Avid® Rough Cut – Steven Sprung and Michael Bershad
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Avid® Rough Cut – Steven Sprung and Michael Bershad

In this episode of The Rough Cut, we meet writer/director Steven Sprung and writer/producer Michael Bershad to talk about the concept and story behind their independent film “Dispatch”. Part 1: Writer/director Steven Sprung and writer/producer Michael Bershad to talk about the concept and story behind their independent film “Dispatch”. Part 2: Assistant editor Drew Sommer…

Avid Screencast #39: Nesting Effects
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Avid Screencast #39: Nesting Effects

The way Media Composer processes effects has some weird side-effects: Sometimes an effect applied to an upper video track also affects the video tracks below — whether you intended that or not. So this week we’ll take control over that issue by learning how to use nesting to your advantage. http://www.avidscreencast.com/asc39

Multi Camera mode in Avid Media Composer
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Multi Camera mode in Avid Media Composer

Here’s a very basic tutorial on how to set up a multi-camera edit using Avid Media Composer. I purposely made this tutorial very short to get right to the point. You can view the full transcript of this Media Composer tutorial by visiting: http://www.geniusdv.com/news_and_tutorials/2010/08/setting_up_multi_camera_mo…

Discovery Channel: Going Green with Avid Asset Management
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Discovery Channel: Going Green with Avid Asset Management

Make the most of your media: http://apps.avid.com/make-most-media?cmpid=AV-SM-MTM-3 Going green in more ways than one, Discovery recently moved from tape to file-based workflows. “Everyone in the media industry knows that tape is extremely bad ecologically,” comments Clayton Dutton, Vice President of Post Production and Media Operations. But, just as important, Discovery now understands they can count…

ScriptSync® for Documentaries – Avid® Media Composer® tutorials
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ScriptSync® for Documentaries – Avid® Media Composer® tutorials

ScriptSync® gives Media Composer® editors a greater level of efficiency and control over their media then they’ve ever had before. Editors can simply and quickly synchronize their media to an electronic copy of the script from their film or TV show. Instead of having to shift through bins or shuttle through clips an editor simply…