composer. If you don’t set up your imports correctly, you’ll end up recompressing your footage, instead of re-wrapping it.

Let’s Edit with Media Composer – Lesson 9 – Grid Settings & 4×3 Safe in 16×9 projects
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Let’s Edit with Media Composer – Lesson 9 – Grid Settings & 4×3 Safe in 16×9 projects

ByFreddy

In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe talks about your Grid settings, but more importantly, he talks about a concept that, if you’re delivering your content to a TV station or network, you will need to know, and that is 4×3 safe inside of your 16×9 project.