Editing with Avid Media Composer 5: The Official Avid Guide

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kennedy, Ashley

Avid Technology, Inc, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

Avid Technology, Inc.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Media composer.

Video tapes--Editing--Data processing.

Video tapes.

Motion pictures--Editing--Data processing.

Motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 371 p.) : ill.

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

Editing with Avid Media Composer five

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] Peachpit Press 2010

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Avid Media Composer is the standard editing system used by professionals in the film and television industries and with its many capabilities available at a low price, it’s well within the range of serious non-professionals too. With this latest release, Avid proves to be more innovative than ever in a fast-paced world of digital media. Here to guide readers on the foundations of editing using Avid Media Composer 5 is the only book on the market officially developed and approved by Avid and used in its training courses. Each chapter covers a complete lesson in the fundamentals, with step-by-step instructions and accompanying screenshots included so readers can absorb the details and start using the program right away. After discovering how to use the tools and understanding the editing workflow, they’ll go on to learn basic editing, timeline editing, and trimming, and then move on to refining audio, adding effects, performing color correction, creating titles, and finally managing projects and delivering the finished work. They’ll also learn about groundbreaking capabilities new to this version of Media Composer such as a drag-and-drop Timeline that allows its users to mix formats, frame rates, and resolutions, new direct editing capabilities for QuickTime, RED, XDCAM, and other tapeless media, and much more. Not only that, with the included DVD, readers can dive right in and follow along with the projects using professional footage from top television shows and films.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Introduction

1 Introducing Tools and Workflow

The Core Workflow

How Media Composer Works: Files and Relationships

How Media Composer Works: System Hardware

Starting the System

Creating and Opening a Project

Working in the Project Window

Exploring the Editing Interface

Loading and Marking Clips

Making Your First Edit

Saving Your Work

Review Questions

2 Basic Editing

Playing and Marking Clips

Locating an Audio Edit Cue

Creating a Sequence

Removing Material from a Sequence

Creating Subclips

Creating Subsequences

Creating a Storyboard

3 Timeline Editing

Extracting Top and Tail

Working with Tracks

Editing Segments in the Timeline Using Segment Mode

Useful Editing Tools and Techniques

4 Fine-Tuning the Sequence

Understanding Trimming

Trimming Types

The Trimming Process

Performing Trims

Additional Methods for Adding and Removing Frames

Slipping and Sliding Segments

5 Basic Audio Editing

Understanding Audio Level and Pan

Adjusting Level and Pan in the Audio Mixer Tool

Adjusting Audio Gain Using Keyframes

Audio Gain Automation Real-Time Recording

6 Customizing Settings

Viewing and Changing Settings

Mapping Buttons and Menu Items

Configuring the Timeline

Using Toolsets

7 Introducing Effects

Effect Types

Accessing and Applying Effects

Horizontal Effects

Using Keyframes

Direct Manipulation Handles

Saving and Applying Effect Templates

Creating Vertical Effects

Nesting Effects

8 Introducing Color Correction

Getting Started with Color Correction

Using Automatic Color Correction

Color Correction Toolset

Performing Automatic Color Corrections.

Selecting AutoCorrect Options

9 Creating Titles with Avid Marquee

About Avid Marquee

Working in Marquee

Creating Title Text

Formatting and Enhancing Text

Saving the Title as an .mqp File

Using the Quick Title Properties Window

Working with Shapes

Saving the Title to Your Bin

Editing and Revising the Title

Creating Autotitles

10 Capturing Tape-Based Media

Getting Started

Working with the Capture Tool

Capturing Footage

11 Working with File-Based Media

Working with File-Based Media

The Avid Media Access Workflow

Working with P2 Media

Working with XDCAM and XDCAM EX Clips

Working with RED Media

Working with QuickTime Media

Importing Image or Video Files

Importing Audio Files

12 Managing Your Project and Media

Customizing in Text View

Sorting and Sifting Clips

Moving and Copying Clips

Using the Media Tool

Identifying Media Relatives

Deleting Clips and Media Files

Locking Items in the Bin

13 Delivering the Finished Work

Tape-Based Delivery

File-Based Delivery

Using Edit Decision Lists

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9786612790171

9780132366953

0132366959

9781282790179

128279017X

9780132366946

0132366940

OCLC:

1027161589