It is one of those very simple things that are not always obvious to newcomers. Also, from version 4 of MC, the way of choosing individual clip colours has a new dialogue box. So let's revisit some of the ways of adding colour to your timeline. Regards, Douglas This tutorial can be viewed at "Full... (read more)

Duplicate is one of those things that are taken for granted - after you discover it! I was using the Undo/Redo List when I began learning MC. Then I found out about the Ctrl +Z combination to Undo a step. It was not until a month had passed that I discovered the Duplicate function. Regards, Douglas This... (read more)

This is one of those very simple things that not so many newcomers know about. It is simple, but it can be very useful. Once you have copied your selection to the Source Monitor you can use it as you would any material loaded into the monitor. Not only, as I have shown, adding to the end of your timeline... (read more)

I made a Tutorial on Track Selectors a while back, but a recent Forum thread reminded me that there are newcomers arriving on Avid's shores all the time. Those coming from NLEs that have a very different workspace, timeline and workflow from Media Composer's can find things very confusing at... (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)