Avid Media Composer - Lesson One

This week we received our very first lesson on how to use the software AVID Media Composer. Having never used a major video editing software before, this was an entirely new kettle of fish, and it required me to be aware and concentrate on everything that was being said.

The two hour session included the simple basics of Avid, such as the creation of BINS and how to put them into order, by importing the correct media into each one. For example :

After understanding the creation of BINS, We went onwards to importing media into these, and then adding to the timeline. As we had no media to use, we managed to get some off www.lynda.com, for us to use.