Experienced users of MC probably never give a second thought to such basic concepts. However Newcomers to Non Linear Editing in general and Migrants to MC in particular can have difficulty in understanding even simple procedures until they have understood these very basic concepts. Thus the Title - Before... (read more)

In one of my Tutorials about customising the colours of tracks and clips I forgot to include information about customising the colour of the background of the timeline window. Here it is now! Regards, Douglas This tutorial can be viewed at "Full-screen" by clicking on the icon on the toolbar (read more)

This is one of those things which seasoned editors would never even consider worth a tutorial, as it is such a simple thing. However Newcomers can find such simple things to be very important as the begin to learn MC from the ground up. Regards, Douglas This tutorial can be viewed at "Full-screen"... (read more)

The fifteenth in a series of tutorials created to assist Avid/Pinnacle Liquid users who are considering migrating to Media Composer. This Tutorial is very short and was made to show Liquid migrants that they didn't have to keep the default MC colour scheme. The actual process of changing the colours... (read more)

It's not in your default layout. If you've never heard of it you probably will never look for it, let alone find it. So here it is......... Regards Douglas PS. This tutorial has been updated after Siencs kindly pointed out an important point I had missed in the original Tutorial. Thank you Siencs... (read more)

This tutorial deals with an easy way to keep clips restricted to vertical movement only, when moving them from track to track. Regards, Douglas This tutorial can be viewed at "Full-screen" by clicking on the icon on the toolbar (read more)

This tutorial deals with some of the settings that can help you create customised timelines. Regards, Douglas This tutorial can be viewed at "Full-screen" by clicking on the icon on the toolbar (read more)

This tutorial deals with a rather strange topic for an MC Forum! If you ever get into a discussion with a Liquid fan you will probably hear how great the Liquid timeline is compared to MC's. Now, I know that MC users couldn't really care less.... but in case they wanted to refute the claim -... (read more)

The twenty-first in a series of tutorials created to assist Avid/Pinnacle Liquid users who are considering migrating to or have already migrated to Media Composer. A little about getting into the trim-mode and changing between double and single rollers. Regards, Douglas This tutorial can be viewed at... (read more)

The twentieth in a series of tutorials created to assist Avid/Pinnacle Liquid users who are considering migrating to or have already migrated to Media Composer. The realationship between the 2 sets of timeline monitor buttons and the source and record monitors is not always clear at first. Hopefully... (read more)