Specifications

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Introduction
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Avid Marquee title versions folder
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Text (.tx t) do cument for Marque e Aut oTitler exerc ise
Located in its own folder:
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Media (Avid MediaFiles folder)
Yo u c an p la ce the fi rst fo ur mat er ia l s a ny w he r e y ou l ike . ( We rec om men d
keeping them together in the Avid Exercise Files folder and storing them
on your desktop or on a separate hard drive.) The Avid MediaFiles folder,
however, must be placed in the root directory of your media drive, or Media
Composer won’t be able to read the media. (We strongly recommend that
your media drive be an external hard drive, rather than your system drive.)
Placing it in the root directory simply means that it is located at the top
level of the drive, not inside any other folders.
In addition to keeping the media folder in the root directory, make sure you
don’t inadvertently rename the folder. It must always be exactly named:
Avid MediaFiles.
Additional Resources
Although this book will serve as a thorough introduction to video edit-
ing with Media Composer, it won’t delve into every intermediate and
advanced video-editing technique. Therefore, throughout this book, you’ll
be referred to the PDF guides that accompany each installation of Media
Composer, which you can find by selecting Media Composer Help Menu >
Documentation (PDF).
NOTE This book
assumes that you have a
system configuration and
storage resources suitable
to run Media Composer 5.
To v e r i f y t h e m o s t r e c e n t
system requirements,
refer to the Support and
Services section of Avid’s
Web site.
NOTE The most fre-
quently referenced
guide is the Media
Composer Editing Guide.
Also referenced are
the Marquee Guide,
the Media Composer
Newscutter Effects and
Color Correction Guide,
and the Supporting
Applications Guide.
NOTE For updates and
errata, please visit the
book’s Web page at
www.peachpit.com/amc5
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