DIGITAL VIDEO TECHNOLOGY: FUNDAMENTALS
WHY THIS BOOK? FOOLISH ASSUMPTIONS CONVENTIONS USED IN THIS BOOK HOW THIS BOOK IS ORGANIZED PART I: GETTING READY FOR DIGITAL VIDEO PART II: GATHERING FOOTAGE PART III: EDITING YOUR MOVIE PART IV: SHARING YOUR VIDEO PART V: THE PART OF TENS PART VI: APPENDIXES ICONS USED IN THIS BOOK WHERE TO GO FROM HERE WHAT IS DIGITAL VIDEO? COMPARING ANALOG AND DIGITAL VIDEO WARMING UP TO FIREWIRE EDITING VIDEO COMPARING EDITING METHODS EDITING A SHORT VIDEO PROJECT PERFORMING HOLLYWOOD MAGIC AT THE CLICK OF A MOUSE SHARING VIDEO EXPORTING A MOVIE PLAYING YOUR MOVIE RESOLVING THE MAC-VERSUS-PC DEBATE ONCE AND FOR ALL UPGRADING YOUR COMPUTER USING A MACINTOSH BUYING A NEW MAC UPGRADING YE OLDE MAC CHOOSING MAC VIDEO SOFTWARE USING A WINDOWS PC BUYING A NEW PC UPGRADING YOUR PC FOR DIGITAL VIDEO CHOOSING WINDOWS VIDEO SOFTWARE OPTIMIZING WINDOWS FOR VIDEO WORK CHOOSING ANALOG CAPTURE HARDWARE SELECTING CAPTURE CARDS SELECTING EXTERNAL VIDEO CONVERTERS IMPROVING THE HUMAN-MACHINE INTERFACE WORKING WITH VIDEO MONITORS USING A MULTIMEDIA CONTROLLER CHOOSING A CAMCORDER MASTERING VIDEO FUNDAMENTALS THE MECHANICS OF VIDEO RECORDING BROADCAST FORMATS INTERLACING VERSUS PROGRESSIVE SCAN THE MANY ASPECTS OF ASPECT RATIOS COLOR PICKING A CAMERA FORMAT MINIDV DIGITAL8 OTHER DIGITAL FORMATS ANALOG FORMATS CHOOSING A CAMERA WITH THE RIGHT FEATURES ACCESSORIZING YOUR CAMCORDER SOUNDING OUT AUDIO EQUIPMENT CHOOSING A MICROPHONE SELECTING AN AUDIO RECORDER SHEDDING SOME LIGHT ON THE SCENE STABILIZING YOUR VIDEO IMAGE PLANNING A VIDEO PRODUCTION COMPOSING A SHOT EVALUATING LIGHTING CHOOSING LIGHTS BOUNCING LIGHT DIFFUSING LIGHT DEALING WITH BACKLIGHTING USING LENS FILTERS CONTROLLING FOCUS AND EXPOSURE SETTING UP YOUR CAMCORDER SHOOTING VIDEO PANNING EFFECTIVELY USING (NOT ABUSING) THE ZOOM LENS AVOIDING TIMECODE BREAKS RECORDING SOUND MANAGING AMBIENT NOISE CREATING YOUR OWN SOUND EFFECTS VIDEO-SHOOT CHECKLIST FOR DUMMIES BASIC CHECKLIST ADVANCED CHECKLIST PREPARING FOR DIGITAL VIDEO CAPTURE MAKING ROOM FOR VIDEO FILES CONNECTING A DIGITAL CAMCORDER TO YOUR COMPUTER CAPTURING DIGITAL VIDEO CAPTURING VIDEO IN PINNACLE STUDIO CAPTURING VIDEO IN APPLE IMOVIE TROUBLESHOOTING CAPTURE PROBLEMS YOU CAN’T CONTROL YOUR CAMERA THROUGH YOUR CAPTURE SOFTWARE FRAMES DROP OUT DURING CAPTURE CAPTURE STOPS UNEXPECTEDLY PREPARING FOR ANALOG VIDEO CAPTURE PREPARING YOUR COMPUTER FOR ANALOG VIDEO SETTING UP CAPTURE HARDWARE CAPTURING VIDEO ADJUSTING VIDEO-CAPTURE SETTINGS IN STUDIO CAPTURING YOUR VIDEO UNDERSTANDING AUDIO UNDERSTANDING SAMPLING RATES DELVING INTO BIT DEPTH RECORDING AUDIO RECORDING AUDIO WITH YOUR MACINTOSH RECORDING VOICE-OVER TRACKS IN PINNACLE STUDIO WORKING WITH CD AUDIO IMPORTING CD AUDIO IN IMOVIE IMPORTING CD AUDIO IN STUDIO WORKING WITH MP3 AUDIO RIPPING MP3 FILES ON A MAC RIPPING MP3 FILES IN WINDOWS STARTING A NEW PROJECT WORKING WITH CLIPS ORGANIZING CLIPS PREVIEWING CLIPS TRIMMING OUT THE UNWANTED PARTS TURNING YOUR CLIPS INTO A MOVIE VISUALIZING YOUR PROJECT WITH STORYBOARDS USING THE TIMELINE FINE-TUNING YOUR MOVIE IN THE TIMELINE TRIMMING CLIPS IN THE TIMELINE REMOVING CLIPS FROM THE TIMELINE UNDOING WHAT YOU’VE DONE ADJUSTING PLAYBACK SPEED FIXING COLOR AND LIGHT ISSUES ADJUSTING IMAGE QUALITIES IN PINNACLE STUDIO MODIFYING LIGHT AND COLOR IN APPLE IMOVIE USING FADES AND TRANSITIONS BETWEEN CLIPS CHOOSING THE BEST TRANSITION ADDING A TRANSITION TO THE TIMELINE ADJUSTING TRANSITIONS GIVING CREDIT WITH TITLES CREATING TITLES FOR YOUR MOVIES MAKING EFFECTIVE TITLES USING STUDIO’S TITLE EDITOR EDITING TITLES CHANGING BACKGROUNDS CREATING TITLES IN IMOVIE CHANGING THE LENGTH OF TITLES USING AUDIO IN A PROJECT UNDERSTANDING AUDIO TRACKS ADDING AUDIO TO THE TIMELINE ADJUSTING VOLUME WORKING WITH SOUND EFFECTS ADDING A SOUNDTRACK TO YOUR PROJECT ADDING MUSIC FROM A CD GENERATING BACKGROUND MUSIC WITH SMARTSOUND USING VIDEO EFFECTS IN IMOVIE REVIEWING IMOVIE’S EFFECTS CUSTOMIZING EFFECTS USING VIDEO EFFECTS IN STUDIO STEPPING UP TO MORE ADVANCED EDITING USING STILL GRAPHICS IN MOVIES ADJUSTING THE IMAGE SIZE GETTING THE COLORS JUST RIGHT INSERTING STILLS IN YOUR MOVIE USING PICTURES IN APPLE IMOVIE USING PICTURES IN PINNACLE STUDIO FREEZING FRAMES FROM VIDEO PREVIEWING YOUR MOVIE CASTING A CRITICAL EYE ON YOUR PROJECT PREVIEWING ON AN EXTERNAL MONITOR EXPORTING THE MOVIE CHOOSING AVI SETTINGS SETTING MPEG SETTINGS CHOOSING A VIDEO FORMAT STREAMING YOUR VIDEO COMPARING PLAYER PROGRAMS EXPORTING MOVIES FOR THE ONLINE WORLD MAKING QUICKTIME MOVIES WITH IMOVIE EXPORTING INTERNET MOVIES FROM STUDIO PUTTING YOUR MOVIE ON THE WEB FINDING AN ONLINE HOME FOR YOUR MOVIES CREATING A (VERY) SIMPLE WEB PAGE PREPPING YOUR MOVIE FOR TV PLAYBACK SETTING UP YOUR HARDWARE EXPORTING TO TAPE IN APPLE IMOVIE EXPORTING TO TAPE IN PINNACLE STUDIO UNDERSTANDING DVD BASICS GETTING READY TO RECORD DVDS COMPREHENDING DVD STANDARDS MAKING EFFECTIVE MENUS CREATING A MENU PREVIEWING YOUR MENU BURNING DVDS BEAM ME UP, SCOTTY! SEEING STARS FORCING A PERSPECTIVE MAKING YOUR OWN SOUND EFFECTS FILTERING YOUR VIDEO WORKING WITH ASSISTANTS REHEARSE! TO ZOOM OR NOT TO ZOOM? DEALING WITH THE ELEMENTS COMPOSITING VIDEO UNDERSTANDING COMPOSITING SHOOTING VIDEO AGAINST A BLUE SCREEN COMPOSITING VIDEO TRACKS TRIPODS AND OTHER STABILIZATION DEVICES MONOPODS MOBILE STABILIZERS LIGHTING DVD-R DRIVES MICROPHONES MINIDISC RECORDERS MULTIMEDIA CONTROLLERS VIDEO CONVERTERS GRAPHICAL VIDEO BACKGROUND ELEMENTS HELMET CAMS VIDEO DECKS REVIEWING THE BASICS IMPORTING MEDIA EDITING YOUR MOVIES EXPORTING YOUR MOVIES