In this video tutorial, you’ll explore how to replicate the famous “highlight-and-zoom” effect, made famous by documentarian Ken Burns. This Avid Media Composer video tutorial will show you how to: • Zoom in on an area of a still photograph using the Resize effect • Autonest a 3D Warp effect to combine multiple effects •
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
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.
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.
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Learn how to fix jump cuts using the Fluid Morph effect within Avid Media Composer.
Use text and graphics tool tips from Tutorial 1 and quickly create a show open with compositing and effects in Avid DS.
Learn how to use a combination of Avid Media Composer and the Marquee Title tool create an amazing light streak effect.
Tutorial explaining hotkeys, shortcuts, and best practices for creating and editing text in the graphics module within Avid DS, all the while seeing real-time feedback on your broadcast monitor for immediate WYSIWYG.
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…
How to move Media Composer projects to Avid DS and get started with finishing.
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