The Avid Handbook Intermediate Techniques, Strategies, and Survival Information for Avid Editing Systems

The Avid Handbook caters to video editors bordering on intermediate who are ready to unleash the full power of the Avid but don't know where to start. Rather than focusing on arcane keystrokes, the book teaches production procedures, the real key for getting a job done. Time saving, shortcuts, and strategies are emphasized, and the author tackles such real-world problems as set up, keeping a facility running, minimizing crashing, and troubleshooting head on. Bayes has helped thousands to avoid downtime and maximize creative time.
* Intermediate techniques for the Avid Xpress, Avid Xpress DV, Media Composer, and Symphony
* Emphasis on workflow strategies, configuration, troubleshooting, and administration
* Helps maximize creative time and eliminate downtime

Bayes is the Product Manager for Final Cut Pro at Apple. For 8 years he was the Principal Product Designer for Media Composer, Symphony and DS Nitris at Avid Technology. Steve has specified the design of Avid products based on his years of editing, instructing and interviewing Avid users. He is the author of the book "The Avid Handbook: Basic and Intermediate Techniques for the Media Composer which will have a 4th edition in December 2003. Steve also spent two years as Senior Instructor for Avid Educational Services, teaching Avid students and instructors in the U.S., Europe and Asia. He has also written and developed several advanced Avid classes including the Master Editor Workshop. Previously, Steve was Senior Editor at several production companies in Boston, Massachusetts and edited in the New England market for ten years.

Avid editing systems are the most widely used among professionals today in the film and video industry. Desinged for intermediate Avid users ready to take their work to the next level, the fourth edition of The Avid Handbook teaches the production procedures that solve complex, real-world problems. The author covers topics such as worling with effects, rendering and graphics and then goes to the next level to explain workflow and kepping an Avid facility running smoothly.