I'm an Avid Learner

So today I got to take some baby steps in learning Avid Media Composer. My supervisor had a 1:20 ad that he had edited to go on a company's website. Apparently they liked it so much that they requested that it be shortened into a 60-second TV commercial, and I was given the job of re-editing a few of the clips to trim off the excess 20 seconds. Of course, it was more like my supervisor doing the editing, with me as his robot, because I had to continually be reminded of how to do things in Avid. All of my Final Cut shortcuts that come so naturally do nothing for me in Avid! But it was fun, and I enjoyed it. I think I could pick up Avid fairly quickly if I had enough reason to use it.

No word back yet from the TV stations. So far it's just the internship for me, and no income yet. My supervisor faxed my paperwork to the right people this afternoon, so hopefully we'll be hearing back fairly soon from them on whether or not I'll be able to get paid for the internship.