In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe gives you an introduction to Bins. Now, you might be thinking that Bins are pretty straightforward. They’re a place to put your clips. Yes, that’s true, but there is so much more to them, then just a place to put your media. Bins will be the focal point of
In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe talks about things you really need to consider, to set yourself up for success. From naming your bins and folders properly, to organizing yourself outside the application, much like with many things in Media Composer, with a little bit of planning at the beginning, you can set yourself up
Boris FX’s Continuum is a staple of my workflows, and each year the team gives it some much needed love in the form of updates with bug fixes and new effects, and this year is no different. HOWEVER, what IS different this year is that Boris FX has purchased the Digital Film Tools suite of
Now, you might be thinking…”Hang on…did I miss a ton of lessons?” No, you didn’t. When I teach Media Composer, I teach the importance of Project Setup, Transcoding and Consolidating and Exporting. This is where projects fall off the rails. Make one mistake in any of these three sections, and your project will be in
In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe talks about the “New” interface! I call it “New”, as it’s almost a year old now, but people still hate it. They loath it, and really for no reason other than they haven’t used it. The new interface with Bin Containers will speed up your overall workflow to a
In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe talks about Transcoding. We’ve talked in Lesson 5 about working with Avid “friendly” media. Now we need to talk about footage that requires a recompression to Avid Media, for you to work with in your Media Composer timelines. Whether it’s in an offline or online scenario, there is some
In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe talks about Source Settings. Understanding them is an exceptionally important step between linking to your footage, and transcoding it, which we’ll talk about in our next lesson. We’ll look at Color processing and Frameflex, as well as the ability to adjust RAW native parameters in the Source Settings window,
In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe talks about probably the most important Media Composer lesson you will learn, and that is about understanding Native Media Composer codecs. Understanding this concept will change the way you bring media into your projects, and have you doing it properly, and avoiding creating multiple projects to bring media into
In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe talks getting your footage into Media Composer via the Source Browser. Many people think that the Source Browser is for linking footage only. Did you also know you can import footage using the Source Browser as well? It really is a fantastic tool to get your footage into Media
We’re now in our new Project! In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe starts out by talking about the new Bin Container window, and then gives you an overview of the Media Composer interface. Then, it’s on to talk about the basic settings that you want to make sure you set, before you get rolling! Channel:
In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe talks about the free Particle Illusion Standalone application that you can use to create unbelievably realistic particle simulations that can be rendered out, and added to your Media Composer timelines. In this lesson we cover everything you know to get you up and running, lightning quick. Channel: www.youtube.com/letseditMC_avid Facebook:
In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe discusses the new Project Selection and Creation window. There’s a lot you need to understand when creating a new project, as if you do something incorrectly here, it can impact the end result of the project you are working on. Kevin walks you through what you need to create
In this lesson, we’re taking it right back to the beginning. My Creative Cow tutorial series on Media Composer had millions of views, and it’s been a while since I’ve taken it back to the beginning to teach you how to use Media Composer right from starting up the application, but that’s what we’re doing
In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe shows you why you should never be hesitant to do any compositing in Media Composer, when you have Boris FX Sapphire’s Builder Tool (S_Effect) at your disposal. This “One Stop Shop” gives you access to all of Sapphire’s effects right in one interface, and gives you that beginnings of
In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe talks about the newly released 2020.4 update to Avid Media Composer which, along with some exciting interface and under the hood updates, comes support for Mac OS Catalina. This, along with the implementation of the Universal Media Engine, new naming for Avid DNxHD files and some great in-application feature
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