Avid Media Composer First User's Guide User’s MC UG EN

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Title Page
Contents
- Symbols and Conventions
- If You Need Help
- Avid Training Services
Media Composer | First Quick Start
- Downloading and Installing Media Composer | First
- Launching Media Composer | First
- Creating a Project
- Accessing Your Footage
  - Accessing and Previewing Your Media
  - Importing or Linking Your Media
- Creating a Sequence
  - Marking IN and OUT Points
  - Adding Clips to the Timeline
- Editing the Sequence
- Publishing Your Story
  - Create a Publishing Profile
Starting a Project
- Turning on Your Equipment
- Working with the Desktop
- Working with Projects
  - Setting Project-Naming Conventions
  - Avid Projects and Avid Users Folders
- Opening and Closing Projects
- Deleting a Project
- Quitting and Turning Off Equipment
- Changing Project and User Names
- Backing Up Your Project Information
Working with the Project Window
- Overview of the Project Window
- Using the Bins Tab
- Using the Settings Tab
- Using the Format Tab
- Using the Usage Tab
- Using the Info Tab
- Customizing the Avid User Interface
- Using Workspaces
  - Assigning a Workspace Button
Using Tools
- Using the Tools Menu
- The Command Palette
- Using the Avid Calculator
- Using The Console Window
Working with Bins
- Object Icons in Bins
- Bin Views
- Bin Procedures
- Working with Bin Columns
- Modifying Clip Information
- Printing Bins
- Filtering Items in the Bin
Ingesting Media
- Source Browser Overview
- Accessing and Previewing Your Media
- Linking Your Media
  - Linking with Multichannel Audio
- Relinking to Linked QuickTime Files
- Importing Your Media
Managing Media Files
- Using the Media Tool
  - Opening the Media Tool
  - Deleting Media Files with the Media Tool
- Consolidating Media
- Transcoding Media
- Deleting Unreferenced Clips and Media
- Finding a Related Media File
- Sequence and Clip Information Summary
  - Creating a Summary of Effects and Source Information
  - Summary Information Options
Viewing and Marking Footage
- Viewing Methods
- Customizing the Composer Window and Monitors
- Using the Info Window
- Using the Timecode Window
- Playing Video to a Full-Screen Monitor
- Using the Tool Palette
- Playing Selected Clips in a Loop
- Loading and Clearing Footage
- Controlling Playback
- Video Quality Options for Playback
- Setting the Video Quality for Playback
- Marking and Subcataloging Footage
- Using Markers
- Finding Frames, Clips, and Bins
- Sequence and Clip Information Summary
  - Creating a Summary of Effects and Source Information
  - Summary Information Options
Creating and Editing Sequences
- Creating a New Sequence
  - Track Display for New Sequences
  - Adding Filler
- Making a First Edit
- Creating an Instant Rough Cut
- Undoing or Redoing Edits
- Editing Additional Clips into the Sequence
- Lifting, Extracting, and Copying Material
  - Using the Avid Clipboard
- Adding Notes to Clips in the Timeline
- Playing Back a Sequence
  - Playback Performance Tips
  - Setting Video Memory and Video Frame Cache
- Understanding Sync Breaks
- Fixing Sync Breaks
- Understanding Sync Lock
  - Syncing with Tail Leader
  - Using Add Edit When Trimming
- Ganging Footage in Monitors
- Sync Point Editing
- Working with Phantom Marks
Using the Timeline
- Customizing Timeline Views
- Navigating in the Timeline
- Working with Segments
- Working with Multiple Tracks
- In to Out Highlighting in the Timeline
- Editing in Heads or Heads Tails View
- Performing a Quick Edit Using the Top and Tail Commands
- Working with Add Edits (Match Frames)
- Dupe Detection
  - Activating Dupe Detection
- Editing with the Film Track
- Finding Black Holes and Flash Frames
- Printing the Timeline
- Searching for Text in the Timeline
Working with Trim Edits
- Trimming with the Timeline Palette
- Timeline Trim States
- Selecting Trim Sides
- Overwrite Trimming
- Ripple Trimming
- Dual-Roller Trimming
- Refining Trims
- Reviewing Trim Edits
- Trimming On-the-Fly
- End of Trim Indicators
- Trimming During a Playback Loop
- Creating Overlap Edits
- Extending an Edit
- Maintaining Sync While Trimming
- Slipping or Sliding Segments
  - Selecting Segments for Slip or Slide Trimming
  - Performing a Slip or Slide Trim
- Trimming in Two Directions
Working with Audio
- Overview of Audio Tools
- Creating Tone Media
- Audio Ducking
- Fading and Dipping Audio
- Working with Multichannel Audio Tracks
  - Modifying Track Formats in Bins
- The Track Control Panel
  - Using the Track Control Panel
  - Soloing Audio Tracks
  - Making Tracks Inactive
- Using Audio Scrub
  - Selecting Tracks for Audio Scrubbing
  - Performing Smooth Audio Scrub
  - Performing Digital Audio Scrub
- Audio Displays in the Timeline
  - Displaying Audio Waveforms
  - Displaying Volume and Pan Values
  - Using Audio Meters in the Timeline
  - Adjusting Volume
- Displaying Audio Formats in Bins
- Using the Audio Mixer Tool
  - Accessing the Audio Mixer and Audio Mixer Modes
  - Audio Mixer Tool Controls
  - Resizing the Audio Mixer Tool
  - Track Selection in the Audio Mixer Tool and in the Timeline
  - Using the Track Solo and Track Mute Buttons
- Rendering and Unrendering Order for Audio Effects
- Audio Volume Staging and an Audio Editing Workflow
- Using Clip Volume and Pan Mode
  - Adjusting Clip Volume and Pan for Audio Tracks
  - Audio Mixer Fast Menu: Clip Volume and Pan Mode
  - Bypassing Existing Volume Settings
  - Adjusting Volume While Playing a Clip Volume Effect
  - Improving Response Time When Adjusting Volume
  - Using the Center Pan Command
  - Isolating Clip Portions for Audio Adjustment
- Using Volume and Pan Automation
  - Using Volume and Pan Automation in the Timeline
  - Volume and Pan Automation Mode
  - Understanding Volume or Pan Automation Recording
  - Using the Audio Mixer Tool for Volume and Pan Automation
  - Audio Mixer Tool Fast Menu: Volume and Pan Automation Mode
  - Using Keyboard Shortcuts with Audio Keyframes
- Copying, Pasting and Moving Audio Keyframes
  - Creating a New Keyframe
  - Copy and Paste Individual Keyframes
  - Copy and Paste by Lassoing an Area of Audio Keyframes
  - Copy and Paste a Whole Region or Marked Region of Audio Keyframes
  - Moving Keyframes in the Timeline
  - Removing Hidden Keyframes
- Using Live Mix Mode
  - Entering Live Mix Mode
  - Using Live Mix Mode
  - Switching Between Live Mix Mode and Other Audio Mixer Modes
  - Audio Mixer Tool Fast Menu: Live Mix Mode
  - Live Mix Mode Example
- Adjusting Audio Clip Gain in the Timeline
- Mixing Down Audio Tracks
- Using the Audio EQ Tool
  - Audio EQ Tool Features
  - Applying Audio EQ Effects
  - Saving Audio EQ Effects
  - Removing Audio EQ Effects with the Fast Menu
  - Removing Audio EQ Effects with the Remove Effect Button
  - Audio EQ Examples
  - Using Audio EQ Templates
  - Adjusting EQ While Playing an Audio Effect
- Understanding the Audio Tool
- Recording Voice-Over Narration
  - Audio Punch-in Tool Features
  - Audio Punch-in Tool Scenarios
  - Recording Voice-Over Narration Using Audio Punch-in
  - Extended Audio Punch-In
  - Monitoring Previously Recorded Tracks While Recording Voice-Over Narration
  - Audio Punch-In Support for Open I/O Devices
  - Using Peak Hold While Recording Voice-Over Narration
Using Audio Plug-Ins
- Audio Effects Plug-Ins Installation
- Audio Track Effect Plug-Ins
- Avid AudioSuite Plug-Ins
- Core Avid Audio Plug-Ins
MultiCamera Editing
- Understanding Grouping Clips
- Creating Group Clips
- MultiCamera Displays
- MultiCamera Editing Techniques
- Selective Camera Cutting
The Avid Marketplace
- Purchasing and Downloading Plug-ins from the Avid Marketplace
- Upgrading to Avid Media Composer
Settings
- Understanding Settings
- Working with Settings
- Audio Ducking Settings
- Bin Settings
- Full Screen Playback Settings
- General Settings
- Import Settings
- Interface Settings
- Keyboard Settings
- Link Settings
- Media Cache Settings
- Media Creation Settings
- Timeline Settings
International Character Support (ICS) in Avid Editing Applications
- Choosing a Locale on an English Language Operating System
- Using a Local Language Operating System (Windows Only)
- Non-English Character Support (Mac)
- Non-English Character Support (Windows)
- Using Foreign Keyboard Mapping (Windows)
- Considerations for International Character Support
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