I am wondering if I am able to get avid media composer 7 at the academic/student rate. I've recently done Avid Media Composer v7 101 Editing Essentials at AFTRS in Sydney (and also did that course twice last year - I'm a slow learner). Does anyone know if this qualifies me to get the discounted... (read more)

Hi, As a student I am interested in purchasing MC 6.5 with the student discount. That said, I have several questions regarding the software: > is it any different from the regular, non-discounted version? if so, what are the differences? > is it eligible to receive the free upgrade to MC7 (when... (read more)

Hi guys, i'm having a bit of a problem here. Last year i bought the MC4 academic version, and i was told i was entitled to the free upgrade to MediaComposer5. When the time had come to upgrade i tried to uninstall MC4, but the uninstaller was broken, it said it couldn't remove all the files,... (read more)

My name is Robert Porter. I have just begun studying Audio Engineering at the Art Institute of Los Angeles. It's a great school (so far) and I really have been learning quite a bit and have met some great people who are professionals in the industry. My only complaint is this institutions lack of... (read more)

Thank you for the assistance, it sure helped solve my problem. My two boss has been asking me how to add the pan and zoom effect without having to open the image from the desktop. He wants to be able to take the image from the bin and apply the effect. Is there another way to carry out the pan and zoom... (read more)

I hope someone can point me in the right direction. I purchased an Avid Media Compposer, Academic Edition and a Mojo. I had just purchased a MacBook Pro and was told my Avid program won't work, blah, blah, you know the story. So now I'm stuck with the Media Composer (in my box it says 2.7.2,... (read more)

Sigh... Last night I looked at the stuff I have from two semesters, and now I officially hate everything I've done. At first, I was thinking it will be hard to edit down to 3 minutes, now I think it will be tougher to fill up 3 minutes. Well, I guess I'll have to show off my editing skills in... (read more)

Hello everybody, My school has put together a big conference and career fair where we have the opportunity to submit demos on DVD for critique from industry pros - and the chance to get our stuff seen by all these potential employers. At this point, I've not yet made a demo for myself. My primary... (read more)