Avid 201 - Editing Tools and Techniques for Avid Media Composer November 13, 2011

http://www.fmctraining.com/fmc.asp?l=Washington+DC&p2=Upcoming+Classes

Contact:202-429-9700 / MartinD@FMCtraining.com

(2 day class)
2011: 11/14-15
2012: 1/16-17, 3/12-13, 5/14-15

Overview:

Experienced Avid Media Composer or Symphony editors gain greater productivity by mastering the system’s sophisticated editing features and tools. Students learn advanced navigation and shortcuts, along with advanced toolsets including MultiCamera, ScriptSync, and audio sweetening tools. Sessions include instructor-led demonstration and hands-on practice.

Who Should Attend:

Producers, editors, assistant editors, multimedia producers

Prerequisites:

MC 101 Introduction to Avid Media Composer or equivalent experience. A background as an editor, assistant editor, director or producer is strongly recommended.

What You Will Learn:

* Advanced navigation
* Editing and viewing options
* Mastering buttons and the keyboard
* Advanced trimming techniques
* MultiCamera editing
* Using the ScriptSync feature
* Adjusting audio EQ
* Working with AudioSuite plugins

Lesson 1
Editing and Viewing Techniques

* Viewing Options
* Hiding the Source Monitor
* Making a Full‐Screen Timeline
* Turning Off Timeline Wrapping
* Clip Information Window
* Adjusting Track Height
* Repositioning Tracks
* Renaming Tracks
* Selecting Tracks

# Color‐Coding Clips
# Using Clip Colors in the Timeline
# Customizing Buttons and Keys
# Mapping Menu Items
# Mapping Bi-level Keys
# Enhancing Functions with Modifier Keys
# Match Frame
# Reverse Match Frame
# Match Frame Track
# Find Bin
# Lift Extract and Copy to Clipboard
# Mark Clip
# Mark Locator
# Play IN to OUT
# Play to Out
# Summary of Alt/ Option Modifications
# Using Comm and Modifiers
# The Find Feature
# Customizing Your Workspace
# Assigning a Workspace
# Deleting a Workspace 19
# Viewing Options
# Customize the Timeline
# Customize Your Keyboard

Lesson 2
Preparing for Multi Camera Editing

* Introduction to Avid Multi Camera
* Multi Cam Editing Workflow
* Creating Group Clips
* Creating Multigroup Clips
* Additional Grouping Methods
* Fast Workflow for Footage Synced with Slave Time code
* Fast Workflow for Footage Synced without Slave Time code
* Grouping Together Fewer than Ten Clips
* Ganging Footage in Monitors
* Prepare the News Radio Material
* Prepare the Urban Nutcracker Material More

Lesson 3
MultCamera Editing

* Setting Up MultiCamera Editing
* Editing the Group Clip into the Timeline
* Activating MultiCamera Mode
* Displaying Quad Split or Nine Split Mode
* Displaying the Clip’s Name in a Quadrant
* Assigning Another Clip to a Quadrant
* Editing Audio
* Playing Back MultiCamera Media
* Editing a MultiCamera Sequence
* Basic MultiCam Editing
* Switching Clips with the Arrow Keys
* Playing a Line cut on the Source and Client Monitors
* Adding Edits On‐the‐Fly
* Refining the Edit
* Edit the News Radio Material
* Edit the Urban Nutcracker Material

Lesson 4
Script Integration and Script Sync™

* Script Integration
* Script Integration Workflow
* Setting Up for Script Integration
* Working with Slates
* Adding Takes to Existing Slates
* Script Marks
* Loading and Playing Marked Segments
* Additional Options
* Marking with Script Sync
* Editing with the Script Window
* Assemble a Rough Cutting the Traditional Way
* Assemble a Rough Cut Using Single Mark Editing
* Assemble a Rough Cut by Splicing a Script Range
* Get Started
* Add Script Marks Manually to the Script
* Add Script Marks Automatically
* Use Script Sync
* Editing with the Script Window

Lesson 5
Introduction to Avid Marquee Animation

* Getting Started
* Moving Beyond 2D Creations
* Transform Properties
* Working with Layers
* Viewing the Scene from Different Angles
* Working with Extrudes and Bevels
* Putting Edges on Objects
* Exploring Light and Shadows
* Getting Started with Lights
* Enabling and Disabling Light Sources
* Using Colored Lights
* Changing the Intensity of Light Sources
* Adjusting Spot Light Properties
* Naming Light Sources
* Introducing Shadows
* Changing Shadows’ Locations
* Changing the Color of Shadows
* Applying Texture to Shadows
* Simulating Depth Shadows
* Applying Shadows to Imported Images
* Get Started
* Designing the Text
* Add Extrudes and Bevels
* Putting Edges on Objects
* Adding Lighting
* Adding Shapes
* Designing the Shape
* Adjusting Lighting of the Scene
* Adding and Manipulating Shadows

Lesson 6
Avid Marquee Animation Techniques

* Animation Techniques
* Hiding and Showing Objects and their Tracks
* Selecting and Deselecting Object Tracks
* Changing the Starting and Ending Points of Objects
* Viewing and Hiding the Property Curves of Objects
* Selecting Properties to Animate
* Creating and Adjusting Keyframes
* Creating Related Keyframes Using Stamp Keyframe Buttons
* Changing Property Curves at Each Keyframe Marker
* Copying and Pasting Curves
* Smoothing Curve Segments
* Viewing the Animation
* Understanding Decks and Pages
* Get Started Creating the Pages in the Deck
* Editing the Text
* Animating the Text

Lesson 7
Adjusting Audio Frequency with Audio EQ

* The Audio Mix
* Broadcast Deliver Requirements and Audio
* Audio Mix Theory
* Using the Audio EQ Tool
* EQ Terminology
* Audio EQ Filters
* Average Frequencies for Common Sounds
* Audio EQ Tool
* Applying Audio EQ Effects
* Saving Audio EQ Effects
* Removing Audio EQ Effects with the Remove Effect Button
* Adding and Removing Audio EQ Effects in Adjacent Segments
* Attacking an Unwanted Noise
* Audio EQ Examples
* Low‐Shelf Example
* Small Octave Range Example
* Using Preset EQ Effects
* Creating Your Own Audio EQ Templates
* Adding an EQ Template to the Audio EQ Tool Fast Menu
* Applying Multiple EQ Effects
* RemoveaHum: Part1
* RemoveaHum: Part2
* Adjust Tobey’s Voice in “Civil Wars”
* Fix Audio on an ECO Challenge Canoeing Shot
* Work on Your Own

Lesson 8
Working with Audio Suite Plug‐ins

* Audio Suite Digital Audio Effects
* Applying Audio Suite Effects
* Saving and Applying Audio Suite Effect Templates
* Applications of Common Audio Suite Effects
* Dynamic Effects
* Spectrum (EQ) Effects
* Timing
* Getting Started
* Lengthen a Voice‐Over
* Remove Edginess from a Voice