Discover how to purchase and install Avid Media Composer 6, download Mac and Windows installers, and complete setup with authentication after selecting destination and components.

Activate and manage your Avid Media Composer license by linking your system ID to a code from Avid. Choose internet or offline activation, with dongle options and a 30-day trial.

Explore how menus vary by the active window, with grayed out options, and use arrows, fast menus, and right-click shortcuts to access media and timecode options.

Explore the project window and create a new project with a private location, then configure format, aspect ratio, color space, stereo, and understand that bins hold media, sequences, and subclips.

Explore the built-in Avid calculator to perform frame-rate math, convert hours, minutes, seconds, and frames, and compute total frames across 25 fps, 13:9 drop, or 39 drop.

Explore using the capture tool in Avid Media Composer 6 to capture media from a camera, log while capturing, set in and out points, and manage batch and recapture workflows.

Learn keyboard control for Media Composer transport with j, k, and l to play, reverse, and adjust speed, enabling efficient navigation when capturing in and out points.

Import images in avid media composer with drag-and-drop or the import menu, then adjust image size, file pixel-to-video mapping, and alpha handling to fit the project format.

Import compressed video files into a 16:9 HD workflow in Media Composer, set consistent import settings, and verify clips in the viewer before moving to Pro Tools.

Navigate bin views in avid media composer 6 to organize video and audio clips with icons, text/frame/script views, and metadata like creation date and time codes.

Explore the bin menu in Avid Media Composer 6, customize views and columns, sort and select media, reverse selections, and manage offline items, media relatives, and sources.

Learn to create ad hoc storyboards in Avid Media Composer using the bin: reorder clips, resize frames, align to a grid, and save or print the storyboard.

Explore Avid media access (a.m.a.) to link cameras and external media, gain native access to file-based video without moving, importing, or transcoding, and work with online/offline media via volume linking.

Explore workflows in avid media composer 6, demonstrating native playback on the timeline without transcoding, reconnecting media when volumes are removed, and managing A-MEI settings and backups.