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A Guide for Beginning and Intermediate Users

By Sam Kauffmann

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Avid Editing by Sam Kauffmann is a fully updated guide tailored for beginners and intermediate editors navigating modern HD, UHD, 2K, and 4K workflows. The book combines the artistic principles of motion picture editing with clear, practical instruction on using Avid Media Composer. It offers comprehensive coverage on essential post-production techniques including trimming, audio mastering, effects, titles, colour correction, syncing sound and picture, and customisation. This sixth edition also features an online eResource with professional footage and project files to support hands-on learning.
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This book is ideal for emerging editors, professionals seeking to update their skills, and those transitioning to Avid from other editing platforms. It serves both students and practitioners wanting a thorough, up-to-date manual on Avid's tools and workflows.

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Completely updated for current HD, UHD, 2K, and 4K workflows, Avid Editing blends the art and aesthetics of motion picture editing with technical, hands-on instruction. Appropriate for beginners and intermediate users who need to refresh their knowledge of essential post-production techniques, this fully revamped and full-colour sixth edition is also an excellent tool for editors coming to Avid from other non-linear editing platforms.

Topics covered include trimming, audio, effects, titles, colour correction, customisation, inputting, and outputting. A robust accompanying online eResource features professionally shot footage and Avid project files, allowing readers to work alongside the lessons taught in the book.

The new edition covers:

Avid Media Composer licensing choices
Changes to the Avid user interface
Basic and advanced visual effects
Mastering Avid’s audio tools
Exploring Avid’s Title Tool and NewBlue Titler Pro
Understanding double-system sound techniques
Syncing picture and sound files
Understanding and applying LUTs
The latest HD, UHD, 2K, and 4K Workflows

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781138930537

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 18 April 2017

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Edition: 6th edition

Illustration: 5 Tables, black and white; 719 Illustrations, color

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 191.0mm

Height: 235.0mm

Weight: 1300g

Pages: 484

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About the Author

Sam Kauffmann was named a Guggenheim Fellow in Creative Arts – Film in 2009. He teaches film production and motion picture editing at Boston University. He recently completed a film that exposes the many biases inherent in the SAT and ACT tests, called Act Out Against SAT, and his film Kids Living with Slim (2010), about African children who are HIV positive, won a CINE Golden Eagle Award. His previous film, Massacre at Murambi (2007), was aired on the PBS series POV. It won top prizes and was screened at festivals all over the world. In 2004, he was a Fulbright Scholar, teaching production at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda. In 2006, he was a Fulbright Senior Specialist teaching at the National University of Rwanda.

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