Due to the constant evolving and development of Media Composer, I cannot guarantee that any or all of the following tutorials will work exactly as I show.
The Tutorials were prepared using various versions of MC ranging from 2.8 to 4.5
Although the first 20 or so links take you to tips which are more directed towards migrants from Liquid, the subsequent tips are of a more general character and can be useful for newcomers migrating from any platform.
As MC has so many ways of producing the same result, there may even be some tips that can make the seasoned MC users say, "Aha!"
Because of changes in more recent versions of MC, some of the following Tutorials may no longer give an accurate description of certain functions. Also the interface has undergone changes since the majority of these Tutorials were created.Douglas 6th August 2011
Link01 Who am I?
Link02 About my Set-up (Check my Profile for the most up to date set-up))
Link03 Where is the timeline?
Link04 Now I have a timeline - What next?
Link05 A simple mistake when capturing for the first time
Link06 Does MC have "Instant-save"?
Link07 HDV and the Long GOP" error - problem and solution
Link08 The Fast Menu "Hamburger"
Link09 Checking for duplicates and shared clips
Link10 Removing an Effect
Link11 Quick Dissolve
Link12 Very basic look at some Media Management
Link13 "Missing Black" error
Link14 Undo / Redo
Link15 Adding colour to your timeline
Link16 Customising your Timecode window
Link17 Layout flexibility
Link18 "Add-edit" similar to Liquid's "Razor Tool"
Link19 TitleDekoPro may be in your MC if you migrated from Liquid!
Link20 Source/Record track selection
Link21 Entering and exiting "Trim-Mode"
Link22 Opening Pop-up Monitors
Link23 Very basic Keyboard-mapping
Link24 Setting up the Timecode Display
Link25 Fluid Morph
Link26 Creating a simple slow-motion effect
Link27 Changing a Clip's Thumbnail
Link28 Apply an Effect to Many Clips at the same Time.
Link29 Emulating the Liquid Timeline
Link30 Shorten Audio Clip with AudioSuite Timeshift Plugin
Link31 Timeline set-up and adding tracks
Link32 The Superbin - very basic introduction
Link33 Adjusting the thumbnails in bins
Link34 Using "Source/Record" Toggle to view audio tracks
Link35 2 methods of copying and pasting clips
Link36 Restrict the movement of clips when moving them between tracks
Link37 Adding "Black" as opposed to "Fillers"
Link38 Mapping the "Toggle Source/Record" button
Link39 Resizing Timline tracks
Link40 Selecting timeline to the left/right of the cursor
Link41 Audio gain and Keyframes
Link42 Simple Vignette created by the Paint Effect
Link43 My thoughts about getting from MC to DVD or Blu-Ray
Link44 Saving and Sharing a newly created Effect
Link45 AMC and DVDitPro HD (AvidDVD) part 1 of 6
Link46 AMC and DVDitPro HD (AvidDVD) part 2 of 6
Link47 AMC and DVDitPro HD (AvidDVD) part 3 of 6
Link48 AMC and DVDitPro HD (AvidDVD) part 4 of 6
Link49 AMC and DVDitPro HD (AvidDVD) part 5 of 6
Link50 AMC and DVDitPro HD (AvidDVD) part 6 of 6
Link51 Stretching an Audio track
Link52 Squeezing an Audio track (adapted from Link30)
Link53 Changing Language can cause MC to hang.
Link54 Paint-a-path with AvidFX – Part 1
Link55 Border around Record Monitor flashes when playback starts
Link56 Using “Match Frame Edit”
Link57 Paint-a-Path with AvidFX – Part 2
Link58 Fading a Title Clip - 2 methods
Link59 Drag & Drop to create Sub-clips
Link60 AvidFX Text Tool - Part 1
Link61 BCC Optical Stabiliser Filter
Link62 Moving the Source-monitor Track-selector!
Link63 A few Keyboard Shortcuts
Link64 Reverse Effect
Link65 5 More Keyboard Shortcuts
Link66 The SubCap Generator - Entering Japanese Text
Link67 The SubCap Generator 2 - Exporting a SubCap to AvidDVD
Link68 Audio - 2 - Manually adjusting the Gain
Link69 Audio - 3 - Automatically adjusting the Gain
Link70 Changing the colours of Timeline Tracks and Clips
Link71 Trimming a clip to a Mark
Link72 The Replace Edit Button
Link73 Trim Mode - Two Customisation Tips
Link74 Pseudo-Timelapse Effect
Link75 Easy way to slowly change a Clip from Colour to B&W
Link76 Removing an Object with Motion Tracking and Clone Painting
Link77 Secondary Colour Correction in MC?
Link78 Nudge Nudge!
Link79 Playback and View Sequences in the Bin
Link80 Isolate (Solo) a Track on the Timeline
Link81 Lift, Extract and Lassoo - Basics
Link82 Clips on the Timeline - Information Customisation
Link83 Avid Pan & Zoom
Link84 BCC Pan & Zoom
Link85 From MC to WWW - Part 1. Exporting
Link86 From MC to WWW - Part 2. Encoding
Link87 From MC to WWW - Part 3. Uploading
Link88 A Split Screen Effect using "Crop"
Link89 Using Keyframes in Effects
Link90 No Visible Waveform or Audio Levels
Link91 Quick Transition Bin
Link92 Creating a "Freeze-Frame"
Link93 Preparing & Importing and Image with an Alpha Channel
Link94 Global Audio Adjustment
Link95 Move/Copy Files to or from the SuperBin
Link96 Handwriting Effect using AvidFX and a Font of your own choice
Link97 Handwriting Revisited
Link98 A Bullet List made with AvidFX
Link99 Stumbling around in the Effect Palette - A Ray of Light!
Link100 Multiple FX on 1 Clip - Basics of Nestings
Thank you all for your words of support.
Regards,
Douglas
PS. Basic MC Tutorials - Series 2 is HERE