Editing With Avid Xpress Pro and Avid Xpress Dv
by Avid Technology, Inc.Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2003-12-05
Publisher(s): Peachpit Pr
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Summary
- The Avid Xpress Pro/Avid Mojo combo makes true real-time video, film, and audio editing possible-and this volume shows readers how to make that possibility into reality! - Step-by-step instructions make all of the bells whistles of Xpress Pro readily accessible. - The DVD includes all of the footage and files needed to complete the book's exercises.
Author Biography
Avid Technology's award-winning team of Education Specialists has extensive knowledge in all aspects of film and video post-production.
Table of Contents
| Staff | |
| Introduction | |
| Avid Educational Services | |
| Other Resources | |
| Symbols and Conventions | |
| Comments? Copying the Files from the Accompanying DVD-ROM | |
| Lesson | |
| Avid System Overview | |
| System Hardware | |
| Basic Editing Steps | |
| Avid Terms and Concepts | |
| Starting the System | |
| Creating and Opening a Project | |
| Working in the Project Window | |
| Working in Bins | |
| Using Online Help | |
| Review Questions | |
| Exercise: Get Started | |
| Lesson | |
| Basic Editing | |
| The Editing Interface | |
| Playing Clips | |
| Marking the Edit Points in a Clip | |
| Creating a New Sequence | |
| Adding Shots | |
| Removing Material from a Sequence | |
| Essential Basic Tools | |
| Review Questions | |
| Exercise: Basic Editing | |
| Lesson | |
| Fine-Tuning | |
| Locating an Audio Edit Cue | |
| Trimming | |
| Explaining Single-Roller Trims | |
| Performing a Single-Roller Trim | |
| Dual-Roller Trimming | |
| Additional Trim Features | |
| Real-Time Effect Playback | |
| Adding Dissolves | |
| Review Questions | |
| Exercise: Trim the Rainforest Sequence | |
| Use Trim Buttons | |
| Lesson | |
| Additional Editing Tools | |
| Viewing and Changing Settings | |
| Using the SuperBin | |
| Additional Navigation Tools | |
| Mapping User-Selectable Buttons | |
| Using Toolsets | |
| Subclipping and Storyboarding | |
| Review Questions | |
| Exercise: Subclips and Storyboards | |
| Lesson | |
| Saving Your Work | |
| Saving Bins | |
| Retrieving Bins from the Avid Attic..Ending the Session | |
| Review Questions | |
| Exercise: Back Up Your Project | |
| Lesson | |
| Editing Dialog | |
| Trimming Dialog | |
| Creating Split Edits | |
| Maintaining Sync | |
| Review Questions | |
| Exercise: Edit Dialog | |
| Lesson | |
| Working in the Timeline | |
| Using Locators | |
| Adding and Patching Tracks | |
| Configuring the Timeline | |
| Saving a Customized Timeline View | |
| Editing Segments in the Timeline | |
| Slipping and Sliding Segments | |
| Review Questions | |
| Exercise: Work in the Timeline | |
| Lesson | |
| Working with Audio | |
| Introduction | |
| Adjusting Level and Pan in the Audio Mix Tool | |
| Adjusting Audio Gain with Keyframes | |
| Automation Gain Real-Time Recording | |
| Review Questions | |
| Exercise: Fine-Tune Audio | |
| Lesson | |
| Capturing Media | |
| Setting the Capture Options | |
| Choosing the Video Resolution | |
| Setting Audio Levels | |
| Capturing Footage | |
| Logging and Batch Capturing | |
| Review Questions | |
| Exercise: Capture Video | |
| Lesson | |
| Preparing Your Bin for Editing | |
| Using Text View | |
| Adding a Custom Column to a Bin | |
| Sorting and Sifting Clips | |
| Moving Clips Between Bins | |
| Review Questions | |
| Exercise: Organize Your Bins | |
| Lesson | |
| Creating Titles | |
| Getting Started | |
| Working with the Title Tool | |
| Formatting Text | |
| Applying Shadows and Borders | |
| Choosing Colors | |
| Saving, Fading, and Revising Titles | |
| Rolling and Crawling Titles | |
| Review Questions | |
| Exercise: Create Titles | |
| Lesson | |
| Media Management | |
| Locking Items in the Bin | |
| Deleting Clips and Media Files | |
| The Media Tool | |
| MIdentifying Media Relatives | |
| Review Questions | |
| Exercise: Media Management | |
| Lesson | |
| Recording a Digital Cut | |
| Preparing to Record a Digital Cut | |
| Creating Insert, Assemble, and Manual Edits | |
| Review Questions | |
| Index | |
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