Two updates to Media Composer’s Effect Editor: Start and End Key Frames is now available as a contextual menu pick and the default frame interpolation is now linear.
Every efficient editor should customize his or her editing workspace as much as possible. This video tutorial will teach you some powerful shortcuts to customize your own editing workspace in 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
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
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
Learn how to create a stylized 3D billowing flag in Avid DS. This effect is useful for lower thirds, backgrounds and other graphic elements. The tutorial comes with a free downloadable preset available at hdhead.com. By Igor Ridanovic. HDhead.com.
Learn how to quickly build a preset for adding a vignette to your clips using the graphics tool and the color corrector as the fill layer in a custom shape.
When the Yankees shoot a “day in the life of Derek Jeter” segment for Yankees On Demand, a weekly hour-long program of exclusive Yankees content, they rely on an end-to-end Avid workflow specifically constructed for sports marketers.
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.
Learn how to create an edge blur preset for Avid DS with expressions and custom sliders. Nice to have around for green screen compositing or to soften anything containing an alpha channel. Follow along to build the preset, save it, and then drop it into any effects tree with an alpha channel for fast and
Create interesting effects by pushing the shadows and highlights of a shot towards different hues.
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
Offline Online Sony XDCAM HD Proxy Workflow. If you have questions about this workflow please post them here: http://community.avid.com/forums/t/94734.aspx
Learn how to create a transport beam effect using a chroma key filter within Avid Media Composer.
Learn how to use a combination of effects to create a 3D world within Avid Media Composer.
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