"Updated for Avid Xpress Pro HD 5.0"--cover. "DVD training"-cover. Must have Avid Xpress Pro or Avid Xpress DV system to complete exercises.--DVD. Title from cover.

Introduction -- Effects and HD -- Introduction to Effects -- Vertical Effects -- Motion Effects -- Nesting Effects -- 3D Effects.

Avid Technologies staff; music by Nightingale Music Productions

Narrator and instructor: Greg Staten.

This interactive program teaches you everything you need to know to create effects, with inside tips and techniques as well as hands-on practice with essential procedures. One of Avid's top instructors teaches you professional effects creation and compositing skills, such as: transition and segment effects creation, multi-layer compositing and nesting, and 3D effects creation and manipulation. --cover.

System requirements: DVD video player, or personal computer equipped with a DVD-ROM drive and player software ; Avid Xpress Pro release 4.0 or later required to complete the exercises ; Window XP or MAC OS X computer equipped with DVD-ROM drive.