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

The First Series of Basic MC Tutorials can be found HERE

Link 101  Playing Unrendered Effects
Link 102  Introducing Particle Illusion
Link 103  AvidFX and the Black Background Puzzle
Link 104  Track Height - All the same height
Link 105  Changing the Timeline Background Colour
Link 106  Changing a Bin's Font and Font size
Link 107  The View Menu
Link 108  Track Height - all the same - REVISITED
Link 109  From MC to AvidDVD - A look at the Settings
Link 110  Multi Camera Mode - 1. Just a Glance
Link 111  Before Basics -  1. Track Selectors
Link 112  Before Basics -  2. Splice-in, Overwrite, Drag & Drop
Link 113  Before Basics -  3. Lift & Extract from IN to OUT points
Link 114  Keyboard Commands vs. Drag & Drop
Link 115  AvidDVD - Adding Subtitles - 1. Getting started
Link 116  AvidDVD - Adding Subtitles - 2. Japanese and Importing
Link 117  AvidDVD - Adding Subtitles - 3. Writing your own for import         
Link 118  NTSC DVD to PAL DVD to NTSC DVD                                          
Link 119  SD and HD on the same Timeline - 1                                        
Link 120  SD and HD on the same Timeline - 2. Avid's Open Timeline        
Link 121  SD and HD on the same Timeline - 3. The Digital Cut Tool          
Link 122  4 Simple Steps from HD to an SD DVD
Link 123  Using Keyframes in Effects - 2: Starting from Scratch          
Link 124  Using Keyframes in Effects - 3: Adding Keyframes               
Link 125  Using Keyframes in Effects - 4: Moving Keyframes              
Link 126  Audio Wave-form Height                                                       
Link 127  Globally setting IN/OUT Points on Clips in a Bin                       
Link 128  Exporting a QT Movie from Camtasia Studio for import into MC  
Link 129  Some Lasso Techniques                                                        
Link 130  Using Keyframes in Effects - 5: Aligning Keyframes                   
Link 131  Using Keyframes in Effects - 6: Slipping Keyframes                   
Link 132  Using Keyframes in Effects - 7: Adding Keyframes - Revisited     
Link 133  Using Keyframes in Effects - 8: Deleting Keyframes
Link 134  New to Transitions? You need Handles!                      
Link 135  AvidFX - Title Tool   Part 1: My First Encounters                                        
Link 136  AvidFX - Title Tool   Part 2: First Encounters continue..                      
Link 137  AvidFX - Title Tool   Part 3: Holding a Title onscreen                         
Link 138  AvidFX - Title Tool   Part 4: Add another Text-Page and some Fades  
Link 139  AvidFX - Title Tool   Part 5: Making a Title of a specific Length           
Link 140  Media Management - Tips when using a Bin's Text View Mode                      
Link 141  AvidFX - Title Tool   Part 6: Making and using a Title Template            
Link 142  AvidFX - Title Tool   Part 6A: Correcting a vital mistake made in Part 6! 
Link 143  AvidFX - Title Tool   Part 7: A simple Text Roll                                   
Link 144  AvidFX - Title Tool   Part 8: Animating Type-on Text                           
Link 145  AvidFX - Title Tool   Part 9: Type-on Text Revisited                            
Link 146  AvidFX - Title Tool   Part 10: The Vector Trace Tool  
Link 147  Holding a Dissolve at 50% for a set Time                    
Link 148  Deleting a Clip - Revisited                                         
Link 149  Evapourating Clips!                                                   
Link 150  Controlling Clip Snapping                                           
Link 151  That Puzzling Extra Frame!                                         
Link 152  Deleting a Clip - Revisited, yet again!                         
Link 153  24 Keyboard Shortcuts to jog your Memory                  
Link 154  Shift 'n Map                                                             
Link 155  Go to Next/Previous Edit without entering the Trim Mode  
Link 156  Keyboard Mapping Suggestions - Focus                          
Link 157  Zooming In/Out and dragging the Monitor Picture             
Link 158  Confused by Track Selectors?                                         
Link 159  Confused by Track Selectors?  Part 2                              
Link 160  The BCC Uprez Filter - Part 1 - Using the Filter                 
Link 161  The BCC Uprez Filter - Part 2 - A Comparison of settings   
Link 162  Media Management - Completely deleting a Project           
Link 163  Using Animatte and 3D-Warp to create an Out of Body Experience     
Link 164  Working with Vector-based Objects - Basic Explanation       
Link 165  AvidDVD (DVDitPro HD) - Basic Menu Tips                        
Link 166  AvidDVD (DVDitPro HD) - Menu Text Tool                   
Link 167  AvidDVD (DVDitPro HD) - Audio Subtracks                  
Link 168  Fit to Fill - Revisited                                                
Link 169  Mapping the Keyboard for Zoom in/out of the Timeline       
Link 170  Media Management - Bins & Clips 1. Sorting Clips              
Link 171  Media Management - Bins & Clips 2. Custom Sorting          
Link 172  Media Management - Bins & Clips 3. Dragging Clips           
Link 173  Media Management - Bins & Clips 4. Title Clip Thumbnails
Link 174  Resetting the Timeline's Start Timecode                          
Link 175  Creating Place Holders - A Glance               
Link 176  Importing Images and keeping their sharpness                
Link 177  AvidDVD Revisited - 1. A Glance                                   
Link 178  AvidDVD Revisited - 2 . Workspace Layout                    
Link 179  AvidDVD Revisited - 3. Settings Tips                             
Link 180  AvidDVD Revisited - 4. Media Import                            
Link 181  AvidDVD Revisited - 5. Basic Menu Tips                          
Link 182  AvidDVD Revisited - 6. Menu Text                                
Link 183  AvidDVD Revisited - 7. Audio Substreams                      
Link 184  AvidDVD Revisited - 8. Subtitles                                   
Link 185  AvidDVD Revisited - 9. Preparing Images for Import       
Link 186  How to upload your Tutorial - Part 1                             

Link 187  How to upload your Tutorial - Part 2                              
Link 188  AvidDVD Revisited - 10. Playlists                                  
Link 189  AvidFX - UN-generating Animated Thumbnails
Link 190  Copying Part of the Timeline                                 
Link 191  BCC 6 AVX - Very Basic look at Type on Text           
Link 192  Duplicate the Timeline Sequence                            
Link 193  Cut to the Beat - one of the many ways                  
Link 194  3-point Keyboard Editing - Basics                           
Link 195  Setting up Workspaces
Link 196  Add Colours to the Timeline - Revisited                     
Link 197  AvidDVD Revisited - 11. Mainly Highlighting Buttons   
Link 198  Lift & Extract and playing with the Keyboard Map         
Link 199  What Filters should I see in my Effects Palette?           
Link 200  Playing with the Toggl Source/Record Button            
Link 201  Deleting from Cursor to Next/Previous Edit 
Link 202  Using Extruded Text and Layer Deformer from BCC 3D Objects        

Douglas

Link 119, was my first step into the world of SD and HD on Avid's Open Timeline.

It was not exactly what many of you have been asking foir.

But today I think I finally got a workflow together to output the mixed timeline as SD to a digital clip which, in my opinion, gave equally good quality to the original HD and SD material.

I will try the whole workflow again tomorrow - to double check things.
If all is well, I'll try and get it out as a Tutorial before the weekend.

Regards,

Douglas

Over a week and no new Tutorial!

Am I slipping?  NO, I don't think so.
After a week with other assignments I am now in the process of getting to grips with 2 or maybe 3 tutorials on KeyFrames in Effects.
Those little red/pink triangles are sometimes hard to keep under control.............

Regards,
Douglas

Sounds good, I need a little info on keyframing. Anyone got some tut on color correction?

dew:

Anyone got some tut on color correction?

I can give you a quick "rule of thumb" for color correction - figure out what your problem color is and where on the luminance scale it resides (blacks, midrange, whites) and use the appropriate vector circle to go in the 180 degree opposite direction of the problem color.

dew:

Sounds good, I need a little info on keyframing. Anyone got some tut on color correction?

Anything here to help you get started?

http://www.avid.co.uk/uk/video/xpress/automaticColourCorrection.shtml

It is for Xpress, but I think it may be similar in MC

Regards,
Douglas

I enjoyed your keyframing tutes, Douglas. I wonder if you could provide a tutorial describing how to make use of the keyframing modes (apply to active parameter, apply to all, apply to open group, apply to active group). Believe it or not, I find a couple of these are confusing to use (perhaps I should read the manual ).

Thanks for the great work!

Stee

BarkinMadd:

I enjoyed your keyframing tutes, Douglas. I wonder if you could provide a tutorial describing how to make use of the keyframing modes (apply to active parameter, apply to all, apply to open group, apply to active group).

Thank you, Steve.

I am planning to do another 2 or 3 Tutorials on Keyframes.
I'll see what I can do about your request.

Regards,
Douglas

PS. Do you prefer to pay by PayPal or Credit Card?

Your a funny man....

I'm in the process of playing with keyframing - Until now I've used them in a pretty simplistic way (which has worked just fine for me) - I see the need to use more sophisticated techniques in the coming weeks.

Cheers

(Do you take Diners Club?)

This post was highlighted in the avid email newsletter. It begs the question, where are the first 100? Is there a link that we can save which would continue to show the full list, in its entirety?

Thanks
Bill

barebodkin:

This post was highlighted in the avid email newsletter. It begs the question, where are the first 100? Is there a link that we can save which would continue to show the full list, in its entirety?

Thanks
Bill

A good point, Bill

Actually I believe the first 100 were featured in an earlier "Avid in Focus", although at that time there were only 50. So the title may have been "50+ Tutorials"

However I have taken your advice and added a link to "the first 100" in the opening post in this thread.

Having all Tutorials in 1 place was proving to be too much of a strain on the system, so I decided to break it into 2.

Regards,
Douglas

BarkinMadd:

I enjoyed your keyframing tutes, Douglas. I wonder if you could provide a tutorial describing how to make use of the keyframing modes (apply to active parameter, apply to all, apply to open group, apply to active group). Believe it or not, I find a couple of these are confusing to use (perhaps I should read the manual ).

Steve, believe it or not I also find them confusing!

But the good news is that I have been reading up on it today, and even started putting together another 3 or 4 Tutorials on them.

Possibly 1 or 2 of those tutorials will be online within the next 24 hours, and the remainder by the weekend.

Regards,
Douglas

Douglas,

I love your tutorials, it is so helpfull.  Any chance we could talk you into doing one on how to import footage from a dvd to your system? I still havnet been able to get my footage off the dvd_r to my system to cut my reel.  ugh.

any help you could give would be awesome.  thanks for all that you do!

The rainy season has come to Japan.
It is a lot cooler now (only around 25-28 C) so my brain is beginning to work again and I finished 4 new Tutorials today

Hope there is something for you in them!

Regards,
Douglas

Very nice job on the Lasso- my personal favorite. 

http://community.avid.com/forums/p/47041/264866.aspx#264866

I'd like to use paypal to chip in for an umbrella or brainfood.