Avid Media Composer 6.x Cookbook -- Table of Contents -- Avid Media Composer 6.x Cookbook -- Credits -- About the Author -- Acknowledgement -- About the Reviewers -- www.PacktPub.com -- Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more -- Why Subscribe? -- Free Access for Packt account holders -- Preface -- What this book covers -- What you need for this book -- Who this book is for -- Conventions -- Reader feedback -- Customer support -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 1. Getting Assets into Your Media Composer Project -- Introduction -- A strategy for project organization at the desktop level -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Understanding Media Creation settings -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Drive filtering and indexing -- Video resolution -- Video drive/Audio drive -- Media type -- Mixing frame rates -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Duplicating clips -- Cloning clips -- Sequences will never be Cloned -- Motion Adapters -- Tape capture tip: Adding Markers while Capturing -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Adding notes in a marker during capture -- Tape capture tip: Making Subclips while Capturing -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Logging clips tip: Logging from the keyboard -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- See also -- Logging clips tip: Keeping the Capture Tool active after logging a clip -- How to do it... -- See also -- Quickly calculating total duration of clips (or any items in a bin) -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Combining available drive space and/or controlling where media is stored -- How to do it... -- See also -- Making sure your Batch Capture continues without you -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Modifying clips before capture -- How to do it...

Modifying clips after capture: Adding tracks -- How to do it... -- See also -- Modifying clips after capture: Deleting tracks -- How to do it... -- Capturing and editing at the same time -- How to do it... -- Preparing to use AMA (Avid Media Access): Getting the plug-ins -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- AMA (Avid Media Access) linking -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Linking to files on a camera card -- Changing the link between different resolutions of media -- Having trouble with AMA? -- See also -- Getting the AMA file's image to display as desired -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Consolidating (copying) AMA Master Clips -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- See also -- Transcoding AMA Master Clips before beginning to edit -- Getting ready -- How to do it… -- See also -- Transcoding AMA Master Clips after editing has begun -- Getting ready -- How to do it… -- Consolidating an AMA sequence or subclips -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- Transcoding an AMA sequence -- Getting ready -- How to do it… -- Importing stills and video files such as QuickTime -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Image size adjustment -- File Pixel to Video Mapping -- Additional selections -- Layered Photoshop files -- See also -- Importing audio -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- See also -- Adjusting audio levels before editing -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Using Import settings -- Using the Audio Mix tool -- Adjusting audio pan settings before editing -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Using the Audio Mix tool -- Using Import settings -- Setting stereo-audio tracks -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Using Import Settings -- During capture from tape -- 2. Customizing Your Work Environment -- Introduction -- Settings overview -- Types of settings.

Duplicating settings to create alternate versions -- Naming settings -- Activating alternate settings -- Alternate settings ideas -- Deleting settings and two warnings -- Restoring a setting back to default -- Creating Site Settings -- User Profile Settings - transferring to another workstation -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- Interface settings -- How to do it... -- Font size adjustment -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Additional bin font programming -- Effect Editor font size -- Creating Bin Views -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Creating a custom column -- Changing an existing Bin View -- See also -- Creating Timeline Views -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Default Timeline View -- Updating Timeline Views -- Offline warning -- Timeline background color -- Switch Timeline Views from the keyboard -- More color selections -- See also -- Customizing Workspaces -- How to do it... -- There's more… -- Workspace example -- See also -- Creating Bin Layouts -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Linking Bin Layouts with Workspaces -- How to do it… -- Linking other settings with Workspaces -- How to do it… -- Mapping Workspaces and Bin Layouts -- How to do it… -- See also -- Mapping buttons and menu selections -- How to do it... -- There's more… -- Mapping menu items using the command palette -- Erasing a button -- Moving a button -- Copying a button -- Keyboard mapping ideas -- 3. Polishing Gems -- Introduction -- Understanding Track Sensitivity -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Fast Forward/Rewind -- Mark Clip and Go to Previous/Next Edit -- Snapping actions for the Position Indicator and in Segment Mode -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Enabling and disabling all Track Selectors from the keyboard -- How to do it... -- There's more...

Enabling and disabling Track Selectors using the Shift key plus drag method -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Enabling and disabling Track Selectors using the Lasso -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Replace Edit: How and why -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- In and Out Marks work too -- Syncing example with Replace Edit -- Fast montage creation -- See also -- Sync Point Editing: How and why -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Seeing source material in the Timeline Window -- How to do it… -- Clipboard tips -- How to do it… -- There's more... -- Making Copy To Clipboard faster and more efficient -- Using Copy to Clipboard with Lift and Extract -- Examples of using Copy To Clipboard -- Using the Match Frame function -- Getting Ready -- How to do it… -- There's more -- Using the Reverse Match Frame function -- Getting Ready -- How to do it... -- Setting clip colors in a bin -- How to do it... -- Setting clip colors in the Timeline Window -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- 4. Creating Split Edits -- Introduction -- Creating a Split Edit with Double Roller or Overwrite Trim -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- See also -- Creating a Split Edit with the Extend function -- Getting Ready -- How to do it… -- See also -- Creating a Split Edit with Asymmetric Trimming -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- See also -- 5. Maintaining and Regaining Sync -- Introduction -- Adding Filler within a sequence with Splice or Overwrite -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Additional method for adding Filler at the beginning of a sequence -- See also -- Adding Filler at the end of a sequence -- How to do it... -- There's more -- Sync Break Indicators: Understanding them and making your own -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- Splicing and Extracting: Methods for staying in sync without Sync Locks.

Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Segment Mode: Methods for staying in sync -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Using the option/Alt + Add Edit method to stay in sync in Trim Mode -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Asymmetric Trimming type 1: A-Side/B-Side -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Asymmetric Trimming type 2: Two Heads/Two Tails -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more… -- Alternate method -- Quickly return to the last used Trim Roller configuration -- Asymmetric Trimming with methods other than dragging -- Opening up the sequence using Splice with Sync Locks enabled -- Getting ready -- How to do it… -- How it works... -- Extracting with Sync Locks enabled -- Getting ready -- How to do it… -- How it works... -- Extending using Ripple Trim with Sync Locks enabled -- Getting ready -- How to do it… -- How it works... -- Shortening using Ripple Trim with Sync Locks enabled -- Getting ready -- How to do it… -- How it works... -- See also -- Getting back in sync -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- There's more -- Method one: Undo (cmd/Ctrl + Z) -- Method two: Slip/Slide -- 6. Managing Your Media Files -- Introduction -- Moving media files -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Copying a borrowed clip's media -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Sharing clips/backing-up clips -- How to do it… -- How it works... -- Consolidating Subclips -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Consolidating Sequences -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Transcoding Sequences for archiving or before up-res -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- Transcoding Sequences of mixed SD and HD video -- Getting ready… -- How to do it...

Changing the Sample Rate of clips in a bin before editing them into your Sequence.