Avid Screencast #03: Swish-Pan, cheap and real-time!
In this episode, we’ll create a swish-pan effect without using 3rd-party plug-ins. So it’s gonna be cheap, easy and will play in real-time! Check out
Rack Focus Effect in DS using Boris Continuum AVX Plug in
BCC AVX for DS’s Lens Blur filter emulates a real-world defocused lens effect where the out-of-focus highlights of an image clip take on the shape
WAN Workflow – Avid Interplay Access over the Internet
WAN Workflow – Avid Interplay Access over the Internet Media operations dealing with more demanding projects, fewer personnel, smaller budgets, and more responsibilities now have
Avid DS Fog and Smoke FX
Create simple and fast fog and smoke effects in Avid DS without a third party particle system. DS presets for this tutorial are available from
Track and Stabilize Motion in Avid® Media Composer® to Great Effect – Media Composer Cutting Edge
With Avid Media Composer, you can tame shaky hand-held video footage, mask out or color-correct moving objects and elements, and create visual effects more easily
The Ellen DeGeneres Show: Television on the cutting edge
The editors behind The Ellen DeGeneres Show thrive on laughs and collaboration to cut each show, but that almost came to a halt when they
Avid DS Z Buffer FX
This Avid DS tutorial explains the basic use of Z buffer information when compositing 3D animation elements in Avid DS.
Mix and Match in Media Composer 4 – Media Composer Cutting Edge
When you need to cut together multiple video clips from a variety of sources in mixed resolutions, nothing gives you the speed or superb image
Media Composer 4 – First Look at the World’s Most Advanced Film and Video Editing System
Get more features, more formats, more flexibility, and more fun! Media Composer® 4 is available now on Avid.com and at resellers near you. Mix and
Avid DS Functional On-screen Counter
This is a follow up to the Avid DS On-screen Frame Calculator tutorial from May 2009. This lesson explains how to create the counters which
Transformers and Media Composer – Transforming editors into collaborators
Get your free trial copy of Avid® Media Composer® Tthe same video editing system used by the pros. “I don’t know anyone doing $200 million dollar
DS Timewarps
[almost] Everything you ever wanted to know about Timewarps (but were afraid or too lazy to read the manual to find out). Covers DS’s Constant,
NAB ’09 – What’s New With Avid Media Composer 3.5
Robert Russo, Avid’s Application Specialist, talks to us about the new features and updates to Avid Media Composer 3.5 including the ability to easily edit
Episode Twelve: Animating Text Along a Path
In this episode, Dave Forsyth shows you how to use Avid Marquee to animate text along a pre-drawn path
Entertainment Tonight and Insider turn digital dreams into reality with Avid HD News solutions
You want to do your best work while staying on time and on budget. From ingest to playout, Avid HD News solutions deliver workflow speed,
Read Audio Timecode – Media Composer Cutting Edge
Gain more flexibility during production with Read Audio Timecode, a feature in Avid Media Composer that allows you to capture audio and video separately and
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Avid creates the digital audio and video technology used to make the most listened to, most watched and most loved media in the world. Some
Avid DS Frames to Timecode Calculator
This tutorial explains the use of High Speed Calc preset available at www.hdhead.com. This on-screen calculator for Avid DS can be used to convert
NAB 2009 – Chris Dickens and A.R. Rahman of Slumdog Millionaire
Oscar®-winning Film Editor and Oscar-winning Music Composer behind the film Slumdog Millionaire offer an engaging look at their collaborative efforts and the creative process behind
Avid DS Repeated Frames Detection
Repeated (duplicate) frames sometimes happen in file based workflows. Detecting a repeated frame visually in slow moving material can be a challenge. Learn how
Avid DS Stereoscopic Containers
Avid DS v10 is capable of stereoscopic (3D) editing, effects and playback. This tutorial explains the stereoscopic setup basics. The tutorial comes with a free
Episode Eleven: Motion Tracking
Avid Certified Senior Instructor shows you how to use the Avid Media Composer Motion Tracking feature
Avid DS Matte Key (Matte Containers)
Matte Containers in Avid DS allow you to combine a fill with a separate matte. Learn how to use this feature in this short tutorial
Custom Slates in DS
A couple of ways to make quickly-accessable custom slate backgrounds in DS
Avid DS Paint Trails (Handwriting)
The “handwriting” feature found inside the graphics tool in Avid DS can be used to create effects ranging from simulated handwriting to animated paint strokes.
Avid DS Email Notification
Avid DS will send you an email when it’s done processing your sequence. Here’s how to set it up.
Avid DS Color Layout
How to remap your AVid DS Color Grading layout. Using Layout Editing, Image Buffers, Floating Viewers and Combo Views to make your Color Grading faster
Avid DS Kung Fu Editing
Gestural based editing in the Avid DS using the Wacom configured correctly.
Avid DS Advanced Output Tabs
Here is a tutorial on using Advanced Output in the Media I/O tool. It allows you to choose just a portion of your frame to
Avid DS Customizing Wacom Tablet
This tutorial teaches you how to customize Wacom tablet for maximum productivity in Avid DS and other applications. The described technique is applicable in
Avid DS Color Bars and Head Format
Head formatting and color bars are some of the least understood subjects in video mastering. Learn how to properly head format of a video tape
EdgeFill
Have you ever needed to fill a PillarBox or LetterBox frame? This tutorial shows how to do this without losing pixels or distorting the
Avid DS Motion Parallax (3D)
This tutorial explains the use of custom Motion Parallax preset for Avid DS V10. The plugin adds 3D capabilities to the DS compositing environment. To
Avid DS Conform from EDL
Learn how to conform in Avid DS using standard EDL files. Filed under: Avid DS, conform, conforming, GVG, EDL, CMX
Avid DS – Matte Protected Color Correction
Learn to quickly color correct in Avid DS using an articulated matte made on the fly. Isolate and color correct the sky, moving objects, articles
Avid DS – Build a Glow Preset
Most third party plugin packages contain some variant of glow filter. Once you understand how this effect works it is easy to build one from scratch
Avid DS Rack Focus
This tutorial teaches you how to use Avid DS custom Rack Focus preset available for free download. The preset simulates camera rack focus and is useful
P2/XDCAM to DS
A start-to-finish tutorial on getting P2 and XDCAM EX media into Avid DS v10 through Media Composer Filed under: DS, Tutorial, Avid DS, Avid Media
Episode Ten: Creating Custom Wipes with Marquee
In this episode, Avid Certified Senior Instructor Dave Forsyth shows how you can use Avid Marquee to create customised wipes
Avid DS Composite Containers Intro
Learn how to create composite containers in Avid DS. Composite containers can collapse multiple tracks into a single clip and also allow you to use
Episode Nine: Intraframe Editing using the Clone Mode
Intraframe editing really has a million-and-one uses! Check this one out as we enhance a scene using clone, erase and lighten objects creating a second
Avid DS Basic Expressions Part 2
In this part we apply what we learned in part one to build two usefull Avid DS effects based on expressions. You can also
Avid DS Basic Expressions Part 1
Learn how to create expressions in Avid DS. Expressions are a fun way to create custom effects. Link to this tutorial part 2
Episode Eight – User Profiles
How to make the most of Avid user profiles including importing, exporting and copying settings between profiles
Episode Four: Audio Mixer Tips
So you think you know everything there is to know about the Audio Mixer tool eh? Think again, This is a powerful tool with many