Avid Editing: A Guide for Beginning and Intermediate Users

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A book/CD-ROM guide providing step-by-step instructions for editing tasks with the latest digital editing systems. Covers all aspects of the editing process, from basic to advanced techniques, with chapters organized in a logical progression to help both beginners and intermediate users. Includes numerous b&w photos and screen captures. The CD-ROM contains a dramatic scene, covered from a variety of camera angles, for editing practice. Kauffmann teaches digital editing and film production at Boston University's College of Communication.Book News, Inc.®, Portland, OR


Review
"Avid Editing contains many little gems for Avid users." - Charles Fulton, Videomaker

"Sam Kauffmann has taken the dearth of adequate texts for Avid beginners into his own hands and written one of the clearest, most focused books about Avid editing and digital video editing in general. Most texts about didital nonlinear editing attempt to cover too much ground, packing information about cameras, computers aesthetics, and the entire postproduction process into one volume. Kauffmann succeeds so well because he stays on target." - Greg Gilpatrick, The Independent


Review
"Avid Editing contains many little gems for Avid users." - Charles Fulton, Videomaker

"Sam Kauffmann has taken the dearth of adequate texts for Avid beginners into his own hands and written one of the clearest, most focused books about Avid editing and digital video editing in general. Most texts about didital nonlinear editing attempt to cover too much ground, packing information about cameras, computers aesthetics, and the entire postproduction process into one volume. Kauffmann succeeds so well because he stays on target." - Greg Gilpatrick, The Independent


Book Description
This text is for beginning to intermediate users of Avid Xpress, Xpress DV, or Media Composer. These digital editing systems offer a tremendous number of tools that open up myriad creative possibilities for the film and videomaker, but are as a result difficult to master. The chapters guide readers through an editing project, while the accompanying DVD provides narrative footage to download for immediate, hands-on practice. The book can be read and studied at home, or while sitting in front of an Avid, following the book's step-by-step instructions.

The new edition is updated to reflect the latest versions of Avid software, including an emphasis on the Xpress DV for Mac and Windows. There is also new material on Script Integration, a powerful tool now available on almost all of Avid's products, and a new chapter on how Avid can help the reader create material for current and future widescreen television formats.

·A beginning text designed for anyone new to the Avid
·Complete step-by-step instructions assume no prior knowledge
·Companion DVD contains footage from a narrative scene, so students can begin editing immediately


From the Publisher
The digital editing systems offer a tremendous number of tools that open up a myriad of creative possibilities for the film and video maker, but are as a result difficult to master. This book can be read and studied at home, or while sitting in front of an Avid, following the book's step-by-step instructions. Additional assignments appear at the end of some chapters to guide students through important tasks and increase their editing skills. A CD-ROM containing footage for a short narrative scene accompanies the text, providing all students with material to download into the machine to begin work almost immediately. The script for the scene appears at the end of the first chapter, providing the students with a blueprint to follow. The book is illustrated throughout with screen shots referring to the same scene, so that the student is able to follow the steps outlined in the book directly on the machine, thereby gaining the confidence required to work on his or her own projects. Sam Kauffmann is an assistant professor at Boston University where he teaches digital editing and film production classes. He is an award winning video and filmmaker, with numerous credits as a cinematographer and editor. His work has aired on network and local television stations throughout America. Included among his film and video documentaries are Show Your Love, Fire: Countdown to Disaster, Killing Time, and Surviving the Family. He recently completed a three-part series entitled South Africa: Building Democracy, which profiles six South Africans who are helping to build a new nation from the rubble of apartheid.


About the Author
Sam Kauffmann is a professor at Boston University's College of Communication, where he teaches digital editing and film production. He is an award-winning video and filmmaker with numerous credits as a cinematographer and editor. His work has aired on network and local television stations throughout America. Included among his credits are Show Your Love, Fire: Countdown to Disaster, Killing Time, Surviving the Family, and South Africa: Building Democracy, about six South Africans who are helping to build a new nation from the rubble of apartheid.


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Avid Editing is a comprehensive guide covering nonlinear editing on the Avid Xpress DV, Avid Media Composer, and Avid Xpress on both Windows and Macintosh platforms. Suitable for beginning or experienced editors new to Avid, the book provides step-by-step instructions for hundreds of editing tasks in jargon-free terms. The chapters are organized in a logical progression that will help the beginner to master the material, while providing the intermediate user with a thorough review of techniques as well as important new information. This new edition has been expanded and now includes a chapter on 16:9 Widescreen Editing, explaining how Avid can help the reader create material for current and future widescreen television formats. Also new is the chapter on Script Integration, a powerful tool now available on almost all of Avid's products. The accompanying DVD contains all the video and audio clips you'll need to edit two dramatic scenes: "Wanna Trade" and "Gaffer's Delight." The first is the easier of the two projects and is designed to get the reader editing by the first chapter. The second is a more complex scene, shot in the 16:9 widescreen format, and it gives the reader hands-on practice with widescreen editing and script integration. A shooting script is also included on the DVD.


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