Copy-to-Clipboard into Source MonitorĪdding Option if you’re on a Mac or Alt if you’re on a PC with C will throw your selection straight to the Source Monitor. The next shortcut however, which is related to this one, is one I couldn’t imagine editing without.
I understand the concept and how it could be used but for me there are too many clicks to make this work quickly. Okay, ready for the keyboard shortcuts in Avid Media Composer for editing?! Confused about anything? Leave a comment. It takes a minute (or a couple weeks) to wrap your head around it but IMO it’s the safest, quickest and best way to edit. Locking tracks keeps you from unintentionally knocking your timeline out of sync. If I shorten a clip on V1 at 01:03:00:00 I don’t want to have to think about the rest of the clips further down the timeline that are synced up with clips and audio on other tracks getting knocked out of alignment. I find that more times than not I want everything on the timeline to react together. If the tracks were unlocked however the clip on V1 would shorten to 3 seconds and the clip on V2 would remain the same. If you have V1 selected and you extract from 01:02:21:10 to 01:02:22:10 (1 second) then the clips on V1 and V2 shorten by a second. adding or removing time to a track by editing in or editing out a clip) to one then you make changes to them all. Locking tracks syncs the given timecode for all locked tracks, locking them together so if you make changes (i.e. That’s not what this is in Media Composer. Create a new bin for your imported media, highlight the imported clips, and move them into their own separate bin.When you “lock a track” in After Effects it means you cannot make any changes to it. It is now important to separate your AMA source footage and your new Avid video files into separate bins.Notice that the imported clips have a different icon than the linked clips - we no longer see a chain link.New clips will show up in your bin with the file suffix “.new.01.”.Depending on the amount of footage that you’re bringing into the program, this step may take a while."Source Dimensions" will keep a consistent resolution and DNxHQ will provide a high bit-rate, high quality copy. Select the appropriate video dimensions and resolution.Select your external hard drive or your Students drive on the server. This will be where Avid stores new copies of your footage in the proper Avid format.
To learn how to start a new project from scratch, see our other guide "Starting a Project in Avid." Avid is available in almost all of our labs in the DFL (6th Floor Ansin) and DPL (8th Floor Ansin), so come on by to get some hands on experience with the program. This article will cover the basics of Avid Media Composer.