An Introduction to Avid Media Composer
An Introduction to Avid Media Composer is the first step in achieving confidence, creativity, and efficiency with Avid Media Composer, the nonlinear film/video editing application used in most movie and television productions.
This class is an introductory course designed to get a new user up and running on the software. In this course, students develop an understanding of the video editing process and the basic skills to edit a video project from start to finish. This includes understanding the relationship between media and project files, the location of media storage, the ability to create project files, import source video and audio files, edit the sequence, add titles, music, and basic effects, and then export the finished sequence.
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Work alongside the instructor on your system with the same footage as the instructor. This is included in the class after sign up.
Meet The Instructor
Chad Anderson is a college professor, animation geek, poet, video editor & skateboarder from the Jersey Shore. He has worked on a range of editing and visual FX projects for corporate, educational, broadcast, non-profit and military organizations all over the country (and once in Korea). Previous clients have included E! Entertainment, "The Charlie Rose Show," the WB, The Count Basie Theatre and a film that went straight to video with John Stamos in it. He holds a Master’s in Education from NJCU and has been teaching for over 18 years. His favorite movie is "Joe Versus the Volcano."
Course Breakdown:
Getting Started With This Course
- How To Download and Install Projects and Media for This Course (14:49)
- Projects and Media to Download
Lesson 1: Setting Up Your Software
- Opening The Software (9:38)
- Bins (7:58)
- Bin Views (9:01)
- Settings (10:55)
- Button Remapping (9:57)
Lesson 2: Getting Started With Avid Media Composer
- Importing Footage (10:08)
- Link (9:35)
- Transcoded Linked Clips (10:32)
- Media Management (11:11)
Lesson 3: Basic Editing
- Playing and Marking Clips (9:49)
- Three Point Editing (11:38)
- Adding Cutaways (10:12)
- Lift & Extract (8:13)
- Adding B-Roll on Upper Tracks (8:38)
- Timeline Editing (11:48)
Lesson 4: Segment Mode Editing
- Extract/Splice-in Segment Mode (9:06)
- Lift/Overwrite Segment Mode (5:51)
- Drag & Drop (8:00)
- Drag & Drop Timeline (10:49)
Lesson 5: Trimming
- Single Roll Trimming (9:38)
- Single Roll Each Side (10:27)
- Advanced Trimming (10:58)
- Breaking Sync (9:58)
- Fixing Broken Sync (6:52)
- Dual Roll Trim (10:23)
Lesson 6: Transition Effects
- Adding Basic Transitions (8:08)
- Transition Parameters (9:11)
- Transition Keyframing (10:48)
- Transition Alignment (9:47)
- Transition Corner Display (5:21)
Lesson 7: Segment Effects
- Segment Effects (7:36)
- Animating Segment Effects (8:34)
- Color Correction Effect (8:34)
- Stabilize & Fluid Morph (9:36)
Lesson 8: Audio
- Basic Audio Controls (10:33)
- Audio Mixer (8:49)
Lesson 9: Combining Effects
- Nested Effects (10:10)
Lesson 10: Speed Effects
- Motion Effects (10:29)
Lesson 11: Titles
- Creating Titles (8:05)
- Animating Lower 3rds (5:57)
Lesson 12: Exporting
- Exporting out of Avid (6:10)
- Exporting for YouTube (5:14)
Lesson 13: Media Management
- Media Tool (8:23)
- Relink (8:41)
- Transcode Footage (9:19)
- Proxy WorkFlow (8:08)
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$497 USD
An Introduction to Avid Media Composer is the essential first step toward building confidence, creativity, and efficiency with the industry-standard non-linear editing software used across film and television.
This online course is designed to help new users get up and running quickly. Students will gain a solid foundation in the video editing process and learn the core skills needed to complete a project from start to finish. Topics covered include the relationship between media and project files, managing media storage, creating new projects, importing source video and audio, editing sequences, adding music, titles, and basic effects, and exporting a polished final cut.
