In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe discusses the newest release of Media Composer, 2018.7, and with it comes one of the first big promised features of Media Composer, and that is the Live Timeline. This, plus some other great new additions, makes 2018.7 an update that you’ll seriously want to consider New Features of Media…
Who needs plug-ins when you have the paint effect? This tutorial will explain how you can re-create a glitch effect to transition from one shot to the next without using any third party plug-ins in Avid Media Composer! Software used: Media Composer 8.8.5 http://redarrowindustries.com/ https://www.facebook.com/RedArrowIndustries/
The BCC Broadcast Safe is the best way to ensure that all of your Avid Media Composer projects are color and luma safe for delivery to any broadcast market. Simply apply the filter at the top level of your sequence or comp, select the preset that corresponds to the broadcast standard that you require and…
If you use the Avid Application Manager (AAM) to download or update Pro Tools, Media Composer, or AAX plug-ins, it’s essential to know where those files are downloaded. ?Location: C:\AvidDownloads\ ..folder. Make sure you have ‘Show Hidden Items’ checked. In the folder you will find a ‘Download’ folder (where files are downloaded) and an ‘EX’…
Not many editors seem to know about top and tail editing. Boiled down, a top edit cuts out everything to the left of the play head*, and a tail edit cuts everything on the right (*up to the next edit point) and everything will shuffle down. This is often MUCH faster than using In and…
Media Composer will let you customize the interface with different colors for many things. One of those is the color of your bins where your clips reside. When you have several bins, it can be helpful to quickly locate the correct bin when you have them color coded. Perhaps blue for video clips, red for…
This shortcut is not fancy, it doesn’t make your clips look better, but it can potentially save you a ton of time and work. Ctrl + S (Win) Command + S (Mac) SAVE! Make this shortcut muscle memory! You never know when you will encounter a crash or a freeze, and there is no reason…
Avid Media Composer works differently from Adobe Premiere, Hitfilm, Final Cut, and every other NLE. Once you understand the basic concept of Media Composer, you will understand it fully. The secret, the KEY, to understanding Media Composer is…… IT’S EFFECT BASED! That means if you want to transform a clip in Media Composer, YOU MUST…
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You don’t have to add effects directly on clips in Media Composer, there are many situations where placing an effect ABOVE a clip(s) is helpful or much quicker. In some situations, it is required, especially when you have a composite with many effects already applied directly to clips. This is a technique you must know!…
Learn about Magic Sharp for Avid Media Composer. The Magic Sharp filter is part of Continuum from Boris FX. This video is an introduction to the Magic Sharp filter, and covers: * Sharpness controls * Channel and luma range selection * Applying noise and grit reduction While this video is about using the Magic Sharp…
In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe continues the discussion on 8K/4K/2K workflows by discussing Relinking, and how you’ll use it, much more successfully than in the past, to link back to your larger than HD footage for your online, and then he’ll move onto talking about working with clips with different frame rates in one…
How to quickly add an effect to multiple clips in Avid Media Composer. When you want to add the same effect to multiple clips in Avid Media Composer, instead of placing an effect on each clip one-by-one, you can select multiple clips using the SHIFT key, and then double-click the effect you want to apply….
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