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Course : Avid Liquid

Course Overview

This course is intended to give beginners & novice users a good grounding in the basic features and concepts of Avid Liquid. This course is broken up into tutorial sections followed by a short practical and questions at the end of some modules.

Course Contents:-
  • Starting a New Project & Preferences

    • Understanding files sizes and storage requirements
    • Starting a new project
    • Opening previously saved projects
    • Logging off and creating new users
    • Start menu options
    • Control panel

  • The Liquid Edition Work Area & Customising Buttons

    • The functions and uses of each window
    • Selecting different views
    • Moving, adding and removing buttons
    • Saving a customised layout

  • Media Management

    • Tour through the options for the Project window
    • Importing files
    • Creating racks
    • Different views i.e. list or thumbnail
    • Creating new items
    • Deleting items

  • The Logging Tool & Digitise

    • Setting up the capture window
    • Controlling a DV device
    • Capturing on-the-fly
    • Using in-points & out-points
    • Manually add in-points & out-points
    • Logging clips & batch digitise

  • The Source Viewer

    • Loading a clip into the source viewer
    • Playing & scrubbing a clip
    • Source window controls
    • Adding in-points & out-points
    • Using insert & overwrite to add clips to the timeline

  • The Timeline

    • Explanation of the toolbar
    • Explanation of tracks for video & audio
    • Zooming in and out of the timeline
    • Manipulating clips & objects on the timeline
    • Adding & removing video & audio tracks
    • Three & four point edits
    • Timeline markers
    • Sequences
    • Unlinking video & audio clips
    • Grouping objects

  • Adding Transitions & Rendering

    • Adding transitions including the default transition
    • Altering settings and changing duration of transitions
    • Realtime playback
    • Rendering / explanation of slices

  • Applying Effects

    • Adding video filters
    • Changing filter settings
    • Keyframing
    • Chromakey
    • Colour correction
    • Changing speed of clip (slow-mo)

  • Audio Editing

    • Showing clip volume
    • Adding audio keyframes (rubberbanding)
    • Adding audio transitions
    • Adding audio effects
    • Audio mixer

  • Adding Titles & Stills

    • Creating titles
    • Addimg titles stills to the timeline
    • Adding dissolves to titles & stills
    • Rolling & crawling titles
    • Creating stills from the timeline

  • Output to DV

    • Exporting to DV

  • Exporting Files

    • Fusing the sequence - exporting to an avi file
    • Exporting windows media files

  • DVD Authoring & MPEG Creation

    • Exporting MPEG1
    • Exporting MPEG2
    • Creating DVD menus
    • Output to DVD

Course Prerequisites

Those attending Liquid Edition Training Courses should have basic computer skills and be familiar with creating folders, saving files and general navigation within the Windows environment.

Product Information

For full product information on Avid Liquid including online ordering details, please visit the Planet PC Store.

Booking Information

One to One courses are held at our premises in West Yorkshire or on-site at your business premises. Courses held at our premises generally run from 10:00am to 5:00pm with two coffee breaks and a 30 minute lunch where we will supply refreshments and a buffet style lunch. Avid Liquid One to One courses held at our premises cost £550.00 + VAT per person. If you require training at your business premises then please call for a quotation.

Contact Information

For further information or to book please contact Mark Smith:-

Tel: 01274 713415

e-mail: sales@planetdv.net

Course Subsidies

If you are working freelance or as a company in film, television, video, radio or interactive media then you may be eligible for a subsidy of up to 70% towards the cost of your training course.

Click here to open the list of companies offering subsidised funding for training. This offer is not valid in conjunction with any other offer, promotion or grant aided funding.


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