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Avid Webinar Showcase
Avid provides filmmakers, broadcasters, recording engineers, game developers, effects artists, and other media professionals several chances to experience our products and services virtually by providing the latest solutions and product demonstrations through live and archived webcasts.
Please check back frequently to get the latest information regarding Avid's offering of multimedia webcasts.
Archived WebcastsPower Workflows for HD and SD Broadcast Graphics ProductionOriginally Broadcast: Tuesday, June 19 2007Learn how to streamline the creative process and create high-impact visuals suitable for both HD and SD programming.
Teicia Joffe, Avid Product Marketing Manager and Rob Rizzuto, Avid Senior Product Designer, will demonstrate best techniques for building an efficient broadcast graphics package using key features of the Avid Deko graphics system. They will be joined by Howard Zryb, freelance Broadcast Graphics Designer/Operator, to present workflows used during the actual production of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
Tune in June 19th to learn how you can:
- Create a single graphics package for use in multiple broadcast formats, and even multiple languages
- Reduce the number of required graphic assets
- Create stunning on-screen animations using Deko-signature Motion effects
- Work with open industry applications like Adobe AfterEffects for fast import of moving backgrounds and animations
- Gather data from a variety of sources, including bios and results from MS Access databases
- Create high-impact graphics once and share them across departments or across the globe
- Get to air faster with Avid Deko
Teicia, Rob, and Howard will be online for a live Q&A session following the presentation.
Who should attend?
- Art Directors
- Broadcast Designers / Operators
- Graphics and Promotions Managers
- Station and Operations Managers
- Producers and Directors
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Succeeding with HD ProductionOriginally Broadcast: Wednesday, November 15 2006Whether you're just starting an editing career or a seasoned professional, HD offers a new set of opportunities, but also numerous challenges. Join Patrick McLean, Senior Product Manager, and Michael Phillips, Chief Product Designer, for a discussion of what it takes to make the most of HD in real-world production and academic settings. Success in production is all about preparation, and this Webcast will ensure that you know all the right questions to ask before you start shooting. Tune in to learn:
- What different HD formats exist, and what factors to consider when choosing one
- How the editing process differs from SD to HD, and what tools are available in Avid Media Composer and Avid Xpress Pro to simplify HD production
- HD output options, from outputting HD projects to SD tape or DVD, to a broadcast master, or to Blu-ray disc
- Avid DNxHD Encoding -- what is it, and what purpose does it serve?
- Using HD in film based workflows
Who should attend?
Anyone interested in HD production and postproduction including:
- Directors
- Editors
- Faculty
- Indie Filmmakers
- Producers
- Post Supervisors
- Students
Media Composer Power Tips and TricksOriginally Broadcast: Wednesday, October 4 2006Whether you're new to Media Composer or a seasoned editor, you can get more from the industry's most customizable and extensible nonlinear editing system. Matt Feury, Senior Product Marketing Manager, will show you how to turn your Media Composer system into your personal creative workspace. Learn new ways to optimize your editing environment, eliminate busywork a few easy keyboard shortcuts, and become a power user with 10 of today's hottest tips. Tune in to become a power user with 10 of today's hottest tips, including:
- Export multiple select frames from a sequence in one pass
- Matchback individual tracks within multi-layer sequences
- Expand the Color Correction UI for even greater control
- Create a set of custom transitions that can be accessed instantly from the Quick Transitions tool
- Use multilayer effect templates
Show us your moves
Submit your own favorite tip or trick and be automatically entered for a chance to win free Media Composer software. Click here to view contest rules
Who should attend:
Media Composer editors
Independent filmmakers
Post-production supervisors
Media education professionals
Adobe Premiere and Apple Final Cut Pro users
Click on this url to download an automatic Outlook Calendar entry:
http://www.avid.com/events/reminders/powertips100406.ics
Turnkey Digital News Production: End-to-end Capability for Every MarketOriginally Broadcast: Wednesday, September 20 2006Join Johnathon Howard, Avid Broadcast Architect, and James Murphy, Avid Broadcast Application Editor, as they show you how the right digital nonlinear solution can help local stations streamline news production, prepare for HD, and win viewers with faster, better content. Join us on September 20 and be eligible to win a copy of NewsCutter® XP software. Complete contest rules are available here.
Not all digital solutions are created equal. This Webcast can help you make the right choice.
Tune in to learn how you can:
- Replace linear tape systems with instant, facility-wide access to high-res media
- Acquire media, finish packages, and go to air faster, with less effort and higher quality
- Create high-value media once and share it anywhere--even across stations
- Transition to all-digital production smoothly, with expert assistance, while your competitors are still piecing together their systems
See what world-class Avid systems and support can do for you
Affordable Avid broadcast solutions feature AirSpeed® I/O hardware, NewsCutter® editing software, and Avid Unity™ LANshare media networks--all tied together by the revolutionary Interplay™ nonlinear workflow engine and configured for small- to mid-sized stations. And all backed by unmatched Avid expertise.
Johnathon and James will answer your questions after the presentation.
Who should attend:
General Managers
News Directors
Chief Engineers
IT Managers
Producers
Chief Editors
Click on this url to download an automatic Outlook Calendar entry:
http://www.avid.com/events/reminders/turnkey102006.ics
Avid Media Composer: the best editor on the planetOriginally Broadcast: Wednesday, June 21 2006Join host Tim Wilson, Avid Senior Product Marketing Manager, as he explores new features and technology like Motion Tracking, Full-Screen Play over DVI, and Avid DNxHD 36 for offline HD. Presented on both Mac OS X (Tiger) and Windows XP systems, Tim will demonstrate how Avid delivers the industry's richest and most refined film and video editing tools. Who should attend:
Film, Post, and Broadcast professionals and educators from all corners of the industry. Whether you're just getting started or a power user, there's more for you to learn about the Media Composer.
Join us in the edit suite as we:
- Manage and manipulate the various acquisition formats available today, all in real time within the Avid Open Timeline
- Use the Media Composer system's superior color correction tools for one-step and more advanced operations
- Create complex motion effects with patented Avid FluidMotion and FluidFilm features
- Leverage the world-renowned Avid media management architecture to move, track, and translate media quickly and confidently
Work with HD and multi-camera material on a Mac-based Media Composer
PLUS: Get a sneak preview of the upcoming Avid ScriptSync technology for accelerated script-based editing.
Live Q&A: After the demonstration, Tim will answer your questions in an interactive session with live product demos.
Avid Liquid: Editing. Audio. DVD. Effects. One applicationOriginally Broadcast: Wednesday, May 17 2006Join host Tim Wilson, Avid Senior Product Marketing Manager, as he shows you how you can create video and audio content that really sticks out, and how Avid Liquid can help you master next-generation DVD, Web, and mobile media. Avid Liquid offers a single easy interface that combines powerful video editing, surround audio processing, dazzling effects, DVD authoring, and output to high-quality video formats.
Who should attend:
Video editors, event videographers, corporate video producers or anyone who wants end-to-end creativity in a single application.
You'll see how to:
- Take your film wherever you go by loading it on an iPod, PSP2, or phone
- Capture video with a mobile phone and edit it on your laptop
- Create a DVD feature without leaving your editing app
- Transform your DVD experience with surround audio
- Give your video a film look
- Capture, edit, and review major SD, HD, DVD and Web formats
PLUS: Learn how you can get even more value with The Big Splash Bundle: Hollywood FX Pro, Title Deko Pro, and Magic Bullet Movie Looks. Included FREE with Avid Liquid for a limited time.
Live Q&A: After the demonstration, Tim will answer your questions in an interactive Q&A session with live product demos
Avid Xpress Pro: Tools to take you furtherOriginally Broadcast: Tuesday, September 27 2005Are you ready to make your move to the tools Hollywood pros use? Experience the professional power of Avid editing for Mac and PC systems. Join Avid Senior Product Marketing Manager Tim Wilson for a guided tour of the newest versions of Avid Xpress Pro® software.
Topics included:
HDV editing for PC: Native HDV acquisition, Avid DNxHD, the Avid Open Timeline, and multi-resolution multicam editing
Tiger OS integration for Mac: The ultimate Tiger editing experience, with unmatched Mac OS X 10.4 integration and blazing real-time effects
Avid editing features for Mac and PC: Whichever operating system you choose, Avid Xpress Pro offers:
- proven media management
- script-based editing
- real-time animated alpha channels
- automatic color correction
Q&A: After the demonstration, Tim answered questions from the online audience in an interactive Q&A session, complete with live, real-time product demos.
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