Avid Media Composer: Editing Essentials (Part 1)

This course is the first step in achieving confidence, creativity, and efficiency with Avid Media Composer, the non-linear film/video editing application used in most movie & television productions. Along with its counterpart MC110 Effects Essentials (Part 2), this course provides the foundation for Media Composer User Certification.

This course leads you through the interface and basic editing techniques before moving on to trimming, fine-tuning the edit, adjusting audio, handling multicamera editing, adding transitions, adding titles, and outputting your finished project. The training is hands-on and features project-based lessons in which you work on real-world projects ranging from extreme sports and dazzling documentary footage to an episode of the television show Hell's Kitchen. This course is the first step in mastering Avid Media Composer 6, the standard editing system used by professionals in the film and television industries.

• Exploring the interface and preparing to edit.
• Assembling a Basic Sequence.
• Ingesting File-Based Media.
• Manual Timeline Editing.
• Refining the Edit.
• Refining and Mixing Audio.
• Customizing Media Composer.
• Introduction to Multicamera Editing.
• Creating Quick Titles and Basic Transitions.
• Preparing for Output and Exporting a File.

Who Should Attend: Beginning editors or any editors looking to sharpen their skills with Avid Media Composer 6. Assistant editors, Producers, Directors, and anyone else interested in learning the basics of the industry's leading NLE. 

Prerequisites: Mac and/or Windows OS experience and a background in editing, production, or post-production is recommended but not necessary.