The seventeenth in a series of tutorials created to assist Avid/Pinnacle Liquid users who are considering migrating to or have migrated to Media Composer. MC's layout is easily customisable. The ability to resize and reposition monitors and other windows is one of the very useful features. Regards... (read more)

The fifteenth in a series of tutorials created to assist Avid/Pinnacle Liquid users who are considering migrating to Media Composer. This Tutorial is very short and was made to show Liquid migrants that they didn't have to keep the default MC colour scheme. The actual process of changing the colours... (read more)

(Repost) Over the next week or so I will be adding older tutorials to the Video upload page in order to have them available as streaming media in the Tips & Tutorials section. Almost all of these tutorials were made to help Liquid migrants get started in MC. The tenth in a series of tutorials created... (read more)

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... (read more)

The eighth in a series of tutorials created to assist Avid/Pinnacle Liquid users who are considering migrating to Media Composer. This one is about the Fast Menu Hamburger Regards Douglas This tutorial can be viewed at "Full-screen" by clicking on the icon on the toolbar (read more)

The ninth in a series of tutorials created to assist Avid/Pinnacle Liquid users who are considering migrating to Media Composer. This one is about finding duplicated clips on long timelines with many clips. Regards Douglas This tutorial can be viewed at "Full-screen" by clicking on the icon... (read more)

The seventh in a series of tutorials created to assist Avid/Pinnacle Liquid users who are considering migrating to Media Composer. Many newcomers, myself included, come to MC with an HDV camera and capture through a firewire card. Then the first time they try to export a QT-reference file, up pops the... (read more)

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... (read more)

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. (Problems viewing this video... (read more)

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 (read more)