Editing: AVID Media Composer

This two-day introductory course taught by an AVID Certified Instructor is aimed at novices with no prior experience in AVID Media Composer or editing but rudimentary knowledge of editing and post-production processes/terminology is useful.

Students acquire a working understanding of non linear editing on AVID Media Composer (as well as Avid XPress Pro) through group tutorials, one to one instruction and hands on practice. Using programme material and sequences provided, students will work on the AVID from digitizing source materials and editing picture and audio through to creating titles and outputting

Introduction to Avid Media Composer

What does the Media Composer consist of?

Starting Avid

• Introduction to Bins
• Master Clips and Media Files

Starting to Edit

• The Composer Window
• The Timeline Window
• Editing Stages
• Selecting the Shots
• Creating a Sequence

Fine tuning the edit

• Trimming

Additional Editing Tools

• Moving through the timeline
• Timeline zooming
• Dissolves
• Saving
• Shutting down

Working with audio

• Tracks
• Making a split edit
• Broken sync
• Finding audio cues
• Setting levels – part 1
• Monitoring additional tracks
• Editing audio into the sequence (advanced)
• Adjusting audio levels and pan
• Working with sync

Day 2

• Input (including capturing)
• Capturing and importing
• Timecode and tape names
• Tracks, bins and drives
• Video and audio
• 3 capture methods
• Digitising from non-timecoded source
• Output
• Digital Cut
• Moving projects and sequences between machines
• Export (OMFI)
• EDL 

Working in the timeline

• Segment editing
• Slipping and Sliding

Using bins (advanced)

• Text view
• Sorting and sifting
• Moving, duplicating and deleting clips in a bin

Backing up and moving projects

• Backing up
• Moving projects and sequences between machines

Media management

• Copying, moving and consolidating media
• Deleting media
• The media tool

Re-digitising

• Re-digitising material back onto the Avid

Customising the Avid

• Customising buttons and keys
• Customising settings
• Customising toolsets

Introduction to effects

• Dissolves
• Titles
• Whirlwind tour of other effects

Student Led

• Re-visit any areas according to student needs 

Course times are 10am-5pm each day.

For further information email shortcourses@londonfilmacademy.com or call LFA on 0207 386 7711 to book your place over the phone with a credit/debit card.

NB.  Discounted course fee for ClubPanico@LFA members: £295.