Certificate in Video Editing (Avid Xpress)

AVID XPRESS DV

A powerful tool for professional digital Video Editing Designed for video professionals. Thanks to its elegant interface and superb editing tools, you can work with complete efficiency, control, and flexibility to produce broadcast-quality movies for video, film, multimedia, and the Web.
Avid Xpress DV offers more customizable real-time effects than any other product in its class, including titles, keys, transitions, audio mixes and audio punch-in with multiple simultaneous streams. Over 100 infinitely customizable real-time effects provide the most powerful software-only real-time system available.
Expert Color Correction Toolset Powerful real-time color correction tools bring professional functionality unrivaled by other software-only nonlinear editors. Avid's color correction tools automatically make each shot look its best.
Advanced Productivity Features Automating complex elements of the editing process enables new & experienced editors to focus on mastering the creative process, not the technology. Avid Xpress DV is easier and faster to use with Avid's software experts: Dynamic Storyboarding, One-Step Technology, NaturalMatch , SuperBins, DV Scene Extraction, Quick Transitions, and more.
Customizable, Professional Tools Avid Xpress DV allows you to personalize every aspect of the industry-standard Avid editing interface - toolsets, timeline, keyboards, buttons, even interface colors. Edit with the tools the pros use: unlimited layers, fast JKL trim, 24 bit audio support, powerful media management, and real-time motion effects.
Expandable and Open Use AVX, AAF, MXF (Coming soon), and OMF to work seamlessly with other systems. Output files in Windows Media, Real Media, QuickTime, Flash and MPEG formats.

Salient Features

Digitizes video & sound, hence eliminates transfer losses.
Edits video & multimedia movies in AVI, MPEG etc.
Creates titles and graphics.
Superimposes titles and graphics, animation on video and film.
Adds transition and special effects.
Uses digital filtering for special effects in video & audio tracks.
Modifies movies with other applications.
Exports projects to video tapes.

Course Contents

Role of Editing
Introduction of Editing Editing Terminology/Vocabulary
Cutting Styles
Organizational Tools & Rules for Editing
Editing with Sound Aesthetic Effect of Continuous Track
Sound as a Story Telling Device
Counterpoint & Illustration
Step by Step procedures to editing with track
Making Beats, Cutting On or Off the Beat
What you Learn in Avid Xpress DV Avid System Overview
Basic Editing
Fine Tuning
Trimming
Additional Editing Tools
Subclipping & Storyboarding
Backing up your Project
Editing Dialog
Working in the Timeline
Working with Audio, Fine-Tuning Audio
Inputting Video
Preparing your bin for Editing
Creating a Digital Cut
Importing & Exporting
Media Management
Creating Titles.