Hello Editors, If you are an Avid Media Composer editor or learner, or if you use other NLE and you are curious about Avid Media Composer, maybe you might find interesting this FREE EDUCATIONAL PROJECT I created on Instagram called TUTOTIPS . You will find very short tutorials about Media Composer tools... (read more)

(4/13/2018. Work in progress: a downloadable, zipped v8.85 MC Bin showing a multi-track FX Sequence template, available shortly.) Sometimes you want to add a little motion to a still, a lock-down shot, or even to a boring, robotic Pan & Zoom move. There may be plenty of plugins and 3rd party software... (read more)

This how-to is about using Blend / 3D Warp keyframes (along with SpectraMatte for Chroma key) to create a "touch-screen" illusion. Download and Unzip these 4 links to see how this effect is put together on your system. I improved the key, and tried to make the whole thing loop-able by changing... (read more)

Sometimes you need to FIND a Sequence, but you cannot remember the exact Name or where you put it... plus you have tons of bins where it might be. Our wonderful FIND tool, is capable of locating EVERY Sequence inside every Bin in a Project, but the tool seems to require a Name, or partial Name, in its... (read more)

This has been a frequent request on the Avid Community FR forum, from mouse-averse editors seeking an alternative to moving clips between tracks. The maneuver is normally handled with constricted lateral movement (to maintain sync), using Ctrl+Shift+Mouse Dragging up or down on Highlighted Clip(s). I... (read more)

When it comes to sync, Avid still pushes the old good sound timecode methods. Which doesn't mean it's bad or good. It works well when it works, and it fails great when it fails. If a crew can handle the technicalities involved ( and higher costs) , extra equipment, and more expensive one, then... (read more)

BEFORE, with black sidebars. AFTER, using MC v7.0.4 Blend/3D Warp FX (using Crop, Rotation, and position) BEFORE AFTER Download the Zipped Folder containing MC v7.04 Bin and one jpeg The un-zipped folder contains an Avid Bin with two similar Sequences-- both of which demonstrate a way to accomplish this... (read more)

Duration and horizontal lines preserved when going from 29.97 to 23.976 frames per second by playing back the video cadences of 2:3, 2:3:3:2, or 2:2:2:4 as 2:2:2:2. A slight crackle from a fire. Look and feel the water before diving in might have some value. Deep into the forest, rays of light, slight... (read more)

For an AAF from Avid imported into Resolve creating a timeline, the Edit Index "Reel Name" seems to be Avid Master Clip "Source Icon" name metadata. (This is default Resolve behavior if turning on Reel Names. And one can view this everytime if in Resolve there was no media present... (read more)

http://www.avidblogs.com/how-to-roundtrip-davinci-resolve-to-avid-media-composer-tutorial/ For Avid Media Composer users, in this tutorial step 25 alone is super important where it can make the difference between the relink command working for a sequence selected to master clips or not working. Step... (read more)