DVD version of Avid's award-winning courses, with over four hours of self-paced instruction on Avid Xpress Pro HD!

This interactive program teaches you everything you need to know to create effects, with inside tips and techniques as well as hands-on practice with essential procedures. One of Avids top instructors teaches you professional effects creation and compositing skills, such as:

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  Transition and segment effects creation

  
  
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  Multi-layer compositing and nesting

  
  
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  3D effects creation and manipulation

Pick your level! Beginners can start with the free introductory tutorial, followed by the instructional DVD Video, while intermediate editors can go right to the instructional DVD Video. Move interactively among topics, and repeat them as often as you like. Finally, test your new skills with review questions and hands-on exercises!

This program requires that you have a basic understanding of how to operate an Avid editing system.

This Avid Educational Series DVD features:

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  DVD video training that plays on both DVD players and computers

  
  
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  FREE introductory tutorial (plays on Windows and Macintosh PCs)

  
  
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  Modular lessons that follow the typical workflow of a video-editing project

  
  
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  Hands-on exercises using professionally produced footage

  
  
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  Clear explanations of all essential concepts and tasks

  
  
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  Detailed step-by-step procedures

  
  
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  Timesaving tips to help you increase efficiency and productivity

  
  
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  Companion DVDwith NTSC video and audio files

  
  
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  Instructions for both Windows XP and Macintosh OS X operating systems