This is a quick look at Avid’s great new media composer software. Sorry about the audio quality. I had to get this done on limite time and resources. Lots of other work to do! • Rebuilt from the core 64 architecture • Modern sleek and efficient User Interface • Full industry-defining stereoscopic workflows • Avid
Work more easily and efficiently—but not differently—with the sleek and sexy new user interface.
2D video is just plain 2D. Learn how to do a quick and dirty stereoscopic conversion in Avid DS. This tutorial by Igor Ridanovic is based on a SMPTE paper by C. Vazguez and W. J. Tam. The tutorial comes with a free downloadable anaglyph preset available at hdhead.com.
Now bundled with Media Composer 7.0 / NewsCutter 11.0 NewBlue Titler Pro video plug-in is a stunningly sophisticated titler designed with the professional editor’s schedule in mind.
Learn the basics of compositing while building a moving filmstrip effect within Avid Media Composer.
Learn how to configure the go to next edit buttons by using Avid Media Composer’s command pallete. If you’re a Media Composer user, you may have noticed the ‘A’ and ‘S’ keys are labeled as ‘Go to Previous Edit, and ‘Go to Next Edit’. That’s true. However, these keys also send you directly into trim
A quick way to tag your footage with Meta-data. Add custom columns and fill ’em up! Create custom columns with metadata in Avid Media Composer.
Avid had just three months to design and integrate a state-of-the-art file-based HD production and post workflow for one of the UK’s biggest shows—while it was still being produced.
It’s easy to draw a line or a shape in Marquee and have your text crawl along the path. Just make a shape, convert it to a path, begin typing and set it to ‘crawl’. Four easy steps. This tutorial from Splice, one of Avid’s Canadian Training Partners with locations throughout Canada, shows you how.
Make sure to watch the part 1 of this tutorial before you move onto the stereoscopic setup outlined here. Sample files used to create the terrain in this tutorial are available at HDhead.com. Direct link to part 1 fo 2
You switched from FCPv7 but now instinctively press the wrong keys and reach for buttons that are’t there? By Customizing Media Composer, it can act a bit more like FCPv7. In this tutorial from Avid’s Canadian Training Partner, Splice Training, we learn how to customize the appearance of the Timeline and Composer Monitor, as well
This is a video showing how to open and edit ProRes files in AVID Media Composer 5.5 using Avid’s AMA feature. It allows you to edit very quickly without having to transcode. Video created by Luis Sierra of Chesapeake Systems
Avid Marquee is capable of easy 2D and 3D animation, but it might not be obvious at first glance because the animation controls are hidden. Switching Toolsets is all it takes to reveal them. This video explains how. For more information, come take a course at one of Splice’s training centres throughout canada.
In this lesson, we re-create the Lord of the Rings logo using Avid Marquee. The logo is challenging in that various characters have different sizes, so we use that to gain a better understanding of the Text Box, as well as the relationship between Text Boxes, Groups and Characters, which can be viewed in the
In this lesson, we re-create the Lord of the Rings logo using Avid Marquee. The logo is challenging in that various characters have different sizes, so we use that to gain a better understanding of the Text Box, as well as the relationship between Text Boxes, Groups and Characters, which can be viewed in the
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