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Learn how to use the variety of applications available in he Avid Xpress Studio and Xpress Studio HD suits to author, edit, and output professional quality video projects. Applications covered include Avid 3D, Avid FX, Avid PT LE, and Avid DVD.

Learn how to work with XDCAM media in Avid Xpress Pro or other Avid video editing software. Learn how to connect a Sony XDCAM to you system, batch import media, and edit it.

Learn how to use the SpectraMatte Key Effect in Avid Media Composer Adrenaline HD and Avid Symphony Nitris to adjust and fine-tune color keys and and eliminate shadows and color spill. This can also be used to create green screen effects.

Discover how After Effects redesigned Motion Tracker (After Effects Professional only) gives you more power to synchronize motion between two elements in a composited scene. Learn how Motion Tracker works by analyzing the moving pixels in each frame and then using that data to control the motion of a new layer. Set as many tracking points as you like or choose from a list of defaults. Also see how Motion Tracker's interface and controls have been simplified to be faster and easier to use.

Learn how to use Avid Interplay Assist to log and mark clips and media in the Avid Interplay workgroup environment. This tutorial covers metadata and locators, adding restriction, key mapping, searching, creating a shotlist, playback , and archiving.

Nobody wants to look at plain text when you're giving a presentation so adding images, movies, audio or any other visuals is key to a good presentation. This tutorial shows you how to add these to your Keynote presentations.

If you're looking for some quick and easy ways to apply effects to images for your presentation you can actually do them right in Keynote '08 without having to jump to another application. Of course, if you need real detailed changes, you may need something more powerful, but for general effects this tutorial will get the job done.

This tutorial shows you how to record a voiceover for your slideshow in Keynote '08. It's important to note, that the slideshow will only start with the slide that is tagged as the start for the voiceover.

Cells in Numbers '08 are the same as in Excel. Basically, they are where you store your data. This tutorial will show you how to use the different functions of cells.

This video goes over how to add sheets and tables to your existing spreadsheet in Numbers '08. It's pretty straightforward so you should have no problems at all.

For spreadsheets that require contact information, you can grab that information from your address book when you are working in Numbers '08. This tutorial shows you how it's done.

It's always great to be able to illustrate what your numbers are talking about. This tutorial goes over how to add text and shapes to your spreadsheet in Numbers '08

This iPhoto '08 tutorial shows you how to add titles, descriptions, keywords for searching and ratings to your photos. This helps with finding and organizing your photos.

Pages '08 actually functions as more than a word processor because it has a page layout mode that helps make brochures, posters, flyers and other projects that need layouts.

Apple works hard to make things as easy for you as possible and Keynote '08 is not exception. In this tutorial, you will learn how to create presentations with Apple-designed themes.

In this tutorial you will learn how to format text in Pages '08 which is part of the Apple iWork software suite.

This tutorial goes over how to create a table of contents for your document in Pages '08. The table is created automatically based on the headings used in your document but you can also go in further and customize the final outcome.

The background track feature in iMovie '08 makes it a no-brainer to add background music to your movie and it will even crossfade multiple songs or pieces automatically. This feature is similar to working with audio clips, but works more specifically as background audio.

This tutorial shows you how to used advanced tagging and filtering options based on keywords to organize your iMovie library even further.

Want to become an audio-mixing engineer? GarageBand '08 is the perfect place to start. It isn't the most advanced software out there, but it's easy to use and will get the job done. Great for beginners, watch this tutorial and learn how to get started.