About Media Composer 101
Avid Media Composer is the standard editing system used by professionals in the film and television industries and with its many capabilities available at a low price, it's well within the range of serious non-professionals too. With this latest release, Avid proves to be more innovative than ever in a fast-paced world of digital media.

Here to guide students on the foundations of editing using Avid Media Composer 5 is the 3 day Media Composer 101 course which is based on the only book on the market officially developed and approved by Avid. Each chapter covers a complete lesson in the fundamentals, with instructor led classes and step-by-step instructions so students can absorb the details and start using the program right away. After discovering how to use the tools and understanding the editing workflow, they'll go on to learn basic editing, timeline editing, and trimming, and then move on to refining audio, adding effects, performing color correction, creating titles, and finally managing projects and delivering the finished work.

They'll also learn about groundbreaking capabilities new to this version of Media Composer such as a drag-and-drop Timeline that allows its users to mix formats, frame rates, and resolutions, new direct editing capabilities for QuickTime, RED, XDCAM, and other tapeless media, and much more. Not only that, with the included DVD, students can dive right in and follow along with in-class projects using professional footage from top television shows and films.

Course outline:
1 Introducing Tools and Workflow
2 Basic Editing
3 Timeline Editing
4 Fine-Tuning the Sequence
5 Basic Audio Editing
6 Customizing Settings
7 Introducing Effects
8 Introducing Color Correction
9 Creating Titles with Avid Marquee
10 Capturing Tape-Based Media
11 Working with File-Based Media
12 Managing Your Project and