QuickTime Pro 4 for Macintosh and Windows, Second Edition (Visual QuickStart Guide) [Paperback]

Judith Stern (Author), Robert A. Lettieri (Author)

Book Description

Series: Visual QuickStart Guide | Publication Date: August 24, 1999

The QuickTime Pro 4: Visual QuickStart Guide provides a clear, visual introduction to the rich capabilities of this multimedia creation software. Readers will learn techniques for preparing videos, audio clips, and editing multimedia content to deliver over the Internet or via CD/ROM. Written by two experts with years of experience using QuickTime, this VQS covers the basics of streaming digital media creation, as well as sophisticated techniques using the new features of QuickTime 4.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

QuickTime Pro for Macintosh and Windows can help you handle any multimedia viewing or authoring job. It will help you create multimedia projects, edit digital video and animation, or simply assist you with downloading movie trailers off the Web.

This small book reveals the true depth of QuickTime, from the differences between the Standard and Pro versions to how to use other media, such as Macromedia Flash movies, as layers in a QuickTime movie.

Some of the best chapters describe how to add features to your QuickTime movies, like adding searchable text tracks, music, and MIDI tracks, or creating QuickTime movies for Internet streaming delivery.

Like other books in the Visual QuickStart series, this accessible little reference volume is easy to read and filled with tips and tricks for just about anyone using QuickTime--passive viewers and content creators alike.

There's no companion CD-ROM--one of the ways the publisher keeps the cost down--which is unfortunate because QuickTime movies demonstrating some of the examples in the book would have been more than worth the extra few dollars.

Even without a CD-ROM, though, this is a recommended book. There is plenty of information here for users of this pervasive technology. --Mike Caputo

From the Back Cover

Whether you're new to multimedia ora seasoned author, QuickTime Pro 4: Visual QuickStart Guide will have you up and running fast with Apple's award-winning, cross-platform multimedia package. This step-by-step guide walks you through QuickTime 4, QuickTime Player Pro, and all the latest components, with in-depth coverage of QuickTime 4's new true streaming feature. Written for the beginner and advanced user alike, QuickTime Pro 4: Visual QuickStart Guide gives you straightforward explanations of the features you'll find in the Professional edition of the package, including its extensive editing tools and newfound ability to import MP3 and Flash files. Informative screenshots are sprinkled liberally throughout the book to help keep you on track as you work.

Product Details

• Paperback: 359 pages
• Publisher: Peachpit Press; 2 Sub edition (August 24, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0201354691
• ISBN-13: 978-0201354690
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,534,092 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best book available on the subject, December 1, 1999

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John Dennett "geek of all trades" (Longmont, CO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: QuickTime Pro 4 for Macintosh and Windows, Second Edition (Visual QuickStart Guide) (Paperback)

I'm a loyal customer of the Visual Quickstart Guide series, and this book was up to their usual high standards. It gets straight to the point, takes you well beyond the basics, and reveals the power of this technology with both clearly written step-by-step instructions and strategically chosen screen shots on every page. A must for anyone that purchased a QuickTime Pro upgrade.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great place to start, September 13, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: QuickTime Pro 4 for Macintosh and Windows, Second Edition (Visual QuickStart Guide) (Paperback)

Excellent overview of Quicktime. This has info you would spend hours looking for elsewhere. My favorite section was the explanation of the different compression options, but all sections are helpful for editing, digitizing, and saving QT movies and audio.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I love this book, July 4, 2000

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JB (One Cave in the Afghanistan Rain Forest) - See all my reviews

This review is from: QuickTime Pro 4 for Macintosh and Windows, Second Edition (Visual QuickStart Guide) (Paperback)

If you're a QT user, don't forget to buy this book. This book is packed with useful hints and tricks. It's surely going to be useful to you someday.

Remember to buy some other books about general video compression theories, MPEG encoding, color theories ... so you'll handle codecs better. This book is not the whole thing.