Chat with Justin Kwan on the Digital Production Buzz Live Show this Thursday

Adam Kranitz — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 06:10:00 GMT

Avid's own software engineer and Community Blogger Justin Kwan kicked off a lively discussion on the QuickTime workflow for Avid editing software with his recent post at KwanCentral. Justin picks up the topic where he left off as a guest on Creative Planet's Digital Production Buzz on Thursday, July 31st. Tune in to the Live Show from 6-7:00pm PDT to chat with Justin.

UPDATE: Recorded version of this show available on Digital Production Buzz archives as MPEG-4 AAC or MP3.

Community Studio: Getting started with a Community Portfolio

Adam Kranitz — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:00:00 GMT

Did you know your Avid Community profile page has been upgraded? We've added a new component to profiles called "Portfolios" and a place for them to be searched for and featured in the Community.

Until recently, your profile page has been limited to displaying only your activity in the forums, and other basic identifying information. Now, with a Portfolio enabled, a plain profile becomes a personalized home page to promote your work. If you're just starting out in the industry, having your work presented advertising free and affiliated with a worldwide leader in professional media creation is an excellent way to separate yourself from the competition in those popular, but otherwise crowded and most often, consumer focused video sharing sites. For freelancers and other established professionals, a Community Portfolio avoids the time and money involved in building your own web site, registering a domain name, and the uncertainty of uploading your copyrighted content to a third-party who may or may not retain the right to reuse the content or sell advertising against it without your approval.

In this edition of Community Studio, we'll take a look at how easy it is to power your professional career with a personalized Community Portfolio. [Text transcription follows the video]

So let's get started building a Portfolio. In essence, the Portfolios feature is a quick way to organize and present your uploaded videos in a single place in the Avid Community. I'll use my account as an example. I'll select my username which will take me to my profile page. Immediately you'll see a new Portfolio section at the top. Under that section is a link to configure my portfolio. By default portfolios are disabled. Selecting the "Yes" radio button will enable the portfolio feature. Next you'll see the three videos that I've previously uploaded into Community. I'm going to select two videos to appear under the portfolio section of my profile page. The third video is a work in progress that I've asked other community members to offer their critique. Since it's not ready for prime time, I'll leave its checkbox unmarked so that it doesn't appear on my profile. Next, I'll select which video I want to feature. Featured videos are presented at the top of the portfolio section in a larger playback size. I'll click "Yes" next to the thumbnail to feature this video. Now that I'm done selecting which videos to present, and which to feature, I'll click Save, then "View your Portfolio". Viola, my own personalized home page with a unique web address and high-quality videos.

And that's all it takes to build your own personalized home page in the Avid Community. In the my next Community demo, I show you how to further customize your profile to promote your business and career using RSS feeds and My Files.

Avid Community Evangelist

Chat with Justin Kwan on the Digital Production Buzz Live Show this Thursday

Community Studio: Getting started with a Community Portfolio