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  • Paint a Path with AvidFX

    I once used BorisFX as a plug-in to Avid Liquid and later in MC 2.8 to paint paths. I never could get consistent results. After upgrading to MC 3.x and installing Avid FX I found that the Paint a Path effect was much easier to apply and control. AvidFX (Boris Red) still presents a steep learning curve...
    Posted to Avid Community Tips (Forum) by drbgaijin on Tue, Dec 30 2008
  • SmartSound Sonicfire Pro 5 - Mood Mapping Tutorial

    This brief tutorial shows you how to use the Mood Mapping feature of Sonicfire Pro to adjust individual instrument layers and make music adapt to the changes in your production. This feature has won over 10 industry awards...you'll understand why once you've seen it. SmartSound Sonicfire Pro...
    Posted to Avid Community Tutorials (Forum) by Brian Dickman on Wed, Dec 24 2008
  • Saving and Sharing a newly created Effect

    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
    Posted to Avid Community Tips (Forum) by drbgaijin on Sat, Nov 1 2008
  • Adjusting audio using Keyframes and the Auto-gain mode

    Continuing my series of Tutorials on the very basic stuff that can be difficult to find if you are a newcomer to MC's workflow. This time I try to show the importance of reading the manual before trying to adjust the audio gain! Regards, Douglas
    Posted to Avid Community Tips (Forum) by drbgaijin on Thu, Oct 30 2008
  • 2 New Buttons in MC 3.0.5

    There are, of course, more than 2 new buttons! These 2 are, however, 2 that I have been hoping for. They give you the ability to select all tracks to the left or the right of the cursor with a single keystroke. The tutorial also shows the process of mapping them to the keyboard. As usual my tutorial...
    Posted to Avid Community Tips (Forum) by drbgaijin on Sat, Oct 11 2008
  • Resizing the Timeline tracks - 2 methods

    More Newcomer short basic stuff. 2 methods I am familiar with when resizing video tracks. Regards, Douglas
    Posted to Avid Community Tips (Forum) by drbgaijin on Wed, Sep 24 2008
  • Mapping the "Toggle Source/Record in Timeline" to the Keyboard

    This is a follow on from the previous Tutorial about toggling between the source and record monitors in the timeline. Again, intended for the newcomer, it also introduced the idea of keyboard mapping. I missed one point in the tutorial. I should have mentioned that you must select "Button to Button...
    Posted to Avid Community Tips (Forum) by drbgaijin on Wed, Sep 24 2008
  • Adding "Black" vs "Fillers"

    In response to a question in the MC PC Forum I made a "quick" video tutorial. The thread in the forum continued to get responses from other users and now contains quite a lot of good tips about different ways of adding "Black" or "Fillers". The thread is at: http://community...
    Posted to Avid Community Tips (Forum) by drbgaijin on Wed, Sep 17 2008
  • Migrating to MC? Series 2, Tutorial 10

    I am now working my way through a second series of tutorials. Although they are aimed at migrants from Liquid, it is possible that some of the contents can be helpful to others beginning with Media Composer. This is Tutorial 10 and it deals with the easy way to keep clips restricted to vertical movement...
    Posted to Avid Community Tips (Forum) by drbgaijin on Thu, Aug 7 2008
  • Migrating to MC? Series 2, Tutorial 9

    I am now working my way through a second series of tutorials. Although they are aimed at migrants from Liquid, it is possible that some of the contents can be helpful to others beginning with Media Composer. This is Tutorial 9 and it deals with two methods of Copying and Pasting clips. If you would like...
    Posted to Avid Community Tips (Forum) by drbgaijin on Thu, Aug 7 2008
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