• Avid Media Composer

  Advanced AVID tutorials

  Posted by Ben Trahair on January 22, 2007 at 10:13 am

  Hey guys and gals,

  Wondering if you could push me in the right direction.
  I have some freelance work coming up using media composer. Im largely self taught.
  Avid was the first NLE I ever used, but I’ve never felt 100% in control of it.
  There are several fundamental things I still can’t control the way I want to with Avid like time
  remapping/speed changes, disolves, trimming a couple of layers in the timeline without
  pushing everything else out of sync (under some circumstances.)
  Can anyone suggest a good book or web resource to check out to bring me up to speed?

  Thanks

  Ben

  Ben Trahair replied 19 years, 3 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  Jon Zanone

  January 22, 2007 at 12:53 pm

  I really like the Avid discs (https://www.avidstore.com/us/index.cfm?page=templates/product_index&categoryid=42). I’ve also got a disc (for the life of me, I can’t remember who puts it out)on Marquee. Steve Bayes has what many consider THE book on the Avid (https://www.amazon.com/Avid-Handbook-Intermediate-Techniques-Information/dp/0240805534). It’s full of info – everytime I pick it up, I learn or remember something.

  Jon
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  Alex Alexzander

  January 22, 2007 at 4:16 pm

  Digital Media Training also has a good DVD-ROM based Trainer by Steve Bayes.

  https://www.digitalmediatraining.com/products/xpresspro/index.html

  -Alex
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  Ben Trahair

  January 25, 2007 at 10:05 pm

  Thanks for the input guys,

  Have checked out Steve Bayes stuff and it looks like what I’m after.
  Also taking a gamble on one of the on the spot books. Have read them for after-effects and final cut and they’ve provided heaps of good tips.

  Cheers

  Ben

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