How to Use Avid Xpress
Avid Xpress is professional video editing software that is made by the Avid software company. Avid Xpress works with HD video as well as standard digital video. With Avid Xpress, you can capture video that you have recorded with a video camera and then edit it and add special effects. When you are done editing on Avid Xpress, you can use it to export your video file into a completed movie or video. Avid Xpress can have a bit of a learning curve, but there are online tutorials that can help you learn how to use the program.
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Use your web browser to go the the Avid website (see Resources). You will find several Avid Xpress tutorials on the site. Start with the "Avid Xpress Studio Tutorial" that will tell you how to work with your files with the Avid software.
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Move on to the "Avid Xpress Pro HD Tutorial." This tutorial gives you an overview of each step in the progression of creating and completing a project in Avid Xpress.
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Visit the Marrutt Software Training website. Look on the Avid Xpress Tutorial page for a list of the tutorials available. You can view sample lessons for free, but you need to purchase the lessons on CD in order to get the complete lesson.
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Learn how to move around in Avid Xpress with the "Mapping Your Keyboard and Interface," "Using Toolsets, Bin and Folders," and the "Preparing to Capture" tutorials. Be sure to read the introductory "getting started" free lessons before moving onto these lessons.
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Prepare to capture video with Avid Xpress by watching the capture tutorials. They are "Preparing to Capture," "Logging and Capturing" and "Importing Media into Avid." These tutorials give you the basics on capturing video with Avid Xpress.
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Get familiar with editing video in Avid Xpress with the remainder of the Marrutt Software Training tutorials. Start with "Preparing to Edit," and move on to "Editing Basics: The Three-Point Edit" before finishing the remainder of the tutorials in order. End with the tutorials on outputting and exporting your project.
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