Avid Media Composer & Symphony Option Tutorials and Guides
Listed below are some of the most common Documents, Guides, PDF's and FAQ's that users need to know when using Media Composer or Symphony Option.
Media Composer 7 Trial Software
v7 General Documentation
v6.5/v10.5 General Documenation
AMA PDF files
Please refer to the "AMA Plug-ins and Media Composer Version Compatibility" table for software requirements.
FAQ's and Tech Articles
Symphony Option FAQ
Using a MC 7, Symphony Option of NC 11 license to activate previous versions
Media Composer 7 Protect Period FAQ
Symphony Trial FAQ
Using the Artist Series with Media Composer FAQ
AMA Plugin Compatibility
Getting Started with ScriptSync
Getting Started with PhraseFind
How to activate MC 7 + Symphony Option
Additional PDF Files and Resources
MC v6 Customer Created Tutorials: Douglas Bruce, one of our long standing moderators, started the customer based tutorial craze with the following 200+ tutorials.
Basic MC Tutorials series 1
Basic MC Tutorials series 2
Learn Avid Media Composer v6, v6.5, v7 by Kevin McAuliffe: Kevin is one of our pro video moderators and has added tutorials on the latest MC software.
http://library.creativecow.net/series/Learn-Avids-MediaComposer
2. Wide Open Camera: DSLR Complete Workflow Guide by Alex Walker: http://wideopencamera.com/just-the-cut/avid-media-composersymphony-6-canon-dslr-complete-workflow-12min-guide/
3. Color Correction in Avid Symphony 6 by Dylan Reeve: https://vimeo.com/41270110
4. Cleaning up your Sequence by Woody Lidstone at Splice Training: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bNTaIRzdKI
5. Avid DS AJA Custom Launcher by Igor Ridanovic: http://www.postmagazine.com/Video-Center/Tutorial/Avid-DS-AJA-Custom-Launcher.aspx
6. Avid DS Basic Color Balancing by Igor Ridanovic: http://www.postmagazine.com/Video-Center/Tutorial/Avid-DS-Basic-Color-Balancing.aspx
7. Avid DS 3D Topography and Stereoscopic Animation - Part 1 by Igor Rideanovic: http://www.postmagazine.com/Video-Center/Tutorial/Avid-DS-3D-Topography-and-Stereoscopic-Animation.aspx
8.Avid DS 3D Topography and Stereoscopic Animation - Part 2 by Igor Rideanovic http://www.postmagazine.com/Video-Center/Tutorial/Avid-DS-3D-Topography-and-Stereoscopic-Animation2.aspx
9. More DS tutorials by Igor can be found at http://www.postmagazine.com/Video-Center/Tutorial.aspx
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Learn Media Composer: The following are additional training videos by forum moderator, Kevin P. McAuliffe.
New - For the list of all of the 90 plus K tutorials Kevin has created, go to the Creative Cow Tutorial Library
- Lesson 54: Animation: Split Screens 1
- Lesson 55: Animation: Split Screens 2
- Lesson 56: Animation: Split Screens 3
- Lesson 57: Animation: Split Screens 4
- Lesson 58: A Good Day to Die Hard Text
- Lesson 59: Composite 23.98 from 1080i
- Lesson 60: A Proper Fadeout
- Lesson 61: Basic Color Correction ONE
- Lesson 62: Basic Color Correction TWO
- Lesson 63: Basic Motion Effects Part 1
- Learn Media Composer Lesson 64: Motion Effects PART TWO
Avid Product Management Video's
- Media Composer 6.5.x Family - The following are the first three in a series of four blog posts from Rob D’Amico, Senior Product Manager for professional film and video editing solutions, which will cover key changes in Media Composer 6.5.2. You can follow Rob on Twitter at @_RobDAmic
- Media Composer 6.5.2 ‒ Exclude Filler from the Selection
- Media Composer 6.5.2 ‒ Consolidate QuickTime ProRes
- Media Composer 6.5.2 ‒ Exporting Graphic Sequential Files
- Media Composer 6.5.2 ‒ Improving Audio Waveforms
- Media Composer 6.5.2 ‒ Interplay Sphere on Mac
- Media Composer 7 Family - Below is a walk through of MC 7 by Matt Feury
In-depth walk through of MC 7
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http://www.avidblogs.com/post/
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