Making text appear to be written onto the screen can be easily done with the Paint Effect. However the text that you write with a mouse or even a graphic tablet can leave a lot to be desired. This tutorial shows one method of using a standard Handwriting Font as your base for the effect. Good Luck..... (read more)

Also, there has been an updated version for the new 3.5 software. Link to that page/pdf Hope that helps (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)

Having succeeded in entering Japanese text into the SubCap Generator, I began to wonder if I could export it easily and then import it into AvidDVD. That was not as easy as I had hoped for. However I did find a way to do it in the end. The method will work for subcaps in any language. Regards, Douglas (read more)

Avid processes effects using a track hierarchy - anything on a higher track effects the tracks below. Below are two methods to add effects to foreground (higher track) elements without affecting the background (lower track) elements in Avid. Method 1: Using Avid Filter Effects In this example, we are... (read more)

I just happened to stumble across this very simple, effective and easy to apply effect to reverse a clip. The question is - can you find a use for it? Regards, Douglas (read more)

I guess that because there are already two text tools in MC the Text Tool in AvidFX is often overlooked. When it is not overlooked I imagine that many newcomers are, like I was, intimidated by the interface. In actual fact, as long as you don't try running before you learn to walk the basics of the... (read more)