Avid Media Composer and Symphony are very powerful non-linear editing applications and can be a bit daunting. However, you’re in luck! Kevin P McAuliffe, Avid expert, from Creative Cow recently started a new series for learning Media Composer and Symphony from the ground up!

What I love about McAuliffe’s tutorials is that he often references Final Cut Pro 7. This is very helpful for anyone who is making the jump from legacy FCP.

Here is a list of the tutorials that he has made so far. This is an on-going series, so be sure to check back often.

1. Getting Started
2. The Interface and Learning Bins
3. Audio Settings
4. Bins, Part One
5. Bins, Part Two
6. Capturing, Part One
7. Capturing, Part Two
8. Composer Settings
9. Export Settings
10. Keyboard Settings
11. Importing & AMA Linking
12. Settings Wrap Up
13. Basic Editing
14. Basic Transitions
15. 3D Warp Tool
16. Adjusting Clips, Part One
17. Adjusting Clips, Part Two
18. Migrating FCP7 Projects to MC
19. Avid Title Tool, Part One
20. Avid Title Tool, Part Two
21. Avid Title Tool, Part Three
22. Audio Mixing, Part One
23. Audio Mixing, Part Two
24. Audio Mixing, Part Three
25. The Basic Audio Mix, Part One
26. The Basic Audio Mix, Part Two
27. Music/Montage Music Editing
28. Video Mixdowns vs. Collapses
29. Media Management/Media Tool
30. FX Lesson One: Rocky Effect
31. Motion Graphics for Motion 5
32. Building Custom Transitions
33. Advanced Exporting, Part One
34. Advanced Exporting, Part Two
35. Advanced Exporting, Part Three
36. Advanced Audio Exporting, Part Four
37. Media Organization
38. Email Notifications
39. Marquee Title Tool, Part One
40. Marquee Title Tool, Part Two
41. Marquee Title Tool, Part Three

To be notified of new tutorials added to this series, be sure to follow @TheEditingWhiz and @KPMcAuliffe on Twitter.