Good afternoon all.

Pretty simple question, I believe.

What can I expect to pay for the basic Avid video editing course.  Understanding that there are  various products, so give me a range.

I've been editing on a variety of systems, but never had the "certification" on an AVID.

Any thoughts?

Thanks.
Skyholder

 Hello Skyholder, and welcome to the Avid User's Forum where you'll never need Avid telephone tech support again. When you have a moment please go the "profile options" in your user profile here and fill out your system specifications. This helps us to help you faster when you have a problem by eliminating a lot of preliminary questions. And here are some free tutorials to get you started. Welcome aboard!

 Also, these tutorials are just part of an online training curriculum on the Avid website known as ALEX. There are many, many more tutorials available.

"you'll never need Avid telephone tech support again."

I do not know about that Larry.  :)

 I say that because the demostrated collective brainpower present on this Forum comes up with analyses and solutions to problems (generally speaking) faster and more efficiently than TP tech.

In some cases, I would agree but not all cases.

 Hi Skyholder. You don't need to be Avid certified unles you want to be an instructor of some sort. There are some on-line tutorials that have already been posted.

If you are really new to Avid I would suggest finding someone in your area that can give you some one on one time in learning the system. If you don't know anyone try contacting some production companies in your area, they might have staff edito5rs that would be willing to do some sessions with you.

Hey there,

I took my avid training at Video Symphony in LA. They have rates online at videosymphony.com. I am not "certified" (if I was I probably wouldn't be here posting so much!) which takes a whole slew of classes and not really necessary, I think, unless you want to teach/work for Avid. I took a few classes -- MC 101, 201, a troubleshooting class. Their instructors were really great. My boss took DS training at Future Media Concepts in New York City. He was also impressed with their instructors. They have training in several cities across the US/Canada and teach all Avid classes. www.fmctraining.com. They also have their prices on their site. I think Avid lists other official training facilities somewhere on their website.

Best,

Genéa

I also took a few classes at Video Symohony in 2003. I highly reccomend them, they were very good.

here we are discussing avid nitris. I got my first Avid on two floppy discs that only worked on an Apple IICI. My world has since changed. Two, I work on a PC. No, I'm not happy about it, but I understand the basic core of why the Mac was left behind in the initial round of way cooler stuff. It's OK. I don't take it personally. So, currently, I'm on a PC using the Avid Symphony Nitris.

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