Web archives to Douglas Tutorials are:

Series 1:   http://web.archive.org/web/20130110014832/http://community.avid.com/forums/p/67003/375237.aspx

Due to the constant evolving and development of Media Composer, I cannot guarantee that any or all of the following tutorials will work exactly as I show.
The Tutorials were prepared using various versions of MC ranging from 2.8 to 4.5

Although the first 20 or so links take you to tips which are more directed towards migrants from Liquid, the subsequent tips are of a more general character and can be useful for newcomers migrating from any platform.
As MC has so many ways of producing the same result, there may even be some tips that can make the seasoned MC users say, "Aha!"

Because of changes in more recent versions of MC, some of the following Tutorials may no longer give an accurate description of certain functions. Also the interface has undergone changes since the majority of these Tutorials were created. Douglas 6th August 2011

Link01    Who am I?
Link02    About my Set-up (Check my Profile for the most up to date set-up))
Link03    Where is the timeline?
Link04    Now I have a timeline -  What next?
Link05    A simple mistake when capturing for the first time
Link06    Does MC have "Instant-save"?
Link07    HDV and the Long GOP" error - problem and solution
Link08    The Fast Menu "Hamburger"
Link09    Checking for duplicates and shared clips
Link10    Removing an Effect
Link11    Quick Dissolve
Link12    Very basic look at some Media Management
Link13    "Missing Black" error
Link14    Undo / Redo
Link15    Adding colour to your timeline
Link16    Customising your Timecode window
Link17    Layout flexibility
Link18    "Add-edit" similar to Liquid's "Razor Tool"
Link19    TitleDekoPro may be in your MC if you migrated from Liquid!
Link20    Source/Record track selection
Link21    Entering and exiting "Trim-Mode"
Link22    Opening Pop-up Monitors
Link23    Very basic Keyboard-mapping
Link24    Setting up the Timecode Display
Link25    Fluid Morph
Link26    Creating a simple slow-motion effect
Link27    Changing a Clip's Thumbnail
Link28    Apply an Effect to Many Clips at the same Time.     
Link29    Emulating the Liquid Timeline
Link30    Shorten Audio Clip with AudioSuite Timeshift Plugin
Link31    Timeline set-up and adding tracks
Link32    The Superbin - very basic introduction
Link33    Adjusting the thumbnails in bins
Link34    Using "Source/Record" Toggle  to view audio tracks
Link35    2 methods of copying and pasting clips
Link36    Restrict the movement of clips when moving them between tracks
Link37    Adding "Black" as opposed to "Fillers"
Link38    Mapping the "Toggle Source/Record" button
Link39    Resizing Timline tracks
Link40    Selecting timeline to the left/right of the cursor   
Link41    Audio gain and Keyframes
Link42    Simple Vignette created by the Paint Effect 
Link43    My thoughts about getting from MC to DVD or Blu-Ray  
Link44    Saving and Sharing a newly created Effect
Link45    AMC and DVDitPro HD (AvidDVD) part 1 of 6
Link46    AMC and DVDitPro HD (AvidDVD) part 2 of 6
Link47    AMC and DVDitPro HD (AvidDVD) part 3 of 6
Link48    AMC and DVDitPro HD (AvidDVD) part 4 of 6
Link49    AMC and DVDitPro HD (AvidDVD) part 5 of 6
Link50    AMC and DVDitPro HD (AvidDVD) part 6 of 6
Link51    Stretching an Audio track 
Link52    Squeezing an Audio track (adapted from Link30) 
Link53    Changing Language can cause MC to hang.
Link54    Paint-a-path with AvidFX – Part 1
Link55    Border around Record Monitor flashes when playback starts
Link56    Using “Match Frame Edit”
Link57    Paint-a-Path with AvidFX – Part 2
Link58    Fading a Title Clip - 2 methods
Link59   Drag & Drop to create Sub-clips
Link60   AvidFX Text Tool - Part 1
Link61   BCC Optical Stabiliser Filter
Link62   Moving the Source-monitor Track-selector! 
Link63   A few Keyboard Shortcuts
Link64   Reverse Effect
Link65   5 More Keyboard Shortcuts
Link66   The SubCap Generator - Entering Japanese Text
Link67   The SubCap Generator 2 - Exporting a SubCap to AvidDVD
Link68   Audio - 2 - Manually adjusting the Gain
Link69   Audio - 3 - Automatically adjusting the Gain
Link70   Changing the colours of Timeline Tracks and Clips
Link71   Trimming a clip to a Mark
Link72   The Replace Edit Button
Link73   Trim Mode - Two Customisation Tips
Link74   Pseudo-Timelapse Effect
Link75   Easy way to slowly change a Clip from Colour to B&W
Link76   Removing an Object with Motion Tracking and Clone Painting 
Link77   Secondary Colour Correction in MC?
Link78   Nudge Nudge!
Link79   Playback and View Sequences in the Bin
Link80   Isolate (Solo) a Track on the Timeline
Link81   Lift, Extract and Lassoo - Basics
Link82   Clips on the Timeline - Information Customisation
Link83   Avid Pan & Zoom
Link84   BCC Pan & Zoom
Link85   From MC to WWW - Part 1. Exporting    
Link86   From MC to WWW - Part 2. Encoding    
Link87   From MC to WWW - Part 3. Uploading   
Link88   A Split Screen Effect using "Crop"
Link89   Using Keyframes in Effects
Link90   No Visible Waveform or Audio Levels
Link91   Quick Transition Bin
Link92   Creating a "Freeze-Frame"
Link93    Preparing & Importing and Image with an Alpha Channel  
Link94   Global Audio Adjustment
Link95   Move/Copy Files to or from the SuperBin
Link96   Handwriting Effect using AvidFX and a Font of your own choice 
Link97   Handwriting Revisited
Link98   A Bullet List made with AvidFX
Link99   Stumbling around in the Effect Palette - A Ray of Light!
Link100  Multiple FX on 1 Clip - Basics of Nestings

Thank you all for your words of support.

Regards,
Douglas

 

 

Thats great, thanks Douglas.

 

Shaun

drbgaijin:

As MC has so many ways of producing the same result, there may even be some tips that can make the seasoned MC users say, "Aha!"

It's not only that Douglas: the software has so many features that an editor can easily forget the less used ones; as a "seasoned user" I have to say that I went thru a couple of Your tutorials since they popped out!

Best regards

Douglas, u r amazing! Look what you have done in just 4 months- I hope someone smart at Avid will send you a big purple box to thank you on behalf of all the future customers that you are serving. I'm sure this is exactly what they hoped for when they pushed all this community family stuff and finally opened the forums up to user downloads. And by the way, your tutorial style is incredibly well-paced and graphically logical. Must've been all that Amiga that made you so sharp. Bravo.

Keep them comming Douglas!

Excellent work Douglas, couldn't someone make this a 'sticky' so that it is always easy to find?

Belated Happy New Year to everyone by the way.

Graham

Just to say that I added a new tutorial today (4th January)

Regards.
Douglas

Tutorial number 60 was added today ( 5th. January)

The title is still "50+ Tutorials" as Link01 and Link02 are not really Tutorials.

Regards,
Douglas

Douglas...

Firstly, I want to thank you for all the very useful tutorials and the work you put into them.

I've always struggled with AvidFX, as it's not an intuitive program. But, I'm beginning to get a glimmer of understanding watching your workflow. I've been particularly baffled by the stabilize filter. All the tutorials I've read deal with using track motion, but, not stabilizing. I seem incapable of making the leap to image stabilization. If you could post a tutorial on this subject, if you ever found the time to do one, I would be very greatful.

Thank you for the kind words, Cuervo

I'll take a look at the Image stabilasation as soon as I have the time.
It will be difficult for me to find some footage that needs stabilisation as I use the ultimate image stabiliser in almost all situations - the tripod!
I'll see what I can do.

In the meantime if anyone has any help on Cuervo's question - I would also be interested to hear it, as it would help me do the tutorial.

Any other requests for tutorials are welcome.

Regards,
Douglas

Hi Douglas finally made my way over. Can you or have you, or do you know of any training on working with effects. As you know its different in Liquid and I am trying to get a better understanding of how editing the effects work( key framing). I bought class on demand training but it didn't cover effects in that depth.

Awesome job! I just added your post and tutorial index to the Videoguys blog

Gary

While we all thank Douglas for his work we shouldn't post to this thread and all of the other posts must be deleted because after a while it won't be easy to find his tutorials.

He must be the only one who will update his turotials.

Thanks Douglas.

sverkalo:

While we all thank Douglas for his work we shouldn't post to this thread and all of the other posts must be deleted because after a while it won't be easy to find his tutorials.

Hi,

The post is sticky at the top of the forum, and Douglas has been kind enough to update the list in the first post, including the date on which each tutorial was posted.  I think it'll be ok if people keep thanking him as they have been.

good luck,
Carl

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