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Mapping Your Keyboard and Interface
Button to Button Reassigment
Adding a Modifer to a Mapping
Menu to Button Reassignment
Using the Tool Palette
Using the Active Palette
Using Toolsets
Customizing your Window Arrangements
Linking Settings to Toolsets
Using Bins and Folders
Creating Bins
Creating Folders
Using the SuperBin
Trashing Bins
Preparing to Capture
Deck Configuration Settings
Other Deck-Related Settings
Choosing Your Source Tape
Designating Capture Drives (Scratch Disks)
Drive-related Capture Settings
Choosing a Video Resolution
Choosing Audio Input
Sample Rate, Format and Bit size
Setting Your Logging Bin
Logging and Capturing
Alternative to Logging and Capturing
Logging Clips
Batch Capturing Clips
Capturing with a non-controllable deck
Importing Media into Avid
Importing Bin Items from Other Projects
Importing Video Clips
Importing Music/Sounds from CD
Importing Stills
Importing High Res: Pan and Zoom
Preparing to Edit
Creating a Sequence
Loading an Existing Sequence
Setting Starting Timecode
Customizing Your Timeline - Lesson 1
Customizing Your Timeline - Lesson 2
Editing Basics: The Three-Point Edit
Loading a Clip Into a Source Monitor
Using XDV’s Play Controls
Marking & Changing In & Outs - Lesson 1
Marking & Changing In & Outs - Lesson 2
Selecting & Patching Tracks
Splice-In Editing
Overwrite Editing
Drag and Drop Editing - Lesson 1
Drag and Drop Editing - Lesson 2
Editing: Intermediate Techniques
Moving Around the Timeline - Lesson 1
Moving Around the Timeline - Lesson 2
Using Locators
Deleting with Lift and Extract
Deleting with Lift and Extract Segment Modes
Performing Replace Edits
Performing Fit-to-Fill Edits
Performing Back-timed Edits
Forcing Edit Points with Add Edit
Using the Match Frame button
Using the Clipboard Monitor
Adding Filler
Moving Segments in the Timeline
Positioning Segments – Snap to Edit
Using Sync Locks
Locking Tracks
Segment Drag Sync Locks
Monitoring and Soloing Tracks
Using Trim Mode
Entering and Exiting Trim Mode
Double-Roller Trims and Trimming Methods
Performing a Single-Roller Trim
Performing a Slip Trim
Performing a Slide Trim
Trimming While Keeping Sync
Creating Video FX: The Basics
About Xpress Effects: An Overview
Applying Segment Effects
Applying Transition Effects
Custom Transition Alignments
Creating a Custom Effect
Rendering Effects
Replacing or Removing Effects
Creating a Freeze Frame
Slow/Fast/Reverse/Strobe Motion
Render Effect Settings
Creating Video FX: Intermediate
Using QuickTransition
Using Fade Effect
Applying Multiple Effects to One Clip
Collapsing Tracks Into a Nest
Using Color Correction
Color Correction - Lesson 1
Color Correction - Lesson 2
Color Correction - Lesson 3
Match Color
Safe Color Warnings
Creating Titles
The Title Tool: An Overview
Working with Text: The Basics
Working with Graphics: The Basics
Blending and Transparency
Working with Shadows
Saving Your Title
Changing a Title
Adding a Fill Layer
Using the Avid Attic
Saving and Backing Up Your Project
Restoring Earlier Project Versions
Media Management
Source Media and the Media Database
Relinking Clips to Source Media
Finding Source Media Files
Forcing Media Offline
Transcoding Project to Another Resolution
Trimming Unused Media: Consolidate
Moving a Project: Consolidate
Creating an Offline Project for Recapture
Outputting your Project
Before You Output
Color Color Bars and Tone
Performing a Digital Cut
Exporting Features
Exporting Basics
Exporting Reference Movies
Batch Exporting
The Send To Feature
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