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Media Composer

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

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Media Composer

Magic Mask Effect for Avid Media Composer

Learn how to use the magic mask effect in Avid Media Composer to create an effect similar to the Pleasantville effect. You can view a full text transcript of this tutorial by visiting: http://www.geniusdv.com/news_and_tutorials/2011/01/magic_mask_in_avid_media_c…

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Media Composer

Avid Screencast #52: Let It Snow!

It’s almost Christmas and I did the Santa last year. What’s left? Snow! So this week, we’re going to add snow to an image and we’ll use a couple of advanced options to make it look ab bit more real (or a bit less fake, depending on your perspective).

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Media Composer

Avid Screencast #51: Animated Video Playbar with Marquee – Part II

This week, we’ll continue creating a semi-transparent video progress bar as you know them from Youtube et. al. Last week, we created the background elements in Marquee, this week, we’ll create the remaining elements and then animate them in Media Composer.   Here is a direct link to part I below:

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Audio

Work More Easily with Audio – Avid® Media Composer® tutorials

Media Composer 5 introduced several improvements to audio (RTAS plug-ins, Stereo Audio Tracks, ability to view automation gain on individual tracks). At the time MC5 was introduced, Pro Tools couldn’t open RTAS plug-ins and stereo tracks from MC.With the intro of PT 9, not only can Pro Tools open RTAS plug-ins and Stereo Tracks, it

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Media Composer

Avid Screencast #50: Animated Video Playbar with Marquee – Part I

This week and next, we’ll create a semi-transparent video progress bar as you know them from Youtube et. al. We’ll create the elements in Marquee, then (next week) animate in Media Composer. The cool thing about this approach is that you’ll be able to change the length of the animation to fit your piece of

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Media Composer

Avid Screencast #49: Sports Trailer Look

This week, another viewer suggestion: We’ll create the high-contrast, saturated look that is common to many sports trailers. We’ll also play around with BCC’s Glow and add some flicker to the shots.  

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