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Available

Released

Nov 17th, 2011

Beginning a new video project requires a good amount of an editor’s time spent in pre-production mode. In these Avid Learning Partner tutorial-videos, Avid Certified Media Composer 6 trainer Jeff Greenberg shows you how to get your media properly organized and ingested to make your Media Composer experience fast and efficient...

It all starts with media, which comes in many shapes, sizes and in all different formats. How you deal with it and how you get it into Media Composer 6 is what this tutorial is all about! So let’s get started: Jeff begins this tutorial with an overview section that explains all the basic concepts and tools at your disposal. From there you’ll learn how to set up your project using Locations and Types.

Next up are MC6‘s Bins. You’ll learn all about Bin management, viewing techniques and some very handy advanced Bin features to sort and sift through your clips. Jeff then explains how to import everything from simple JPEGs, audio, video and even Photoshop layers. After this section he takes you deeper into AMA (Avid Media Access) and explains how it works with File and Volume linking.

Tape? Yes, if you’ve got to pull in some videotaped footage, Jeff explains how it’s done. He covers everything from setting up a deck to doing batch captures.

Whether you're studying for Avid Certification, are new to Media Composer 6 or simply brushing up on your skills, our new Media Composer 6 courses are designed to get you the information you need and get you started on the right track. Check back often because more MC6 courses will be added soon!

• Media Composer 6 100: What's New In Media Composer 6
• Media Composer 6 101: Organizing and Ingesting Media
• Media Composer 6 102: Basic Editing Techniques
• Media Composer 6 103: Advanced Editing Techniques
• Media Composer 6 104: Working With Audio
• Media Composer 6 105: Creating Titles
• Media Composer 6 106: Color Correction, FX and Compositing
• Media Composer 6 107: Exporting and Sharing

For a full list of the topics covered, see the Tutorial Outline
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• Chapter 1: Organizing and Ingesting Media
• 1: Overview of Media composer
• 04:18
  1. Basic Concepts
• 04:05
  2. Understanding Media Relationships
• 03:02
  3. Understanding Avid Media Access
• 01:24
  4. Section Review
• 2: Project setup
• 00:56
  5. Creating a User
• 00:49
  6. Project Locations
• 03:04
  7. Project Types
• 01:11
  8. Setting the Project Format
• 01:27
  9. Finding the Settings/Preferences
• 01:07
  10. Section Review
• 3: Bin Management
• 01:02
  11. Creating Bins
• 00:54
  12. Creating Folders
• 00:51
  13. Deleting Bins or Folders
• 00:44
  14. Section Review
• 4: Viewing Clips in Bins
• 01:19
  15. Text, Frame and Script views
• 01:04
  16. Enlarging and Reducing Poster Frames
• 02:04
  17. Changing the Poster Frame
• 01:41
  18. Built-in Bin Views
• 01:33
  19. Customizing Bin Views
• 01:55
  20. Adding Your Own Metadata
• 00:59
  21. Sorting
• 02:12
  22. Sifting
• 01:48
  23. Section Review
• 5: Advanced Bin Concepts
• 00:57
  24. Tabbed Bins
• 00:17
  25. Moving Clips Between Bins
• 02:09
  26. Copying and Cloning Clips
• 01:17
  27. Saving Bins
• 01:57
  28. Opening Bins From Another Project
• 00:52
  29. Section Review
• 6: Import
• 03:02
  30. Media Creation Settings
• 01:10
  31. Importing a JPEG
• 00:50
  32. Importing a Photoshop File
• 00:52
  33. Importing Video
• 00:26
  34. Importing Audio
• 02:18
  35. Understanding Import Settings
• 01:13
  36. Section Review
• 7: AMA
• 02:01
  37. AMA considerations
• 00:59
  38. AMA file linking
• 02:24
  39. AMA Volume linking
• 00:54
  40. Section Review
• 8: Tape Based Capture
• 01:30
  41. I/O Hardware choices
• 01:27
  42. Setting Up a Deck
• 02:33
  43. The Capture Tool and Resolutions
• 00:45
  44. Inserting a Tape
• 02:26
  45. Capturing a Clip
• 02:42
  46. Logging Clips
• 02:56
  47. Batch Capture
• 01:43
  48. Section Review
• 9: Saving
• 02:17
  49. What Is the Attic?
• 00:54
  50. Backing Up Projects
• 00:42
  51. Section Review

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