This book explains the rules and provides the tools for creating high quality digital video on a PC. Not only does it explain how, it also shows you how on the CD-ROM included with the book. The author has created a video compression sampler that allows users to view samples of different types of filming techniques and provides a set of compression and decompression utilities.

Video Compression for Multimedia

Computers & Technology

Ozer, Jan

Certification

Morgan Kaufmann Pub

An essential guide to producing video for electronic and Internet distribution, this book takes the first volume, Video Compression for Multimedia, a step further and provides detailed production procedures that help even beginners efficiently produce top-quality video. The book also discusses the theories behind video production and compression, thoroughly evaluating all of the commercial tools available to facilitate this process. It also delves deeply into recent advances in video capture and delivery techniques, including Indeo video interactive and software MPEG decoding. Key Features * Indispendible guide for beginner to advanced video producers in search of the right products and best methods for harnessing video technology * Evaluates cameras and capture cards to help video producers make the most cost-effective purchasing decisions * Provides comparative analysis and advanced techniques for optimizing quality to help video producers create the best quality video most effectively * Includes a thorough, hands-on evaluation of low-end MPEG encoders and decoders, designed to help publishers select an MPEG encoder and optimize compressed MPEG quality * Enclosed CD-ROM provides all book text in Adobe Acrobat format and all video and audio files cited in the book, showing how to extend the focus to the Internet and evaluating Internet streaming technologies such as RealAudio, StreamWorks, VDOLive, and VivoActive * Also included on the CD-ROM is VCS Play, a video utility considered "one of the key tools for people who capture their own video" by Ron Wodaski, author of PC Video Madness (suggested retail price for this product is $50)

Publishing Digital Video

Web Development & Design

Morgan Kaufmann

This book is prepared in a way which recognises the needs of police officers, those who wish to study the criminal law, and members of the public who wish to refer to a legal text which is written in terms which they can understand. The text sets out to cover comprehensively those areas of law and legal procedures with which all police officers are concerned. The syllabus of the qualifying examinations for promotion has been borne in mind throughout, and this edition has been brought up to date with developments in the law since the publication of the seventh edition in 2001.

Pinnacle Studio 8 for Windows

Peachpit Pr

Just because you have the built-in software to transform your homemade videos into compelling, creative content doesn't necessarily mean you have the know-how to do so. For that you need this no-nonsense task-based guide. In these pages video guru Jan Ozer uses simple, step-by-step instructions peppered with plenty of visual aids and loads of time-saving tips to show you how to use Microsoft's Movie Maker 2 video-editing software (which is included with Windows XP) to edit your videos and share them with family and friends. Providing a visual approach to a visual product, Jan shows you how to start making movie magic instantly and effortlessly with the transitions, title options, and 2-D special effects included in Movie Maker 2. You'll learn how to create wipes, dissolves, freeze frames, and more in the process of producing a finished product that you'll be proud to email to friends, post on your Web site, or copy to CD or DVD.

Microsoft Windows Movie Maker 2

Operating Systems

What once seemed exotic has now become commonplace, as more and more people are discovering the joys of distributing photos and videos on DVDs they¿ve created with MyDVD, Sonic Solutions¿ wildly popular DVD authoring program. Here to make the process even more accessible is MyDVD 5 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide, the first guide to tackle the manual-less app. In these pages, veteran author and PC Magazine contributing editor Jan Ozer takes a task-based approach to DVD authoring¿in the process explaining everything from installing capture hardware to editing videos, designing menus, adding soundtracks, and burning the DVD. Step-by-step instructions, time-saving tips, and loads of visuals make it easy for you to take advantage of all MyDVD¿s many capabilities: creating motion-video menus and animated buttons, re-editing previously burned DVDs, and moving video content easily between set-top DVD recorders and PCs. You don¿t have to be a video expert to start creating expert content with MyDVD and this handy guide.

MyDVD 5 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)

PC Magazine's Jan Ozer takes on the most popular Windows-based DV editing software in classic Visual QuickStart style. If you want to explore both video-editing and DVD authoring, there's now an affordable tool--Pinnacle Studio 9 ($99, available Feb, 2004)-- and an affordable book that gives you the background in DV and DVD production technologies to do so effectively. In Pinnacle Studio 9 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide, veteran journalist and teacher Jan Ozer tackles Pinnacle Studio 9 in typical QuickStart style--that is, with step-by-step instructions, plenty of illustrations, and straightforward language. The guide initiates readers in the art and craft of digital video editing for streaming-media and DVD. Chapters on project planning and a primer on how to shoot good video for DVD and the Web precede Ozer's task-based instructions explaining every aspect of the program--from capturing and importing video to creating transitions and titles, and outputting the final product. Chapter describing how to use new features in Studio Plus available for download: StudioPlus.pdf (1MB)

Pinnacle Studio 9 for Windows

You've seen your friends' camcorder-shot, digitally edited home movies-and you're pretty sure you can do better! However, that doesn't mean you want to spend days (or even weeks) learning everything there is to know about the free video editing software at the heart of your Windows XP OS. You learn by doing-and this guide delivers. In these pages, veteran author Jan Ozer gets right to the point, using simple project-based instruction and big, colorful screen shots to guide you through the process of editing your very first video project with Movie Maker. By focusing on a single goal (making that first movie) rather than exploring every option and feature, Jan demonstrates the quickest, easiest, smartest route to cinematic success. Each short lesson builds on the last as you learn how to create transitions, titles, wipes, dissolves, freeze frames, and more in the process of editing your video into a finished film that you can then post on the Web or copy to CD or DVD.

Making a Movie With Windows Xp: Visual Quickproject Guide

So you fancy yourself a filmmaker? Here to ensure that you truly are is a simple, to-the-point guide that leads you through the process of creating your very first digital video project with Adobe's brand-new consumer-level video editing software, Premiere Elements ($99). In these pages veteran author and PC Magazine contributing editor Jan Ozer gets right to the point: Rather than explore every option and feature of Premiere Elements, Jan uses project-based instruction and big, colorful screen shots to demonstrates the quickest, easiest, and smartest route to cinematic success. Each short lesson builds on the last as you learn how to capture and import video; add transitions, titles and effects; take advantage of the program's stunning templates; use the program with Photoshop Elements to edit and incorporate still images; and output your finished video to DVD. The book's small size and even smaller price ($12.99) make it the perfect entry point into the world of digital filmmaking as well as the ideal jumping-off point for further exploration.

Making A Movie In Premiere Elements: Visual Quickproject Guide

Corporations, government offices, and academic institutions have long used video to educate and inform. The only thing that's changed is the people who are producing them: With low-priced equipment and easy-to-use software flooding the market, now you're the person behind the camera, not some high-priced video specialist! This is the guide for you, then-and all of the other nonprofessionals who've been called upon to produce top-quality videos. Long on essentials-like where to place the camera, how to connect microphones, and which font to use in titles-and short on theory, this guide focuses instead on the simple steps and best practices needed to produce great videos. Veteran author Jan Ozer gives you the lowdown on shooting, audio, and lighting before describing the workflow and procedures involved in converting raw DV footage to streaming video and DVDs, and distributing the final product. For software-specific guidance, you can purchase downloadable PDF workbooks that use the book's projects to walk you through the production process.

DV 101: A Hands-On Guide For Business, Government & Educators

Engineering & Transportation

Engineering

Pinnacle Studio 10 is the latest version of the industry leading home video editing tool aimed at the Windows consumer market. In Pinnacle Studio 10 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide, veteran journalist and teacher Jan Ozer tackles Pinnacle Studio version 10 in classic and popular QuickStart style--with step-by-step instructions, plenty of illustrations, and straightforward language. Jan provides the skinny on all popular Studio 10 features like built-in DVD authoring with motion menus and custom navigation; Pan and Zoom, enabling users to quickly create engaging video slideshows from digital photos; SmartMovie II, a tool that let's you create home movies in minutes; dual monitor display; key framing special effects in real-time; and the Instant DVD Recorder. He also covers key Pinnacle Studio Plus 10 features including picture in picture (PIP); Chroma Key effects (green screen); and full HD editing, particularly creating HD slide shows from digital photos.

Pinnacle Studio 10 for Windows

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