Avid Media Composer 6.x cookbook : over 160 highly effective and practical recipes to help beginning and intermediate users get the most from Avid Media Composer 6 editing / Benjamin Hershleder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hershleder, Benjamin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Project management--Computer programs.

Project management.

Electronic data processing--Batch processing.

Electronic data processing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (422 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Birmingham, UK : Packt Pub., 2012.

Language Note:

English

Biography/History:

Hershleder Benjamin: Benjamin Hershleder (Hershleder. com) currently freelances as an Avid Editor and Director. He has been teaching Avid Media Composer since 1995, and became an Avid Certified Instructor in 1997. He teaches as an adjunct professor at the American Film Institute in Los Angeles, at Avid Authorized Training Partner institutions, and also provides private, customized training to individuals and facilities. Hershleder is an award-winning Producer-Director and accomplished Editor. He has produced and/or directed a variety of projects for such companies as Shapiro/West, The Spark Factory, and Old Fashioned Pictures. This work includes co-writing and directing the award-winning (including an Emmy and the Gold Ebenseer Bear) short film "Paul McCall" and directing and editing the Telly award-winning documentary "The Bronx Boys Hosted by Carl Reiner", which aired on PBS and as part of the Cinemax anthology series "Reel Life". Benjamin is currently completing the follow-up to this film. It is again hosted by Carl Reiner and is titled "The Bronx Boys Still Playing At 80". His other credits include developing, producing, and directing the pilot of "Spoilers" (not to be confused with Kevin Smith's new production of the same name), serving as a Consulting Producer on comedian Andy Kindler's concert film "I Wish I Was Bitter", and editing Paramount Studios' "The Original Latin Kings Comedy" (George Lopez, Paul Rodriguez, Cheech Marin). His background in post-production also includes editing the indie-feature film "Hollywood Capri", two years as an editor for E! Entertainment Television, and editing an hour-long pilot episode of "In Search Of. .. " for Fox.

Summary:

Written in a Cookbook style, it's packed with logically-sequenced recipes to gain deeper understanding of the software. Each recipe contains step-by-step instructions followed by analysis of what was done in each task and other useful information. The book is designed so that you can read it chapter by chapter, or you can look at the list of recipes and refer to them in no particular order. If you are new to editing with Avid, this book will help you get the most out of Avid Media Composer right from the start. Even if you are intermediately experienced with Avid, you will discover new methods

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; Acknowledgement; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Getting Assets into Your Media Composer Project; Introduction; A strategy for project organization at the desktop level; Understanding Media Creation settings; Mixing frame rates; Tape capture tip: Adding Markers while Capturing; Tape capture tip: Making Sub clips while Capturing; Logging clips tip: Logging from the keyboard; Logging clips tip: Keeping the Capture Tool active after logging a clip

Quickly calculating total duration of clips (or any items in a bin)Combining available drive space and/or controlling where media is stored; Making sure your batch capture continues without you; Modifying clips before capture; Modifying clips after capture: Adding tracks; Modifying clips after capture: Deleting tracks; Capturing and editing at the same time; Preparing to use AMA (Avid Media Access): Getting the plug-ins; AMA (Avid Media Access) Linking; Getting the AMA file's image to display as desired; Consolidating (copying) AMA Master Clips

Transcoding AMA Master Clips before beginning to edit Transcoding AMA Master Clips after editing has begun; Consolidating an AMA sequence or sub clips; Transcoding an AMA sequence; Importing stills and video files such as QuickTime; Importing audio; Adjusting audio levels before editing; Adjusting audio pan settings before editing; Setting stereo-audio tracks; Chapter 2: Customizing Your Work Environment; Introduction; Settings overview; Creating Site Settings; User Profile Settings - transferring to another workstation; Interface settings; Font size adjustment; Creating Bin views

Creating Timeline Views Customizing Workspaces; Creating Bin Layouts; Linking Bin Layouts with Workspaces; Linking other settings with Workspaces; Mapping Workspaces and Bin Layouts; Mapping buttons and menu selections; Chapter 3: Polishing Gems; Introduction; Understanding Track Sensitivity; Snapping actions for the Position Indicator and in Segment Mode; Enabling and disabling all Track Selectors from the keyboard; Enabling and disabling Track Selectors using the Shift key plus drag method; Enabling and disabling Track Selectors using the Lasso; Replace Edit: How and why

Sync Point Editing: How and why Seeing source material in the Timeline Window; Clipboard tips; Using the Match Frame function; Using the Reverse Match Frame function; Setting clip colors in a bin; Setting clip colors in the Timeline Window; Chapter 4: Creating Split Edits; Introduction; Creating a Split Edit with Double Roller or Overwrite Trim; Creating a Split Edit with the Extend function; Creating a Split Edit with Asymmetric Trimming; Chapter 5: Maintaining and Regaining Sync; Introduction; Adding Filler within a sequence with Splice or Overwrite; Adding Filler at the end of a sequence

Sync Break Indicators: Understanding them and making your own

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781283937832

1283937832

9781849693011

1849693013

OCLC:

823719029