In part 1 of our two part look at Export Settings, Kevin P McAuliffe talks about how important they are in getting your footage out of Media Composer, and how to set up a Same As Source export, as well as a custom HD export.
In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe begins his look at your Settings inside of Media Composer. Settings are what is going to get you up and running quickly on not only your own system, but on other systems you might find yourself on. There are so many options in settings, but Kevin will show you
In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe continues his look at bins, this time focusing on some hidden gems, that once you see, will really speed up your workflow. This is a great “power user” basic tutorial to show you how some not so obvious features can help you get your work done faster than ever
In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe begins his in-depth look at bins by talking about the different view types, Bin Settings, and creating your own bin views. If you want to keep your projects organized, so you can find your footage quickly, this tutorial is for you!
Jump forward in the video as the intro has some strange audio. In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe gives you an overview of the Composer window, and also talks about bins, how to create them, organize them, and easily find them using the cool new search feature.
In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe introduces you to the project selection window, and talks about how you need to think about your project a little different when creating it.
In this video I go over some tips you can use when you are using the Tracking Tool in Avid Media Composer. We cover, how to change the color of your trackers. How to add a new tracker after you have already tracked. How to track only the trackers you want. How to zoom in
In this video we look at how to blur or pixelate portions of a video using the BLUR and MOSAIC Effects in Avid Media Composer. We will go over the controls of each effect (which are the same), how to apply them to a clip, and how to use the tools to get your blur
In this video we look at the basics of Motion Tracking in Avid Media Composer. For this video we are using Media Composer 8.5.1 on Windows 10, and we use 3DWarp with the Tracking Tool for our tracking. We will track a moving smartphone screen and overlay our “COP DRAMA” video to create a short
In this video we look at more options with SpectraMatte and Green Screen footage. Such as, crop, rotation, and a few other tips. Then cover more about Alpha Channel footage like explosions and muzzle flashes. Be sure to watch the first two videos about Green Screen and Alpha Channel/Muzzle Flashes (link below), to learn the
In this video we talk more about subclips. Specifically, how you can edit with them, trim them, add effects, rename, ect… Be sure to watch the first SUBCLIP video and the other videos in this 6 part series.
In this video we look at how to add a muzzle flash in Avid Media Composer using Alpha Channel clips to create a realistic gun shot effect. We also cover some other basics of Alpha Channel clips, and where to get free muzzle flashes and sounds. Then we have a few funny examples (COP DRAMA
In this video we look at the basics of working with Green Screen footage in Media Composer and how to “key it out” using SpectraMatte. We are using Media Composer 8.5.1 in this video, but the process is the same for other versions. We are using SpectraMatte for the key, but the process is similar
A Subclip is a shorter portion of a longer clip. In this video we look at how to create subclips, and how they can help speed-up your editing. Subclips will allow you to choose the best portions of your clips, and save them in a bin. Then, when it’s time to create your sequence, you
This tutorial covers the Trim To Fill Effect in Avid Media Composer. Trim To Fill is crazy easy to use especially compared to an effect like Timewarp. I’ll show you how to expand and shrink the timing of a clip in just a couple simple steps. BTW, I recently started a fun weekly newsletter called
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