Let’s Edit with Media Composer – Lesson 1 – Introduction
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Let’s Edit with Media Composer – Lesson 1 – Introduction

In this introductory Lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe introduces you to Avid Media Composer Subscription (also called MC8). He talks about the Application Manager, how it works, and why you’ll want to keep you eye on it. He also talks about the free software you receive, and how to go about getting it, and finally, he…

Let’s Edit with Media Composer – Advanced – Creating SD DVD’s from HD, 2K and 4K Projects Part 3
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Let’s Edit with Media Composer – Advanced – Creating SD DVD’s from HD, 2K and 4K Projects Part 3

In this Media Composer 101 tutorial, Kevin P McAuliffe finishes up his look at creating screening DVD’s from HD and larger than HD formats. He takes a look at four different DVD burning applications, one of which I’m sure you probably have on your system as we speak!

Let’s Edit with Media Composer – Advanced – Creating SD DVD’s from HD, 2K and 4K Projects Part 2
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Let’s Edit with Media Composer – Advanced – Creating SD DVD’s from HD, 2K and 4K Projects Part 2

In this Media Composer 101 tutorial, Kevin P McAuliffe continues his lesson on how to create SD screening DVD’s from HD, 2K, 4K and UHD projects. He talks about three programs specifically, Adobe’s Media Encoder, Sorenson Squeeze and Apple’s Compressor, and how to make sure that your processed clips are ready for your DVD creation…

Let’s Edit with Media Composer – Advanced – Creating SD DVD’s from HD, 2K and 4K Projects Part 1
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Let’s Edit with Media Composer – Advanced – Creating SD DVD’s from HD, 2K and 4K Projects Part 1

In this Media Composer 101 tutorial, Kevin P McAuliffe will show you how to create SD screening DVD’s from HD, 2K, 4K and UHD projects. If you don’t think through what you’re doing, you could run into trouble quicker than you think.

Let’s Edit with Media Composer – Advanced – 4K Workflows Part 2: RED 4K Offline/Online in v8.3
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Let’s Edit with Media Composer – Advanced – 4K Workflows Part 2: RED 4K Offline/Online in v8.3

In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe shows you the ins and outs of doing a 4K offline and online in Media Composer v8.3. He shows you some new bells and whistles you’ll need to keep in mind, and he also shows you why working with RED footage will give you an advantage that you never…

Let’s Edit with Media Composer – Advanced – 4K Workflows Part 1: HD Projects
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Let’s Edit with Media Composer – Advanced – 4K Workflows Part 1: HD Projects

In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe gives you an overview of the process of working with 4K footage in your HD timelines. He covers transcoding, a basic edit, and then talks about how easy it is to relink to your 4K footage, just in case your client decides that they want a different look from…

Let’s Edit with Media Composer – ADVANCED – DaVinci Resolve Roundtripping
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Let’s Edit with Media Composer – ADVANCED – DaVinci Resolve Roundtripping

In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe wraps up his introductory look at 4K workflows inside of Avid Media Composer by showing you how to easily “roundtrip” your sequence from Media Composer to DaVinci Resolve, and back again. This tutorial is essential as color correction is a key step in your online workflow.

Let’s Edit with Media Composer – ADVANCED – Transfer Modes
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Let’s Edit with Media Composer – ADVANCED – Transfer Modes

In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe answers one of his most asked questions, “Can you utilize transfer modes inside of Media Composer?” To do this common After Effects task, you will require a third party effect, but if you’re coming from Media Composer 7, chances are you already have the effect you need, you just…

Let’s Edit with Media Composer – ADVANCED – Creating Animated Background Beds
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Let’s Edit with Media Composer – ADVANCED – Creating Animated Background Beds

In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe shows you how easily it is to create a background bed for your text, right in your Media Composer timeline. Using Timewarp, BCC Colorize (which comes with your MC subscription plan), the built in MC Blur effect, and a simple title, you can add some style, and save your…

Let’s Edit with Media Composer – Advanced – What’s New in v8.3
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Let’s Edit with Media Composer – Advanced – What’s New in v8.3

In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe talks about the newly release 8.3 update to Avid Media Composer subscription. He looks at new resolutions, transcoding options, a new codec – DNxHR and even a couple addition bells and whistles, that are a welcome addition for Media Composer editors.

Media Composer – PAINT EFFECT (How to Re-Color and Tracking)
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Media Composer – PAINT EFFECT (How to Re-Color and Tracking)

In this video we look at how to use the Paint Effect to re-color/colorize/color-correct a portion of a video clip, and how to use motion tracking with the Paint Effect in Avid Media Composer. We are using Avid Media Composer 8.5.1 in this video, but the process will be the same for other versions. First,…

Media Composer – A Closer Look At Import Size Settings
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Media Composer – A Closer Look At Import Size Settings

In a couple other Media Composer videos we were talking about not needing to scale up things like Muzzle Flashes when we import into Media Composer. In this video I want to show you this in action so you can see the difference in each of the Image Size Settings when you import. While we…