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Hold a Dissolve at 50% for a set Time

drbgaijin — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 06:25:49 GMT

I saw a thread on the Avid MC-PC Forum asking if there was a way to create a dissolve that would stay still for 8 seconds when it was halfway!
I never tried that before, so I was inspired to get started and make a video tutorial to answer the post.
Now, just under 2 hours later, I have uploaded the result!

Let's see if any other NLE Forum can match that for service!

Regards,
Douglas

PS. I know there must be lots of other ways to do this.
Please feel free to post your own ideas in answer to the question.

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Avid FX crashing

Max Del Negro — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:44:52 GMT

Hi, I have some problem using Avid FX:

1 When I try to type directly some text on the composite window, FX crashes

2 I can't use the Open GL interactor, because as I try to move an object using the interactors, it starts to shake and it's impossible to control

3 the titles in avid fx, when exported to Avid timeline, don't seem to be keyed out correctly and change the video levels of the tracks below

I'm using the 5.8 version and all of this things happen both working in standalone and plugin mode

What to do? Any suggestion? Any patch? Buy me AE?

Thank you

Max

Vista Business, MC 3.1.3, Dell Precision t5400, Quadro FX3700, Ram 4 GB

Using Keyframes in Effects - 4: Moving Keyframes

drbgaijin — Sun, 31 May 2009 08:16:14 GMT

As promised, I return to take a closer look at the mysteries of the Keyframe! Although keyframes are an integral part of any controllable digital effects - not everyone can get the hang of them.

In this Tutorial I will take a look at some ways of moving keyframes in the Keyframe Graph.

Good luck,
Douglas

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Using Keyframes in Effects - 2: Starting from Scratch

drbgaijin — Sun, 31 May 2009 06:57:17 GMT

As promised, I return to take a closer look at the mysteries of the Keyframe! Although keyframes are an integral part of any controllable digital effects - not everyone can get the hang of them.

In this Tutorial I will go back to the beginning and look at how to set up before you begin working with keyframes. Also I try to explain the hierarchy of the different tracks in the Advanced Keyframe Mode.

Good luck,
Douglas

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Introducing Particle Illusion

drbgaijin — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 08:25:38 GMT

About 2 years ago, when I was still using Avid Liquid, I was having such a tough time climbing the learning paths to Boris FX and Boris Grafitti (I had bought them as alternatives to the more expensive After Effects) that I searched for a cheaper easier to learn compositing programme.
I needed to make a volcano errupt!

After a lot of searching I found Particle Illusion.
Last week I read on Creative Cow's website that the relatively unknown Particle Illusion was to be exhibited at NAB 2009.
So, I felt that this tutorial might be of extra interest to anyone looking for a compositing programme with an easy learning slope....

The article on Creative Cow's forum is to be found HERE!

AE is still out of reach for me, but I find that Avid FX is more than enough for the simple effects I need in my editing style and needs
With the exception of errupting volcanoes!.

Good luck and Regards,
Douglas

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Reflection Effect?

Ksimz — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:02:31 GMT

Does anyone know how to create a "reflection" look either on a PIP or .png image (matte key)? Basically a mirror image that I can manipulate opacity and placement?

Handwriting Revisited

drbgaijin — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 22:30:55 GMT

Unfortunately my emphasis on using a continuous stroke while masking out the handwriting in my original tutorial on this topic gave the wrong signals.
AvidFX is not limited to 1-stroke in this case.
Multiple strokes are quite feasible.
This follow-up tutorial is to show that multiple strokes can be used if preferred.

Regards,
Douglas

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Handwriting Effect with AvidFX

drbgaijin — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 04:34:02 GMT

Making text appear to be written onto the screen can be easily done with the Paint Effect.
However the text that you write with a mouse or even a graphic tablet can leave a lot to be desired.

This tutorial shows one method of using a standard Handwriting Font as your base for the effect.

Good Luck.......

Regards,
Douglas

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Re: Media Composer Effects

Avid Keith — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:26:28 GMT

Also, there has been an updated version for the new 3.5 software.

Link to that page/pdf

Hope that helps

Expanding Library of Media Composer Tutorials

drbgaijin — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:40:12 GMT

I am a relative newcomer to Media Composer (early 2008) and as I began to feel my way around I got the idea of documenting my adventures by creating short video tutorials,
Avid had already a large number of excellent, professionally produced tutorials online.
I learned very much from watching them. However I sometimes felt that newcomers like myself needed a much more basic approach to many of the things that were being taken for granted.

The first 20 or so tutorials were specifically made to help migrants from Avid/Pinnacle Liquid. However, many of those contain tips that can be useful to any newcomers.

The two main points that I have learned since arriving here are:

1. Media Composer has many, many ways of achieving a given result. My tutorials usually show only 1 of them. Be flexible and experiment for yourself. Nothing is set in stone.

2. If you are coming from a different NLE family, try and leave your old workflows behind you.
Don't try and figure out how to emulate them in MC.
The sooner you begin to accept the MC way, the sooner you will get up to speed and discover its flexibility.
It took me only 14 days before I completely stopped using Liquid.

SEE ALL THE TUTORIALS HERE on the MEDIA COMPOSER - PC FORUM

The tutorial page is, as the title above says, "Expanding".
Please drop in every now and then to see what has been added!

Hope you find something useful.

Regards,
Douglas