Media Composer 6: Professional Effects and Compositing (Avid Learning Series: Profession Certification)

I have been waiting 20 years for an Avid Effects book of the high standard of this. You don't how helpful this book has been to ease the pressure of creating effects. This has never been done this successfully before in my 20 year Avid editing career. With the others in the series, it's the best Avid publication ever, and written in an easy to understand, and humorous manner. Even though it does not address the latest software, David East has done a superb job in presenting foundational and advanced information that the Avid Editor must know. I eagerly await the updated version for MC 7.

Love this book of avid. I near future I see the book Avid Media Composer 6.x Cookbook that it is Weak compared with this. If any people like learn more in the world of avid this is the book.sorry my bad english

The perfect book for my avid media composer software. The service I receive getting thisbook was excellent and would recommend this seller to future buyers. Excellent Book for those who want to learn Avid Media Effects.

All of these instructional book are great ....Will be buying more soon. being a student of media composer this book is essential

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Don't miss this book, it worth every penny.

MC is a serious piece of software, designed for and used by professionals. By the time I finish writing this review, the turf will probably have changed, but as of now (mid 2012) it is one of the few programs that can be considered one of the industry standards.The editors and authors of this book have decided to divide their book on MC 6 into several separate books which was probably a wise decision -- doesn't feel like a publisher's decision to squeeze more money out of a release. Several books on a program this large is more practical. Easier on the hands.What we have here is an expert, nicely-sequenced, and clear walk-through of basic to intermediate functions for MC 6 relating to picture and sound editing. It is all about real-world applications, using some fun examples in the process. I found the section on multilayered video compositing really helpful.This is not the most scintillating prose you will ever encounter, but the author tries for a friendly and accessible tone -- for this he gets some props. If you are looking for something that is part reference and part "learn-to" you should probably pick this one up.

Avid Media Composer, like most non linear editing programs is a rather complex, and deciedly expensive piece of software. This book along with Part 1 and the other books in the Avid Learning Series are necessary in order to be certified. There are plenty of tips and tricks, the technical walk throughs are thorough and deetailed in order to give users a sense of proficiency in the program itself. There are some discrepencies between what is written throughough the book on some things. There are typographical and techhnical errors such as how resolutions are typed out.The book is like any other manual in that it tends to be very dull reading, however, it does give users a place to start.

The publishers are obviously very lazy. The author should get in touch and suggest that they open their eyes and release a kindle version.