Product 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

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1239958 in Books
• Published on: 2003-10-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 352 pages

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)

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!