Video Tutorial: Creating a Traveling Highlight “Ken Burns style” in Avid Media Composer
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Video Tutorial: Creating a Traveling Highlight “Ken Burns style” in Avid Media Composer

In this video tutorial, you’ll explore how to replicate the famous “highlight-and-zoom” effect, made famous by documentarian Ken Burns. This Avid Media Composer video tutorial will show you how to: • Zoom in on an area of a still photograph using the Resize effect • Autonest a 3D Warp effect to combine multiple effects •…

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia: ScriptSync keep things Sunny in Philadelphia for The Gang
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It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia: ScriptSync keep things Sunny in Philadelphia for The Gang

Award-winning, ACE-certified Media Composer is the editing choice of the most demanding professionals in film, TV, and video production. Paired with the PhraseFind and/or ScriptSync dialog search options, you have a powerful, creative tool to accelerate your storytelling.

Exporting for Upload to Vimeo with Avid Media Composer
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Exporting for Upload to Vimeo with Avid Media Composer

This video will show what settings you need to have to expoert HD material for uploading to Vimeo. Note: If your video is standard definition, set your data rate to 2000kbps and your display resolution to either 640×480 (4:3) or 640×360 (16:9). For more information and tutorials, please visit: vimeo.com/help/compression

Smart Tool – Avid Media Composer® 5 Overview
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Smart Tool – Avid Media Composer® 5 Overview

A subtle but very important change to Media Composer 5 is the addition of the Link Selection Tool as well as the Smart Tool editing palette. Historically in Media Composer, to make adjustments to a segment or transition, you would have to enter a specific mode. Now with the Smart Tool, depending where your cursor…

Real-Time AudioSuite (RTAS) Plug-Ins and Stereo Audio – Avid Media Composer® 5 Overview
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Real-Time AudioSuite (RTAS) Plug-Ins and Stereo Audio – Avid Media Composer® 5 Overview

There are a number of great new features in Media Composer 5 in terms of how you work with audio. We’ll start by looking at the new Stereo Audio feature. Now when you add an audio track to Media Composer you have the option of adding a mono track or stereo track. We no longer…