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Inside Avid Express Pro 4.8
By Steve Bayes

Price: $79.00
Format: 1 DVD-ROM
Platform: Apple Macintosh
Windows XP/Vista
Duration: 7.5 Hours
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This expert training DVD will show you how to edit in Avid Xpress Pro 4.8. By the end of the training, you should be able to handle a professional editing project. You will learn from the best. The curriculum is created by instructor Steve Bayes, author of the Avid Handbook and principal product designer and trainer for Avid for over 9 years. Steve's insights, tips and tricks, coupled with his deep understanding of the features and functions of the Avid, means that this training experience can make the difference between just getting by and truly mastering Avid's Xpress Pro professional editing tool.

The Jumpstart DVD Interface

Orientation and Basic Functions

1. Overview of Avid Editing
2. Editing Tools and Audio Sync
3. Mapping Custom Palette and Keyboard
4. Customizing Your Interface
5. Undo, Autosave and the Attic

The Timeline

1. Navigation of the Timeline
2. Timeline Navigation Tips
3. Toggle Source/Record in Timeline

Trimming

1. Trim Mode *watch free video lesson
2. Slipping and Sliding Edits
3. Split Edits

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Steve Bayes

Steve has been editing, training and designing editing products for 25 years. Steve is currently the Director of Product Marketing for Media 100 and before that he was a consultant, writer and instructor specializing in products for video, film and HD. He has produced and authored training DVD’s for Desktop Images, Avid, Boris FX, Media 100 and his own company artFXual.

For 7 years Steve Bayes was the Principal Product Designer for Media Composer, Symphony and Nitris at Avid Technology. He is the author of the “The Avid Handbook” which is currently in the 4th edition. Steve also spent two years as Senior Instructor for Avid Educational Services, teaching Avid to both students and instructors in the U.S., Europe and Asia. He developed the Avid Master Editor Workshop and classes for User Groups and Post Production World 2004 and 2005. Previously, Steve was Senior Editor at several post production companies in Boston, Massachusetts and edited in the New England market for ten years.

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FAQ node included here.
  1. Introduction
    1. Introduction to the Training
    2. Section Overview
    3. The Avid Modal Interface
    4. The Avid Mojo
  2. Orientation and Basic Functions
    1. Overview of Avid Editing
    2. Editing Tools and Audio Sync
    3. Mapping Custom Palette and Keyboard
    4. Customizing Your Interface
    5. Undo, Autosave and the Attic
  3. The Timeline
    1. Navigation of the Timeline
    2. Timeline Navigation Tips
    3. Toggle Source/Record in Timeline
  4. Trimming
    1. Trim Line
    2. Slipping and Sliding Edits
    3. Split Edits
  5. Advanced Basics
    1. Dissolve and Fade Effects
    2. Match Frame
    3. Sub-Clips
    4. Locaters
    5. Clipboard Contents
  6. Customizing the Timeline
    1. Customizing Timeline Views
  7. Audio Editing
    1. Audio Mix Tool
    2. Automation Gain Tool
    3. Audio EQ Tool
    4. Audio Suite
    5. Change Sample Rate
    6. Audio  Punch–In Tool
  8. Capture
    1. Strategy and Bin Set-Up
    2. Timeline Navigation Tips
    3. Toggle Source/Record in Timeline
  9. Capture
    1. Navigation of the Timeline
    2. The Capture Tool
    3. Media Creation Tool
    4. Capture Settings
    5. Batch Capture
    6. Decompose
    7. Capture Tips
  10. Titles
    1. Title Tool
  11. Basic Effects
    1. Transitions and Effects
    2. Keyframing
    3. Nesting Effects
    4. Rendering
    5. 3D Effects
    6. Advanced Keyframes
    7. Motion Effects
  12. Color Correction
    1. Color Correction Toolset Overview
    2. Luminance
    3. Hue Offsets
    4. Curves
    5. Match Color
    6. Safe Colors
  13. Bins and Organizing Your Project
    1. Working with Bins
    2. Bin Views
    3. Copying vs Cloning Media
    4. Open Project with Closed Bins
  14. Media Management
    1. Master Clips and Media
    2. The Media Tool
    3. Consolidate Media
    4. Transcode Media and the Media Creation Tool
  15. Importing and Exporting
    1. Importing and Exporting
    2. Exporting for the Web and DVD
    3. "Send to" Menu
  16. Output to Tape
    1. Preparing for Output
    2. Color Bars and Tone
    3. Digital Cut Tool
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