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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

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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

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SmartTool v2: Transition Manipulation

When Media Composer® 5.0 was first introduced in 2010, one of the biggest changes to the application was the introduction of the SmartTool. The SmartTool is a palette or a collection of five different modes that are very common to working in the timeline. In Media Composer 5.5, the Keyframe button has been moved out

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Magic Mask Effect for Avid Media Composer

Learn how to use the magic mask effect in Avid Media Composer to create an effect similar to the Pleasantville effect. You can view a full text transcript of this tutorial by visiting: http://www.geniusdv.com/news_and_tutorials/2011/01/magic_mask_in_avid_media_c…

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Avid Screencast #52: Let It Snow!

It’s almost Christmas and I did the Santa last year. What’s left? Snow! So this week, we’re going to add snow to an image and we’ll use a couple of advanced options to make it look ab bit more real (or a bit less fake, depending on your perspective).

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