The new AMA functionality in Avid Media Composer 5 makes working with Canon DSLR footage a lot easier, but at some point it’s probably going to become necessary to transcode it to another format, so which resolution is best?
Well the first thing to consider is what the Canon footage is natively. And then how that [...]
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Transcoding Canon DSLR Footage
June 15th, 2010
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Media Composer for Students
June 11th, 2010
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Years ago when I was a student at film school I really wanted my own copy of Avid at home. I even tried to get a cracked copy (it didn’t work very well at all). In the end I had to contain my editing to school time.
Students now, however, are offered a fantastic offer by [...]
Media Composer 5 Plugin Testing
June 8th, 2010
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There are a large range of external plugin packages for Avid Media Composer, so I’ve decided to test as many as I can with Media Composer 5.0
My tests are not exhaustive, and are limited to my system. I am testing with:
Avid Media Composer 5.0
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
DNxHD Footage
To test I am generally adding the plugin [...]
Review: Media Composer 5.0
June 7th, 2010
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Avid’s newest version of their flagship NLE, Media Composer, hits the shelfs in June 10 and I’ve had the opportunity to give it a test drive over the last week or so. In some ways Media Composer 5 marks a very substantial change for Avid in how it deals with media, and some of it’s [...]
Media Composer 5.0 with R3D Media
June 6th, 2010
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Yesterday I posted a very brief summary of the workflow for Canon DSLR clips in Avid Media Composer 5.0, today I am following it up with the same demonstation for R3D media from the RED One camera.
R3D Media in Avid Media Composer 5.0 from Dylan Reeve on Vimeo.
