Avid editing: a guide for beginning and intermediate users / Sam Kauffmann and Ashley Kennedy.

Includes index.

Chapter 1 Getting Started
The Editor's Job
Loading Your Avid Software
The Many Parts of Your System
The Core Parts: Operating System, Processor, System Memory,
Graphics Card, and Internal Hard Drive
I/O Devices
Media Drives
Monitors
Speakers
Tlie Client Monitor
UPS
A Word about Timecode
Avid Editing Workflow
1. Gather Tapes, Files, and Drives
2. Create a New Project
3. Capture/Import
4. Create Bins
5. Edit
6. Add Titles and Effects
7. Perform Sound Work and Color Correction
8. Output Your Project
Getting Started
The Avid User Interface
Toolset Menu
Project Window
Bins and Folders
Bin Views
Source Monitor
Record Monitor
Timeline
User Interface Commands
The Keyboard
J-K-L Three-Button Play
The I and O Keys
The Spacebar
Other Important Commands
The Smart Tool
Active Window
Practice
Starting an Editing Session
Making Your First Cut
Adding Shots to Your Sequence
Ending an Editing Session
Script for Where's the Bloody Money?
Chapter 2 Basic Editing
Editing Rules
Starting Your Second Editing Session
Basic Editing Skills: A Review
Marking Clips
Using the Position Indicator as Your IN Point in the Timeline
Splice and Overwrite
The Timeline
Selecting and Deselecting Tracks
Navigating the Timeline
Home and End
Snapping to Cut Points
Single Frame Keys
Changing the Timeline View
The Timeline Fast Menu
Scaling and Scrolling the Timeline
Enlarge or Reduce Tracks
Track Monitor Icons
Marking Clips in the Timeline
Duplicating a Sequence
Lift and Extract
It Takes Three Marks to Make an Edit
Like a Mantra
Using the Clipboard
Undo/Redo List
Creating Subclips
Using Markers
Adding and Navigating Markers
Deleting Markers
Deleting Sequences and Clips
Suggested Assignments
Chapter 3 Trimming
Trim Concepts
Trim Mode Practice
Entering Trim Mode
Dual-Roller Trim Mode
Leaving Trim Mode
Lassoing the Transition
Single-Roller Trim Mode
Getting into Single-Roller Trim Mode
Performing Trims
Trim Frame Keys
Reviewing the Transition Using the Play Loop button
J-K-L Trimming
Trim by Dragging
Trim Practice
Undo in Trim Mode
Frame Counters
Importance of Trim Mode in Your Editing Workflow
Using Dual-Roller Trim Mode
Split Edits or L-Cuts
Removing a Split Edit
Dual-Roller Trimming Using J-K-L
Changing from Single-Roller to Dual-Roller Trim Mode
Adding and Removing Rollers
Advanced Trim Mode Techniques
Trimming While Watching
Trim One Side, Then the Other
Dragging to an IN Point or OUT Point
Sync Problems in Single-Roller Trim Mode
Enter Trim Mode on Selected Tracks
Trim Mode Review
Getting into Trim Mode
Getting out of Trim Mode
Switching Trim Modes
Methods of Trim
Add Rollers and Remove Rollers
Drag the Rollers
Trim While Watching
Suggested Assignments
Chapter 4 Using the Smart Tool
The Smart Tool
Segment Mode Tools
Extract/Splice Segment Mode Button
Lift/Overwrite Segment Mode Button
Moving Soimd to Different Tracks
Using the Keyboard to Enable Segment Mode Buttons
Combining Segment Mode Functionality via the Smart Tool
Lassoing to Get into Segment Mode
Selecting Many Segments in the Timeline
Using Segment Mode to Delete Clips from the Timeline
Disabling the Segment Mode Buttons by Clicking in the
Hmecode Track
Smart Tool Trim Tools
Ripple Trim
Overwrite Trim
Using the Keyboard to Enable Trim Mode Buttor«
Dual-Roller Trim
Combining Trim Mode Fimctionality via the Smart Tool
Combining All Modes via the Smart Tool
Suggested Assignments
Chapter 5 A Few Editing Hps
When to Cut
Continuity and Eye Trace
Screen Direction
Pacing
Story Structure: Beginning, Middle, and End
Documentary Issues
Short is Better than Long
Screening a Work in Progress
Being Your Own Projectionist
Grilling Your Audience
Developing Thick Skin
Suggested Assignments
Chapter 6 Customization and Organization
Diving into Settings
Mapping Buttons and Menu Items to Your Keyboard
Mapping Menu Items to Your Keyboard
Mapping Commands to Your User Interface
Customizing Bin Views
Adding Custom Data to Your Bin View
Sorting and Sifting
The Find Tool
Customizing Your Timeline
Track Size
Track Color
Other Useful Timeline Settings
Mapping Your Views to the Keyboard
Using Workspaces
Exporting and Importing Your User Profile
Suggested Assignments
Chapter 7 Saving Your Work
If It's a Computer, It Will Crash
Backing Up
After the Crash
Backing Up Media Files
Drag and Drop Your MediaFiles Folder
Back Up Daily
The Attic
Retrieving a File from the Attic
Be Prepared!
Suggested Assignments
Chapter 8 Sound
The Importance of Soimd
Importing Audio Files
Adding and Deleting Audio Tracks
Patching Audio Tracks
Making More Room
Scrolling Your Tracks
Solo and Mute buttons
Audio Scrub
Changing Audio Levels
Audio Tool: What Level is Correct?
Audio Mixer
Changing Levels with the Audio Mixer
Audio Mixer Speed Tips
Panning
Changing Level cind Pan on Multiple Clips
Audio Data
Clip Gain
Volume
Placing Keyframes Automatically
Waveforms
Timeline Views
Track Control Panel
Equalization
Setting the EQ
EQ Templates
Saving Your EQ Effect
When to Use the Different Audio Tools
Other Audio Techniques
Analyzing Audio at the Cut Point
Showing the Source Waveform: Using Toggle Source/Record
Replacing Bad Sound
Setting Up Your Tracks
Tell the Story First
Suggested Assignments
Chapter 9 Effects
Kinds of Effects
Effect Palette
Applying an Effect
Appl5dng Transition Effects
Applying Segment Effects
Using the Quick Transition
Transition Manipulation
Deleting Effects
Real-Time Effects
Effect Editor
More Effect Editing Tools
Working with Keyframes
Saving an Effect as a Template
Transition and Segment Effect Quick Review
Motion Effects
Freeze Frames
Motion Effects
Creating a Clip Using the Motion Effect Editor
Rendering Two-Field Motion Effects
Timewarp Effects
Rendering
Rendering Single Effects
Rendering Multiple Effects
Practice (or Else)
Chapter 10 Titles
Opening the Avid Title Tool
Choosing a Background
Creating Your First Title
Selection Tool
Shadows
Colored Titles
Blending a Title
Creating Title Style Sheets
Soft Shadows
Glowing Titles
Drawing Objects
Transparency
Edge Properties
Alignment Menu
Other Buttons
Saving Titles
Cutting Titles into Your Sequence
Adjusting the Title Length
Adding Fades to Your Title
Editing Titles
Rolling Titles
Cutting in Rolling Titles
Rendering Your Titles
Adjusting the Speed of the Rolling Titles
Crawling Titles
Suggested Assignments
Chapter 11 Keeping in Sync
Sync Problems
The Source of Your Problems
Sync Break Indicators
Many Tracks Mean Many Sync Problems
Markers
Sync Locks
Fixing the Problem by Trimming in Two Directions
Watch Point
Locking Tracks
Keep it Simple
Suggested Assignments
Chapter 12 Additional Editing and Effects Techniques
Delving Deeper
Match Frame
Open Bin: Accessing Materials from Other Projects
Duplicating and Cloning Bin Contents
Intermediate Editing and Trimming Techniques
Slip
Slide
Replace Edit
Single Mark Editing
Intermediate Effects
Picture-in-Picture (PIP)
Advanced Keyframes
3D Warp or 3D Picture-in-Picture
Nesting Effects
The Paint Effect
Obstruction
Clone
Scratch Removal
Intelligent Rendering
Keep Practicing!
Chapter 13 Color Correction
Color Correction
Before You Color Correct
Launching the Color Correction Tool
Pull-down Menus
Your Tools: Groups
The Color Correction Workflow
Automatic Color Correction
Returning to Default
Color Buckets
Suggested Assignments
Chapter 14 Script Integration
A Few Notes About ScriptSync
Holljnvood-Style Editing
The Process
An Example
Naming Clips
Bringing the Script into Media Composer
Linking Clips to the Script
Adding Takes
Changing the Appearance of the Slate
Adjusting Take Lines
Moving Slates
Deleting Takes and Slates
Loading and Playing Takes
The Tab Key
Script Marks
Placing Script Marks Manually
The Fastest Way: ScriptSync
Playing Marked Takes
Looking at Your Coverage
Page and Scene Numbers
Find Script
Off-Screen Dialogue
Only One Take Line
Color Lines
Other Menu Items
A Great Tool
Script for Gaffer's Delight
Chapter 15 Working in HD
HD Primer
DV
720p
lOSOi
lOSOp
Subsampled HD Raster
Color Sampling
Things to Know about Frame Rates
HDSLRs: An HD Sea Change
Working with HD and Hardware
DNxHD
Playback Performance
Creating HD Titles and Importing HD Graphics
Mixing SD and HD in the Timeline
Using Transcode to Downconvert to SD
Downconverting an HD Sequence to SD
Downconverting HD Master Clips to SD
Relinking to Your HD Media
Squeezed
Pan and Scan Effect
Have an HD Year
Chapter 16 Inputting Media
Project Format and Media Creation Settings
Importing
Import Options for Graphics
Image Size Adjustment
File Pixel to Video Mapping
Frame Import Duration
Autodetect Sequentially Numbered Files
Field Ordering in File
Alpha Channel
Importing Graphics
Importing Color Bars
Importing a QuickTime Movie
Keep Going!
Accessing Media Using Avid Media Access (AMA)
Setting up Your AMA Environment
Using Virtual Volumes
Consolidating or Transcoding AMA Media
Transcoding Media
Just the Beginning...
Capturing from Tape
Creating a New Project
Organizing Yourself: Tape and Bin Prep
Connecting Your Equipment
Cables
Configuring a Deck or Camera
The Capture Tool
Working with the Capture Tool
Establishing Deck Recognition
Capturing
Subclipping
Drive Space
Audio Sampling
Lots of Options!
Chapter 17 Outputting Your Sequence
Preparing for Output
Online or Offline?
Checking Your Audio
Creating Header Material
Outputting to Tape
Connecting and Powering up a Deck or Camera
Final Checks
Manually Recording to Tape
Using the Digital Cut Tool to Crash Record
Outputting a Frame-Accurate Version of Your Sequence
Changing Your Sequence Timecode
Understanding Insert Edits and Assemble Edits
Performing the Frame-Accurate Digital Cut
HDV Sequence to HDV Tape
Uprezing Your Offline Sequence
Deleting Unreferenced Precomputes
Preparing to UpRez Your Sequence
The Recapturing Process
Decompose
Timecode Breaks
Replacing Your Audio Tracks
Recreating Title Media
Exporting Digital Files
Preparing to Export
Exporting a Production Still
Exporting Motion Video
Exporting a QuickTime Movie
Exporting a High-Resolution QuickTime Movie
Exporting a QuickTime Movie for the Web
Exporting a Quicktime Reference Movie
Output to DVD
More Export Options
Suggested Assignments
Chapter 18 Shooting on Film, Cutting on Avid
Why Film?
Processing and Transferring the Film
Film Transferred to Video Runs at 23.976
Types of Time code
Timecode and H D
Instructions to Your Lab and Telecine Facility
Filming a Framing Chart
Instructions to Lab
Instructions to the Transfer Facility
Avid Project Format
Sound and Avid
Syncing Picture and Sound
Tips
Finishing Back to Film
Feature Film Workflow
Tracking the Numbers
Creating the Digital Intermediate
Next Stop: Cannes
Chapter 19 Present and Future
Where Do You Go From Here?
Information on the Internet
Getting a Job as an Avid Editor
Other Avid Products
Avid's Future