Introduction

This book is not about learning how to edit. This is a book that takes a relatively experienced editor and helps him or her navigate one of two things:

1.Switching from another editing program to Avid, or

2.Helping an experienced Avid editor understand a bunch of fairly significant developments that have occurred in recent years inside the Avid software as well as developments in the broader production and postproduction environment that require new workflows and the exploitation of new tools.

This book is about breaking away from the old ways of doing things and embracing and leveraging the change that’s happened in the industry at large and internally at Avid, as well. This book is about staying relevant and about using new tools ...

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