Media Composer 8.7 Essential Training: 110

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Free Online Course: Media Composer 8.7 Essential Training: 110 provided by LinkedIn Learning is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 6 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from LinkedIn Learning. Media Composer 8.7 Essential Training: 110 is taught by Maxim Jago.

Overview
  • Enhance your editing skills with Avid Media Composer. Learn advanced editing techniques to recut scenes, mix audio, work with high-res video, and apply effects and animation.

Syllabus
  • Introduction

    • Welcome
    • What you should know before watching
    • How to use the exercise files
    • What's new in 8.7?
    • What's new in 8.8?
    • What's new in 8.9: Display options
    • What's new in 8.9: Source browser
    1. Fundamentals and Beyond
    • Create a 4K project
    • Stay organized in your project
    • Manage system folders
    • Manage media scaling
    • About codecs and resolutions
    2. Input Media
    • A review of importing media
    • Edit straight from the Source Browser
    • Consolidate media to a new drive
    • Transcode media
    • Import an image sequence
    3. Prepare Dailies
    • Work with bin text view
    • Open a bin from another project
    • Create a group clip
    • Sync picture and sound clips
    4. Quick Edit Tools
    • Create a stringout
    • Create a storyboard edit
    • Top and tail clips for quick edits
    • Extend edits for improved timing
    • Edit faster with phantom marks
    • Copy and update your user settings
    5. Recut a Scene
    • Review basic editing tools
    • The Clipboard Monitor
    • More timecode control
    • Navigate by timecode
    • Make quick selections
    • Create a subsequence
    • Use a sequence as source
    6. Pace Scenes with the Trim Tools
    • Review of Trim mode
    • Selective sync locks
    • Trim on the fly with the JKL keys
    • Using Add Edit to trim multiple tracks
    • Perform a radio edit
    • Slip and slide
    • Fix a broken sync
    7. Mix Sequence Audio
    • Audio editing tools
    • Mix clip gain and pan
    • Automate volume and pan changes
    • Copy and paste keyframes
    • Add audio EQ
    • Audio ducking
    8. Work with High-Resolution Media
    • Add motion to a photo
    • Use FrameFlex to animate a video clip
    • Access FrameFlex in bins
    9. Creative Retiming Effects
    • An overview of motion effects
    • Use Timewarp on a clip
    • Understand the Timewarp anchor frame
    10. Track and Blur Objects
    • Blur logos and faces
    • Blur multiple objects in a shot
    11. Multilayer Effects
    • Overview of a split-screen effect
    • Create a multilayer picture-in-picture effect
    • Use advanced keyframes
    12. Nest Effects
    • Change nested clips and effects
    • Optimize playback performance
    • The Submaster effect
    • Expert render
    13. Create Chroma Key Effects
    • Set up a sequence for chroma key
    • Simple keying with SpectraMatte
    14. Animate Titles and Graphics
    • Create a title with NewBlue Titler Pro
    • Key title-editing tools
    • Add animation to a title
    • Re-use NewBlue Titler Pro titles
    15. Package and Export
    • Package a sequence
    • Add a burned-in timecode
    • Add a watermark
    • Review full screen
    • Create a video and audio mixdown
    • Send sequences for compression
    16. Manage Your Project Media
    • Back up your project
    • Clean your storage
    Conclusion
    • Next steps