Class notes on videos focusing on Avid Media Composer use. Notes cover overview of editing environment, bins, project organization, basic editing, intermediate editing, adding audio and video tracks to projects, refining editing mixes, organizing and customizing projects, basic audio mixing, basic effects and transitions, rendering, color correction, capturing and importing, and outputting completed media projects.
¶ … Editing Environment
Media Computer is fully customizable.
Project Window opens up into 6 tabs: bin, settings, effect palette, format, usage, and information.
Bins: contain clips (master clips): keep everything organized
Open multiple bins at the same time or separately
User Settings: used to customize editing environment
Project settings are specific to each project
I = customize interface iii. Ctrl + D/Cmd + D duplicates a setting, which you can use in different editing environments
M = Media Creations customize media resolution and hard drive media is saved to.
Organizing a project: you can choose your own view Fast Menu in bin choose columns: format, frame, tracks, video, video file format
f. Bin views: video view, frame view, script view
g. SAVE OFTEN AND SAVE EARLY
Basic Editing: Building the Rough Cut
a. Source Monitor: raw master clips
b. Record Monitor: visual output; corresponds with timeline
= back 10 frames (1/3-second)
ii. 2 = forward 10 frames iii. 3 = back 1 frame
iv. 4 = forward 1 frame
v. Space = Play/Stop
vi. I = mark in vii. O = mark out
c. Splicing: once shots have been marked, they can be added to the timeline and you can build a sequence.
i. Can be linear or non-linear
d. Overwriting: adds or replaces shots to timeline
i. 3 points needed to make an edit
e. Extracting & Lifting
i. Extract takes out the shot then ripples all the clips to fill in the gap
ii. Lift doesn't fill in the gap
f. Adding multiple video & audio tracks
i. Editors use V1 for base, V2 for B-roll and patch odd # audio with odd # video; even to even.
3. Refining the Edit: Using Trim
a. Trimming is used to work out timing and pace, adjustments made in timeline
4. Organization and Customization
a. JKL: J. goes backwards in real time, K pauses, L goes forward in real time
5. Intermediate Editing: Beyond the Rough Cut
a. Slip edits: trim to change shot content
b. Slide edits: change shot position
c. Replace: edits without in/out points
6. Basic Audio Mixing
a. Audio may be more important than video editing because of psychological impact on audience
b. Need to balance left and right channels
c. You can change audio levels in timeline in Media Player 7
d. Fix level and pan in bin, also adjust EQ and remove background noise.
7. Basic Effects
a. Quick transition tool allows for quick manipulation and positioning
b. Nesting: applies more than 1 effect at a time
c. Most powerful ways to use effects is to create a composite
d. Motion Effect editor lets you speed up/slow down clips
8. Basic Rendering and System Performance
a. Rendering effects means you are creating video files of the effects results
9. Basic Color Correction
a. Important to set luma since human eye is sensitive to accurate black & white
b. Switch to RGB cast to correct colors
c. Use Vectorscope to correct flesh tones
d. You can also set auto-color correct
10. Creating Titles with Avid Marquee
a. Marquee is application within Media Composer
b. Safe Title, Safe Action lines help ensure titles will fit on standard TV screen
c. Edit tool lets you reposition and resize
d. Save titles to bins to use in Media Composer
i. Put titles into their own track and patch source video to timeline vid.
e. To create roll/craw, click R. Or C
f. Auto-Titler lets you create multiple titles with the same template.
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