Editing Digital Video
暫譯: 數位影片編輯

THE DIGITAL WAY TO CUT VIDEO

Superb solutions to edit your video. For the amateur, turn your family videos into stories. For the professional, learn to cut your films using the latest digital video tips and tricks.

A pair of award-winning professionals share their insights. Editing Digital Video explains how to use any tool -- from iMovie or Premiere to appliances like Casablanca and Screenplay or professional systems such as Avid, Discreet, Media 100 -- to turn your imagination into results fast. Quickly acquire the skills you need to:

* EDIT COMMERCIALS, DOCUMENTARIES, FEATURE FILMS, AND MUSIC VIDEOS

* WORK WITH VIDEO, DVD, AND WEB-BASED MEDIA

* TAKE ADVANTAGE OF PROVEN TECHNIQUES FROM THE PROS

Anyone from amateurs to students to professionals can learn to edit and tell compelling stories using the results-oriented approach in Editing Digital Video. Plus, a companion CD-ROM with footage and exercises lets you practice on any system. With clear illustrations and a light touch, Editing Digital Video will guide you through the finer points of:

* Navigating the desktop

* Basic and advanced editing

* Creating Impact

* Organizing Projects

* Keys, mattes, and layering

* Titles and Effects

* Audio

* Digital video formats

* Postproduction Workflow

* Editing Terminology

* Keyboard Shortcuts

* And much, much more!

With Editing Digital Video, you’ll finally unleash your creativity. Learn more in one session than you would from any user manual. A refreshingly realistic approach!

Contents          

     Preface
     Acknowledgments
     Foreword
    Chapter 1: The Whole Truth and Nothing But the Truth
    Chapter 2: What the Heck Is That?
    Chapter 3: Beginnings, Middles, and Ends
    Chapter 4: Polishing the Necklace
    Chapter 5: Styles and Workflows
    Chapter 6: The China Closet
    Chapter 7: Setting the Table
    Chapter 8: The Frosting
    Chapter 9: Gilding the Lily
    Chapter 10: Getting It In and Out
    Chapter 11: What Are They Talking About?
     Appendix A: Films to Watch
     Appendix B: Resources
     Appendix C: Script for Exercise: The Dicey Question by Adam Gooder
     Index