Lesson 3
Advanced Picture Editing

This lesson begins by introducing powerful techniques that enhance features that you may already use in Media Composer. The enhancements will increase your productivity and they’re often just one modifier key away. Also, there are many makes and models of cameras in the world, with as many different frame rates and frame sizes. More and more devices are gaining the ability to record HD video, including tablets, and mobile phones. As your acquisition methods evolve, you’ll be presented with myriad sizes of video and you must be able to efficiently incorporate them into your sequence. Media Composer’s Open Timeline is able to seamlessly integrate footage of various frame rates and of various frame sizes. This lesson concludes with the techniques you need for mixing media in Avid Media Composer.

Media Used: Agent MXZero

Duration: 45 minutes

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GOALS

Learn techniques for selecting, renaming and organizing multiple tracks

Efficiently remove match frame edits

Find and manage black holes and flash frames

Enhance editing functions using modifier keys

Understand the information provided by phantom marks

Know when to use Sync Point Edit (SPE) and how it is different from Replace Edit

Repurpose 16:9 content in a 4:3 sequence and vice-versa

Learn how to reformat material to exclude letter- and pillarboxing

Be able to convert a sequence from one frame rate to another