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Better editing in Avid
by Jonny Elwin
Re-editing an action sequence
At the 2011 Supermeet editor Eddie Hamilton (in the middle of a Avid demo) played two versions of an e...

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Avid Releases Avid Media Composer 6.5
by Tej Babra
Avid has just announced their latest release of its industry-leading video editing tools, Media Composer 6.5, Symphony 6.5, and NewsC...

Diving Into Media Composer: Day One
EditingWhiz by Connor Crosby
As I said in my series introduction, I am moving away from Final Cut Pro 7 in favor of Avid Media Composer. Today is m...

Diving Into Media Composer From FCP: Series Introduction
EditingWhiz by Conner Crosby
Switching to a new editing software is a hard thing to do. You have to go out of your comfort zone – going from a prog...

Making the Switch: FCP7 to Avid MC6 - Delete, shift-delete, Mark Clip and Marker
Cut.N.Color on PVC by Steve Hullfish
In Part 1 we covered the JKL keys, IO keys and zooming in the timeline. In the previous installment, we covere...

Avid Media Composer/ Symphony 6 - Building ProRes Pipelines
You may have heard about the ways in which Media Composer or Symphony can save you copious amounts of time in the editing suite. Now we'd like to s...

Making the Switch from FCP7 to Avid MC6
Cut.N.Color on PVC by Steve Hullfish
FCP to MC6 Thesaurus With so many people looking for an NLE to replace FCP7, it’s natural that people are turn...

You can still Crossgrade to Avid Symphony 6 for just $995! While supplies last!
The Avid Symphony Crossgrade promotion expired on June 15th but it is still available from Videoguys.com while supplies last!!
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Migrating from Final Cut Pro to Media Composer (& Symphony)
Q. I recently bought an FCP to Media Composer 6 crossgrade and a FCP to Symphony 6 crossgrade. What do I need to know about the editing applicat...

Going Avid...
Little Frog in High Def by Shane Ross
…as in “going native.” Get it? OK, sorry…moving on.
I have a new project starting up in June. This is a re...

A Cautionary Tale for the FCP Switcher
Creative COW by Walter Biscardi, Jr.
What follows is a cautionary tale for anyone switching from Final Cut Pro 7 (or earlier) to anything else. If ...