Media Composer
Avid Screencast #53: Split Toning
Create interesting effects by pushing the shadows and highlights of a shot towards different hues.
2011-03-06
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Media Composer
SmartTool v2: Transition Manipulation
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
2011-02-22
Media Composer
Green Screen effect in Avid Media Composer
Learn how to create a transport beam effect using a chroma key filter within Avid Media Composer.
2011-02-12
Media Composer
Creating 3D spinning world in Avid Media Composer
Learn how to use a combination of effects to create a 3D world within Avid Media Composer.
2011-02-08
Media Composer
Avid Media Composer Fluid Morph
Learn how to fix jump cuts using the Fluid Morph effect within Avid Media Composer.
2011-02-05
Media Composer
Light Streak Freeze Frame Effect for Avid Media Composer
Learn how to use a combination of Avid Media Composer and the Marquee Title tool create an amazing light streak effect.
2011-01-29
Media Composer
Magic Mask Effect for Avid Media Composer
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…
2011-01-10
Media Composer
Avid Screencast #52: Let It Snow!
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).
2010-12-23
Media Composer
Avid Screencast #51: Animated Video Playbar with Marquee – Part II
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:
2010-12-16
Media Composer
Avid Screencast #50: Animated Video Playbar with Marquee – Part I
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
2010-12-09
Media Composer
Avid Screencast #49: Sports Trailer Look
This week, another viewer suggestion: We’ll create the high-contrast, saturated look that is common to many sports trailers. We’ll also play around with BCC’s Glow and add some flicker to the shots.
2010-12-02
Media Composer
Avid Screencast #48: Surveillance Camera Effect
Distort and degrade your shots to give it the look of surveillance camera footage.
2010-11-25
Media Composer
Color Correction using Animatte with Media Composer
Learn how to use Avid Media Composer’s animatte feature to color correct video. You will also learn how to create a moving matte using Avid Media Composer’s tracker.
2010-11-23
Media Composer
Avid Screencast #47: Audio Basics VII – Audio Effects
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
2010-11-19
Media Composer
Avid Screencast #46: Audio Basics VI – Equalizer
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
2010-11-11
