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Kevin P. McAuliffe
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Kevin P McAuliffe is a three time North American ProMax award winning editor and a Media Composer editor for over 15 years. He is a featured trainer at MacProVideo and is also one of the Senior Editor’s at MIJO in Toronto, Canada, with current clients including Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures, Walt Disney Pictures and E1 Entertainment to name a few. He can also be found helping out on the Avid Community forums in the Media Composer & Symphony Get Started Fast forum.

Getting Started with HitFilm Pro – Lesson 1 – Welcome

Getting Started with HitFilm Pro – Lesson 1 – Welcome

Profile Picture Kevin P. McAuliffe May 07, 2018

I’m a big fan of HitFilm.  And I thought that I would start a written tutorial series here on ProVideo Coalition that looks at HitFilm,and why it’s…

Let’s Edit with Media Composer – Start right, Finish right!

Let’s Edit with Media Composer – Start right, Finish right!

Profile Picture Kevin P. McAuliffe April 29, 2018

In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe talks about Projects, and the most important thing to keep in mind when creating them…

Let’s Edit with MC – Keying Part 4 – Mocha Masking Basics

Let’s Edit with MC – Keying Part 4 – Mocha Masking Basics

Profile Picture Kevin P. McAuliffe April 03, 2018

In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe talks about utilizing the worlds most powerful tracking software, Mocha BCC, to create Inside/Outside masks, so you can isolate the areas of your…

In Depth – Soundly 2 for Windows and OS X

In Depth – Soundly 2 for Windows and OS X

Profile Picture Kevin P. McAuliffe January 12, 2018

Depending on the type of audio work you do, sound effects play a huge roll in the process.  If you’re an offline editor, or sound designer, sound effects are…

First Look – Rampant Style Kits

First Look – Rampant Style Kits

Profile Picture Kevin P. McAuliffe January 11, 2018

We’re all about value for our dollar(s) these days.  Whether it’s in the the plug-ins we buy, the storage arrays we need or, for the purposes…

Let’s Edit with MC – Keying Part 3 – BCC Primatte Studio Basics

Let’s Edit with MC – Keying Part 3 – BCC Primatte Studio Basics

Profile Picture Kevin P. McAuliffe January 08, 2018

In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe talks about taking your Chroma Keying workflows to the next level, by using Boris Continuum Complete’s Primatte Studio. New to version BCC…

Let’s Edit with Media Composer – Chroma Keying Part 2 – SpectraMatte

Let’s Edit with Media Composer – Chroma Keying Part 2 – SpectraMatte

Profile Picture Kevin P. McAuliffe December 31, 2017

In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe continues the discussion on Chroma Keying by talking about the SpectraMatte effect…

Let’s Edit with Media Composer – FrameFlex and Larger than HD Image Sequences

Let’s Edit with Media Composer – FrameFlex and Larger than HD Image Sequences

Profile Picture Kevin P. McAuliffe December 29, 2017

In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe answers a viewer question about working creating Pan & Zooms with image sequences that are larger than the current raster dimension he is editing…

Combating Computer Vision Syndrome

Combating Computer Vision Syndrome

Profile Picture Kevin P. McAuliffe December 28, 2017

More than anything, editors and motion graphic designers have one tool that more important than anything, and that is their eyes.  You eyes are probably the most important tool you…

In Depth – Ignite Pro from HitFilm

In Depth – Ignite Pro from HitFilm

Profile Picture Kevin P. McAuliffe December 21, 2017

I wanted to follow up my review of HitFilm Pro 2017 with a look at the two products that come as part of the Studio bundle.  In this article we…