TEACHER: Luis Ochoa. See colorist reel, CV, IMDB file
DURATION: 12 hours
SOFTWARE USED: Avid Media Composer 5
AIMED AT: Editors and assistant editors, post-producers, colorists, post-production directors…
PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGES: Handling the Avid tool and being familiar with the technical terms of the video signal and its digitalization and processing in Avid.
PRICE: Consult us. Applicable these discounts
WHEN: Consult next call for proposals
WHERE: Ondas Formacion COURSE CODE: In next call for applications
You can download the documentation for the course here.
GENERAL OBJECTIVES
1. Learn to work as editors with the increasingly used video formats
2. Know which format is the most suitable for each production and learn how to combine them
3. To fully control Avid workstations by troubleshooting
4. To be able to take control of the post-production process from before the shooting.
CONTENTS
Introduction to HD post-production:
– Analog and digital SD formats, digitization process.
– PAL 601 characteristics. Connections.
– HD resolutions: 1080, 720, 2K, 4K.
– Interlaced and progressive scanning in capture and recording. Psf
– Signal sampling: 422, 444…
– Aspect ratios: 16:9, 4:3…
– Pixel ratio: square and non-square SD and HD
– Compressions: DCT, MPEG…
– Transfer rates. Calculation of the weight of each format
– Supports (Tape, hard disk, solid memory, optical)
– Interfaces (Firewire, USB, HDMI, HD SDI, Dual Link, HD Comp, Ethernet, 3G SDI)
– Current HD and higher formats (HDV, XDCAM HD (EX), HDCAM (SR), P2 DVCPROHD, ACVINTRA, RED ONE, AVCHD, 2K, 4K)
– Avid according to formats. Software and hardware
– Files. Metadata and media
– Media formats (magnetic, MXF, frame sequence, RAW, QT)
– Codecs camera and postproduction. Avid DNxHD, Apple ProRes
– Camera proxies.
HD Workflows in Avid:
– OMF and MXF media folders. Order of material
– New Project HD
– Mix resolutions, codecs and scans. Format tab
– Mix frame rates
– Codec of material and sequence: Dump, filler, QT Ref…
– Timeline viewing qualities. Settings
– Settings to check before capture (A.project, Capture, Deck configuration and preferences, import, media creation, render)
– HDCAM Workflow (Capture, conform and export)
– Common file import problems: color space, field order
– Conform settings (Batch capture and import, render, media creation, recreate title)
– Advanced Relink in conform
– Downconversion SD. Letterbox, squezze, pan and scan. Mixdown
– Workflow HDV
– Export transport stream
– Avid Media Access (AMA)
– Relink (clips and sequences), batch and media tool with AMA
– Workflow P2 DVCPRO HD (AMA, Import P2 and Media tool)
– Working with different frame rates in P2
– Offline – Online P2
– Workflow Canon 5D/7D
– Workflow RED ONE
– Workflow AVCINTRA P2 and SD
– Workflow XDCAM HD EX
– Workflow XDCAM HD 422 (AMA and Proxy/batch)
– Master for HDTV or filming to film
