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BVE 2013: Filmmaker Chris Jones of Living Spirit P
VideoFebruary 28, 2013, 2:06 pm
Passionate about all things film, Chris has spent his life watching movies, making movies and helping others make their movies. His major projects include action thriller 'The Runner', serial killer thriller 'White Angel' and paranormal horror 'Urban Ghost Story'. Chris also co-created and authored The Guerilla Film Makers Handbook series. More recently Chris, has run a series of London-based festivals, kicking off with the London Screenwriters Festival.
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It’s Oscar Time and Avid has a lot to Celebrate
ArticleFebruary 21, 2013, 3:42 pm
Every nominated film for Best Picture this year was created using Avid solutions and every editor nominated for Best Editing used Avid along with several other nominees in top categories. We’ll be tuning in to see who comes out on top, but as far as we’re concerned, all of our customers are winners. Use the following ballot to follow along at home.
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Diary of an Avid Switcher:Solutions for FCP Editor
ArticleFebruary 21, 2013, 9:14 am
In the follow up to the first of my 'Avid - Diary of a Switcher' posts, I've compiled lots of the solutions, tips, tricks, tutorials and work arounds I've discovered so far, which should be helpful for FCP editors moving to Avid, as well as anyone trying to learn Media Composer 6.5.2.
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Avid President/CEO Gary Greenfield Resigns
Industry NewsFebruary 12, 2013, 12:52 pm
Avid President and CEO Gary Greenfield has resigned, effective immediately, and the company’s Board of Directors has appointed Louis Hernandez as his replacement. According to Avid’s SEC filing on Monday, Greenfield, who joined Avid in 2007, will remain on Avid’s Board of Directors.
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Review: Avid Media Composer 6.5
ArticleFebruary 5, 2013, 6:13 pm
Post Magazine Review of Avid's latest Media Composer NLE by Brady Betzel @allbetzroff
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MC6 Lesson 52: Working with Photoshop Files
VideoJanuary 31, 2013, 8:28 pm
In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe shows you how easy it is to create, import and work with Photoshop files. There are a few options that come with importing graphics alone, and add in Photoshop files to the mix, and things can get tricky very quick. Kevin shows you the ropes so if creating titles in Photoshop is your workflow, working with them in your timeline will be a snap.
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MC6 Lesson 53: Animation Techniques: Lists
VideoJanuary 31, 2013, 8:27 pm
In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe shows you how to create a simple list, and animate it in your timeline. Most people get tripped up with which is the better way to do this technique, but Kevin shows your why you might want to consider the 3D tool, as it is simple to use, and easy to animate with.
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Learn MC6 Lesson 51: Decomposing
BlogJanuary 28, 2013, 8:55 am
In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe answers a viewer's question where they have accidentally deleted footage from their sequence that they need, and they don't have the master clips to go back and recapture/re-import. Is all lost? Not after watching this tutorial. Kevin shows you how easy it is to not only get your Master clips back, but get your footage back into your timeline in no time flat.
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New Avid Media Composer Book Available
Press ReleaseJanuary 24, 2013, 11:40 pm
New Avid Media Composer Book Available
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Review - AVID Media Composer 6.5
ArticleJanuary 24, 2013, 2:21 pm
For me, Media Composer 6 was the most important release Avid had done since, er, well, the 1990s probably. Their decision, finally, to open up their products to third party hardware manufacturers was a (perhaps serendipitous) great leap forwards – removing one major barrier to entry for those who were considering leaving another manufacturer’s product, but who had an existing hardware investment. Coupling that with 64 bit performance, a cleaner user interface design, plus other bells...
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