TechTV's Guide to Creating Digital Video Like a Pro is the ultimate guide for anyone interested in the field of digital video. Readers learn what digital video is and how it differs from and surpasses analog video; what kind of digital equipment fits their needs from camcorder to computer; how best to shoot their videos; what software to use and how to use it; best output options; and the future of digital video editing. The book is packed with real-world projects for the reader to practice. The CD contains actual footage from techniques used in the book, and footage from the book's projects for readers to see what their finished products should resemble.
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TechTV's Guide to Creating Digital Video Like a Pro is the ultimate guide for anyone interested in the field of digital video. Readers learn what digital video is and how it differs from and surpasses analog video; what kind of digital equipment fits their needs from camcorder to computer; how best to shoot their videos; what software to use and how to use it; best output options; and the future of digital video editing. The book is packed with realworld projects for the reader to practice. The CD contains actual footage from techniques used in the book, and footage from the book's projects for readers to see what their finished products should resemble.
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Deras Flynn has been a freelance videographer and amateur filmmaker for more than 10 years. He has followed the evolution of video and computer technology, with a keen interest on the closing gap between professional and consumer quality. He began editing video on computers in 1995. He is the founder of the tech webzine Multimedian.com (http://www.multimedian.com), which covers all facets of multimedia production on a computer.
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
a good DV shooting and editing primer...,
By dan stevens (Raleigh, NC USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: TechTV's Guide to Creating Digital Video Like a Pro (Paperback)
I wanted to get a book that would give me a clue on using my camcorder better, as well give me a better idea of computer video editing (not to mention humor me with my filmmaking aspirations). This book covers all that and more very clearly, with lots of helpful picture examples. I now know what all my camcorder's manual controls do and when to use them. On the computer front, I finally was able to figure out how to make a VCD/SVCD that has good image quality, and if I can ever afford a DVD recorder I am fairly confident I know how to do that now too. If you want to know all about DV (both filming and editing), this is an accessible, solidly written book.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Decent Primer,
This review is from: TechTV's Guide to Creating Digital Video Like a Pro (Paperback)
As a technology instructor, I evaluated this book for use as a student text. In that respect, it works well enough, covering material such as computer hardware, video terminology and the practices of editing video in just enough detail for me to be satisfied, even appreciative.The book is not without faults. In particular, I would've liked another 100 pages or so regarding the editing features of software besides Premier, and of course this book suffers from the technology-book curse - it's 18 months old and many aspects are at this point somewhat out of date or inaccurate; something like this should really be updated annually. The author did have the foresight to include a short section on authoring video projects to DVD and various types of video CDs, and I like that effort was made to introduce the reader to techniques in capturing good footage.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great resource,
By Evan (Nanuet, NY USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: TechTV's Guide to Creating Digital Video Like a Pro (Paperback)
Finally, a clear, coherent and comprehensive resource that explains everything that I could only find in bits and pieces elsewhere.
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