In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe talks about the “New” interface! I call it “New”, as it’s almost a year old now, but people still hate it. They loath it, and really for no reason other than they haven’t used it. The new interface with Bin Containers will speed up your overall workflow to a
In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe talks about Transcoding. We’ve talked in Lesson 5 about working with Avid “friendly” media. Now we need to talk about footage that requires a recompression to Avid Media, for you to work with in your Media Composer timelines. Whether it’s in an offline or online scenario, there is some
In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe talks about Source Settings. Understanding them is an exceptionally important step between linking to your footage, and transcoding it, which we’ll talk about in our next lesson. We’ll look at Color processing and Frameflex, as well as the ability to adjust RAW native parameters in the Source Settings window,
In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe talks about probably the most important Media Composer lesson you will learn, and that is about understanding Native Media Composer codecs. Understanding this concept will change the way you bring media into your projects, and have you doing it properly, and avoiding creating multiple projects to bring media into
In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe talks getting your footage into Media Composer via the Source Browser. Many people think that the Source Browser is for linking footage only. Did you also know you can import footage using the Source Browser as well? It really is a fantastic tool to get your footage into Media
We’re now in our new Project! In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe starts out by talking about the new Bin Container window, and then gives you an overview of the Media Composer interface. Then, it’s on to talk about the basic settings that you want to make sure you set, before you get rolling! Channel:
In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe talks about the free Particle Illusion Standalone application that you can use to create unbelievably realistic particle simulations that can be rendered out, and added to your Media Composer timelines. In this lesson we cover everything you know to get you up and running, lightning quick. Channel: www.youtube.com/letseditMC_avid Facebook:
In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe discusses the new Project Selection and Creation window. There’s a lot you need to understand when creating a new project, as if you do something incorrectly here, it can impact the end result of the project you are working on. Kevin walks you through what you need to create
In this lesson, we’re taking it right back to the beginning. My Creative Cow tutorial series on Media Composer had millions of views, and it’s been a while since I’ve taken it back to the beginning to teach you how to use Media Composer right from starting up the application, but that’s what we’re doing
In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe shows you why you should never be hesitant to do any compositing in Media Composer, when you have Boris FX Sapphire’s Builder Tool (S_Effect) at your disposal. This “One Stop Shop” gives you access to all of Sapphire’s effects right in one interface, and gives you that beginnings of
In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe talks about the newly released 2020.4 update to Avid Media Composer which, along with some exciting interface and under the hood updates, comes support for Mac OS Catalina. This, along with the implementation of the Universal Media Engine, new naming for Avid DNxHD files and some great in-application feature
One of the most common Media Composer workflows is sending your Media Composer timeline, specifically the audio, to ProTools to have an audio engineer give it the much needed mix it needs, so your final product can be sent to stations, theatres, or wherever else it might be going. With that said, there are some
There’s nothing more frustrating that having 1080i clips, that you know were acquired in 23.976, and dropping them into your timeline, only to have them look terrible. Well, if you look closely enough in the Motion Effects editor, there’s a great tucked away feature to add 2:3 pulldown to your footage. What does this mean
In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe is talking about Lens Flares. More specifically, he’s talking about the excellent S_LensFlare effect, inside of Boris Sapphire 2020. Not only does this effect let you add realistic elements to your shots, but it also has an in-depth Flare Designer that you can use to either create your flares
In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe talks about Exporting. A great question came up in the Avid Editors of Facebook group about what was the best exporting workflow for getting your timelines out of Media Composer. Well, in this lesson, we’ll take a look at an MXF export from Media Composer, and the huge advantage
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