Dodge College Avid Media Composer Tutorial

Tutorial Table of Contents

Introduction

Learning Resources

Avid Basics

• Connecting to Isis
• Creating a New Project
• Parts of the Interface
• Importing Media
• Navigating in a Clip
• Creating a Sequence
• Navigating in a Sequence
• Drag and Drop Editing
• Timeline Viewing Options
• Track Selector Panel
• Segment Modes
• Mark In Mark Out
• Transitions
• Exiting Avid

Ingest

• Connecting a Camera
• Capture Set-up
• Capturing

Editing

• Composer Editing
• Cut/copy/paste
• Trim tool
• Audio Editing
• Importing Audio
• Audio Volume Levels
• Multiple Versions
• Pre-roll

Output

• Rendering
• Exporting
• Burning a DVD
• Checking a DVD
• Project Back up

Conclusion

By Dave Kost, Chair of Technical Support and Training Dodge College of Film and Media Arts at Chapman University :kost@chapman.edu Updated 8/15/07