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Final Cut Pro 3 and DVD Studio Pro Handbook
Final Cut Pro 3 and DVD Studio Pro Handbook
- ISBN13: 9781584502005
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Product Description
With recent advances in technology, the exciting realms of digital editing and DVD authoring are now within reach of most graphics professionals. Until now, editing and rendering animations to fit on VHS and compressing digital images for delivery meant sacrificing quality. But with Apple Final Cut Pro 3, DVD Studio Pro, and the practical guidance found in this book, designers and animators can edit and deliver their creations with excellent results.
Written for graphics professionals, animators, video artists, and users of Final Cut Pro and other popular video packages (iMovie, iDVD, Premiere), the Final Cut Pro 3 and DVD Studio Pro Handbook provides hands-on practice for the entire digital editing process. The book is broken into two main parts. Part One provides an in depth look at FCP and basic cinematography and editing concepts. It includes a detailed review of non-linear digital video editing (NLDVE), outlines the technical specifications for DVD, and provides a comprehensive overview of Final Cut Pro 3. From there the book delves into the process of editing and delivering media productions. Using raw video files from the book’s companion DVD, users work through every step of the editing process, from importing and editing media, to audio techniques, effects, outputting FCP data, and exporting to DVD. In Part Two, users learn how to use the core features of DVD Studio Pro, such as creating compressed media, importing streaming media, designing still and motion based menus, adding fully functional interactivity, and integrating subtitles.
Highlights!
* Provides a practical guide to using both FCP 3 and DVD Studio Pro
* Teaches FCP editing techniques through concise tutorials and raw video files
* Guides users through the fundamentals of DVD Studio Pro
* Includes a companion DVD (Mac) with raw video footage and the support files for all the tutorials in the book
On the DVD!
* Tutorial files for each chapter, including all of the media files
* FCP and DVDSP files from the tutorials for further investigation
* All of the figures from the book in full color for closer examination and use
The Digital Filmmaking Handbook
The Digital Filmmaking Handbook
Product Description
With the advent of digital video and desktop editing software, scores of independent producers have found themselves equipped to make their own movies. Because filmmaking involves much more than just buying a camera and a computer, there’s The Digital Filmmaking Handbook. This one-stop digital filmmaking resource guides aspiring filmmakers from initial conception to getting a finished project “in the can.” From writing and preproduction planning to shooting and post-production editing and effects, this book will serve as the single-volume film school. Completely updated and revised, this third edition includes thorough information on a number of important new DV technologies including HDV, a very affordable new standard that lets even low-budget producers work in high-definition video. The expanded lighting and shooting chapters include new technical information as well as a wealth of new theory. New exercises offer help with everything from writing to special effects, while all of the chapters have been revised to cover the very latest hardware, software, and production workflows. This book will help filmmakers understand the questions to ask so that they can better prepare for and solve the myriad problems throughout the production process. The companion DVD includes project files, film clips, support material for tutorials in the book, and additional video tutorials and essays.
FEATURES * Provides completely updated coverage of digital technology, software, and techniques * Teaches digital filmmaking from start to finish—storyboarding and budgeting, to casting, shooting, and finishing * Details the best hardware and software tools to use * Details new output methods, including coverage of DVD authoring * Includes a companion DVD with project files, film clips, and all support material for tutorials in the book. Also includes additional video tutorials and essaysAmazon.com Review
The title of The Digital Filmmaking Handbook is something of an oxymoron, because this thorough book covers everything you need to know about filmmaking production, from concept to screening. The only missing element is film itself.
Film and video production are in transition. Film and analog videotape rapidly are approaching the end of their technological lives, being replaced by digital videotape and digital cameras. You can buy computers that connect to DV cameras and edit DV tape almost anywhere, and they cost only slightly more than an entry-level computer. The Digital Filmmaking Handbook, then, is for anyone buying into the DV revolution who wants to do more than shoot home movies of the kids. It’s for filmmakers young and old, professional and hobbyist, who want to learn to shoot, edit, and make great movies.
Unlike traditional filmmaking books, in which only the camera and some audio and editing equipment are addressed, part of this book approaches the medium from a computer hardware and software perspective. Numerous hardware issues like choosing the components for an editing workstation (chapter 5), the kind of digital video camera to use (chapter 6), selecting editing and audio software (chapter 7), and various output formats (chapter 18) are discussed. Also, there are chapters on effects, making video look like film (chapter 17), and digital titling (chapter 16).
The book never strays from speaking to moviemakers instead of moviemaking-gear buyers. Everything from preproduction tasks (such as scripting, storyboarding, and budgeting) to production tasks (like set preparation, lighting, filming (sans film), and sound recording) through final editing, color correction, titles, and output is explained. Filmmaking is heavily dependent on technology, and each of these subjects is well covered. Chapters on audio, for example, include selection of microphone types; differences between mic types; how to connect mics to a DV camera or synchronize audio in postproduction; how to control sound levels; and so on.
The chapter on editing reflects the experience of the authors. Films are understood through their own language, and how scenes are edited determines the dialect of that language. Such techniques as matching screen position, matching emotion and tone, matching action, when to use pauses and overlapping edits, and the effect of pauses and pull-ups (shortening a scene) are defined and justified.
If you can’t get into NYU’s film school–or even if you can–The Digital Filmmaking Handbook is a worthy reference to keep at your fingertips. –Mike Caputo
Pay-Per-Click Search Engine Marketing Handbook: Low Cost Strategies for Attracting New Customers Using Google, MSN, Yahoo & Other Search Engines
Product Description
You’ve got products. You’ve got a website. You’re ready to do business online. Now, how do you attract new customers?
You may have heard stories about companies putting their business in front of 80%+ of Internet users in as little as 24 hours. You may already know of your competitors that appear on all of the major search engines. And you want to get in on it, but aren’t sure where to begin?
You’ll find the answers in this book. In it, search engine advertising pioneers, Boris and Eugene Mordkovich, share their knowledge from the most basic information explaining how Pay-per-Click works to why it is so extraordinarily effective, as well as offer detailed information on how to design a successful campaign, how to test concepts, determine what works, and fine-tune your campaigns to maximize the Return on Investment (ROI). It also delves into more advanced topics affecting advertisers today, including contextual advertising (getting your website listed on thousands of websites without paying a penny), localized search (targeting a specific local area through search engines), and click fraud (how to protect yourself against it).
The book offers detailed reviews on over 20+ major search engines, including tips and advice on how to get the most out of each one. You also get unbiased reviews of the top Pay Per Click tools and three appendices including an extensive Pay Per Click Glossary and Recommended Resources to help your business grow. Finally, the book offers tips, techniques, and ideas contributed by 14 top experts in the industry on how you can improve your search engine advertising efforts.
As a bonus, you receive over $125 worth of credits on major PPC search engines, including Yahoo!, FindWhat, Search123, Findology, SearchFeed, Kanoodle, Enhance Interactive, Mamma, Verizon SuperPages, and many others to get you started.