Avid MediaComposer / NewsCutter Tutorials
These instructional tutorials and videos can be applied to either MediaComposer or NewsCutter editing applications.
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Avid Web-based tutorials.
Developed by the technical publications group at Avid, these Web-based tutorials provide basic procedures, tips and techniques for getting started with Avid editing software.
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Learn to use Avid Media Composer with lessons that cover every stage in the process of creating a program. |
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Learn about the many titling capabilities of the Avid Marquee Title Tool. Follow along with the lessons to quickly create basic title types and to create more advanced titles that use Marquee's 3D, lighting, and animation features. |
 Safe Color Limiter Effect
Learn how to use the Safe Color Limiter Effect in Avid editing applications to ensure that your programs meet any color limits that might be required for broadcast and distribution. |
 SpectraMatte Key Effect
Learn how to use the SpectraMatte chroma key effect in Avid Media Composer. SpectraMatte provides very high quality keying along with options for fine-tuning keys to eliminate problems such as shadows and color spill. |
Avid Media Composer Tutorial
Avid Marquee Tutorial Avid Media Access Overview
Avid Media Access (AMA) allows editors to directly and instantly access file-based media right from the sources. Learn the basics of AMA in Media Composer with this brief overview video.
Avid Screencast: The (Unofficial) Avid Tutorials Podcast
The following instructional videos were created by Christian Förster, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Germany License. Christian Förster continues to add new instructional videos on his website Avid Screencast: The (Unofficial) Avid Tutorials Podcast. These are just a few of his many videos tutorials. Please visit his website to see the expanding collection.
#03: Swish-Pan, Cheap and Real-Time!
In this episode, we'll create a swish-pan effect without using 3rd-party plug-ins. So it's gonna be cheap, easy and will play in real-time!
In this episode, we'll create the Pleasantville Effect -- everything is black-and-white except for one color -- using a Spectramatte and an Animatte for creating a garbage matte.
In this episode, we'll create a high-contrast, colorized look to an image -- simply because it looks cool. It's a great way to introduce somebody with a bang. Seriously, I have no idea why I call this the Kill Bill Effect, but I still like it, and maybe so will you!
#10: Special Episode -- Obscure Faces
Sometimes, you need to obscure the face of a person, be it for legal or aesthetic reasons. In this episode, we'll do just that using a very special technique.
In this episode, we'll make a sequence of photos visually interesting by animating them into a slideshow of stacked photos that slowly fade away.
#17: Automate Title Creation with Marquee's Autotitler
So you have a bunch of subtitles or lower thirds to do. They all look the same, except for the contents. You're not seriously considering doing them all by hand in Title Tool, are you?
Enter Marquee's Autotitler, which is here to make your life easy. Honestly, if you didn't know about this one, you will thank me sooner or later. And don't be afraid of Marquee, it doesn't bite! (It may confuse you, but it does not bite.)
#22: Color Correction Basics I -- Laying the Groundwork
In this episode, we'll lay the groundwork for episodes to come, talking about scopes, what they mean and why you should always pay attention to them.
Plus: Everyone who uses the Brightness and Contrast controls should seriously consider changing his profession.