Avid Introduction training - 2 days - please call for a quote
Avid training uk
This is a two-day introductory AVID training course for those wishing to learn the Avid Editing System.
Avid is the most widely used professional edit interface in the world and is used in news, drama, documentary, soaps, game shows and feature films.
Avid Introduction Training Course Objectives
The Avid Introduction training course intensively follows the needs of the editor in using the edit suite, starting with the technical underpinnings of video in the digital realm, and exploring the wide variety of editing tools available to the Avid user.
Avid Introduction Training Course Content
DAY ONE
Introduction
- Discuss Course outline
- Agree Learning Aims
Video Basics
Analogue / Digital
- The analogue world
- Recording techniques old & new
- Copying theory
Compression
- Why compress?
- Why not compress?
- Compression in acquisition and distribution
- Compression in post-production
The Post Production Path
- Offline / Online theory
- The DV revolution
The Video Frame
- International Standards
- Fields & Frames
- 4:3 and 16:9
Timecode
- What and why?
- Counting theory
- TC breaks and jumps with reference to pre-roll
Avid Basics
The Interface
- Project Window
- Bins
- Source/Record Monitors
- Timeline
Edit Tools - Basic
- Use of In and Out points
- Splice-In and Overwrite
- Timeline theory
- Cut and Lift
- Using the Clipboard Monitor
- Segment Mode
- Add Edit
- Management of Tracks
Capturing
- Track selection
- Resolution / Colourspace
- Drive management
- Deck communication
- Manual Recording
- Automatic capture
- Log Mode
Titles
- Title Tool Theory
- Title Tool controls
- Text
- Geometrics
- Transparency
- Shadows
- Templates
Video Effects
- Effects Editor & Effects Palette
- Transitions - Dissolves, dips and wipes
- Head & Tail Fade
- Clip Effects – Superimpose & Resize
- Rendering
- Blue light / Green light
DAY TWO
Speed alterations
- Motion Effect
- Speed up & slow down
- Working to Fit
- Strobe Effect
- Field Issues
- Freeze Frame
Edit Tools – Advanced
- Trim mode
- Locators, Mark Clip & Match Frame
Sound Production
- Audio Editing
Sample Plot
Audio Mix Tool
Automatic Gain and Rubber Banding
Audio Scrub monitoring
- Audio Settings
Sample Rate
Input & Output
Importing
- RGB / 601 colour theory
- Recap fields and pixel aspect ratio theory
- Alpha Channel Theory
- Video Resolution
- Audio samplerate and bitdepth
Exporting
- Avi vs QT
- Codec choice
- Sequential still files
Playing out to tape
- Rendering Effects
- Digital Cut
- Black at Tail
- TC start choice
System Management
- Media management on the desktop
Additional Info
- Source Monitor pop-down
- Record Monitor pop-down
- Timeline pop-up
- Central Fast Menu
Close
- Sum-up
- Feedback
- Re-address issues as required
- Advise actions for further learning
Avid Training Course Prerequisites
- Familiarity with digital video formats
- Experience of using the programs in Windows Operating System
Avid Training Recommended Reading
The Avid Digital Editing Room Handbook - Tony Solomons – buy from amazon
Avid Cinema for Windows Soft Pak 1.5 – buy from amazon
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