Let’s Edit with Media Composer – ADVANCED – Motion Effects Part 2
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Let’s Edit with Media Composer – ADVANCED – Motion Effects Part 2

In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe wraps up his look at Motion Effects by talking, first, about a common misconception that you can’t work with motion effects on mixed frame rates in your projects. That’s just not true. Then, he moves on to talk about what he teased in the last lesson, and that’s how…

Media Composer 8.6+ How To Use Link/AMA Link – The Source Browser
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Media Composer 8.6+ How To Use Link/AMA Link – The Source Browser

Media Composer 8.6 introduced a change in the way we use Link to add clips to our bin. If you have been a Media Composer user for awhile you will probably remember AMA LINK. Then AMA LINK was changed to simply LINK in our context menu. Now, we access LINK through the Source Browser. The…

Let’s Edit with Media Composer – ADVANCED – Motion Effects Part 1
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Let’s Edit with Media Composer – ADVANCED – Motion Effects Part 1

In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe starts the first of a multi-part lesson on creating Motion Effects, and starts out by creating them the easiest, but not necessarily the most obvious way, and that is via the Motion Effect command. This command, accessible only when the preview monitor or clip is selected will get you…

How to Create a Custom Grunge Textured Background in Avid Media Composer | Sapphire
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How to Create a Custom Grunge Textured Background in Avid Media Composer | Sapphire

In this Sapphire video effect tutorial, learn how to create your own unique and custom grunge backgrounds quickly and easily. This video tutorial shows you how to make your own customized grunge background. This cool and edgy video effect works especially great as a background or texture for title sequences, or for simply creating an…

Let’s Edit with Media Composer – ADVANCED – Source Browser In-Depth
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Let’s Edit with Media Composer – ADVANCED – Source Browser In-Depth

In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe goes in-depth with the new Source Browser import/linking tool inside of Media Composer 8.6. Not only does he give you the in’s and out’s of this awesome new feature, but he also shows you how working with elements from Rampant Design Tools have become super easy, not only with…

Let’s Edit with Media Composer – ADVANCED – BCC Remover & Mocha BCC
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Let’s Edit with Media Composer – ADVANCED – BCC Remover & Mocha BCC

In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe takes a look at a common situation that editors run into, and that’s when a producer/director asks them to remove an element from a shot. Whether it’s a sign on a wall, or even a boat on an empty ocean, this is a fairly simple task, assuming the footage…