Why when I try to drop a time warp effect on the timeline do I get a "Effect Does Not Apply" message. I get the message on any clip I try to drop it on and with every time warp effect I try to use... Thanks for any information or help with this you can provide! SemperFi, Camilo

Hello all, is it possible to retain an effects keyframes while trimmimg, for example, into it? Let's pretend I have a clip with an applied effect which has keyframes for its position (PIP, for example). Now these keyframes are at the clips very beginning. If I trim away this beginning in single-roller...

Well, the blanking during my renders that were shown on the first version of this "Fit to Fill in MC5" raised a question on the MC forums. I decided to try and find the problem. It was my monitor set-up that was causing the problem. A new wide screen monitor and a mis-matched 2nd monitor with...

This is the second of three tutorials going through some interesting effects and transitions I saw recently on the How To channel

Motion tracking finally found its way into Media Composer some years ago. It is not used that often possibly because it is not well understood. This tutorial introduces you to one aspect of this powerful feature

Is there an effect that can change the aspect ratio of a clip from, say 4:3 to 2.35:1, in the middle of the clip? So that it would visibly happen in the middle of the clip? Essentially, I want to have black bars slide in from the top and bottom of the frame to change the aspect ratio mid-shot. What would...

I'm working on a clip where I need to do a magic type transition. My client is a baker and the company's logo is a b/w woodcut looking image of a baker’s hat, spoon & whisk on a wood board. The set-up is video of the hat, spoon & whisk in the same position as the woodcut graphic...

Ok. Here's the famous "Kid Stays in the Picture" multi-layer still photo effect created using Photoshop, Boris Red and the Avid. At the end of the tutorial I show how to accomplish this with only using Boris Red and the Avid. http://bit.ly/aCNDf1 Be sure and follow me on twitter to get...

Over the years, as more effects have been added to the Media Composer systems the effects pallette has gotten a little crowded and confusing. It's hard to track down effects especially when the Boris Continuum filters have been installed as well. Here are some suggestions from the Avid-L mailing...