library.creativecow.net/mcauliffe_kevin/Avid-Media-Composer_41 Basic Animation & Rendering: In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe talks about basic animating in Marquee, and shows you why it’s better to do your animation there, as opposed to doing it in the 3D Warp tool. He also discusses rendering/saving out your titles, and how simple it is, so you’re back up and
http://library.creativecow.net/mcauliffe_kevin/Avid-Media-Composer_40 In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe shows you how simple it is to not only add drop shadows and strokes to your text, but also how to create true 3D extruded text right within the Marquee Interface.
library.creativecow.net/mcauliffe_kevin/Avid-Media-Composer_39 In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe gives you a “lay of the land” inside of the Marquee title tool by talking about the top and side tool bars, and showing how easy it is to not only create text, but do some otherwise complicated text adjustments, with a few clicks of the mouse.
library.creativecow.net/mcauliffe_kevin/Avid-Media-Composer_38 In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe shows you how to set up e-mail notifications, so Media Composer/Symphony will notify you when your renders, exports or transcodes are done. He also shows you some great settings tricks to streamline the process, and make sure you get the notifications you need as quickly as possible.
library.creativecow.net/mcauliffe_kevin/Avid-Media-Composer_37 Project Archiving: In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe answers a viewer’s e-mail about the organization of media outside of MC/Symphony, and then shows you how using a free, third-party media management application will make your archiving process quick and simple.
library.creativecow.net/mcauliffe_kevin/Avid-Media-Composer_36 OMF Export for Audio Post: In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe shows you how easy it is to set up a preset for exporting the audio in your sequence for audio post. He also shows you the ideal type of video file to export, so your audio engineer can check sync, and even shows
http://library.creativecow.net/mcauliffe_kevin/Avid-Media-Composer_35 In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe shows you a "hidden" gem inside of Media Composer and Symphony, and that is how to export a multichannel audio file. Most editors think that is is not possible in MC/Symphony, but Kevin shows you just how easy it is in a few short steps.
http://library.creativecow.net/mcauliffe_kevin/Avid-Media-Composer_34 HD to SD Centercut: In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe talks about the importance of setting your title safe markers correctly to properly downconvert HD footage and centercut it, so that the image fills an entire 4×3 frame.
ibrary.creativecow.net/mcauliffe_kevin/Avid-Media-Composer_33 HD to SD Letterbox: In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe shows you why you don’t need any third party applications to create SD Letterboxed content from your HD footage. Not only does he show you how easy it is, but also shows you a great trick to get around titling issues when downconverting. Note
Has a director ever asked you if you can fix a few bad shots? Have you struggled to make a final sequence look better? Steve Hullfish brought the art of color correction from the dark arts to the light of day in 2002 with his book Color Correction for Digital Video: Using Desktop Tools to
library.creativecow.net/mcauliffe_kevin/Avid-Media-Composer_32 In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe shows you how to start to create advanced effects inside of MC/Symphony by building some custom transitions. Not only does he show you how to create them, but he also shows you quick ways to apply them to multiple edits, as well as save them, to be used
library.creativecow.net/mcauliffe_kevin/Avid-Media-Composer_31 In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe answers a viewer’s question about rendering an element with a matte key out of Apple’s Motion 5, for use inside of Avid’s Media Composer/Symphony. This lesson is not only great for Motion users, but it gives all VFX artists a look at the proper render and import process
library.creativecow.net/mcauliffe_kevin/Avid-Media-Composer_30 In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe takes another look at the popular “Rocky Effect” tutorial he did, but takes things to a whole new level by showing you how to add unique clips to each of the letters, and make something that’s “WOW”, “AMAZING”!
library.creativecow.net/mcauliffe_kevin/Avid-Media-Composer_29 In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe talks about media management inside of your project, and he shows you how to take advantage of the Media Tool to help you shrink those projects down, and free up more room on your bulging hard drives.
library.creativecow.net/mcauliffe_kevin/Avid-Media-Composer_28 In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe talks about Video Mixdowns. They are a handy tool to have at your disposal, and in many NLE’s, creating a “Video Mixdown” is normally a multi-step process. Kevin discusses the pros and cons of using mixdowns, and also shows you why a “collapse” might be a better, non-destructive,
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