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Teach Yourself Visually Digital Video [Paperback]

Jinjer Simon (Author), Richard J. Simon (Author)

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Book Description

Series: Teach Yourself Visually | Publication Date: June 15, 2002

Covers the essentials of getting into and getting started in digital video including choosing and buying a camera, shooting top-notch video, dumping video to a PC, editing with both basic and advanced editing tools, and outputting your finished product to various media.
Teach Yourself VISUALLY features over 500 annotated, full-color screenshots, quick and to-the-point introductions, and useful tips.

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Teach Yourself VISUALLY features over 500 annotated, full-color screenshots, quick and to-the-point introductions, and useful tips.

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Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Are you a visual learner? Do you prefer instructions that show you how to do something – and skip the long-winded explanations? If so, then this book is for you. Open it up and you’ll find clear, step-by-step illustrations and screen shots that show you how to tackle more than 100 digital video tasks, from working with lighting, sound, camera shots, and timelines to adding transitions, music, special effects, and titles using Apple iMovie, Windows Movie Maker, Adobe Premiere, or Apple Final Cut Pro.

"Your step-by-step instructions and beautiful illustrations greatly simplify what so many other books overlook. Keep up the good work. I look forward to purchasing more Visual books."
– Richard Hata (Los Angeles, CA)

"I commend your efforts and your success. Your Teach Yourself VISUALLY books are incredible."
– Michele Schalin (Lockhart, TX)

"Teach Yourself" sidebars offer practical tips and tricks
Full-color screen shots demonstrate each task
Succinct explanations walk you through step by step
Two-page lessons break big topics into bite-sized modules

Product Details

Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Visual; annotated edition edition (June 15, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0764536885
ISBN-13: 978-0764536885
Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 8.1 x 0.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,313,246 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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First Sentence:
Fast becoming a popular technology, you can use digital video to create your own video productions. Read the first page

Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
desired footage, video clip displays, analog capture card, digital video camcorders, digital video footage, most camcorders, desired clip, clip size, filming people, camcorder lens, editing solutions, video overlay, batch capture, analog camcorder, final video, video editing software, digital videotape, image stabilization, optical zoom, video lights, dialog box displays, click the clip, monitor window, digital zoom, movie maker

Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere, Clips List, Click Export, Save Project, Roxio Toast Titanium, Microsoft Windows, Animation Can, Exploring Digital, Click Edit, Click Preview, Inserting Titles, Microsoft Paint, Click Add Track, Windows Sound Recorder

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