Exporting for Upload to Vimeo with Avid Media Composer
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Exporting for Upload to Vimeo with Avid Media Composer

This video will show what settings you need to have to expoert HD material for uploading to Vimeo. Note: If your video is standard definition, set your data rate to 2000kbps and your display resolution to either 640×480 (4:3) or 640×360 (16:9). For more information and tutorials, please visit: vimeo.com/help/compression

Smart Tool – Avid Media Composer® 5 Overview
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Smart Tool – Avid Media Composer® 5 Overview

A subtle but very important change to Media Composer 5 is the addition of the Link Selection Tool as well as the Smart Tool editing palette. Historically in Media Composer, to make adjustments to a segment or transition, you would have to enter a specific mode. Now with the Smart Tool, depending where your cursor…

Real-Time AudioSuite (RTAS) Plug-Ins and Stereo Audio – Avid Media Composer® 5 Overview
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Real-Time AudioSuite (RTAS) Plug-Ins and Stereo Audio – Avid Media Composer® 5 Overview

There are a number of great new features in Media Composer 5 in terms of how you work with audio. We’ll start by looking at the new Stereo Audio feature. Now when you add an audio track to Media Composer you have the option of adding a mono track or stereo track. We no longer…

Water for Elephants: Media Composer Raises the Art of Collaboration to New Heights
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Water for Elephants: Media Composer Raises the Art of Collaboration to New Heights

Learn more: http://www.avid.com/US/products/family/Media-Composer?cmpid=AV-SM-MC5-3 With invisible, graceful editing and a workflow that makes the most of every hour of post-production—Media Composer raises the art of collaboration to new heights.

Miami HEAT: Firing Up the Franchise Brand with Avid
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Miami HEAT: Firing Up the Franchise Brand with Avid

For a professional sports team like the Miami HEAT, it’s not just about what happens during the game. When the rest of the world goes to commercial, HEATV goes to air, firing up the HEAT franchise brand with a wide array of media assets managed by the Avid Interplay production asset management system. “The name…

SmartTool v2: Transition Manipulation
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SmartTool v2: Transition Manipulation

When Media Composer® 5.0 was first introduced in 2010, one of the biggest changes to the application was the introduction of the SmartTool. The SmartTool is a palette or a collection of five different modes that are very common to working in the timeline. In Media Composer 5.5, the Keyframe button has been moved out…