Introduction to Avid Media Composer Course

Program Overview

This introductory course to Avid Media Composer, an industry-standard video editing software, teaches the basics of editing, including cutting scenes, trimming, adjusting audio, and adding transitions and titles. Students will gain an understanding of editorial processes and workflow, and learn to output finished projects.

Program Outline

Outline:

• Introduction to Avid Media Composer
This course provides an introduction to Avid Media Composer, an industry-standard non-linear film/video editing application. This long-standing editing software is affordable; has easy-to-use video editing tools; and streamlined HD, file-based, and stereo 3D workflows. You learn to cut scenes from sample footage and gain an understanding of editorial processes and workflow. Instruction leads you through the interface and basic editing techniques before moving on to trimming, fine-tuning the edit, adjusting audio, handling multi-camera editing, adding transitions, adding titles, and outputting your finished project.