Kevin P McAuliffe joins Creative COW to bring another great tutorial series. This set will deliver to you the tools you need to use Avid's Media Composer.
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Learn Media Composer Lesson 5: Bins PART TWO
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In part two at our look at Bins inside of Media Composer/Symphony, Kevin P McAuliffe gets more in-depth with organization, and shows you some great quick tips to not only better organize your projects, but also help speed up that organizational process to get you editing a lot quicker.
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Learn Media Composer Lesson 7: Capturing Part TWO
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In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe picks up right where he left off in part 1, and shows you how to log clips for batch capturing, and then gets in and shows you the capture settings you're going to want to know, to get your footage into Media Composer as quickly as possible. He also shows you that all the capture settings are not necessarily in your "Capture Settings" setting.
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Learn Media Composer Lesson 10: Keyboard Settings
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In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe discusses probably the most important setting, and that is the keyboard setting. He also shows you, how in conjunction with the command palette, you will be able to map just about any command to any button on your keyboard or editing interface, and even talks about why you might not want to do just that.
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Learn Avid's Media Composer Lesson 14: Basic Transitions
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In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe talks about working with basic transitions in your timeline. He shows you the long way, and the short way to access the effects, and also shows you everything you need to know to adjust transitions once they've been applied in your timeline, as well as quick ways to add transitions to multiple clips.
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Learn Avid's Media Composer Lesson 15: Effects: 3D Warp Tool
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In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe gives you an introduction to effects work inside of Media Composer, by showing you the 3D Warp Tool. It's the equivalent to the clip based parameter adjustments (Scale, Position, Rotation, etc) you can make inside of FCP or Premiere Pro CS6. This is going to be your "go to" effect while editing, and this primer lesson is a must, if you want to start doing effects work in your sequences.
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Learn Media Composer Lesson 16: Adjusting Clips Part ONE
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Now that you've edited clips into your timeline, in this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe shows you how to move clips around inside of your edits using the Segment Modes feature, accessed right from within your timeline. This is a must watch lesson for FCP7 or any editor switching to Media Composer, as it shows a common workflow for editors who are accustomed to working in other NLE's.
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Learn Media Composer Lesson 18: Migrating FCP7 Project to MC
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In this tutorial, Kevin P McAuliffe shows you, with the help of a free 3rd Party Plug-in, how to take all of your current and legacy FCP7 projects, and convert not only the sequence, but the actual media itself over to use in your new MC or Symphony setup. Once you see how easy it is, you won't need to work in two NLE's, you can just migrate all of your FCP7 projects over, and never look back.
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Learn Media Composer Lesson 19: Avid Title Tool Part ONE
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In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe starts off his look at the Avid Title tool by talking about the basics, like the setup and launching of the title tool, creation of text, adjusting colors, adding shadows, and saving out to your timeline. Once you've watched this lesson, you'll be able to create a basic title for just about any project you are working on.
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Learn Media Composer Lesson 20: Avid Title Tool Part TWO
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In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe continues his look at the Avid Title Tool by going over simple Kerning and Leading, how to create shapes, saving Style Sheets, and even how to create a simple stacked title, save it, and then animate it into your timeline. Once you watch this tutorial, you will quickly see that you don't need to spend time going back and forth to Photoshop to create simple, cool titles. Just do it right from within the Title Tool.
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Learn Media Composer Lesson 22: Audio Mixing Part ONE
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In this tutorial, Kevin P McAuliffe walks you through importing your audio two different ways, and explains the differences so you can pick the right technique for the right job. He also shows you how to set up your timeline views, and why setting them up a certain way will really save you time when a client is sitting next to you in the suite.
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Learn Media Composer Lesson 31: Motion Graphics for Motion 5
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In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe answers a viewer's question about rendering an element with a matte key out of Apple's Motion 5, for use inside of Avid's Media Composer/Symphony. This lesson is not only great for Motion users, but it gives all VFX artists a look at the proper render and import process that can be applied to any motion graphics application, whose end destination is MC/Symphony.
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Learn Media Composer Lesson 36: Advanced Audio Export Part 4
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OMF Export for Audio Post: In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe shows you how easy it is to set up a preset for exporting the audio in your sequence for audio post. He also shows you the ideal type of video file to export, so your audio engineer can check sync, and even shows you how simple it is to import your mix into a 3rd party audio mixing application, in this case, Adobe's Audition.
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Learn Media Composer Lesson 38: E-Mail Notifications
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In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe shows you how to set up e-mail notifications, so Media Composer/Symphony will notify you when your renders, exports or transcodes are done. He also shows you some great settings tricks to streamline the process, and make sure you get the notifications you need as quickly as possible.
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Learn Media Composer Lesson 43: The Marquee Title Tool 5
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Exporting titles for 3rd Party Applications: In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe shows you how easy it is to export Marquee titles for use in 3rd party compositing applications such as Adobe's After Effects and Apple's Motion. There are always exclusive plug-ins you wish you could apply to your titles inside of Media Composer and Symphony, now, you can take your titles directly to those awesome effects!
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Learn Media Composer Lesson 44: Advanced Marquee Techniques
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Advanced Marquee Techniques: Part ONE: In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe shows you how to take a complex looking scene, and create it very easily within the Marquee interface. This tutorial is normally something that can only be done in a compositing application, but with the power of Marquee, and a little forward thinking, you can save yourself time, and your clients money, by not leaving the comfort of your NLE.
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Learn Media Composer Lesson 46: Advanced Marquee Techniques
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Advanced Marquee Techniques, Part THREE: In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe answers a viewers e-mail about Title Rolls and Crawls. He starts out in the standard title tool, and then shows you how simple it is to create the same crawl in Marquee. Finally, he takes it up a notch, and shows you how to add 3D extrusion to your title roll in Marquee, that will have your client singing your praises.
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Learn Media Composer Lesson 47: Advanced Marquee Techniques
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Advanced Marquee Techniques Part FOUR: In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe expands on his Title Roll lesson (Advanced Marquee Technique #3), and shows how you would go about integrating client logos into your title rolls and crawls. Again, this is a technique that is normally done outside of Media Composer or Symphony, but as this lesson shows, we can do it right here from within the timeline.
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Learn Media Composer Lesson 48: Advanced Marquee Techniques
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Advanced Marquee Techniques Part FIVE: In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe talks about applying textures to your text, he shows you why seamlessly tileable elements are the way to go, and even how to manipulate your textures, once they have been applied. Finally, he wraps things up by showing you how easy it is to apply textures to any element you have created inside of Marquee. If you've started creating 3D text inside of Marquee, this lesson is a must!
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Learn Media Composer Lesson 51: Decomposing
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In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe answers a viewer's question where they have accidentally deleted footage from their sequence that they need, and they don't have the master clips to go back and recapture/re-import. Is all lost? Not after watching this tutorial. Kevin shows you how easy it is to not only get your Master clips back, but get your footage back into your timeline in no time flat.
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Learn Media Composer Lesson 52: Working with Photoshop Files
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In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe shows you how easy it is to create, import and work with Photoshop files. There are a few options that come with importing graphics alone, and add in Photoshop files to the mix, and things can get tricky very quick. Kevin shows you the ropes so if creating titles in Photoshop is your workflow, working with them in your timeline will be a snap.
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Learn Media Composer Lesson 54: Animation: Split Screens 1
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In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe answers a viewers question about a common technique that you see in show's like X Factor, and that is "How do you build split screen elements inside of Media Composer?" Well this first of four part tutorial shows you how to take a aplit screen element, possibly created by your Graphic Designer, and work with it in your Media Composer and Symphony timeline.
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Learn Media Composer Lesson 59: Composite 23.98 from 1080i
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In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe shows you a fantastic technique on how to revert your 1080i footage back to 23.98 fps for compositing in After Effects (assuming it was originally shot 23.98), and then how to render it out of AE to back to 1080i. No transcoding of footage is necessary, just a little bit of thought, and a few clicks of the mouse!
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Learn Media Composer Lesson 60: A Proper Fadeout
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In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe addresses a common mistake that editors make when doing a simple fade out, shows you how simple it is to fix, and then goes over other "simple fade in/out editorial mistakes" that are easily correctable. This lesson is crucial, as these simple techniques will show your clients your attention to detail, which is key in having them become repeat customers!
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Learn Media Composer Lesson 61: Basic Color Correction ONE
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In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe shows you the basics of color correction by simply adjusting the Setup, Gamma and Gain values to take a shot that was totally washed out, and give it the punch to really make it stand out above all others. The best part about it, is the technique is so simple, it can (and should) be used on every clip in your timeline.
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Learn Media Composer Lesson 62: Basic Color Correction TWO
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In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe continues his look at basic color correction by talking about what to do in situations where the color of an image has been altered (incorrect White Balance, for example) from what would be considered "normal". He gives you a basic overview of the color wheels and how simple they are to use, to achieve the "proper" look across all the clips in your timeline.
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Learn Media Composer Lesson 64: Motion Effects PART TWO
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In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe expands on lesson one by showing you how to create variable speed motion effects inside your MC/Symphony timeline. Most people think that a technique like this requires either a third-party plug-in, or a compositing application, Kevin shows you how simple it is to create some very cool slo-mo's.
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Learn Media Composer Lesson 65: Motion Effects PART THREE
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In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe shows you a technique that he uses in corporate video work, and that is how to not only slow your footage down, but create highlights that you can use to focus on certain areas of a shot. With a little forward thought, and the Marquee Title Tool, this technique is something you can pull off in minutes, without the aid of a compositing application.
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Learn Media Composer Lesson 66: Advanced Compositing ONE
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In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe shows you how to take an fire element with no matte, and not only create a matte from nothing, but also how to take that matte, and use it to reveal text for a lower third animation. When your client sees that this is something you can do right inside your timeline, they will be truly blown away!
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Learn Media Composer Lesson 68: Advanced Compositing 2
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Advanced Compositing TWO: Network Promo Effect. In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe shows you another great promo technique that you would see during primetime on one of the major networks. These Advanced Compositing tutorials are hugely important to take your work to the next level! Not only are they simple to do, but they also create an awesome end product!
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Learn Media Composer Lesson 71: Creating a Sports Scorecard
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In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe answers a viewer's question about creating a tennis scoreboard, like you would see in a professional tennis broadcast. Most people immediately think they need Photoshop or a compositing application to create this element, but the easiest way to build is with the tools you have right at your fingertips.
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Learn Media Composer Lesson 72: The Schindler's List Effect
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In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe shows you how simple it is to create the effect made famous by film's like Schindler's List and Pleasantville, but he doesn't do the effect as a color correction effect. Instead, he gives you a great introduction to an included Rotoscoping effect called Animatte. Once you see how versatile this effect is, you find yourself going less and less to third party compositing applications to do your Roto work.
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Learn Media Composer Lesson 74: Import, QC and Export
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In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe answers another viewer e-mail from someone who's having quality issues when importing into Media Composer. Kevin goes over some importing tips, and shows you how to make sure you're monitoring the highest possible quality in the NLE application, and then he discusses a common exporting problem, and takes about how, with a little bit of forethought, you can get those excellent looking exports that your clients are asking for.
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Learn Media Composer Lesson 76: Motion Tracking
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In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe shows you the basics of tracking a background plate, and applying that information to a title you create in your timeline. Then he shows you, with the power of the fantastic Animatte effect, how to create a realistic effect of a car driving in front of a title. Advanced looking end product, but very easy to create.
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Learn Media Composer Lesson 77: The 24 Commercial Bumper
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In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe shows you another real-world example of how to create "Hollywood-Style" effects right from within your timeline, by creating the "24" commercial break bumper. With some very simple title work, and a little forward thinking with the 3D Warp Tool, you can create this awesome effect without having to leave the comfort of your MC/Symphony timeline.
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Learn Media Composer Lesson 81: Multichannel Audio Exports
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In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe answers a viewer's e-mail about creating multichannel audio exports. Most people think that this is a hardware limitation for most PC's and Mac's, but Kevin quickly shows you that this is very easy to set up right from within your export settings, and once you have a preset, you can set it and forget it.
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CatDV Connects with Avid
Square Box Systems' has just unveiled a CatDV asset management system for integration with Avid nonlinear editors. Pegasus is a premium CatDV client that is based on the CatDV Enterprise product and, in addition to integration with Avid Media Composer, also offers metadata support for RED Epic. With this addition, CatDV now offers support for Avid Media Composer, Adobe Premiere and Apple Final Cut Pro.
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Learn Media Composer Lesson 84: Creating DVDs Part 2
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In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe talks about encoding your exported Media Composer timelines using Apple's Compressor. This lesson is specifically focused on Editors who have made the switch from Final Cut Pro/Studio to Avid's Media Composer, but still want to get the most out of the applications in the bundle, and not have to use a new third party encoding application. Compressor has some huge workflow enhancements like Droplets, that will make the encoding process a breeze.
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