AV Training and Production Resources

AV Definitions

VAPS 2020 Interclub AV Rules
FIAP AV Definition This is an extract of the official FIAP document for AV Salons. It references the following document and together they are the limit of how FIAP attempts to define AVs, leaving the details and considerable variation to the organisers.
FIAP Standardization of AV Sequences 2011 This is an absurdly out-of-date document that is still the only current FIAP technical guide to AVs and is still used as the guiding document for FIAP International AV Salons.

Production Guides

Howard Gregory’s AV Guide
Creating an Audio Visual by Dale Murphy
AV Basics by M Imhoff
Optimising Zoom for AVs by Ian Bateman
Voice-Over Guide from the RPS
Making an AV presentation by Bob Thomas
Notes on Making a Good AV by Bob Thomas
Narrating an AV by Bob Thomas

Judging AVs

Judging AVs by Marion Waine
Judging Audio Visual Competitions by John Hodgson
Judging Audio Visuals by Sue Rocco
What are Judges looking for? notes from Jan Burt
PID Audio Visual Contest Guidelines by the PSA

AV Resources

AV Resource Page of the RPS
Beckham Digital Tutorials

AV Production Tools

PTE a UK AV app by WNsoft. PTE Tutorials here
Audacity a sound editing tool (not always necessary as sound editing is often built into the AV production tool)
Photopia Tutorials the replacement for ProShow
iMovie Tutorial

Da Vinci Resolve

Making an AV with DaVinci Resolve
Photo Slideshow with Da Vinci Resolve
Vintage Slideshow with Da Vinci Resolve
Adding Effects to Photos in Da Vinci resolve
Another Video on Making an AV with Da Vinci Resolve
Noobs Guide to Da Vinci Resolve

AV Websites

FotoandFun by Ruth Goldwasser
The Camberwell Camera Club AV Group
APS AV Group the Australian Photographic Society
Ian Bateman’s website Ian is a well-known UK AV author

Example AVs

AVs by Mike Gibson. Amazing! Uses Da Vinci Resolve
AV Example 1 A solid AV in the traditional style.
Are You Going to San Francisco 24+ Million views of this AV
Latow International AV Festival
The Judge by Bob Thomas (not for French speakers)