Welcome to the New Media Composer Quickstart!
Avid Training Services is proud to announce the release of Media Composer Quickstart — a high quality training DVD that will provide all users with a chance to build and expand their skill set. For beginners, this disc will be a great first step into the world of Avid editing. For advanced users, this disc will be an ideal way to learn some tips and techniques and refresh their skills.
Affordability
We are very excited to announce that this training is bundled free inside every Media Composer 3.0 box that is shipped. This is a great opportunity for Avid's award-winning training group to give users the ability to get up to speed on Avid very quickly, and to show the Avid community the type of product that we've been offering for years. Soon (hopefully very soon) we will be selling the Quickstart DVD separately for those who already have Media Composer. You can be sure that it will be at a very competitive price.
New Look and Feel
Probably one of the most exciting elements of this training project is the new interface and design. We made the decision early on that this project would have to be one of our most creative. The new interface is slick and easier to navigate. It provides you with a much improved user-experience.
Starting up the new interface
Even better is that this new interface is going to be integrated into all of our current ALEX courses online! We hope this means that navigating our extensive collection of ALEX courses will be simple and inviting (especially our Media Composer Complete Subscription).
Our goal is to get you to the lessons faster so that you can begin learning as quickly as possible.
New Interface Features:
Course Structure
Modules: Modules are the top level of the courses and are comprised of related lessons. Clicking on a Module icon will take you to the Module introduction page where you can choose a specific Lesson to launch.
Simply click on your desired module to view the related lessons
Lessons: Lessons are the individual topics that are contained within a Module. Clicking on a Lesson icon will launch the appropriate video. Upon the completion of a Lesson video, you return to the Module introduction page to begin the next Lesson.
Click on a Lesson to launch it and begin learning
Watching a lesson in the new course interface
Controlling Playback with the Lesson Title Bar
You can control the playback of the Lesson video by revealing the Lesson title bar. You do this by holding your mouse over the top edge of the video. The Lesson image and title will appear, along with the playback controller. This controller will allow you to pause, play, and restart the current Lesson.
Rolling over the top of the video will reveal the playback controller. You can also launch the lesson exercise or quiz (if available)
Navigating the Lesson Menu
While watching a Lesson video, you have the ability to navigate to any other Lesson, in any other Module, by clicking the Menu button located at the top of the interface. This will pause your current Lesson and open the menu. Simply roll-over the desired Module icon to reveal the Lesson submenu. If necessary, use the left and right arrows to find the Lesson you are looking for. Click the desired icon to launch it.
Opening this menu will pause your current lesson and allow you to launch to any other lesson in the course
Top Bar Features
- Avid Training Services: Clicking on this logo will return you to the main page of the course
- Documents: Downloads our course registration form for both classroom purchases and ALEX purchases.
- E-Mail Us: Sends an email to ALEXsupport@avid.com for technical support.
- Help: Opens the Help window to view more details about how to navigate the new interface.
- Exit Course: Closes the course window. In ALEX, using this button will not affect your current status.
The top bar is always visible and provides you with easy access to common utilities and tasks