{"id":16981,"date":"2012-12-12T12:42:26","date_gmt":"2012-12-12T17:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/?p=16981"},"modified":"2012-12-12T15:28:36","modified_gmt":"2012-12-12T20:28:36","slug":"avid-video-editing-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/avid-video-editing-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Moving to Avid? 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This is largely because of its shared storage\u00a0capabilities\u00a0and the way in which its much easier for multiple editors to work on the same project at the same time. <strong>If you are starting out in the industry today\u00a0<\/strong>and wondering which NLE to start learning, I would recommend starting with Avid. Its been around the longest, a lot of the big post production operations are already firmly embedded with it and if you want to one day be editing features and TV they&#8217;ll most likely be cutting on Avid. \u00a0That said &#8211; it never hurts to know more than one editing platform!<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"2-hour-lecture-with-long-form-documentary-tv-editor-mark-chesak\" style=\"text-align: left;\">2 Hour Lecture with Long Form Documentary TV Editor Mark Chesak<\/h3>\n<p>When you get started with this video jump to 6:30 and then sit back and enjoy a great lecture with editor Mark Chesak, who talks through some of the differences between Final Cut Pro and Avid Media Composer. He then goes on to share some of his editorial tips and tricks, especially when it comes to wrangling hundreds of hours of footage in giant documentary projects. \u00a0<strong>This is a great introductory lesson for new Avid editors,<\/strong> especially those moving from FCP7.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/50790832?badge=0&amp;color=ffffff\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"tips-for-an-fcp-editor-moving-to-avid\">Tips for an FCP Editor Moving to Avid<\/h3>\n<p>Oliver Peters has some great tips for <a title=\"Final Cut Pro Editors Learning Avid\" href=\"http:\/\/digitalfilms.wordpress.com\/2012\/05\/03\/avid-media-composer-tips-for-the-fcp-switcher\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Final Cut Pro editors moving to Media Composer in this post<\/a> in which he shares how Avid and FCP are actually more similar than they are different. This is a great post if you already understand FCP and are trying to figure out how to do similar things in Avid, for example working with multiple sequences and projects, ProRes and Avid&#8217;s &#8216;smart tool&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/digitalfilms.wordpress.com\/2012\/05\/03\/avid-media-composer-tips-for-the-fcp-switcher\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalfilms.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/df_mctips_1.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"steve-hullfish-tips-for-fcp-switchers\">Steve Hullfish &#8211; Tips for FCP Switchers<\/h3>\n<p>Steve Hullfish has a great <a title=\"Class on Demand - Video tutorials for FCP Editors\" href=\"http:\/\/www.classondemand.net\/media\/avid-training\/mcforfcp.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">video tutorial course on Class on Demand<\/a> ($99) for Final Cut Pro Editors moving to Avid. \u00a0He&#8217;s also posted a <a title=\"Avid Media Composer for FCP Editors\" href=\"http:\/\/provideocoalition.com\/shullfish\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">three part blog series<\/a>\u00a0on Pro Video Coalition, sharing some insightful Avid &#8216;translations&#8217; for FCP editors.<\/p>\n<p>In part 1 Steve shares the <strong>essential keyboard shortcuts<\/strong> you&#8217;ll need to actually get editing and <strong>how to remap the keyboard to a more Final Cut Pro friendly set up. \u00a0<\/strong>For a taste of Steve&#8217;s Class on Demand class check out the tutorial below, which also walks through how to remap your keyboard in Avid.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pjadqTf_KN4\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"490\" height=\"270\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"more-avid-media-composer-tutorials\">More Avid Media Composer Tutorials<\/h3>\n<p>If you want even more Avid Media Composer tutorials then check out <a title=\"Avid Media Composer tutorials for FCP Editors\" href=\"http:\/\/community.avid.com\/forums\/t\/109861.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">this page on the Avid community site<\/a> which lists where you can find some of the best tutorials on the web (including for Avid Symphony. \u00a0Also included are a whole load of free PDF white papers on different Avid workflows, such as <a title=\"Stereoscopic Editing in Avid\" href=\"http:\/\/avid.force.com\/pkb\/articles\/en_US\/User_Guide\/en419671\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">stereoscopic editing<\/a>. There is also a link to a 32-part free video tutorial series from\u00a0Kevin P McAuliffe over on <a title=\"Learning Avid Media Composer 6 - Free Video Tutorials\" href=\"http:\/\/library.creativecow.net\/series\/Learn-Avids-Media-Composer\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Creative Cow on learning Avid Media Composer 6<\/a>. \u00a0Tons of great info!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/community.avid.com\/forums\/t\/109861.aspx\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/library.creativecow.net\/articles\/mcauliffe_kevin\/Avid-Media-Composer_2\/title_banner.jpg\" alt=\"Learning Media Composer 6 for FCP Editors\" width=\"504\" height=\"283\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Have you recently made the switch to Avid?<br \/>\nWhat things do you like\/dislike? <strong>\u00a0Share in the comments!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Making a switch to Avid for video editing? 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