Editing: Avid Media Composer

Content

Introduction to Avid Media Composer

What does the Media Composer consist of?

Starting Avid

• Introduction to Bins
• Master Clips and Media Files

Starting to Edit

• The Composer Window
• The Timeline Window
• Editing Stages
• Selecting the Shots
• Creating a Sequence

Fine tuning the edit

• Trimming

Additional Editing Tools

• Moving through the timeline
• Timeline zooming
• Dissolves
• Saving
• Shutting down

Working with audio

• Tracks
• Making a split edit
• Broken sync
• Finding audio cues
• Setting levels - part 1
• Monitoring additional tracks
• Editing audio into the sequence (advanced)
• Adjusting audio levels and pan
• Working with sync

Day 2

• Input (including capturing)
• Capturing and importing
• Timecode and tape names
• Tracks, bins and drives
• Video and audio
• 3 capture methods
• Digitising from non-timecoded source
• Output
• Digital Cut
• Moving projects and sequences between machines
• Export (OMFI)
• EDL

Working in the timeline

• Segment editing
• Slipping and Sliding

Using bins (advanced)

• Text view
• Sorting and sifting
• Moving, duplicating and deleting clips in a bin

Backing up and moving projects

• Backing up
• Moving projects and sequences between machines

Media management

• Copying, moving and consolidating media
• Deleting media
• The media tool

Re-digitising

• Re-digitising material back onto the Avid

Customising the Avid

• Customising buttons and keys
• Customising settings
• Customising toolsets

Introduction to effects

• Dissolves
• Titles
• Whirlwind tour of other effects

Student Led

• Re-visit any areas according to student needs

Duration: 2-day weekend