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.
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
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
Learn how to use a combination of effects to create a 3D world within Avid Media Composer.
In this last episode in the audio series, I’ll show you how to apply audio effects in Media Composer and a couple of neat real-world tips (like limiting you master output) that will hopefully help you out one day or another. This is a seven part series with Audio Settings, here are direct links
This week, we’ll look into Avid’s EQ Tool. It’s pretty basic (look for more powerful EQs in the AudioSuite), so’ll we’ll cover what it can and can’t do. Also: Build your own EQ preset into the Presets of the EQ’s fast menu. This is a seven part series with Audio Settings, here are direct
Learn how to create the ‘Ken Burns’ effect using the Pan and Zoom feature within Avid Media Composer. You can view a full text based tutorial with screen shots on this same concept by visiting:
Learn to manipulate audio with keyframes. This is a seven part series with Audio Settings, here are direct links to the other parts: Audio Basics I – Settings, Settings, Settings Audio Basics II – Stereo Tracks Audio Basics III – Very Basic Editing Audio Basics IV – Audio Mixer Audio Basics V – Audio
Although it’s primarily relied upon for creating motion titles and graphics in 3D space, Avid® Marquee® can also make quick work of still graphics and titles. One example of this is the creation of lower-third graphics. Often times editors are asked to create multiple lower-third titles for a project with all the titles having a
An in-depth look at Media Composer’s audio mixer. This is a seven part series with Audio Settings, here are direct links to the other parts: Audio Basics I – Settings, Settings, Settings Audio Basics II – Stereo Tracks Audio Basics III – Very Basic Editing Audio Basics IV – Audio Mixer Audio Basics V
Learn how to edit directly from a bin window within Avid Media Composer without having to load the content into a source window.
Learn how to create a slideshow in Avid Media Composer by marking in-out points for all your clips at the same time. You’ll learn how to add transitions to all your slides with one click of the mouse.
This week, we’ll make some very simple audio edits, create transitions, check out waveforms and get rid of those horrid pops that are sometimes created by audio edits. This is actually the first part of a show that was to include the audio mixer as well, but the episode just turned out to be way
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