Avid Editing

Avid Editing

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A comprehensive guide covering Avid Xpress Pro, XPress Pro HD, and Xpress DV. Suitable for beginning editors or experienced editors new to the Avid, it provides step-by-step instructions for hundreds of editing tasks in jargon-free terms. It covers working with HD, the 16:9 widescreen, and the powerful Script Integration tool.

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Avid Editing by Sam Kauffmann

Avid Editing is a comprehensive guide covering Avid Xpress Pro, XPress Pro HD, and Xpress DV. Due to the similarity of Avid's interface across product lines, it is also relevant for Media Composer and other systems. Suitable for beginning editors or experienced editors new to the Avid, the book provides step-by-step instructions for hundreds of editing tasks in jargon-free terms. The chapters guide you through an editing project, while the accompanying DVD provides narrative footage to download for immediate, hands-on practice. The book can be read and studied at home, or while sitting in front of an Avid, following the book's step-by-step instructions. More than a software manual, this book delves into general editing techniques, principles, and pitfalls. The author is an experienced teacher who will help you master the Avid as well as improve your overall editing skills. This edition covers working with HD, the 16:9 widescreen, and the powerful Script Integration tool. In addition, there's new coverage of the issues facing indie filmmaker who is trying to decide how to go from the DV stage (shooting on mini-DV or DVCAM formats) to theatrical distribution. As well, there is new material on using Avid in PAL regions.
The guide is for beginner and intermediate users who wish to learn to use Avid's editing systemsThe book is a textbook, workbook, and user manual rolled into one...The book is aimed at teaching the user so he can begin editing as quickly as possible...This clearly written book provides effective exercises throughout to help users learn the basics of Avid editing and can also be helpful to those who are intermediate users. - HiTech Review, July/Aug. 2006

Avid Editing is a most comprehensive Avid guide, covering the second act of the digital revolution: the HD, HDV and 24P workflow. An important tool for the new and old generation of Avid editors. Film Ireland July/Aug. 2006
Sam Kauffmann is a professor at Boston University's College of Communication, where he teaches digital editing and film production. He is an award-winning video and filmmaker with numerous credits as a cinematographer and editor. His work has aired on network and local television stations throughout America. Included among his credits are Show Your Love, Fire: Countdown to Disaster, Killing Time, Surviving the Family, and South Africa: Building Democracy, about six South Africans who are helping to build a new nation from the rubble of apartheid.
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ISBN 13 9780240808161
ISBN 10 0240808169
Title Avid Editing
Author Sam Kauffmann
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published 2006-10-04
Number of pages 448
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.