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
Tag: effect
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 in Media Composer.
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 transcript of this Media Composer video tutorial by visiting: http://www.geniusdv.com/news_and_tutorials/2010/02/moving_filmstrip_effect_fo…
2010-02-19
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 doing them all by hand in Title Tool, are you? Enter Marquee’s Autotitler, which is here to make your life easy. Honestly, if you didn’t know about this one, you
2010-02-18
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 #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, be it for legal or aesthetic reasons. In this episode, we’ll do just that using a very special technique. Check out the blog entry for this week’s episode: http://avidscreencast.com/asc10
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 a garbage matte. Check out the blog enry for this week’s episode: http://avidscreencast.com/asc05
2009-12-13
Media Composer
Avid Screencast #07: Kill Bill Effect
Create a high-contrast colorized look to your image to make it pop! Check out the blog enry for this week’s episode: http://avidscreencast.com/asc07
2009-12-13
Media Composer
Avid Screencast #04: Changing the Field Order
In this episode, we’ll combat the stuttery mess of wrongly imported or ingested interlaced video footage by swapping the field order with the help of the Matte Key real-time effect. Buckle up, this one’s going to get geeky! And don’t forget to check out the show notes for more. Check out the blog enry for
2009-12-12
Media Composer
Avid Screencast #01: Real-Time Reflections
In this episode, we’ll create shiny reflections of video as you may know them from the iTunes Store or advertisements. To accomplish that, we’ll use the real-time 3D Warp effect and all of it is going to take less than five minutes! Check out the blog enry for this week’s episode: http://avidscreencast.com/asc01
2009-12-12
Media Composer
Avid Screencast #03: Swish-Pan, cheap and real-time!
In this episode, we’ll create a swish-pan effect without using 3rd-party plug-ins. So it’s gonna be cheap, easy and will play in real-time! Check out the blog enry for this week’s episode: http://avidscreencast.com/asc03
2009-12-12
Avid DS
Rack Focus Effect in DS using Boris Continuum AVX Plug in
BCC AVX for DS’s Lens Blur filter emulates a real-world defocused lens effect where the out-of-focus highlights of an image clip take on the shape of the blades that control the size of the lens diaphragm. In this video tutorial, we use the BCC Lens Blur filter to create a rack focus effect, which is
2009-12-10
Avid DS
Avid DS Fog and Smoke FX
Create simple and fast fog and smoke effects in Avid DS without a third party particle system. DS presets for this tutorial are available from www.HDhead.com along with a number of other handy presets and tutorial podcasts.
2009-12-03
