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MC 201: Media Composer Professional Editing I (Online)

Take your editing skills to the next level with the Media Composer Professional Editing I course from Manhattan Edit Workshop. Learn advanced techniques, optimize workflows, and become the go-to editing professional in this comprehensive workshop. Join now and unlock your full editing potential.

  • Intermediate
  • 16 and older
  • $1,195
  • Virtual Class room
  • 16 hours over 2 sessions
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What you'll learn in this media composer training:

Focused primarily on short-form workflows, our two-day workshop Media Composer Professional Editing I (MC201) will take you to a new level of editing and provide you with the tips, tricks and in-depth knowledge to distinguish yourself as a true editing professional. 

With the step-by-step guidance in this course, you’ll learn the skills you need to optimize your editing workflows, streamline your ingest process and manage your media so that you’ll become the guru that others will look to for expert advice. You will learn advanced picture editing techniques, how to quickly prepare for multicam editing and how to work with graphics and mattes. This course also covers compositing with the 3D Warp effect, color correction and an in-depth look at some of the wide range of audio tools and effects included in Media Composer.

You will work with media and projects designed to let you learn at your own pace, or with the guidance of an Avid Certified Instructor. As an official part of the Avid Learning Series for Media Composer, MC 201: Media Composer Professional Editing I and its counterpart MC 210: Media Composer Professional Editing II provides the training required to achieve the credential of Avid Certified Professional (Media Composer).

Who is this class for?
  • Editors
  • Assistant Editors
  • Multimedia Producers.
Prerequisites:
  • Completion of MC101 Media Composer Fundamentals I and MC110 Media Composer Fundamentals II or equivalent experience of 12 months of full-time editing on Media Composer.
  • A background as an editor, assistant editor, director or producer is strongly recommended.
At the end of this course you will be able to:
  • Plan your editing process
  • Input and manage media
  • Use multicam editing
  • Use advanced editing and timeline management techniques
  • Work with graphics and mattes
  • Multilayer and composite graphics
  • Perform basic color correction techniques
  • Prepare your audio mix using tools like EQ, compressors, and expanders
  • Deliver a high-quality finished file
Note: 
Each student gets their own workstation.
This class will be run on the latest version of Avid Media Composer.


SYLLABUS:

Starting Out
  • Planning Your Edit
  • Overview of Workflows
  • Considerations When Starting a New Project
  • Preparing the Project Settings
  • Common Capture and Delivery Formats
  • Storage Requirements
  • Preparing the System
  • Where Does Your Project and Associated Data Reside?
Media Input
  • Input: Link or Import?
  • Working with the Source Browser
  • Using the Browser Tool to Link Media
  • Working with Camera Cards
  • Using the Source Browser Tool to Import Media
  • Other Ways to Link or Import Media
  • Workflow for Ingesting Media
  • Consolidate vs. Transcode
  • Background Consolidating or Transcoding
  • How Media Composer Adapts Footage
  • Aspect Ratio Issues with Standard Definition Footage
Multicamera Editing
  • Preparing the Production Team
  • Avid Multicamera Editing Workflows
  • Creating Group Clips
  • Setting Up for Multicamera Editing
  • Editing a Multicamera Sequence
  • Committing Multicamera Edits
  • Creating Multigroup Clips
  • Additional Grouping Methods: Ganging Footage in Monitors
Advanced Editing Techniques
  • A New World of Editing
  • The Timeline
  • Sequence Templates and Favorite Bins
  • Working with Tracks in the Timeline
  • Cleaning Tracks
  • Enhancing Functions with Modifier Keys
  • Further Editing Tips and Techniques
Working with Graphics and Mattes
  • Working with Still Graphics
  • Linking to a File
  • Importing a File
  • Organization
  • Importing Animated Graphics
  • Batch Import in the Graphic Workflow
  • Editing Graphics and Logos with Alpha
  • Animated Lower Thirds
  • Importing Photoshop Layers
Multilayering and Compositing
  • Reviewing Effect Techniques
  • Using the 3D Warp Effect
  • Saving and Using Effect Templates
  • Making a Video Wall
  • Adding Some Animation
  • Some Final Considerations for Keyframes
  • Collapsing Tracks in the Timeline
  • Understanding Perspective and Target
  • A Quick Guide to the Remaining Features
Color Correction
  • The Color Correction Tool
  • Color Correction Workflow
  • Semi-Automatic Correction
  • Color Cast Removal
  • Using Correction Templates
  • Keeping It Legal
Working with Audio
  • Preparing for the Audio Mix
  • Understanding Tracks, Channels and Voices
  • Stereo
  • Workflow for Audio Mixing
  • Applying Audio Effects
  • Audio Effects: EQ
  • Audio Effects: Dynamics
Delivery
  • Delivery Requirements?
  • Preparing for Output
  • Closed Captions
  • Reformatting
  • Final Considerations Before Output
  • Output Options
  • Archiving Your Project
  • Introducing AS-02‒Versioning
  • Cleaning Up Your Media

Remote Learning

This course is available for "remote" learning and will be available to anyone with access to an internet device with a microphone (this includes most models of computers, tablets). Classes will take place with a "Live" instructor at the date/times listed below.

Upon registration, the instructor will send along additional information about how to log-on and participate in the class.

School Notes:

Once you have signed up for this class, please email [email protected] if you are signing up for personal improvement or for business and if the company will be paying for your tuition.

Refund Policy

Any transfers and cancellations require written notification to [email protected]

Rescheduling Policy:

  • Bookings transferred by the customer more than 15 business days before the commencement date of the course will incur no transfer fee.
  • Bookings rescheduled by the customer within 1 to 15 business days of the commencement date of the course will incur a $150 transfer fee.

All transferred courses must be completed within 3 months of the commencement date of the original class.

Cancellation/Exclusion Policy:

  • Cancellations by customers made more than 22 business days before course commencement will incur 5% cancellation fee.
  • Cancellations within 9 to 22 business days of course commencement will incur a 50% cancellation fee
  • Cancellations between 1 and 8 business days will incur a 100% cancellation fee.
  • In the event that a customer cancels a booking for which a transfer has taken place, this will incur a minimum 50% cancellation fee.

All refunds for the Six Week Intensive may take a minimum of 10 business days to process regardless of when the cancellation occurs.

Exclusion of a Student by the school may occur if the student displays behavior deemed inappropriate and/or disruptive to other students and/or school faculty. Student will receive 1 (one) written warning regarding behavior. If the behavior in question is repeated, the Student will be removed from the class with a written explanation of their exclusion. In the event that a Student is removed due to the above-mentioned repetitive and/or disruptive behavior, no tuition fees will be refunded.

In any event where a customer wants to cancel their enrollment and is eligible for a full refund, a 5% processing fee will be deducted from the refund amount.

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