In the second of our “Get Started Fast with Avid Media Composer 7” tutorials, Kevin P McAuliffe shows you how to get your footage into Media Composer. Whether you’re digitizing from tape, importing media from another NLE or compositing application, or AMA linking to it, this lesson will get your footage ready to edit in
In the first of our “Get Started Fast with Avid Media Composer” tutorials, Kevin P McAuliffe takes you through the basics of Project creation, the layout of your Media Composer interface, some common settings including bin and keyboard settings, as well as the Command Palette and shows you some great bin features that will get
http://library.creativecow.net/mcauli… In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe shows you how to add logos to your title crawls, by introducing Photoshop to your Media Composer workflow. What might seem to be limitations inside of Media Composer can bypassed by unitizing the Marquee Title Tool! Once you see how easy this technique is, you’ll be adding logos
http://library.creativecow.net/mcauli… In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe shows all the Symphony editors out there how to create a Michael Bay inspired film look right from within their Symphony timeline. Everything that is shown in this tutorial is designed to get you excited to stay in your NLE which not only saves you time, but will
library.creativecow.net/mcauliffe_kevin/Avid-Media-Composer_92 In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe takes a look at the new FrameFlex feature inside of Media Composer 7. Ideal for working with large frame sizes inside of HD and SD timelines, this new feature is almost a hidden gem, as it’s automatically added to your clips, once you drop them in the timeline.
library.creativecow.net/mcauliffe_kevin/Avid-Media-Composer_91 In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe talks about Transfer Modes, or Blend Modes as they are more commonly referred to, and how even though most editors think that you cannot work with them inside of Media Composer, you actually have the tools right at your fingertips…you probably just don’t realize it.
library.creativecow.net/mcauliffe_kevin/Avid-Media-Composer_90 In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe introduces the Audio EQ tool, as well as the Audio Suite Plug-ins. These great tools let you create audio effects like the “telephone” effect, as well as letting you speed up and slow down audio, to make it fit wherever you need it to, in your timeline.
library.creativecow.net/mcauliffe_kevin/Avid-Media-Composer_89 In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe shows off a new feature inside of Media Composer 7, and that’s Background Consolidating and Transcoding. Not only can this great new feature be used from within the editing application, but you can also set up external folders, and C/T without even knowing that it’s happening!
library.creativecow.net/mcauliffe_kevin/Avid-Media-Composer_88 In his final look at creating video walls, Kevin P McAuliffe talks to Mac users out there, specifically ones who have switched from Final Cut Studio to Media Composer, and shows them how to create the same video wall effect using the new MC7 and Apple’s Motion 5.
library.creativecow.net/mcauliffe_kevin/Avid-Media-Composer_87 In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe looks at creating a video wall inside of Adobe’s After Effects CC. Since every video wall needs videos clips as their base, Kevin starts out inside of Avid’s Media Composer, and does all the prep work there, and then switches over to AE CC to quickly and easily
library.creativecow.net/mcauliffe_kevin/Avid-Media-Composer_86 In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe wraps up his look at creating a video wall solely within your Media Composer timeline by not only dropping multiple video clips into each “monitor” with a few clicks of the mouse, but he adds “icing on the cake” by adding a stylized title to the final composite.
library.creativecow.net/mcauliffe_kevin/Avid-Media-Composer_85 In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe shows you why you don’t always need to go to a compositing application to create what might seem like a complex video wall. What Kevin is going to show you, in many cases, is created with a plug-in, but once you see how easy it is to create
In this video, Jon Christenson will show you the basics of multicam editing. Media Composer 7 Survival Guide Video Series is proudly presented by Avid Support. The series covers basic troubleshooting, how-to, software activation, quick tips, and more. Subscribe to the Media Composer 7 Survival Guide playlist for new episodes. http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=…
In this video, Jon Christenson will show you the basics of double-system syncing. Media Composer 7 Survival Guide Video Series is proudly presented by Avid Support. The series covers basic troubleshooting, how-to, software activation, quick tips, and more. Subscribe to the Media Composer 7 Survival Guide playlist for new episodes. http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=…
library.creativecow.net/mcauliffe_kevin/Avid-Media-Composer_83 In this first of a multi-part tutorial series, Kevin P McAuliffe takes a look at setting up your Media Composer or Symphony timelines for creating SD DVD’s. He covers formatting issues you need to keep in mind, as well as the proper way to export your sequence in three important, but very different ways.
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