Search results matching tag 'clip effects'

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

Animatte

TrainerDave — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 03:12:41 GMT

In this episode, we use the Animatte effect to create an isolation so a colour effect can be applied to only a part of the scene

http://community.avid.com/forums/p/65284/365707.aspx#365707

Saving and Sharing a newly created Effect

drbgaijin — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 06:39:23 GMT

This is a follow-on from the "Simple Vignette created by the Paint Effect" Tutorial.

Showing how to save your new effect and re-use it in your project, or use it an any other project you are working with.

Regards,
Douglas

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Using Paint Effect to create a simple Vignette

drbgaijin — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 23:47:27 GMT

Inspired by an idea from an Avid editor friend!

The Vignette effect shown here is very simple to apply - but it can be the base from which your own imagination and creativity can produce an infinte number of special Vignettes.

Regards,
Douglas

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DS Tracking in Graphics Clip Effect

Tommyp — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:59:30 GMT

This is an example of painting out a phone number in a graphics clip effect and then tracking it, all still inside the same clip effect.