Avid Studio comes with many transitions and many plugins ready to use. But the beautiful HD "Movie" transition did not quite satisfy my needs. So I decided to change it in my own unique way and share it with you. Two things had me leaning this way : opening and closing the red curtain in front of an empty room bothered me a little and I wanted to start my video with a beautiful opening curtain, not a transition.

Up to now, to install 00 - Declic Video free transitions in AVID Studio, it was necessary to have a version of Pinnacle Studio installed on the same computer. But we felt that more and more we would have users who would start directly with Avid Studio and we still wanted to offer our free transitions.

Transparency allows you to create special effects (PIP like). It can be achieved by using the color tool (Chroma Key), which is documented in Studio.  It can also be achieved by using an image stored in a format that retains some parts of the image as transparent. It is this process that I refer to in the following example.

If you encounter an "Export Failure" when rendering your movie, you probably won't understand the content of the message shown by Studio. In the absence of this help from Studio, follow this tutorial created by an experienced user. You will find:

• an explanation of the message and the location of the error;
• possible causes and ways to fix them.

This tutorial will explain you how to create a "text effect" using chroma key and luma key. The tutorial is based on Pinnacle Studio screen capture, but it can also been accomplished using AVID Studio.

The combined use of BluffTitler and Luma Keyer integrated into Studio can render great service. In this tutorial, we will illustrate my point with the realization of a video transition in the form of smoke.

Tip & trick to have a menu pointing to another menu. Tutorial adapted to Avid Studio.

This tutorial will teach you how to use in AVID and Pinnacle Studio the DVD menu from Eye Scream Factory. This tutorial begins with an explanation for changing the background menu. Later on, we will see how to include animated menu, as well as button and much more...

This tutorial will help you make a generic "Star Wars" closing credit. In summary, we will see how to use a background animated video, the zoom effect, and as inlay with perspective ...

On Television you often see a frame around the picture. And inside this frame is the movie.
This is also possible in Pinnacle Studio or Avid Studio, here is how you can achieve this.
Note that this can also be used to hide a portion of the screen, a logo, border, ...

Contour Design sells two devices called Shuttle that are programmable USB multimedia controllers specifically dedicated to audio and video applications. I propose here a review of these devices.

I propose in this tutorial to introduce the SmartSounds plugin for Avid Studio and Pinnacle Studio 15. We will see its installation, its use in Avid Studio and Pinnacle Studio 15 and its operation.

In Pinnacle Studio and AVID Studio, it is possible to trim two clips, which are positioned beside each other on the timeline, in one time, where the total length of both clips is not changed. This "Tip & trick" will explain you how to make it in few clicks.

This tutorial shows you step by step how to install Avid Studio on your computer.

Trick to keep only one color in your movie, suppressing all the others...

You purchased a new camcorder that records in AVCHD and your PC is having trouble working with the captured video (Studio 12 and above, as well as Avid Studio) ? When you view the video, there are delays and jerks that make your life difficult ? This tutorial may be a solution to your frustration, helping you to convert AVCHD to HDV.