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Introduction
Congratulations on taking the first step to becoming a proficient editor
using Avid
®
Media Composer
®
5. When you’ve finished the lessons in this
book, you will be able to edit and refine multitrack video sequences with a
good sound mix, add and manipulate effects, correct color issues, and add
titles. You’ll also learn great customization and navigation techniques, as
well as how to input and output material between Media Composer and a
wide variety of file formats and devices.
Using This Book
This book is organized much as you would edit a project, starting with
organizing your clips and then editing video and audio, performing color
correction, adding effects, and outputting your sequence.
Three chapters are slightly out of order from a normal editing workflow:
Chapter 10, “Capturing Tape-Based Media”; Chapter 11, “Working with
File-Based Media”; and Chapter 12, “Managing Your Project and Media.”
Normally, you would start any project by capturing or importing your mate-
rial, and project management would be an ongoing task throughout an
editing workflow. However, to enable you to plunge directly into the edit-
ing process, we placed these chapters later in the book. If you want to
study this information sooner, we invite you to start with whichever chapter
makes sense with your own workflow.
Most chapters in this book contain “Practice Your Skills” exercises to give
you hands-on experience with the concepts discussed in the chapter.
Many times, the exercises group together several topics so you can focus
on different but related parts of the editing workflow.
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