Let’s Edit with Media Composer – ADVANCED – Recording Voice Overs
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Let’s Edit with Media Composer – ADVANCED – Recording Voice Overs

In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe talks about a great, under-utilized feature in Media Composer, and that is the Background Services feature, and more specifically, background Consolidating and Transcoding. Many people see the little option at the bottom of the Consolidate/Transcode window to do these functions in the background, but don’ put much thought into…

Media Composer Multicam Offline Workflow
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Media Composer Multicam Offline Workflow

In this tutorial we learn how to transcode a multicam shoot into a proxy media format suitable for real-time camera angle switching. We then see how to link back to the original source media for finishing. Next, we flattened the multicam edit, mix it down to a high-quality DNxHD codec and output it as a…

Let’s Edit with Media Composer – ADVANCED – Background Services
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Let’s Edit with Media Composer – ADVANCED – Background Services

In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe talks about a great, under-utilized feature in Media Composer, and that is the Background Services feature, and more specifically, background Consolidating and Transcoding. Many people see the little option at the bottom of the Consolidate/Transcode window to do these functions in the background, but don’ put much thought into…

Media Composer – Simple Zoom/Ease-In with 3DWarp and Keyframes
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Media Composer – Simple Zoom/Ease-In with 3DWarp and Keyframes

In this video you will learn how to do a simple zoom-in, or ease-in with Media Composer. We will use 3DWarp and keyframes. I’m using Media Composer 8.6, but the process is the same for other versions of Media Composer. Support BenoniStudio on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4518225 Shirts https://shop.spreadshirt.com/Benoni Twitter https://twitter.com/BenoniStudio Instagram https://www.instagram.com/benonistudios/

Get Started Fast with Media Composer for Adobe Editors — Part 1
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Get Started Fast with Media Composer for Adobe Editors — Part 1

Welcome to our newest tutorial series “Get Started Fast with Media Composer for Adobe Editors“. The goal of this series is to show you fundamental differences between your Adobe editing application, and Avid Media Composer, so you can get up to speed as quickly as possible. Watch all episodes on: http://www.avidblogs.com/get-started-…

Solve Difficult Keying with BCC Chroma Key Studio in Avid Media Composer
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Solve Difficult Keying with BCC Chroma Key Studio in Avid Media Composer

Fix poorly lit green screens with the plug-ins found in Boris Continuum Complete. In this tutorial, Vin Morreale shows how he salvaged a green screen shot with a combination of Chroma Key Studio, Fast Film Process, Title Studio and Grunge – all inside of Avid Media Composer. BCC Chroma Key Studio is an all-in-one keying…

Let’s Edit with Media Composer – ADVANCED – Sapphire Builder Tool Part 2
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Let’s Edit with Media Composer – ADVANCED – Sapphire Builder Tool Part 2

In this lesson, part 2 of our look at GenArts Sapphire’s Builder tool, Kevin P McAuliffe goes in depth to show you how he created the “Inner Limits” show opening element he teased in the first part of this tutorial series. As complicated as it might seem, you can quickly and easily create looks like…

Making The Cut: Tim Porter Talks Working With Avid on “Game of Thrones”
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Making The Cut: Tim Porter Talks Working With Avid on “Game of Thrones”

For someone who admits that he “never wanted to become an editor, I fell into it,” Tim Porter has amassed a pretty formidable list of editing credits over the last decade – including long-running TV series Shameless, Doctor Who and, most recently, Game of Thrones.

Let’s Edit with Media Composer – You Ask, I Answer – Corrupt Media
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Let’s Edit with Media Composer – You Ask, I Answer – Corrupt Media

In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe answers a viewers question, where he’s run into trouble with a project where’s he’s accidentally deleted media from his timeline, and now Media Composer is giving him a playback error when he unarchives footage from a Time Machine backup. What’s the best way to bring back footage in a…

Let’s Edit with Media Composer: Sapphire Builder Part 1
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Let’s Edit with Media Composer: Sapphire Builder Part 1

In this beginner tutorial, Avid editor Kevin P. McAuliffe shows how Media Composer editors can easily get up-and-running with the new & improved Sapphire Builder tool to build complex effects using node based compositing. Learn more about Sapphire 10: borisfx.com/pages/sapphire Learn more about Boris FX: borisfx.com

Mastering Avid Media Composer’s Keyboard Shortcuts – Lesson 1: Tools
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Mastering Avid Media Composer’s Keyboard Shortcuts – Lesson 1: Tools

This is Lesson 1 in the Mastering Avid Media Composer’s Keyboard Shortcuts Series. This lesson focuses on Media Composer’s keyboard shortcuts for tools. For each shortcut we’ll dive into what this feature of Media Composer does as well. More below! Here’s a list of the shortcuts covered: – Audio Tool – Cmd/Ctrl+1 – Calculator -…

Learn how to use the BCC PixelChooser with mocha in Avid Media Composer
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Learn how to use the BCC PixelChooser with mocha in Avid Media Composer

Included with most every filter in BCC 10, the integrated PixelChooser with mocha is a sophisticated matte and masking system with planar tracking that makes fast work of isolating filter effects to a specific region of a clip. In this 15 minute tutorial, UK based Colourist and Finishing Artist Dan Harvey demonstrates how to leverage…

Let’s Edit with Media Composer – ADVANCED – Vertical Video Projects Part 2
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Let’s Edit with Media Composer – ADVANCED – Vertical Video Projects Part 2

In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe wraps up his talk on Vertical Video projects for delivery to clients like Snapchat or clients that advertise via Digital Signage. We cover transcoding your clips, exporting from Media Composer and how to you can quickly compress your files via Adobe Media Encoder so, in many cases, you can…

Let’s Edit with Media Composer – ADVANCED – Vertical Video Projects Part 1
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Let’s Edit with Media Composer – ADVANCED – Vertical Video Projects Part 1

In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe discusses how edit a Vertical Video project for applications such as Snapchat. This tutorial was inspired by a discussion on the Avid Editors of Facebook page, and is an important one, as with the move to more and more vertical applications such as digital signage and mobile, you’ll find…