Episode Thirteen: Avid Pan & Zoom Plugin
Check out how you can use the Avid Pan & Zoom plugin to preserve all the detail in your hi res graphics when using them in Media Composer.
Moving Filmstrip for Avid Media Composer
Create a moving filmstrip effect for Avid Media Composer. This is a great lesson for using keyframes and compositing techniques. You can view the entire transcript of this Media Composer video tutorial by visiting: http://www.geniusdv.com/news_and_tutorials/2010/02/moving_filmstrip_effect_fo…
Marquee 3D text tutorial
Use Avid Media Composer’s Marquee Title tool to create a sequence of 3D characters that fade up one at a time. You can view more information related to this Avid Media Composer’s Marquee tutorial by visiting:
Avid Screencast #17: Automate Title Creation with Marquee’s Autotitler
So you have a bunch of subtitles or lower thirds to do. They all look the same, except for the contents. You’re not seriously considering doing them all by hand in Title Tool, are you? Enter Marquee’s Autotitler, which is here to make your life easy. Honestly, if you didn’t know about this one, you…
Avid Screencast #16: Secondary Color Correction in Media Composer
Create a secondary color correction in Avid Media Composer. http://www.avidscreencast.com/asc16
Pleasantville Effect For Avid Media Composer
Learn how to create the Pleasantville effect with Avid Media Composer using the SpetraMatte keyer.
Avid Screencast #14: Spice Up Text with Video
Sometimes the good, old title with static text just doesn’t cut it. In this episode, we’ll make the text be another layer of video.
Avid Screencast #12: Animated Photo Slideshow
Create a visually interesting photo slideshow by stacking the photos on top of each other and animating them!
Avid Screencast #10: Special Episode – Obscure Faces
PLEASE NOTE: This is a special Christmas Episode, so… be prepared for that 🙂 Sometimes, you need to obscure the face of a person, be it for legal or aesthetic reasons. In this episode, we’ll do just that using a very special technique. Check out the blog entry for this week’s episode: http://avidscreencast.com/asc10
2012: Storytelling on the cutting edge
Telling a riveting, end-of-the-world story can be challenging when theres over 1,400 visual effects wreaking apocalyptic chaos on screen. But for the editing team behind 2012, Media Composer® helped them pre-visualize sequences and collaborate across two countries, from the productions beginning to end, to craft the intricate storyline.
Avid Screencast #05: Pleasantville Effect
In this episode, we’ll create the Pleasantville Effect – everything is black-and-white except for one color – using a Spectramatte and an Animatte for creating a garbage matte. Check out the blog enry for this week’s episode: http://avidscreencast.com/asc05
Avid Screencast #06: Remap Your Keyboard!
In this episode, I’ll show you how to remap your keyboard and give you a couple of ideas on what functions to map to it. If this does not make you at least 10% more productive, I’ll refund your money. Check out the blog enry for this week’s episode: http://avidscreencast.com/asc06
Avid Screencast #07: Kill Bill Effect
Create a high-contrast colorized look to your image to make it pop! Check out the blog enry for this week’s episode: http://avidscreencast.com/asc07
Avid Screencast #04: Changing the Field Order
In this episode, we’ll combat the stuttery mess of wrongly imported or ingested interlaced video footage by swapping the field order with the help of the Matte Key real-time effect. Buckle up, this one’s going to get geeky! And don’t forget to check out the show notes for more. Check out the blog enry for…
Avid Screencast #01: Real-Time Reflections
In this episode, we’ll create shiny reflections of video as you may know them from the iTunes Store or advertisements. To accomplish that, we’ll use the real-time 3D Warp effect and all of it is going to take less than five minutes! Check out the blog enry for this week’s episode: http://avidscreencast.com/asc01
