Instructor Led Avid Media Composer Training - Training Resources

Avid Media Composer 101 ...Avid Media Composer This five-day intensive course provides students with exposure to the core skills, workflow, and concepts involved in nonlinear editing on Avid Media Composer system. Covers editing and effects techniques for both Macintosh and Windows systems. Session time is divided between demonstration and hands-on practice, with ample time for experimentation with sample material. This  more...

Avid Media Composer & Xpress Pro - Color Correction This two-day course, designed for the intermediate user, explains how to color correct a sequence on Avid Media Composer and Avid Xpress Pro. You will learn how to color correct each shot in a sequence, use Avid s internal video scopes, make sure the color and luminance are within safe broadcast limits, and create a treatment for a sequence. Class time is divided between demonstration and hands-on  more...

Avid Media Composer - Creating Graphics & Mattes with Photoshop ...Avid Media Composer or Avid Xpress Pro editor, this two-day course demonstrates how to prepare still and moving graphics for import into Avid Media Composer using both SD and HD formats. Students will also learn how to use Intraframe Editing to create paint effects and animated mattes. Class time is divided between demonstration and hands-on-practice. Topics include: preparing and importing  more...

Avid Media Composer - Brightwolf Once you ve mastered the tools of Avid through the MC101 and MC201 courses, you re ready for the Brightwolf Workshop. This three-day hands-on course provides you with a real-world editing project, including media from an actual BBC film, the original director s script, and the actual dailies and notes. The course starts with a film (Brightwolf) that has been completely edited, except for the last  more...

Avid Media Composer - Advanced Techniques ...Avid Media Composer (or Symphony) editors who want to become more productive by mastering the system s sophisticated editing features and shortcuts. You ll also learn advanced techniques to help streamline system, media, and project management. Sessions include instructor-led demonstration and hands-on practice. Topics include: editing features (such as Sync Point Editing and Replace Edit);  more...

Avid Media Composer - Trimming This practical two-day course is an intensive look at trimming efficiently, effectively, and creatively on everything from dialogue scenes to montages to complicated multiple layer sequences. Designed to offer plenty of supervised hands-on exercises, this course breaks down trimming into its essential creative and technical components, then presents drills that bring out creativity,  more...

Avid Media Composer - Advanced Effects This three-day course focuses on designing multi-layered and multi-nested effects on Avid Media Composer for maximum quality and optima render time. Hands-on exercises involve creating and combining effects to achieve real-world results. Topics include: effect shortcuts and tips; advanced keyframing, nesting and keying; render time reduction; using Avid Media Composer s Paint and AniMatte effects;  more...

Avid Media Composer - Introduction to Effects This two-day course introduces basic effects and is a prerequisite for the 305 Advanced Avid Media Composer Effects course. Topics include: creating multilayered effects; keyframing effects; creating effect templates; using AVX plug-in effects; creating motion effects and timewarps; using the 3D Effects option; and nesting layers. Class time is divided between demonstration and hands-on practice.  more...

Avid Media Composer - Working with Film & 24P ... assistant editors for working with film and 24p media on Avid Media Composer, Avid Film Composer and Avid Xpress Pro. Each day combines instructor-led lecture, demonstration, and hands-on practice. Topics include: understanding the telecine/downconversion process; film proj-ect workflows (including 24p); organizing film editing sessions; autosyncing; script integration; and film effects. The  more...

Avid Media Composer - Level I ... nonlinear editing and includes all basic features of the Avid Media Composer system for Macintosh and Windows. You will use Avid Media Composer to digitize and organize source footage, edit sync and non-sync material, trim sequences, edit audio, create titles, and output work. The final product is a finished program. Designed for the novice Avid Media Composer editor, no familiarity with the  more...

Avid ACSR - Windows System Support ...ntegration and support of Avid editing systems, including Avid Media Composer, Avid Xpress, Avid Symphony, Avid Xpress Pro with Mojo, and Avid Media Composer Adrenaline. Avid hardware components and configurations are presented and explained. The relationship between Windows OS and Avid software covered, and troubleshooting concepts, models and tools are also described. Lab work and exercises  more...