You’ve seen this effect a thousand times on news channels, Dateline, 20/20, the ID Channel and more. The effect of a blurred background and a clear foreground that is not full frame, easing in (zooming in, panning, etc…). This is an awesome way to use non-full frame video and/or images/pictures, while keeping the background interesting
Need a quick way to give that plain shot a little character? This tutorial will show you how to make a vignette using the Paint Effect in Avid Media Composer. Software used: Media Composer 8.5.3 http://redarrowindustries.com/ https://www.facebook.com/RedArrowIndu…
This tutorial will show you how to use Boris RED 5 to create an overexposed white flash transition, similar to what you would see in film editing, in Avid Media Composer 8. Software used: Media Composer 8.5.1 and Boris RED 5 WEBSITE: http://redarrowindustries.com/ FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/RedArrowIndu…
This tutorial will explain how to make a three box animation inside Boris Red for Avid Media Composer that’s easy to create! Software used: Media Composer 8.5.3 WEBSITE: http://redarrowindustries.com/ FACEBOOk: https://www.facebook.com/RedArrowIndu…
Learn how to use the Paint effect to draw shapes and add text directly on screen in Avid Media Composer. Watch more tutorials from Video Post Tips Weekly at http://www.lynda.com/Final-Cut-Pro-tu… This Video Post Tips Weekly series offers a new post-production tip every Wednesday, on topics such as compositing, color correction, audio, and media management.
Hold down the control key and use your middle mouse roller for fine control for many of the Media Composer functions including: Color Correction functions Effect Mode sliders Timeline Navigation. I guess there is a Mac Equivalent with a decent mouse.
Use Pan and Scan to notch media based on an AAF composition or an old school .edl I came up with this trick in the 90s when Symphony was released and posted it to the Avid List way back when. Hope it helps someone. With this trick you can easily add edits to a videomixdow
If you’re not getting what you need to succeed—or you’re a former Avid user who switched (we’d love to have you back)—join award-winning editor Kevin P McAuliffe to get started fast. In our fourth “Get Started Fast with Avid for Final Cut Pro 7” tutorial, Kevin P McAuliffe tackles effects. Learn how to transfer your
In the fourth of our “Get Started Fast with Avid Media Composer 7” tutorials, we’re ready to give your projects a professional polish with eye-catching effects. In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe demonstrates basic transitions, like dissolves and color flashes. Then, he takes effects to the next level with the 3D Warp tool. Kevin shows
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.
Learn how to use a combination of effects to create a 3D world within Avid Media Composer.
It’s almost Christmas and I did the Santa last year. What’s left? Snow! So this week, we’re going to add snow to an image and we’ll use a couple of advanced options to make it look ab bit more real (or a bit less fake, depending on your perspective).
This week, we’ll continue creating a semi-transparent video progress bar as you know them from Youtube et. al. Last week, we created the background elements in Marquee, this week, we’ll create the remaining elements and then animate them in Media Composer. Here is a direct link to part I below:
This week and next, we’ll create a semi-transparent video progress bar as you know them from Youtube et. al. We’ll create the elements in Marquee, then (next week) animate in Media Composer. The cool thing about this approach is that you’ll be able to change the length of the animation to fit your piece of
Distort and degrade your shots to give it the look of surveillance camera footage.
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