Avid Media Composer user certification

Week 1 MC101 Fundamentals I Lesson Objectives: 

• Launch Media Composer 
• Identify and understand the function of the primary Media Composer tools and windows 
• Create/Open a project using standard SD and HD formats 
• Import/Link to media 
• Create project bins, as needed 
• Organize clips by moving them from one bin to another 
• Create a sequence, and add or remove tracks as needed 
• Add clips to the sequence using Splice and Overwrite, or equivalent SmartTool functions 
• Remove sequence material using Lift and Extract, or equivalent SmartTool functions 
• Use Trim mode and SmartTool trim tools to change the length of sequence clips 
• Adjust the audio level (clip gain) of clips in the sequence 
• Add basic effects to sequence clips 
• Add transition effects to the sequence 
• Create and add static titles 
• Use automatic color correction to improve the appearance of video clips 
• Export the finished sequence as a high-quality video file, or for uploading to the web 
• Adjust basic settings relating to the media creation and user preferences 
• Locate Media Composer project and media files 
• Delete unwanted media files, and all media at the completion of the edit process 

Week 2 MC110 Fundamentals II Lesson Objectives: 

• Create custom project sizes, including larger than HD (2K, 4K, etc) 
• Understand the operational implications of working in larger-than-HD projects 
• Link to media files and copy, consolidate or transcode the media, as needed 
• Synchronize video and audio from separate sources 
• Organize project bins using common industry conventions 
• Quickly assemble a scene using storyboard editing, plus Top, Tail and Extend 
• Use various search tools to locate a desired clip 
• Create multiple versions of a sequence to track the creative process 
• Utilize Media Composer’s best-in-class trim tools to dynamically adjust the pacing of a scene 
• Adjust Clip Gain, and utilize Pan and Volume automation to create an integrated audio mix 
• Create pan-and-zoom style “camera” moves over still images or video 
• Solve common image problems with effects to stabilize the image, blur faces and logos, and erase unwanted jump cuts 
• Create freeze-frames, slow-motion and TimeWarp effects 
• Use multilayer effects to create split-screens, superimposed images, and more 
• Composite video elements using the SpectraMatte effect to create a chroma-key 
• Intelligently render effects sequences to improve playback performance 
• Selectively delete unwanted render files to keep the media drives clutter-free 
• Understand how to correctly backup project files and associated media files 
• Restore lost work using Avid’s autosave feature 
• Relink media files 
• Resolve common technical issues, including “Media Offline” 
• Identify and adjust common Settings to increase efficiency and avoid complications 
• Output the finished program according to common broadcast delivery standards 
• Be ready to sit the associated certification exam  

​​​An intensive 2- weeks studying a module per week, from 9am – 5pm Monday to Friday on both weeks, with exams to gain Avid Media Composer certification at the end of the course. 

​​Arrival: From 8.45am (welcome, refreshments, and a discussion of the day ahead)  

​Teaching starts: 9am each day 

​Teaching ends: 5pm each day​ 

​​Please ensure that you bring a laptop or tablet which can run Adobe Digital Editions so that you can open the Avid course e-book alongside your iMac in our facilities, as the workflow windows we’ll be using on this course will utilise the two screens available on each iMac.  

​You’ll also need to set up your personal Avid account prior to the course (we provide full instructions) and you need to ensure that you have accessed and tested the course e-books before the course begins to avoid a delay being able to follow along with the exercises.  

​Please remember to bring a packed lunch with you, or visit one of our on-campus café’s. Tea and coffee will be provided each day. You may wish to bring a reusable water bottle with you.  

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• ​​​​Individual workstations in our Post-Production Hub with 2 screens (needed for the workflows we’ll be using). 
• ​Official Avid course e-book for each module (please note this is in electronic format, not printed) 
• ​MC101 and MC110 exams and certification at the end of the course 
• ​Tea/coffee each day​ 
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Tea/coffee is included, with all diets catered for. Please note: lunch is not included in the course cost, we recommend bringing a packed lunch or visiting one of our on-campus cafés.​  ​ 

​​This course is taught in our professional-standard facilities on our Penryn campus.  

​There is plenty of parking available on our Penryn campus and you can also reach us via a range of public transport options. You can find out more, here.  

​For campus maps and information on visiting us, please visit our How to find us page.​ 

​​This course includes exams at the end of the course, with 1 retake included if required. Students who pass the exam will gain Avid Certified User for Media Composer certification.​ 

​​You need to be familiar with a Mac and have an interest in editing, production, or post-production. You do not need any prior Avid experience. ​ 

​​​Accommodation is not included in this course cost, but is available to book separately on our Penryn campus. If you would like to book accommodation, please see our accommodation for short course students page for a range of options.  ​