Review
“…the content and layout are of the highest quality…” (M2 Best Books, May 2004)
"...shows you how to edit and achieve some cool special effects..." (PC Home, Issue 139, 2003)
"...an accessible and informative read...many good creative ideas on how to get around common shooting and editing problems..." (Digital Creative Arts, December 2003)
Review
“…the content and layout are of the highest quality…” (M2 Best Books, May 2004)
"...shows you how to edit and achieve some cool special effects..." (PC Home, Issue 139, 2003)
"...an accessible and informative read...many good creative ideas on how to get around common shooting and editing problems..." (Digital Creative Arts, December 03)
Digital Creative Arts, December 03
"...an accessible and informative read...many good creative ideas on how to get around common shooting and editing problems..."
PC Home, Issue 139, 2003
"...shows you how to edit and achieve some cool special effects..."
Book Description
* Step-by-step recipes for 50 digital video editing tricks show readers how to create professional videos with stunning special effects; readers can begin shooting and editing high quality video after reading only the first few pages
* Covers both Apple iMovie and Microsoft Movie Maker, the most popular consumer digital video editing applications; shows how to do the same techniques using both formats
* Demystifies the process of delivering video to the reader's audience in the most popular formats available today: VHS, DVD, Video-CD, and the Web
* Addresses the essentials of planning and shooting digital video in real life situations to produce professional results
* Interactive CD-ROM includes ready-made HTML templates to quickly get movies up on the Web, before-and-after source video files for the technique steps in the book, and video training software
From the Back Cover
"Clever, useful, insightful, indispensible. A must in the digital filmmaker’s toolbox." – Frederick M. Strype, screenwriter, producer, and Assistant Professor Media Art/Film & Video School of Contemporary Arts–Ramapo College of New Jersey What do you want to achieve with your digital video camera? The possibilities are endless, and these easy-to-learn techniques will unleash your creativity. Learn to manage lighting conditions, shoot sporting events like a pro, create effective transitions and scene changes, even turn your movies into pseudo-classics or vintage slapstick. Whether you’re using iMovie or a PC with Windows Movie Maker, these 50 lessons will get you started on the road to becoming an accomplished videographer. Your guide to amazing results in digital video Capture the best clips, edit out unnecessary footage, and assemble a timeline Create cross-fades and page curls, manage dissolves, disintegrate scenes, and develop slow motion scene changes Explore panning and zooming with still-picture sequences Achieve classic film noir or slapstick comedy effects Add and edit sound effects or narration Export your movies for DVD, CD-ROM, or Internet viewing CD-ROM includes demo versions of SoundForge, ACID Music, Video Factory, some of the 1,001 Free Sound Effects collection, and more!
About the Author
Bonnie Blake is an award-winning designer and multimedia specialist. She teaches design and new media at a college in New Jersey. She is also the author of several books on multimedia and video production, including The Adobe Premiere Virtual Classroom. Doug Sahlin is a graphic and Web site designer who has written ten books, including Fireworks 4 For Dummies® and Flash ActionScript For Dummies®.
50 Fast Digital Video Techniques FROM THE PUBLISHER
What do you want to achieve with your digital video camera? The possibilities are endless, and these easy-to-learn techniques will unleash your creativity. Learn to manage lighting conditions, shoot sporting events like a pro, create effective transitions and scene changes, even turn your movies into pseudo-classics or vintage slapstick. Whether you're using iMovie or a PC with Windows Movie Maker, these 50 lessons will get you started on the road to becoming an accomplished videographer.
FROM THE CRITICS
Library Journal
People have been interested in creating DVDs for some time, but it has only recently become affordable for home users; these guides are for that audience. After an introduction to DVD and VCD (Video CD), Create highlights features of various editors, then covers capturing video and creating movies in each editor. Its CD includes demos of several DVD authoring, burning, and player packages. A good illustrated overview for all libraries; supplement with more thorough guides to individual packages. More in-depth than Create, SAMS teaches authoring to beginners through straightforward chapter objectives, summaries, workshops, quizzes, tasks, and exercises. Its DVD contains demo and shareware players and video authoring, music creation, and image-editing tools; it also covers choosing a DVD authoring product and includes more information on burning data DVDs, adding and creating music, and more advanced editing techniques. For all libraries; choose if you can afford only one overview. Intermediate users and more ambitious beginners will gravitate to Idea Book, which addresses creating different types of videos, from home movies and wedding tapes to features and documentaries. It provides more background on how and why to create "good" video rather than just how to use software and also offers tips for choosing camcorders and other equipment. Its CD includes sample clips and projects; a companion web site was inactive at the time of this review. For intermediate video authors seeking ideas on jazzing up their projects, 50 Fast contains step-by-step instructions for 50 different video techniques, organized into chapters from special effects and titles to exporting and CD or DVD. Its CD contains demo and shareware video, music, and image software; project video; finished examples; and sound effects clips. A full-color glossy insert further illustrates some techniques, each of which is described both in iMovie and Windows Movie Maker. Idea Book and 50 Fast are appropriate for medium and larger public libraries. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
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