Re: [Avid-L2] Add locator WITHOUT the dialog?

I've heard the same thing. Save your money. If it's as good as the
original - and updated - it will be worth every penny.

On Nov 29, 2009, at 12:54 PM, Frank Capria wrote:

> There was no risk in pushing another book. It was a sure thing. You
> pushed
> it. :)
>
> You mentioned Steve Cohen's book from the 90s. Word on the street is
> that
> Steve is close to finishing up an updated version. Keep an eye out
> for it.
> The original saved me countless hours.
>
> On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 3:38 PM, Steve Hullfish <steve4lists@veralith.com
> >wrote:
>
> > At the risk of pushing yet ANOTHER of my books, check out Focal
> Press'
> > "Avid Xpress Pro and DV On the Spot." (Was released by CMP Books)
> >
> > Despite the title, most of the tips are good for almost any
> version of
> > Media Composer or even Symphony. I just checked out random pages
> for a
> > few minutes and didn't see one tip that didn't also apply to Media
> > Composer.
> >
> > The On The Spot series from Focal was Richard Harrington's
> brainchild,
> > I believe. It's a VERY cool series of books about many different
> > pieces of software. Basically the concept is a non-linear book. You
> > don't read it from start to finish. Each book has several hundred
> > short tips (I call it "bathroom reading.") so you can just open the
> > book up to a random page, read for 30 seconds and you have probably
> > learned something new. The longest tips are a page long, and some
> are
> > three tips to a page. There are On The Spot books for After Effects,
> > Final Cut Pro, and Broadcast Graphics.
> >
> > Moving keyframes or "4:3 safe title in 16:9" is just proof that
> > there's no telling what kind of "gap" someone has in their
> knowledge.
> > So you may know SOME of the tips in the book, but I'd say that
> even an
> > experienced Avid editor will get 100 new tips out of it. And it's a
> > relatively low-cost title.
> >
> > Basil Pappas and Steve Cohen's manual from the early 1990s is the
> one
> > that really got me going on getting the most out of the Avid UI.
> >
> > On Nov 27, 2009, at 11:57 AM, guanacaa@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > > I learned a bunch of little tricks because I used to teach a tips
> > > and techniques class. Otherwise, I'm sure there's a decent book
> out
> > > there. Basil Pappas?
> > > Shirley
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Dennis Degan <DennyD1@verizon.net>
> > > To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
> > > Sent: Fri, Nov 27, 2009 8:17 am
> > > Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] Add locator WITHOUT the dialog?
> > >
> > > On Nov 26, 2009, at 5:53 PM, Christopher Pitbladdo wrote:
> > >
> > > > Before yesterday, I'd put a new keyframe in the place where
> I'd like
> > > to have moved the old one to, then deleted the original
> keyframe...
> > > I'm
> > > willing to bet good money there's SOME task that can be done more
> > > easily than the way you currently do it Dennis.
> > >
> > > I say:
> > >
> > > I can guarantee it . . . . ;)
> > >
> > > Dennis Degan, Video Editor-Consultant-Knowledge Bank
> > > NBC Today Show, New York
> > >
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