Unleash your creativity. Let "Avid Xpress ® Pro Power!" be your guide to masterful storytelling using Avid Xpress Pro. Work your way through a variety of editing techniques and learn not only how each function works, but also when and why you should use it. This unique, hands-on book won't bog you down with useless technical jargon. Instead, you'll focus on real-world project creation. Learn how to confidently use sound, color, and graphics to tell a story. Master the nuances of incorporating rhythm, pace, and timing into your editing process. The book includes an entire chapter dedicated solely to shortcuts and tips to help you complete your work more quickly and efficiently. Harness the power of Avid Xpress Pro!

Features

• Learn from an Avid Certified Instructor with over 18 years of experience in editing, directing and producing video

• Real-life techniques are shared from an editor's point-of-view, not a computer programmer's

• Beginning with coverage of non-linear editing, this book addresses all aspects of editing from digitizing, to mixing audio, to adding titles, and finally outputting projects to tape, the Internet or even to DVD

• The effects chapters alone make this book a must-read

• The author makes liberal use of screenshots for a step-by-step treatment of Avid's tool set