Media Composer
#40: Secondary Color Correction with Garbage Matte in Media Composer
Create a Secondary Color Correction with a Garbage Matte in Media Composer. It plays in real-time! http://www.avidscreencast.com/asc40
2010-09-25
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Giant Crawling Title using Avid FX with Media Composer
Learn how to use Avid FX (think Boris FX) with Avid Media Composer to create giant crawling text with video inside the letters. You can
2010-09-21
Media Composer
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
2010-09-17
Media Composer
Using lights with Marquee Title Tool in Avid Media Composer
Learn how to create an animate a light within Avid Media Composer Marquee Title tool.
2010-09-13
Media Composer
Media Composer cloning and tracking
Learn how to clone and remove an object using Avid Media Composer. In this example, it’s used to removed a lavaliere microphone from a guys
2010-09-01
Media Composer
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
2010-08-30
Avid Technology
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
2010-08-24
Media Composer
Mixing Aspect Ratios in Avid Media Composer
This tutorial demonstrates how to mix 16×9 and 4×3 aspect ratios within Avid Media Composer 5.0, newer versions have other features simplifying this workflow.
2010-08-15
Media Composer
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
2010-08-09
Media Composer
Avid Screencast #38: BCC Pan & Zoom
NOTE: I had to trim this video down because of Youtube length limitations. See the full episode at http://avidscreencast.com/asc38 After last week’s look into Avid’s
2010-07-22
Media Composer
Avid Screencast #37: Avid Pan & Zoom
NOTE: I had to trim this video down severely because of Youtube length limitations. See the full episode at http://avidscreencast.com/asc37 I’ve had several requests for
2010-07-16
Media Composer
Smart Tool Editing – Edit on the Fly with Avid® Media Composer® 5
With the new Smart Tool in Media Composer 5, you gain a faster and easier way of editing video alongside the established precision approach. Learn
2010-07-12
Avid Technology
Powderhouse Productions: Creating a Media Revolution
Business is literally booming for Powderhouse Productions, one of the most explosive forces in today’s non-fiction TV entertainment industry. And that, according to Rob Kirwan,
2010-07-08
Media Composer
Avid Screencast #36: AMA with Red and Quicktime Files
NOTE: I had to trim this video down severely because of Youtube length limitations. See the full episode at http://avidscreencast.com/asc36 With Media Composer 5, you
2010-07-08
Media Composer
Avid Screencast #35: Media Composer 5 Introduction
NOTE: I had to trim this video down severely because of Youtube length limitations. See the full episode at http://avidscreencast.com/asc35 A short introduction to the
2010-07-01
Media Composer
Avid Screencast #34: Film Flash
Create a Glow-like Film Flash Effect without using Boris Continuum Complete. http://www.avidscreencast.com/asc34
2010-06-24
Media Composer
Avid Screencast #33: Safe Color Limiter
Nothing fancy, but a solid workhorse: Want to make sure that your sequence is complying with technical broadcast standards? The Safe Color Limiter Effect is
2010-06-18
Media Composer
Avid Screencast #32: Blurring into / out of a Title
In this episode, we’ll transition into a title by starting with a blur and then slowly letting it focus. To do this we’ll have to
2010-06-10
Media Composer
Avid Screencast #31: Curtain Transition
NOTE: I had to trim this video down because of Youtube length limitations. See the full episode at http://avidscreencast.com/asc31 This week’s episode features a request
2010-06-03
Media Composer
Avid Screencast #30: Audio Timewarp
Everybody knows the Timewarp only applies to video. But what if you want to change the speed of your audio as well? In this episode,
2010-05-27
Media Composer
Avid Screencast #29: Glow Transition
In this episode, we’ll create a nice Glow transition using a Boris Continuum Complete Effect that ships with Media Composer.
2010-05-13
Media Composer
Avid Screencast #28: Color Correction Basics VII – Vignettes and Wrap-Up
NOTE: I had to trim this video down because of Youtube length limitations. See the full episode at http://avidscreencast.com/asc28 In the final installment of the
2010-05-06
Media Composer
Avid Screencast #27: Color Correction Basics VI – Matching Two Shots Part II
In this episode, we’ll continue matching one shot to another. We’ll do it manually, and we’ll use Avid’s curves. Here are direct links to the
2010-04-29
Media Composer
Episode Sixteen: Cheesy “How-To” transitions Part Three
The final installment in my three part Cheesy Transitions series. As usual, everything is done right inside Media Composer. This is one very, very powerful
2010-04-29
Media Composer
Avid Screencast #26: Color Correction Basics V – Matching Two Shots Part I
One of the most common tasks when doing color correction is matching two shots. So this week and next, we’ll do exactly that. As always,
2010-04-23
Media Composer
Avid Screencast #25: Color Correction Basics IV – Manipulating Color Balance with Color Wheels
In last week’s episode, we chnaged the color balance of a shot with curves. This week we’ll do the same thing with the color wheels.
2010-04-15
Media Composer
Monitor Video Externally through Matrox MXO2 Mini and Avid Editing Systems
If you dont have a Nitris DX- or Mojo DX-based system, Media Composer 5 opens the door to third-party workflows, enabling you to monitor video
2010-04-13
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2010-04-12
Media Composer
Avid Screencast #24: Color Correction Basics III – Manipulating Color Balance with Curves
NOTE: I had to trim this video down because of Youtube length limitations. See the full episode at http://avidscreencast.com/asc24 In this episode, we’ll severely change
2010-04-08
Media Composer
Avid Screencast #22: Color Correction Basics I – Laying the Groundwork
Before we start color correcting a shot, a few words about scopes. http://avidscreencast.com/asc22 Here are direct links to the other tutorials in this series: Color
2010-04-04
Media Composer
Avid Screencast #23: Color Correction Basics II – Manipulating Contrast
NOTE: I had to trim this video down because of Youtube length limitations. See the full episode at http://avidscreencast.com/asc23 Manipulate the contrast of an image
2010-04-04
Media Composer
Episode Fifteen: Cheesy “How To” Transitions Part Two
Yet another transition I recently saw that is really easy to build. Once again, no third-party applications. Everything is done right inside the Avid
2010-04-02
Media Composer
Customizing Your Avid Bin
A short video tutorial on how to customize views in your Avid Media Composer bin. To learn more things like this, go to PostFifthPictures.com
2010-04-01
Media Composer
Episode Fourteen: Cheesy “How-To” Transitions Part One
In this episode, we take the Animatte a couple of steps further and check out an effect used for introducing talent in a TV show
2010-03-21
Media Composer
Avid Screencast #21: Tackling the Timewarp II
In this episode, we’ll continue our deep-dive into one of the most powerful and most-used effects in Avid: The Timewarp. We’ll cover the following basics
2010-03-19
Media Composer
Avid Screencast #20: Tackling the Timewarp I
NOTE: I had to trim this video down because of Youtube length limitations. See the full episode at http://avidscreencast.com/asc20 In this episode, we’ll continue our
2010-03-12
Media Composer
Avid Screencast #18: Broken Projector Transition
Create a transition that looks like a broken projector image flicker. http://www.avidscreencast.com/asc18
2010-02-25
Media Composer
Episode Thirteen: Avid Pan & Zoom Plugin
Check out how you can use the Avid Pan & Zoom plugin to preserve all the detail in your hi res graphics when using them
2010-02-25
Media Composer
Moving Filmstrip for Avid Media Composer
Create a moving filmstrip effect for Avid Media Composer. This is a great lesson for using keyframes and compositing techniques. You can view the entire
2010-02-19
Media Composer
Marquee 3D text tutorial
Use Avid Media Composer’s Marquee Title tool to create a sequence of 3D characters that fade up one at a time. You can view more
2010-02-18
Media Composer
Avid Screencast #17: Automate Title Creation with Marquee’s Autotitler
So you have a bunch of subtitles or lower thirds to do. They all look the same, except for the contents. You’re not seriously considering
2010-02-18
Media Composer
Avid Screencast #16: Secondary Color Correction in Media Composer
Create a secondary color correction in Avid Media Composer. http://www.avidscreencast.com/asc16
2010-02-11
Media Composer
Pleasantville Effect For Avid Media Composer
Learn how to create the Pleasantville effect with Avid Media Composer using the SpetraMatte keyer.
2010-02-09
Media Composer
Avid Screencast #14: Spice Up Text with Video
Sometimes the good, old title with static text just doesn’t cut it. In this episode, we’ll make the text be another layer of video.
2010-01-28
Media Composer
Avid Screencast #12: Animated Photo Slideshow
Create a visually interesting photo slideshow by stacking the photos on top of each other and animating them!
2010-01-14
Media Composer
Avid Screencast #10: Special Episode – Obscure Faces
PLEASE NOTE: This is a special Christmas Episode, so… be prepared for that 🙂 Sometimes, you need to obscure the face of a person,
2009-12-24
Media Composer
Avid Screencast #05: Pleasantville Effect
In this episode, we’ll create the Pleasantville Effect – everything is black-and-white except for one color – using a Spectramatte and an Animatte for creating
2009-12-13
Media Composer
Avid Screencast #06: Remap Your Keyboard!
In this episode, I’ll show you how to remap your keyboard and give you a couple of ideas on what functions to map to it.
2009-12-13
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