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Avid Media Composer 6.x Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgement
About the Reviewers
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Preface
What this book covers
What you need for this book
Who this book is for
Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support
Chapter 1. Getting Assets into Your Media Composer Project
Introduction
A strategy for project organization at the desktop level
Understanding Media Creation settings
Mixing frame rates
Tape capture tip: Adding Markers while Capturing
Tape capture tip: Making Subclips while Capturing
Logging clips tip: Logging from the keyboard
Logging clips tip: Keeping the Capture Tool active after logging a clip
Quickly calculating total duration of clips (or any items in a bin)
Combining available drive space and/or controlling where media is stored
Making sure your Batch Capture continues without you
Modifying clips before capture
Modifying clips after capture: Adding tracks
Modifying clips after capture: Deleting tracks
Capturing and editing at the same time
Preparing to use AMA (Avid Media Access): Getting the plug-ins
AMA (Avid Media Access) linking
Getting the AMA file's image to display as desired
Consolidating (copying) AMA Master Clips
Transcoding AMA Master Clips before beginning to edit
Transcoding AMA Master Clips after editing has begun
Consolidating an AMA sequence or subclips
Transcoding an AMA sequence
Importing stills and video files such as QuickTime
Importing audio
Adjusting audio levels before editing
Adjusting audio pan settings before editing
Setting stereo-audio tracks
Chapter 2. Customizing Your Work Environment
Introduction
Settings overview
Creating Site Settings
User Profile Settings – transferring to another workstation
Interface settings
Font size adjustment
Creating Bin Views
Creating Timeline Views
Customizing Workspaces
Creating Bin Layouts
Linking Bin Layouts with Workspaces
Linking other settings with Workspaces
Mapping Workspaces and Bin Layouts
Mapping buttons and menu selections
Chapter 3. Polishing Gems
Introduction
Understanding Track Sensitivity
Snapping actions for the Position Indicator and in Segment Mode
Enabling and disabling all Track Selectors from the keyboard
Enabling and disabling Track Selectors using the Shift key plus drag method
Enabling and disabling Track Selectors using the Lasso
Replace Edit: How and why
Sync Point Editing: How and why
Seeing source material in the Timeline Window
Clipboard tips
Using the Match Frame function
Using the Reverse Match Frame function
Setting clip colors in a bin
Setting clip colors in the Timeline Window
Chapter 4. Creating Split Edits
Introduction
Creating a Split Edit with Double Roller or Overwrite Trim
Creating a Split Edit with the Extend function
Creating a Split Edit with Asymmetric Trimming
Chapter 5. Maintaining and Regaining Sync
Introduction
Adding Filler within a sequence with Splice or Overwrite
Adding Filler at the end of a sequence
Sync Break Indicators: Understanding them and making your own
Splicing and Extracting: Methods for staying in sync without Sync Locks
Segment Mode: Methods for staying in sync
Using the option/Alt + Add Edit method to stay in sync in Trim Mode
Asymmetric Trimming type 1: A-Side/B-Side
Asymmetric Trimming type 2: Two Heads/Two Tails
Opening up the sequence using Splice with Sync Locks enabled
Extracting with Sync Locks enabled
Extending using Ripple Trim with Sync Locks enabled
Shortening using Ripple Trim with Sync Locks enabled
Getting back in sync
Chapter 6. Managing Your Media Files
Introduction
Moving media files
Copying a borrowed clip's media
Sharing clips/backing-up clips
Consolidating Subclips
Consolidating Sequences
Transcoding Sequences for archiving or before up-res
Transcoding Sequences of mixed SD and HD video
Changing the Sample Rate of clips in a bin before editing them into your Sequence
Changing the mismatched audio that has been edited into your Sequence
Prevent editing with audio that does not match the Project's Sample Rate
Setting the Media Tool display
Borrowing a clip from another Project
How to determine where media files are stored and how to move them
Isolating video of a specific resolution
Deleting specific media files from clips (for example just the A3 and A4 files)
Deleting unused media files: Just Master Clips just Precomputes or both
Locking Clips and Sequences
Locking sequences to make them less easily editable
Chapter 7. Mono and Stereo Audio Mixing
Introduction
Understanding the Track Control Panel and Keyframe Selection Tool
Understanding the Audio Mixer Tool – Clip Mode
Understanding the Audio Mixer Tool – Auto Mode
Understanding the Audio Tool (Audio Meters)
Understanding Clip Gain and Pan versus Volume and Pan Automation
Understanding Audio Project Settings
Performing audio scrubbing: digital type scrubbing
Performing audio scrubbing: analogue type scrubbing
Displaying Audio Waveforms ( also known as Sample Plot)
Displaying Clip Gain Volume Automation and Pan Automation in the Timeline
Clip Mode Level and Pan Adjustments
Using Clip Mode with Dissolves to smooth Level and Pan adjustments
Clip Mode: Setting a common Level or Pan to multiple segments
Clip Mode: Adjusting multiple segments by a uniform amount
Manually adding and adjusting Volume and Pan Automation keyframes
Removing/Deleting Volume and Pan Automation Keyframes
Adjusting multiple audio keyframes simultaneously
Real Time Volume and Pan Adjustment
Creating Stereo 5.1 and 7.1 ("Multichannel") Tracks in a Sequence
Converting a multichannel track into mono tracks in a Sequence
Making Multichannel Clips (Stereo 5.1 and 7.1)
Using AudioSuite Plug-ins
Removing AudioSuite plug-ins
Saving and Applying AudioSuite Templates
Using Real Time Audio Suite (RTAS) Plug-Ins
Removing RTAS plug-ins
Saving and Applying RTAS Effect Templates
Copying RTAS Effects between Tracks
Chapter 8. Editing with Group Clips and MultiCamera Mode
Introduction
Syncing and Grouping clips with common timecode
Chapter 9. Output Tips and Tricks
Introduction
Creating accurate Color Bars and Tone
Methods for setting Sequence Timecode
Adding Filler for Color Bars Tone and Slate
Exporting a still image
Exporting multiple still images using Markers
Exporting a QuickTime Reference Movie
Exporting a QuickTime Movie (Self Contained)
Using the Timecode Burn-In effect
Appendix A. Additional Tips Tricks and Explanations
Find Bin Function Tips
Moving around: Methods and tips
Getting more use from the Grid
cmd/Ctrl + L and K: Several uses
Locking and unlocking
Appendix B. Details on Trimming Slipping Sliding and Segment Mode
Trimming terminology
Trimming icons and colors
How Trimming works
Enabling and configuring the Trimming Tools
Trimming methods
Monitoring during Trimming
Slipping with Trim Mode
Slipping outside of Trim Mode
Sliding in Trim Mode
Trimming and effects
Smart Tool overview
Using the Trim functions in the Smart Tool
Using Segment Mode with the Smart Tool
Nine Segment Mode Tips
Appendix C. Helpful Details about MultiCamera Editing
Uses for Group Clips and MultiCamera Mode
Definition of a Group Clip
Definition of a MultiGroupClip
Definition of MultiCamera Mode
Overview: Syncing Methods
Editing multiple camera angles without Group Clips
MultipleCamera Editing Resolutions
Understanding System Performance with Group Clips and MultiCamera Mode
Index
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