Get up and running with Media Composer, the feature-rich video editing software from Avid. In this project-based course, the first installment in a two-part series, learn how to approach each aspect of the editing process with Media Composer 2020. After familiarizing you with the software's interface, Maxim Jago—an Avid Certified Instructor with 20 years of experience—demonstrates how to create a brand-new project and import media. He then helps you get comfortable with each stage of the editing workflow. Learn how to prepare the timeline for editing, add audio and effects, create titles, manage media, export a video sequence, and much more. Maxim thoroughly explains each technique within the post-production workflow, using real-world examples along the way.

This course is an official companion to Media Composer 101: Media Composer Fundamentals I, the introductory book from Avid. In each chapter, Maxim expands on the lessons and exercises found in the book. Together, these resources can help novice users quickly start leveraging this powerful software.

This course was created by Maxim Jago. We are pleased to host this training in our library.

Learn to import, edit, refine, and output video using Avid Media Composer. This course is the second part of a two-part, start-to-finish, project-based training series designed to get you up to speed on the Media Composer environment in context of the Avid Everywhere model. Maxim Jago —an Avid Certified Instructor with 20 years of experience—focuses on getting users comfortable with each aspect of the editing process—from preparation and organization, to editing and trimming video, to audio mixing and effects, to media management and output. You can also learn creative techniques for retiming footage, tracking and blurring objects, creating precise mattes, and more. Each technique within the post-production workflow is explained thoroughly and concisely, using real-world examples from a documentary-style promotional project.

This course is an official companion to Media Composer 101: Media Composer Fundamentals I, the introductory book from Avid. In each chapter, Maxim expands on the lessons and exercises found in the book. Together, these resources can help novice users quickly start leveraging this powerful software.

This course was created by Maxim Jago. We are pleased to host this training in our library.

Learn the basics of video editing in Avid Media Composer. Learn how to import, edit, and output high-quality, professional video, complete with titles and effects.

Enhance your editing skills with Avid Media Composer. Learn advanced editing techniques to recut scenes, mix audio, work with high-res video, and apply effects and animation.

If you want your business to succeed, you need as much brand recognition as you can get. In fact, getting media coverage can be a vital part of your company's success. But how do you find and secure coverage? In this course, Jessica Chen, an Emmy Award-winning TV reporter before becoming founder and CEO of Soulcast Media, shows how to build a compelling story for your business that will grab the media’s attention. Jessica also covers the methods for highlighting your business in the best light, pitching stories to the media, tips for navigating interviews, and how to build strong relationships with the media so you'll always be top of mind. After this course, you’ll have a solid idea of how to leverage the media to get your business in front of the right audience.

There are more opportunities than ever to get your ideas in front of large audiences. You have TV, radio, and digital news, but you also have podcasts and social media sites. Many of these interviews can also be conducted from almost anywhere in the world. In this course, Jessica Chen, the founder and CEO of Soulcast Media--a global business communications agency--takes you through exactly what you need to do to prepare for any media interview. As a former Emmy Award-winning TV news reporter, Jessica knows firsthand the kinds of questions interviewers ask, and how you can navigate the conversation strategically using your words, tone of voice, and body language. After watching this course, you’ll be better prepared to project confidence and control your own narrative in all media interview settings.

Science has proven what contemplative traditions have taught for centuries: Meditation holds a key to a life of balance, peace, and joy. Join neuropsychologist Rick Hanson, PhD, and neurologist Richard Mendius, MD, as they present several different meditation techniques to promote concentration, reduce stress, and cultivate a more positive outlook. Explore a collection of guided meditations picked for the kinds of challenges modern workers face: stress, focus, gratitude, and more. Reshape your brain with exercises including “Steadying your mind” to tap the full creative power of your attention, “Taking in the good” to maintain a positive emotional landscape, “Antidote to stress,” a conscious way to activate your body’s relaxation response, and more.

This course was created by Sounds True. We are pleased to offer this training in our library.

Learn how to facilitate great meetings. Explore best practices for preparing, structuring, and running effective meetings that help teams achieve their goals.

In this course, Mel Robbins—an expert on creating confidence, a best-selling author, and the most-booked female speaker in the world—presents relatable, actionable, and proven techniques for building and maintaining confidence at work, at home, and in life. She teaches skills based on behavioral science and real-life experience. Mel shows you the surprising definition of confidence and explains the science of the confidence-competency loop. She debunks three myths about confidence and shows you how to kill doubt and fear in five seconds flat. Mel discusses the three types of confidence and how to build confidence in three simple steps. She concludes with ways you can strengthen your confidence by putting it into action.

Explore the power of the leading pitch correction software, Melodyne, from choosing the best workflow and settings for your project to editing and exporting the corrected tracks.

Reveals the advanced techniques that professional musicians and producers use to get the best-sounding results from Melodyne.

Become a mentor who can help others achieve more in their professional lives.

Grow your business with mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Explore each stage of the process, from approaching your target and negotiating a deal to integrating the acquired business.

Learn how to build full-stack applications with MongoDB, Express, React, and Node.js—collectively known as the MERN stack.

Discover Meshmixer, the powerful 3D modeling utility from Autodesk. Explore the features of this versatile software, from 3D scan cleanup to sculpting and 3D print preparation.

Learn how to prepare 3D models for additive manufacturing on a 3D printer in Meshmixer.

Learn how to prepare your models to be fabricated on a 3D printer using Autodesk Meshmixer.

Learn how to work with the commands and functions in Autodesk Meshmixer. Discover what each function or command does and how it can help you tackle specific tasks.

Learn how to sculpt and shape 3D meshes in Autodesk Meshmixer.