Aims to help you find out what camera to choose, filming dos and don'ts, and techniques for creating, editing, saving and sharing movies. Containing five projects to teach you what you need to know, this book also contains tips and other information.
Showcases the work and creative process of some of the leading VFX studios. This title features over 1000 four color images that provide visual insight as to how the studios start with a concept then arrive at their finished VFX shot. It includes insight into the production process and listings of the tools used to create each effect.
The Adobe Production Studio offers a post-production package that combines Adobe's video and graphics software with the timesaving integration and workflow features of Adobe Dynamic Link and Adobe Bridge. This work guides readers through its range of features. It also shows them the various techniques they are likely to use in their projects.
Your Mac's iMovie and iDVD applications are a key part of the iLife '09 suite and Apple's cool digital lifestyle. This title includes tips and techniques to help you get all the benefits these applications have to offer. It provides information that ranges from capturing footage to editing and posting movies online in a variety of formats.
A guide to planning, creating, editing, and sharing video content online. This title shows how to shoot professional-quality videos, edit the files, prepare clips for posting online, and share video projects through a variety of websites, blogs, and podcasts. It includes hands-on tutorials for video editing software for use on PCs and Macs.
Provides a coverage of high definition television (HDTV) and compression systems. With the help of technical illustrations, this book presents topics such as: basic concepts of digitization, sampling, quantization, gamma, and filtering; principles of color science as applied to image capture and display; and scanning and coding of SDTV and HDTV.
Deals with the theory and engineering of digital video systems. This book covers emergent compression systems, including H.264 and VP8/WebM, and augments detailed information on JPEG, DVC, and MPEG-2 systems. It introduces the technical aspects of file-based workflows and outlines the emerging domain of metadata.
This title covers the basics of using the Adobe Premiere video editing software. Topics include setting up a production studio, shooting good footage, editing clips, adding effects, working with audio, and sharing the finished product online and elsewhere.
Paring down the software to its essentials, this work teaches you the key features and essential workflow to get you up and running. It helps you to start cutting, whatever you edit, whatever the format. Whether you are a professional moving over to Final Cut Pro from another package, or a new user, it is suitable for various OSX versions of FCP.
A guide to getting up and running with Apple's professional editing software. It offers knowledge needed to edit your project from start to finish using Final Cut Pro. It covers such areas as: System Set-up; Capture; Editing; Audio Mixing; Effects; Output; Media; and, Management.
Telling you how to use Adobe Premiere Pro to achieve professional results, this book features the essentials. It also covers the important areas: set up, the interface, editing, effects, integration with other Adobe products, and finishing and is intended for users of all levels who want to achieve professional results.
Shows you how to analyze color correction problems and solve them - whatever NLE or plugin you use. This book provides technical insight into how to effectively color correct your video, also delving into how color can impact storytelling and deliver critical emotional cues.
Provides techniques for creating effects seen in movies such as "300", Spiderman 3, Predator and others. This book includes lessons on how-to: splatter blood or digitally lop someone's arm off; create a scene with actors running from an explosion; create the 'twin effect'; and, produce space-ship dog fights.
Helps to develop the art and technique of editing. This title develops a working knowledge with nineteen tutorials that cover: setting up your system and understanding the interface; ingesting and organizing your material including drive-based and disc-based camera data; and, slicing, dicing, and organizing clips.
Offers instruction on how to build DVD menus using the DVD Studio Pro toolset, a sophisticated, professional-level DVD authoring tool from Apple. This book features real-world tutorial projects that demonstrate how to get fast, professional results, add Hollywood features to a DVD, and streamline production while maintaining a creative edge.
Provides step-by-step instructions for hundreds of editing tasks and concepts within the Avid software applications. This book guides you through an editing project, while the accompanying DVD provides footage to edit allowing for a hands-on experience. It concentrates on the Media Composer software, and Mojo DX and Nitris DX hardware.
Fully revised and updated to reflect the growing importance of H. 264, The H. 264 Advanced Video Compression Standard, Second Edition provides a clear overview of the system, covering the basic video coding concepts and information on video formats and quality, as well as descriptions of the extensions to H. 264 that have been published since 2003.
Tells you how, why, and when you should perform certain audio postproduction tasks within Soundtrack Pro while editing your video in the Final Cut Studio suite. Intertwining video editing workflows with audio editing workflows for video editors using Final Cut Studio, this book describes the audio postproduction process.
Offers an insight into the use of visual effects in film and television. This title covers visual effects processes from front-of-camera to post-production. It is suitable for cinematographers, editors, designers and students of VFX alike, and for those who work in commercials/advertising photography or effects.
Presents the techniques and tips that help to model, texture and animate with Cinema 4D 11. Starting with the basic concepts, functions, and tools, this book covers features of version 11 such as Motion Clips, and advanced features such as MoGraph, Dynamics, Thinking Particles, HyperNURBS modeling, XPresso programming, and Advanced Renderer.
Devoted solely to Pinnacle's Liquid Edition, this work uses step-by-step instructions with tips and visual aids to show readers how to streamline their workflows and enhance their creativity with this advanced editing system. It also shows how to create special effects, DVD authoring, audio production, titles creation, troubleshooting, and more.
Intended for those budding filmmakers and students who want to produce action movies with visual effects but don't have Hollywood budgets, this guide details how to do this: from planning and selecting the necessary cameras, software, and equipment, to creating specific special effects, to editing and mixing sound and music.
FCP 7 is a product intended for FCP editors looking to speed their workflow, impress clients, earn more by working quicker, and save themselves the wrist-pain from constant use of the mouse. This title includes fast commands for the features of FCP 7, a complete default keyset reminder, and a smart key remapping guide.
Aims to deliver immediate solutions to the reader with a concise presentation of over 350 expert techniques for working proficiently with the respective application. This book provides experienced editors with coverage of both applications' capabilities, and less experienced users get tips and tricks to enhance their productivity and creativity.
Offers an array of concise solutions to the wide variety of problems that are faced by postproduction artists in the post process. This book includes access to a free, password-protected website that features application-specific resolutions to the problems presented, with fixes for working in Apple's Final Cut Studio suite.
Apple's Shake compositing and visual effects software has changed the high-end post-production landscape. Providing all the instruction film and video professionals need to start making the most of Shake, this comprehensive guide also includes a free 30-day trial version of the multi-thousand dollar software package on the accompanying DVD.
The full-color projects in this resource teach all the techniques needed to enhance Web sites with Silverlight video. It takes the approach that Web designers don't need to know every feature of Silverlight and explains what they need to get their project done fast.
Describes appropriate postproduction workflows, team roles and responsibilities, and required equipment for some of the most common media productions. This book focuses on workflow processes and responsibilities, and includes 7 real-world workflows from a diverse range of projects.
Once considered an amateur format, digital video is becoming the choice for some feature films and for lower budget productions. This book enables to use this medium to create the professional and effective sound possible. It includes CD with recording and editing exercises.
Offering the necessary materials, including raw video footage, sequences, and instructions, this book lets you gain a working knowledge of Vegas including its exceptional audio features and the DVD Architect toolset. It includes hands-on tutorials covering a range of essential tasks from installing the application to outputting.
Dealing with the mechanics of Final Cut Express HD 3.5, this work talks about the art and technique of editing. It cover almost every aspect, including: setting up your system and understanding the interface; getting your material into FCE and organizing it; slicing, dicing, and organizing clips; and editing to build and trim a sequence of shots.
Includes basics of networked media, storage systems for AV, MXF and other file formats, Web services and SOA, software platforms, 14 methods for high availability design, element management, security, AV technology, transition issues, and real-world case studies.
Delivers the nuts and bolts of the tasks, from installing the application to outputting, together with practical editing techniques and examples for working more efficiently. This title includes features such as capturing video including HD, HDV, XDCAM, and AVCHD and using editing tools, transitions, filters, and third-party plug-ins.
A book-and-DVD training package so you can learn Premiere Pro at your own pace Premiere Pro is a powerful, timeline-based video editing software, and this personal training course uses a full-color book plus video tutorials on DVD to teach you how to use all its features.