In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe uses a Linkedin forum discussion about what keyboard settings are useful for an editor to not only show you his settings in depth, but also explain in detail what each customized setting does.

In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe answers a viewer's question about creating a video viewfinder effect.

In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe answers a viewer's e-mail about creating a countdown inside of Media Composer and Symphony. Most people would think a plug-in is required, but with a little forethought, this is something that can be created in no time!

In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe answers a viewer's question about creating a tennis scoreboard, like you would see in a professional tennis broadcast.

In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe shows you how to take a green screen shot with a lot of compression, and create a great looking key right from within your MC/Symphony timeline.

In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe shows you how to re-create the commercial bumper from The Bachelor, right from within the MC/Symphony timeline.

In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe shows you a technique that he uses in corporate video work, and that is how to not only slow your footage down, but create highlights that you can use to focus on certain areas of a shot.

In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe shows you how to create some basic Motion Effects, i.e. - Slow Mo's, and shows you a great technique that he uses all the time to create a dynamic "isolated" slo-mo effect.

In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe shows you the basics of color correction by simply adjusting the Setup, Gamma and Gain values to take a shot that was totally washed out, and give it the punch to really make it stand out above all others.

In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe shows you a fantastic technique on how to revert your 1080i footage back to 23.98 fps for compositing in After Effects (assuming it was originally shot 23.98), and then how to render it out of AE to back to 1080i.

In this last part of our look at Split Screens inside of Media Composer and Symphony, Kevin P McAuliffe gives you an introductory look at Matte Keying.

In this second lesson in our look at Split Screens inside of Avid's Media Composer, we look at how to create our own, right from within the MC/Symphony timeline using the standard title tool, and the 3D Warp effect.

In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe shows you how to create a simple list, and animate it in your timeline.

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?

Advanced Marquee Techniques PART 6: In this last lesson in our almost 3 hour in-depth look at the Marquee Title Tool, Kevin P McAuliffe talks about lighting in your Titling scenes.

Advanced Marquee Techniques Part FOUR: In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe expands on his Title Roll lesson (Advanced Marquee Technique #3), and shows how you would go about integrating client logos into your title rolls and crawls.

Advanced Marquee Techniques, Part TWO: In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe shows you how simple it is to create a complex animation inside of Marquee in a matter of minutes, when creating the same look in After Effects or a 3D application could take hours.

Advanced Marquee Techniques: Part ONE: In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe shows you how to take a complex looking scene, and create it very easily within the Marquee interface.

Path Text Animation: In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe shows you how to animate text on a path, and also a couple of tricks to spice up your animation, once it's back in the Symphony interface.

Explore workflows for stereoscopic 3D moviemaking, episodic TV, color grading, large-scale motion graphics and more, with first-person success stories using HP workstations.

In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe gives you a "lay of the land" inside of the Marquee title tool by talking about the top and side tool bars, and showing how easy it is to not only create text, but do some complicated-looking text adjustments.

Project Archiving: In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe answers a viewer's e-mail about the organization of media outside of MC/Symphony, and then shows you how using a free, third-party media management application will simplify your archiving process.

In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe shows you a "hidden" gem inside of Media Composer and Symphony, and that is how to export a multichannel audio file. Most editors think that is is not possible in MC/Symphony, but Kevin shows how easy it is.

HD to SD Letterbox: In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe shows you why you don't need any third party applications to create SD Letterboxed content from your HD footage.

In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe answers a viewer's question about rendering an element with a matte key out of Apple's Motion 5, for use inside of Avid's Media Composer/Symphony.

In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe talks about media management inside of your project, and he shows you how to take advantage of the Media Tool to help you shrink those projects down, and free up more room on your bulging hard drives.

In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe shows how simple it is to edit music down to custom durations, and how a one frame dissolve, that's technically not possible, will help you get out of audio jams.

In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe talks about the setup and follow though for a basic audio mix. Not only does he show you how simple it should be, but he also gives you a few great tips to speed up your mix, and get it done faster than ever.

In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe talks about a tool you'll want to have open at all times when working with audio, and that's the Audio Tool.

In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe concludes his look at the Avid Title Tool by going over text gradients and transparencies, as well as creating simple title Rolls and Crawls.

In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe stars off his look at the Avid Title tool by talking about the basics, like the setup and launching of the title tool, creation of text, adjusting colors, adding shadows, and saving out to your timeline.

In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe looks at both Basic trimming, as well as advanced trimming and the fantastic Smart Tools. This tool combines what we've covered in both parts of our adjusting clips lesson to give you tool that will let you do everything.

In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe gives you an introduction to effects work inside of Media Composer, by showing you the 3D Warp Tool.

In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe walks you though the basics of editing, and discusses one of the most fundamental processes all editors need to understand, and that is 3-point editing.

In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe shows you the last two "common" ways to bring footage into Media Composer, and that is importing and AMA linking to.

In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe talks about export settings, and how with a little forward thinking, you will be able to create multiple export templates, so exporting your final product is as simple as clicking a little checkbox.

In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe picks up right where he left off in part 1, and shows you how to log clips for batch capturing.

In part two at our look at Bins inside of Media Composer/Symphony, Kevin P McAuliffe gets more in-depth with organization, and shows you some great quick tips to not only better organize your projects, but also help speed up that organizational process.

In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe begins at the top of the Settings window by looking at the Audio and Audio Project settings, and how a commonly overlooked setting can really get you into trouble, if you don't know what you're looking for.

Nancy Forner ACE, one of the editors of the popular CW series The Vampire Diaries, takes readers inside the show's editing choices, pacing and style. Also featured, is Yuri Neyman ASC and his exploration of the roots of cinematography in art.

In this tutorial, Kevin P McAuliffe shows you how easy it is to edit multicam footage with no timecode reference in Avid's Media Composer 6 and Symphony 6.

Within the last year, ARRI, Panavision and Aaton have all ceased production of their film cameras to focus exclusively on the design and manufacture of digital cameras. Somewhere in the world, right now, someone is holding the last movie film camera ever

This tutorial shows how how to do a Frame rate conversion if the Input and the Output are both Interlaced or both Progressive and also how to do a Frame Rate Conversion from Progressive Footage to Interlaced Footage in Avid Media Composer.

This tutorial shows how to do a simple slow-down and speed up using Twixtor in Avid Media Composer.

To finish off our introductory look at Avid's Media Composer, Kevin P McAuliffe takes a look at outputting both to tape, and to a file.

The focal point of your Media Composer project is your bins, and in this tutorial, Kevin P McAuliffe talks about bins, setting up different bin views, and the different layouts you can use to organize your footage.

If you aren't happy with the direction that Apple has decided to go, and want to switch NLE's, this in-depth look at Avid's Media Composer is for you.

In many cases, having to stop editing to find something in a drop down menu can be time consuming, and can break your work flow. In this Avid Media Composer Quick Tip, see how to quickly assign menu commands to buttons to help speed up your workflow.

Nesting effects in Avid's Media Composer is not as easy as it is in other applications, but with this quick tip, you'll be compositing in your favorite NLE in no time flat.