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Avid® Editing Essentials Series |
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with Xpress Pro & Xpress DV
Learn to master the powerful features of the Avid® edit system with this extensive training series. Former Principle Product Designer for Avid® Technology and author of the Avid® Handbook, Steve Bayes takes you deep within the system, providing a thorough understanding of editing concepts and procedures for working with speed and efficiency. |
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- Level 1 - Avid Editing Essentials
- Level 2 - Avid Workflow & Media Management
- Level 3 - Advanced Editing Techniques
- Level 4 - Special Effects & Color Correction
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This DVD training series offers unique insight for all Avid® users including Xpress Pro & Xpress DV as well as Avid® Xpress, Media Composer, Media Composer Adrenaline and Symphony.
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Level 1 |
Avid® Editing Essentials |
Get up to speed fast with the basic concepts of Avid® editing. Learn system setup and hardware connection, user and project setup procedures, interface navigation and modes. Project application with shot logging, batch capturing, timeline editing, cut editing, using the trim window, inserting transitions, importing music, and output to tape. |
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- System Setup
- Capturing
- Editing
- Trimming
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Transitions
Audio
Output to Tape |
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Level 2 |
Avid® Workflow & Media Management |
Work with speed and efficiency by mastering Avid's powerful project & media organization and workflow tools. Customize the interface and timeline for specific tasks, link timeline styles to modes, explore bin and file management techniques, locating clips & sequences quickly, and copying from other projects. Use the Media Tool to maintain control of various media elements, remove unused and pre-compute media and consolidating and transcoding media in Xpress Pro. |
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- Interface Customization
- Timeline Styles
- Project Management
- Bins & Super Bins
- Media Transfer
- File Import & Export
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Level 3 |
Advanced Editing Techniques |
Master Avid's sophisticated toolset to streamline the production process and add diversity to your editorial options. Customize source machine settings, logging while capturing, DV frame offset, audio delay and Meta data. Apply editing procedures for dialogue cutting, using locators to quickly access scenes, adding a voice over, audio effects, apply time stretching, digital audio effects, using the titling tool, grouping clips and multi camera editing techniques |
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- Capture options
- Advanced editing & trimming
- Audio recording & editing
- Titling
- Multi-Camera editing
- Motion Effects
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Level 4 |
Special Effects & Color Correction |
Discover the image processing capabilities of the Avid® system. Explore color correction concepts, procedures and monitor calibration, 2D digital video effects transitions and segment effects. Apply advanced effects, keyframe and trimming techniques. Promote your 2D effects to 3D, apply the expert render mode plus techniques for BorisFX and Automatic DUCK. |
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- Color Correction
- 2D Effects
- Advanced Keyframing
- 3D DVE
- Realtime & Rendering
- Third Party Plugins
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Steve Bayes |
Steve Bayes is a consultant, writer and instructor specializing in Avid® products for video, film and HD. For 8 years he was the Product Designer for Media Composer, Symphony and DS Nitris at Avid® Technology. Steve has specified the design of Avid® products based on his years of editing, instructing and interviewing Avid® users. He is the author of the book "The Avid® Handbook: Basic and Intermediate Techniques for the Media Composer". He is currently certified by Avid® as an Avid® Certified Instructor (ACI), Avid® Certified Support Representative (ACSR) and Unity Media Network. |
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