Avid editing: a guide for beginning and intermediate users /
Sam Kauffmann and Ashley Kennedy.
- 5th ed.
- Amsterdam ; Boston : Focal Press, c2012.
- xxiii, 456 p. ill ; 24 cm. +
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
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