Offering more customizable real-time video and audio effects, titles, keys, and transitions than any other editing software on the market plus the potential for true real-time DV and analog video and effects out over FireWire (with Avid Mojo hardware accelerator), the just-released Avid Xpress Pro ($1,695) is the answer to your effects prayers! Here to help you put this effects windfall to speedy use is Avid's crash course on the topic: Introduction to Avid Xpress Pro Effects.Concise explanations, step-by-step instructions, exercises, and loads of graphics will have you creating simple and multilayer effects in as little as a day. All you need is a basic knowledge of Avid editing to use this course-in-a-book to become well-versed in the fundamentals of applying effects, fine-tuning effect parameters, adjusting keyframes, and creating horizontal and vertical effects. Along the way you'll learn how to take advantage of Xpress Pro's 24 video and audio tracks, 2D and 3D OpenGL technologybased effects, enhanced titling, and more. A companion DVD includes all the files and footage you need to work through the book's exercises.
