I put key frames close to the head and tail of clips. After adding transitions go to the motion tab and slide the keyframes out to the highlighted edges.
Never underestimate the corporate ego and its ability to revise. We are currently into year 2 of a “quick little video” with billings well into 6 figures. “I live to revise. I revise to live.” (NOT)
Could you get the students to buy and use their own Firewire drives? Assuming DV video, each kid would have his drive that they bring to class and plug in locally to the workstation.
Boris changed significantly from 4.5 to 5.1. All your kerning and leading will change. You mentioned lots of titles. I would find a way to on-line in 4.5.
To Jump onto this thread, We are looking at an Alesis USB mixer for the same purpose as we already have some nice mics. Anyone had any experience with any USB or firewire audio devices?