Event Details
Course Description
Experienced Avid Media Composer or Symphony editors gain greater productivity by mastering the system's sophisticated editing features and tools. Students learn things like workspace management and project organization, along with advanced toolsets including MultiCamera, ScriptSync, and Marquee. In addition the course gives students a primer on audio mix theory and covers some fundamental Media Composer audio sweetening tools and techniques. Sessions include instructor-led demonstration and hands-on practice.
Who Should Attend
Producers, Editors, Assistant editors, Multimedia producers
Prerequisites:
Practical working knowledge of Mac OS X
Completion of MC 101/110 or equivalent experience
A background in editing, production, or post-production is strongly recommended
Course Outline:
Note: The curricula below comprise activities typically covered in a class at this skill level. The instructor may, at his/her discretion, adjust the lesson plan to meet the needs of the class.
Day 1
Lesson 1: How Workflow Makes, Manages, and Moves Media
Goals of Great Workflows, Understanding Offline and Online Procedures, Understanding Media Clips, Media Drives Contain Media Files, Understanding Media Files, Codecs are Secret Decoder Rings, Clips Are Linked to Media Files, Deep Dive into Media Files and Clips
Lesson 2: Professional Acquisition
Tape: It's Alive, Workflows for Capturing, Preparing to Ingest from Tape, Extra Audio Setup, Extra Features of the Capture Tool, Using the Console While Capturing, File-Based Acquisition Using Avid Media Access, Using the AMA Workflow, Caveats of AMA
Lesson 3: Advanced Picture Editing
Working with Multiple Tracks, Cleaning Tracks, Enhancing Functions with Modifier Keys, Three-Point Editing Power User Tricks, Integrating Mixed Media, Modifying Motion Adapters, Reformatting Media
Lesson 4: Play Together
The Editor's Dialogue, Play Together
Day 2
Lesson 5: Multicamera Editing
Preparing the Production Team, Avid's Multicamera Editing Workflows, Setting Up Multicamera Editing, Editing Audio, Multicamera Performance, Editing a Multicamera Sequence, Committing Multicamera Edits
Lesson 6: Script Integration and ScriptSync
What Is a Lined Script, Using Script Integration, Working with Slates, Adding Script Marks, Additional ScriptSync Options, Using Avid ScriptSync, Editing with the Script Window, Enriching Scripts
Lesson 7: Advanced Dialogue Editing
How Trimming Works, Trim Tool: Reloaded, Creating a Radio Edit, Using Dynamic Trimming, Using Split Edits, Advanced Trim Techniques
Lesson 8: Working with Multichannel Audio
Understanding Tracks, Channels and Voices, Multichannel Enhancements in Media Composer, Using the Track Control Panel, Working with Surround Sound, Using the Audio Mixer for Multichannel Mixing
Day 3
Lesson 9: Fundamentals of Audio Mixing
Sound Mixing is Important, Goals of Sound Mixing, What is Dynamic Range, Creating a Mix, Understanding the Mixing Workflow, Understanding Avid Pro Tools Interoperability
Lesson 10: Adjusting Audio EQ
Understanding Audio Equalization(EQ), Using Average Frequencies for Common Sounds, Exploring Audio EQ Tools and Plug-Ins, Using the AudioSuite EQ III Plug-In, Attacking an Unwanted Noise, Audio EQ Examples, Using EQ Tool's Preset Filters
Lesson 11: Real-Time AudioSuite (RTAS)
Introduction to AudioSuite Plug-Ins, Inserting RTAS Effects, Editing an RTAS Plug-In, Understanding RTAS Mixdown Workflows, Limiting and Compressing Peak Values
Lesson 12: Wrapping Up a Project
Preparing for Online Editing, Creating an Online Project, Archiving Your Project
Lesson 13: Mastering the Media
Understanding the Media Tool, Solving the Problem of Corrupt Media Files, Clearing Rendering Effects, Consolidate Means Copy, Transcode Means Convert, Relinking Media Files, Adding and Stripping Out Tracks
Price: $1,495.00
Duration: 3 days
Time: 10am - 6pm
Contact: Cari Jones, Corporate Account Manager
Email: CariJ@fmctraining.com
Phone: 407-354-4866
FUTURE MEDIA CONCEPTS, INC., the nation's premier digital media training center, provides manufacturer-authorized training in all areas of digital media including digital video and film editing, web design and development, sound design, DVD authoring, 3D animation, motion graphics, desktop publishing, architectural and mechanical design and Mac IT. FMC is an authorized training provider for Adobe, Apple, Autodesk, Avid, Boris FX, Digidesign, NewTek and Softimage. Founded in 1994, FMC has training centers located in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Orlando, Chicago and Dubai. www.fmctraining.com