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Media Composer 6: Professional Picture and Sound Editing (Avid Learning Series) 1st Edition

by Woody Lidstone (Author)
4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 18 ratings
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MEDIA COMPOSER 6: PROFESSIONAL PICTURE AND SOUND EDITING will give you the skills and in-depth, under-the-hood knowledge you need to distinguish yourself as a true editing professional and go for the high-profile jobs you want. With the step-by-step guidance in this book, you'll learn the skills you need to work on big-budget productions: media management (become the media management guru others look to for expert advice), advanced picture editing (learn precision cutting techniques and how to master Script Integration for long-form projects), and advanced sound editing (learn to impress your producer by creating great audio mixes). The book includes media and projects that you can work with at your own pace. As an official part of the Avid Learning Series for Media Composer, MEDIA COMPOSER 6: PROFESSIONAL PICTURE AND SOUND EDITING, along with its counterpart, Media Composer 6: Professional Effects and Compositing, will prepare you for Professional Media Composer 6 certification at an Avid Learning Partner. MEDIA COMPOSER 6: PROFESSIONAL PICTURE AND SOUND EDITING (Course # MC 201) is part of the Avid Learning Series. To find more books on Media Composer, Pro Tools, Sibelius, or any other Avid product, visit www.courseptr.com/avid.
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  1. ISBN-10
    1133601952
  2. ISBN-13
    978-1133601951
  3. Edition
    1st
  4. Publisher
    Cengage Learning PTR
  5. Publication date
    April 24, 2012
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    7.5 x 1.25 x 8 inches
  8. Print length
    544 pages
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Woody Lidstone is an accomplished Avid Certified Instructor at Splice, Canada's largest Avid Learning Partner. He has edited for national Canadian broadcasters as well as Discovery, History, and the SciFi network. He was employed by Avid as an Avid DS & Media Composer product specialist, where he was assigned to develop workflows and provide support for big-picture products, including two of the Harry Po tter films and Batman Begins. Woody brings his considerable expertise in software engineering to this book to explain how Media Composer works "under the hood." In addition to his Avid instructor qualifications, Woody is also certified as an instructor in Final Cut Pro, Server, and Motion, and brings experience from those software packages to his role as an Avid instructor.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Cengage Learning PTR; 1st edition (April 24, 2012)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 544 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1133601952
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1133601951
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.23 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 1.25 x 8 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 18 ratings

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Ian Scott
5.0 out of 5 stars Media Composer 6: Avid learning Series
Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2012
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The Avid learning series, five texts in all start with parts 1 and 2 on editing essentials and effects. These texts and accompanying lesson discs are by far the most effective training manuals I have ever used. The subject is dealt with in complete detail, not just overview points. The lesson media is interesting and well chosen. It will appeal to young at heart would be editors and is aften presented with acompanying witticisms which reinforce important points. I have used Avid as an enthusiastic amateur for about 5 years and until using the series manuals I was blissfully unaware of many of the real productive benefits of MC. Having the series on hand provides a ready source of refresher tuition as your skills develop. Very worthwhile purchase indeed.
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David Halliday
5.0 out of 5 stars The best ever Avid publication series
Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2015
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Avid Publications have excelled in this publication. With the others in the series, it's the best Avid publication ever, and written in an easy to understand, and humorous manner. Even though it does not address the latest software, Woody Lidstone has done a superb job in presenting foundational and advanced information that the Avid Editor must know. I eagerly await the updated version for MC 7 (including I hope Interplay and more help with codecs).
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Paul Pfeil
5.0 out of 5 stars Love it.
Reviewed in the United States on May 12, 2019
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Great book.
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Alejandro De Argumosa
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2014
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This is the best complement for reinforcing the knowlodge and skills inside avid tools
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Paulo Leite
5.0 out of 5 stars Another piece of the large puzzle.
Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2012
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If you use Media Composer 6, this book will focus only upon the Editing job. It starts with the WORKFLOW and takes the reader through a series of well-designed exercises that will help an "any-level" user to master the software. For those who use ScriptSync (not me), there is a full chapter detailing all the ways in which the software can help you with the editing (and that alone surprised me, since I had no idea how powerful the integration between these softwares can be).

The sound editing chapters will cover the most important areas: dialogue, multichannel and mixing. Although many people prefer to use different software for editing audio, I must say Avid's solution keeps getting better and better. However, in the end it is all a matter of personal option and opinion. In the book, however, the exercises are top-notch and I would invite anyone who uses another software to give Avid a try.

The last chapters are especially useful for those who are struggling with different final formats and platforms as it will explain how to finalize the project.

In a nutshell, this book (and the whole collection) is still the best source of knowledge if you use the software - regardless of you level of skill.

RECOMMENDED.
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Federico Bucchi
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2017
I recommend this book if you want to be able to quickly get Avid concepts and make good stuff
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Chi-Chi Padre
5.0 out of 5 stars VITAL MC6 Series!
Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2012
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After getting through this book in the series, I really gotta say that I'm not sure where I'd be without 'em all. Lost, very lost indeed, to be sure,haha.

Like the other books, it reads like a textbook with some degree of casual description thrown in to alleviate boredom. You can pretty easily get through it all in a few days and then go through all the individual steps and processes a second time while using the program--that's how I've done it to give myself more familiarity with the terminology and subject matter, before diving in head-first.

Just so good to have these available!
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John Green, NCGBT
2.0 out of 5 stars Not what I was expecting
Reviewed in the United States on December 20, 2012
I was looking for an interactive tutorial including the program itself, but only received what's basically a textbook with no way of practically applying the info.
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