This may save you a lengthy process of having to process the frames in a different software package such as Adobe After Effects.
A couple of short notes that were not mentioned in this tutorial.
For this to work, you need to a video clip that exceeds your project’s frame rate. If you want to follow this tutorial on your own, here is a copy of the media used.
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The Source Browser Window allows you to preview video content before bringing it into a Bin.
This Tutorial will show you how to: – Create Favorites to access commonly used Directory paths – Preview Media before linking to it – Transcode Linked files for better system performance – Linking to media from Multiple Folders
A relatively new feature in Media Composer is the ability to create Bin Layouts with the ability to save them to a shortcut key.
Mastering Bin Layouts can speed up your workflow. A Bin Layout gives you the ability for the following:
Save the location of all your Bin Containers (including across multiple screens)
It remembers the number of Bin Tabs within each Bin Container
The arrangement of Bins with a Bin Container (see screenshot below)
You can create shortcut buttons that can be mapped to a toolbar
You can map your Bin Layouts to a shortcut key on your keyboard.
To Map a Bin Layout to a keyboard shortcut, or a button to a toolbar:
– Navigate to the Command Palette. – Click on the Workspace Tab. – Change W1 to your first saved Bin Layout (BL1)
Now you can press a single button, or a keyboard shortcut to automatically map all your Bin Containers to a specific area within Avid Media Composer’s background panel.
To start, select a clip segment in the timeline and then hold down the option/alt key and press the Up Arrow Twice.
This will duplicate the clip segment on top of itself two times.
Next, make sure the V3 track is turned on, and the Monitor Icon is placed onto the V3 Track.
Navigate to Effects Palette and find the Paint Effect with the Image Category.
Place the Paint Effect onto the V3 Segment within your sequence.
Then enter into Effects Mode. This will bring forward the Effects Editor Window.
Navigate to the Effect Editor Window and click on the Poly Tool.
Change the Color of the Poly Tool Mask from Red to Black
Draw a black mask around area to be cloned.
Then, click on the reduce button in the right corner (or CMD/CTRL K) so you can see outside to visible picture area within the Composer Window.
Navigate back to the Effect Editor Window and click on the Rectangle Tool. Change the color of the Rectangle Tool to White. Draw a white square around the entire visible picture area.
After you Draw the Mask, it will cover over the Black Shape that you made earlier. Click on the Send Backward button within the Effect Editor Window
The end result with be a Black and White Matte.
Navigate back to the Effect Palette, and find the AniMatte Effect within the Key Category.
Hold down the ALT/OPTION key and drag the AniMatte effect onto the clip segment that’s on V3.
The last step is to resize your Matte within the Composer Window. That’s it!
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Start by duplicating a clip segment layer by holding down the option/alt key and pressing the UP ARROW key. That will duplicate the clip segment on V1 onto V2.
Then, command click on the V2 Monitor Icon to Solo the Layer.
Drag the Animate Effect from the Effect Palette onto the V2 Clip Segment
Then enter into Effects Mode.
Next, click on the Reduce Icon to zoom out of the visible area within the Record Side of the Composer Window.
Click on the Rectangle Tool within the Effect Editor Window.
Draw a Rectangle Mask around the water area and adjust the vertical feathering to hid the hard edge of the masked area.
Double click on the Animate Effect located on the Clip Segment within the timeline. The Timeline will expand with 2 additional tracks. This is called expanded nesting.
Within the Effect Palette, navigate to the Image Category and look for the Color Effect.
Drag the Color Effect onto the V1.2 track which is nested within the V1 track.
Then, adjust the blue parameter within the Color Gain category.
You can now umute the V2 track and place the monitor icon icon the V1 track.
That’s it!, now you have an isolated matte (mask) where you can adjust the color of the shape independently from the rest of the video segment.
With Media Composer Ultimate, is easy to isolate colors and/or change color hues without having to export to DaVinci Resolve, After Effects, or another third party software product.
It’s easy to add filler to then end of an Avid Media Composer Sequence so you can match your sequence to a specific amount of time.
This is VERY useful for traditional ‘broadcast’ shows or commercials that need to be a specific length.
In this example, I already have a show that runs for 30 seconds, and I want to create a 60 second version of it.
Hold down the option and/or alt key and right click in the timeline area to create a new video new track.
In doing so, this will allow you to add a new empty track with any track number assigned to it.
Use a track number that will exceed the normal amount of tracks that you typically use in your sequence.
Navigate to the very end of your sequence.
Within the new empty track, make sure the new empty filler track is active.
Press the Add Edit Function. Don’t worry, nothing will appear to happen.
Next, Press the P key on your keyboard. This will enter into ripple trim mode on the left side of an invisible edit point.
On your keyboard keypad, type +30:00 or whatever value you want to add as filler to the end of your sequence.
The value will appear at the bottom of your composer window.
If you do not have a full-size keyboard, press the CTRL key rapidly twice. Then you can use the regular numbers below the function keys on a truncated keyboard.
Now, you will want to lock the filler track. Right click new , and choose lock track.
Navigate to the timeline fast menu, and you can choose to hide the track if you choose.
So now, when you zoom out of your sequence, you have a fixed timeline that represents the exact amount of footage you will need to complete the spot.