Can you view the video during capture?

[Michael Hancock]

Before you enter Capture mode, go to your toolset menu and choose Source/Record. Your source and record monitors should be locked together. When you open your Capture tool your video should show up in the Record monitor.

Otherwise, look in your Capture settings or Video Display settings and make sure Confidence View is enabled. It hidden in one of the setting–I”m not in front of a system right now so I can’t check exactly which one.

Michael.

PS. Make sure you have your Video Track enabled on your Capture tool, too.

[Roger Cassidy]

Thank you so much! Yes, that worked. I guess Avid is so focused on professional editors that they perhaps underestimate that there is a whole wave of amateurs getting into video editing for whom many of these things are not that intuitive. The delivered Avid tutorial doesn’t touch upon what you said either. Premiere seems a lot more intuitive. Again, this helps me out so much – thank you!!

[Michael Hancock]

Glad it’s working for you!

I agree that Premiere is more intuitive, but as you get more comfortable with Avid and start learing just how deep and powerful of a program it is, I think you’ll start to enjoy it more.

And I also agree that the tutorials they provide aren’t the best. I was taught to use Avid by another editor, which helped immensely.

Good luck. If you run into more issues, post here and we’ll help however we can.

Michael.

[Roger Cassidy]

Michael, Thanks for the encouragement. I really need it right now 🙂 I am in the San Francisco bay area and I am actively trying to locate someone who I can pay a consulting fee to teach me some basic organization and advanced techniques in Avid. Hopefully I can find someone soon. Thanks again.

[Jon Zanone]

I’m bringing my daughter our to USF in August – I’ll consult for a case of local brew and a pointer to some decent mountain bike trails!

Have you looked at some of the online training at the Avid site? It’s called ALEX (some marketing genius came up with the acronym, but I don’t remember what it stands for…). There’s also some very good training DVD’s at the Avid store.

Jon

“So you want to throw out the old you – but the old you is old enough to know it won’t make it better”
Del Amitri – “Make it Better”

[Doug Dillon]

Hi,

I have a related question. I am moving from Liquid to Xpress Pro (version 5.2.4 with MOJO) and am experiencing the same steep learning curve. I was able to figure out how to monitor the video during capture from a DV deck, but I am unable to monitor the audio. The audio signal is present, I just can’t hear it. I have fumbled with various settings with no effect. Can you help?

Thanks,

Doug Dillon

Doug Dillon

[Roger Cassidy]

Thanks, Jon. I am traveling out of the country in Aug and I need to get up to speed on Avid immediately. I am most happy to assist you with your SF visit. I am not really knowledgeable about biking trails – just hiking trails. I will ask around and see if any of my friends know about it. Marin is so pristine and beautiful – regardless of what trail you take, I am sure you will enjoy it!

[Kevin Monahan]

Roger,
I used to teach FCP at The Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC), and they have Avid Certified Classes there, including a boot camp program. It is excellent training and well worth the money. Please check out BAVC for top-level training. http://www.bavc.org.

Learning piece-meal online through forums is no way to learn the Avid. Give yourself a good base to work from and go through the training. That’s what I did (VIdeo Symphony, Burbank, CA back in ’97).

Biking Trails? Check out Mt. Tamalpais in Marin County. That’s where Mt. Biking was invented. Beer? Check out the Rogue Ale House on Powell in North Beach. You’ll find my plaque hammered into the bar there. Best beer in the world. My fave? Dead Guy Ale.

Kevin Monahan
http://www.fcpworld.com
Author – Motion Graphics and Effects in Final Cut Pro