hello I'm trying to post this question but it is not posted and i do not know why I try , what I want to get is an effect like this where the drawn lines disappear in the same way they appear. With the paint effect I do not think I can do ... any suggestions? (read more)

Hi, so I figured out what cause the paint/animatte bug... If you close the Color info tool you get permanent outlines/paths to edit :) I guess both features use some kind of layer on top of the gui that means they both can't work at the same time. Seems like a proper bug. Did things work out with... (read more)

See my post in Forums » Customer Feedback Forums » Avid Product Feature Requests (read more)

Just tried using Paint in MC 8.4.1 (Mac OS 10.10.5). Some modes work but things like Colorise, Luma Range and Luma clip invert the selected video and makes it looks like it solarised. What is weirder, changing the Feather parameters modify the image, even though no other parameters have been modified... (read more)

Hello! I have one four minute static shot and though I have many takes of it, the one take where the boom enters the corner of the frame for about 10 seconds is of course by best one. I wanted to figure out a way to edit out this boom! The boom does not interfere with either of the actors and is against... (read more)

I don't know if this is the right place to report this, but I have been running into a couple problems on 7 and 8 that have been really buging me!! (no pun intended!) One big problem I am having is with the Poly tool. The poly tool when you click and drag to make your first point it creates bezier... (read more)

Hello, Does anyone know if MC8 has transfer / blending modes yet as an effect? The PaintFx doesn't quite cut it. I don't want to get a full third party FX suite either since it is the only effect I need. Thanks, Rob (read more)

Learn to create Science Fiction style Phaser Beams using Media Composer Paint. This effect can be used for weapons discharge from a space ship or a disruptor cannon, or for magical energy beams that fly through your scenes. The two-part tutorial uses Paint and Animatte to achieve this effect. http:/... (read more)

As editors, we are often called on to fix problems created in production. We all know the "fix it in post" cliché. That can be harder that the director may realize, or easy to do t han we want them to know. Either way, Media Composer includes some powerful tools that can help. One of... (read more)

This is the first of three tutorials going through some interesting effects and transitions I saw recently on the How To channel (read more)