Avid Media Composer

Avid was difficult at first though it sticks with you after you start as the process is very engrossing. The first step is to open Avid then start a new project select where you want it to save and begin. Then file link media select avid on the drop down list and all your footage appears in a bin. After this trans-code the footage, you will know it which footage is trans-coded by the mark underneath the footage. Then take the footage that has not been trans-coded and put it in a new bin.

After open each piece of footage and edit it before dragging it on the timeline. Make sure it is under the time limit and and a title and credits. Make sure to add fades especially at the end.

Avid was new for me as I mostly used premiere before this, it was quite efficient once I understood it and may in fact be faster than premiere which crashes.