Tag Archives: Avid

Subtitling with Avid Newscutter

This guide has been written to support the MA International Journalism at Cardiff School of Journalism, Cardiff University. Some of the text may be specific to our own setup but Im sure the guide will be of use to anyone … Continue reading

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Creating and working with the Title Tool – Avid

This guide has been written to support the MA International Journalism at Cardiff School of Journalism, Cardiff University. Some of the text may be specific to our own setup but Im sure the guide will be of use to anyone … Continue reading

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Backing up an Avid project and general good practice

The work you do on an Avid project can be the culmination of a lot of hard work and time. Imagine how you might feel if one day you opened your Avid project and all the media had gone or … Continue reading

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Using an image over video – Avid Text Tool – Part 3

This guide will show you how to add text to a sequence in avid. More info to come.

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Using an image over video – Avid – Part 2

This post follows on from the first post Using an image over video. This post will deal with working with the image in Avid and adding the image to the sequence. In Part 3 I will look at adding text … Continue reading

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Fade to grey – Avid

Fading an image or video to grey can be used to suggest to the audience that this is a serious bit of the film. As the video fades to grey, text might also appear, emphasising the words of a voice … Continue reading

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Using an image over video – Photoshop – Part 1

Picture the scene, your editing a package about a serious subject, the Welsh Assembly or utility companies perhaps. You need to display text over the images to follow a statement made by the company. To relate the words with the … Continue reading

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Rolling and Crawling Titles

To create a rolling (moves from bottom to top) or crawling (moves from right to left) titles is very similar to creating static titles. Open the Title Tool and select either the Crawl or Roll button. Select the Text option … Continue reading

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Using keyframes to add movement to a still image

Occasionally you will need to use a still image in a sequence. However, its generally not a good idea to use still images in a movie as still images do not keep the attention and interest of the audience for … Continue reading

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Avid – changing the speed of video

Most of the speed effects found in Avid are variable speed effects, i.e. speed bumps, fast to slow or slow to fast. The most commonly asked for speed effect is a constant speed change. To create this effect you should … Continue reading

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