Jim's suggestion for your 1080 class projects is DNxHD 145. However when Media Composer transcodes or generates media, you need to specify what format/resolution you desire. You can have different resolutions in the same sequence. Media Creation and Settings - Avid Media Composer is flexible and can work in a number of different resolutions, file formats and even supports 3D. This is what P351/J560 students should use. " External" lets one store a project on any accessible location (R.g., on an external drive. " Shared" will store a project in a shared users folder, so anybody who logs into the Avid will be able to open it and change it. " Private" will store the project in the user's personal documents directory and only they will be able to access it. In P351/J560 you should set this to either your Nexis folder or your external media drive. Your user profile loads your personal display and editing preferences.įolder - This is the path where your project and all its supporting files go. You can select an existing project or make a new one. Starting Avid - the Select Project window - After you launch Media Composer, you'll be greeted with the Select Project window. This can be found in the Users/Shared/AvidMediaComposer folder. The Attic Folder - where autosave backup files are stored.Projects - are saved either in the Users/Shared or Users/Username folder, or can be saved into a specific place- such as an external drive.Media Composer will automatically create this if you don't. Media files - go into the Avid MediaFiles folders.Know where all of the various files associated with an Avid project are stored! Avid can create the Avid MediaFIles folder on any mounted drive- so be sure to check the dialog/settings menus carefully when importing or transcoding media. This folder must be set on a (fast) media drive at the top or root level of a mounted volume. Footage that's imported is copied or transcoded into the "Avid MediaFiles" folder. Media files that are AMA linked stay in their original location. Know where your media goes! - Avid Media Composer stores media files, projectįiles, and user files in different places than you might be accustomed IU students can purchase it with an academic discount (about $300 for MC). So instead of transcoding to an Avid codec you can work directly with native footage. Works with 3rd party hardware like AJA and Back Magic Designs interfaces.Ĭan do 3D, SD & HD, 4K & odd pixel sizes (a new feature!).ĪMA (Avid Media Access) linking - This lets users link to a variety of native file formats, such as Canon, Sony & Panasonic camera files.
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Oldest and most established and widespread editing application found in the majority of TV stations and production houses. These come with the application and cover most everything the program can do.
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Also, be sure you know how to get to the help pages. So for whatever question you might have, chances are it's been asked and answered. The program has been around for quite some time.
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Media Composer 8 - Launching the software and starting a project (5.5min).Organizing Your Projects in Media Composer.How to Navigate and Customize the Interface.Avid Video Tutorials ( Media Composer 2019).There is a vast amount of tutorials and lessons on-line. It's the oldest and most widely used software in TV and film. Intro - Avid Media Composer might be a bit more complicated than Adobe Premiere, but it is powerful, customizable, and very well supported. Articles | Avid Media Composer - Intro & overview Avid Media Composer Notes