Pro Tools 210P: Post Production Techniques covers techniques for working with Pro Tools in a professional post production environment. Concepts and skills learned in 101, 110, and 201 are reinforced with practical post-specific examples.

• Synchronizing Pro Tools for audio post — Avid SYNC peripherals, loop sync, clock vs. positional reference, setting frame rates
• Linear video in Pro Tools — 9-pin control of Pro Tools, Spot mode in post production, timestamps, replacing regions
• Non-linear video in Pro Tools — QuickTime video, Blackmagic card, Avid DNA, digital video in Pro Tools, spotting with non-linear video
• Importing digital media into the Pro Tools timeline — QuickTime video, Avid-compatible media, OMF/AAF (with DigiTranslator 2.0), MXF media
• Working with the Video track — Video track features, Video window options, editing options, Video Universe window
• Recording dialog in Pro Tools — Dialog and ADR workflow, track compositing, playlist display options
• Dialog editing techniques — The role of a dialog editor, dialog and ADR editing workflow, syncing dialog, adding room tone, cleaning up dialog
• Organizing your session — Working with Digibase catalogs, organizing sessions for mixing, creating sub-groups, importing session data attributes
• Mixing to picture — Mixing terminology, large-scale mixing, session signal flow, using plug-ins for post production, writing static (snapshot) automation, trim automation
• Layback options — Linear layback workflow, non-linear layback (export options), export for web delivery or final evaluation
• Synchronization concepts (appendix)
• Mixing and DSP usage (appendix)
• Advanced Authoring Format and Media Exchange Format (appendix)
• Analog and digital television standards (appendix)

• Pro Tools HD 8
• EQ III
• Dynamics III
• MachineControl
• DigiTranslator™ 2.0
• DINR™
• Synchro Arts VocALign (optional)
• X-Form
• Sonic NoNOISE
• Maxim
• SignalTools PhaseScope
• Pro Tools MP3 Option

• Pro Tools|HD 2 Accel
• 192 I/O, 96 I/O, or 96i I/O
• SYNC I/O or SYNC HD
• MIDI I/O or similar multi-port MIDI interface
• C|24, D-Command, or D-Control
• Avid Mojo SDI, Avid Mojo, or AVoption|V10

Course Length
24 to 30 course hours.

• Pro Tools 101: Introduction to Pro Tools
• Pro Tools 110: Essentials of Pro Tools
• Pro Tools 201: Pro Tools Production Essentials
• Access to certification exam only when previous exams have been passed.