Creating PC Video

This Book Teaches Readers How To Put A Working System Together By Showing Them The Equipment Available To Them, And What It Can Do. Readers Will Learn How To Create Video Products Using The Computer As An Editing Tool, And How To Refine Sound And Combine Graphics With Video. Information On Web Distribution Is Included.with The Advent Of The New Digital Camcorders Developed By Panasonic And Sony In The New Dv Format, Professional Quality Video Is Available In Consumer-level Equipment. At The Same Time, Digital Editing Is Now Available For The Pc Us Cover; Creating Pc Video; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table Of Contents; Preface; 1 The Camcorder-computer Link; The Stand-alones; Enter The Computer; The Event Videographer; The World Turned Digital; Then Came Firewire; A New World Of Hard Drives; 2 Selecting The Right Camcorder; Which Format Is Right For You?; Three-chip Video Quality; The Smaller, The Better; Manual Options; Power To Spare; Zooooom; Variable-speed Zoom; Color Monitors And Color Viewfinders; Electronic Image Stabilization; External Microphone And Headphone Jacks; Edit Control; Summary 3 Computer Video Options For Under 500computer Controlled Tape-to-tape Editing; Video Capture; Adding Audio; Choosing Software; Adding Titles; Make A Movie; Bonus-the Tv Tuner; 4 Building The Av Computer; Selecting Hardware; Now The Big Question-how Much Will It Cost?; The Video Card; What About Audio?; Fast And Wide Video Drives; Going Turnkey; Saving Your Work; Safety Tips; 5 The Home Video Editing Challenge; Linear Versus Nonlinear Editing; Selecting Nonlinear Editing Software; Batch Capture And Vcr Control; Compression And Resolution; Tracks And Layers; The Character Generator Special Effects And Transitionschrominance And Luminance Keying; Dongles; Adding More Special Effects Through Plug-ins; Creating Digital Title Screens; Painting And Drawing Software; Computer Monitors Versus Ntsc Television; Putting It All Together; 6 Unlimited Audio For Video; The Sound Of Music; Video Follows Audio; Hardware Requirements; More Music; Strike Up The Band; Going To The Next Level-midi; The Next Sequence; 7 Creating Your Own Cd-rom; The Right Stuff; Acquiring Images; Know Your Limits; The Digital Artist; Burning Your Cd-rom; Avoiding The Pitfalls; What About Dvd? 8 Your Video On Tvhow To Produce Commercials With Your Camcorder And Computer; Starting Your Own Cable Show; Shooting The Infomercial; 9 Building Your Own Video Website; Getting A Site; From Dream To Reality; Adding Movement; Java And Dynamic Html; Page Layout; Internet Video-the Next Level; What Is A Plug-in?; Getting Your Video And Audio On The Web; Live Performance; Understanding The Limits; A Bit About Bandwidth; V-mail, Video Conferencing, And The Internetcam; 10 Video Projects; The Public Service Announcement; The Commercial; The Music Video; The Birthday Party Appendix Software And Hardware Solutionslow-cost Video Cards, Frame And Video Capture, And Simple Nonlinear Editing; Video Production Nonlinear Editing Software; Cd-rom; Art Programs; Buy-out Animation And Backgrounds; Special Effects And Transitions; Music And Audio Software; Sources For Copyright-free Music; Web Page Design And Internet Video Publishing Software; Video Card; Glossary; Index Douglas Stevenson, Robert Wolenik. First Published 1999--t.p. Verso. English