How to Use Adobe Premiere 6.5 by Doug Dixon is the fastest and easiest way to get started with Premiere, whether you are new to video editing or stepping up to Premiere's professional features from a consumer video editing tool. With straightforward step-by-step descriptions, and illustrated with color screenshots, this book gets you going right away and shows you how to effectively use Premiere to create and share your own polished video productions, with titles, transitions and special effects. If you are a newcomer to video editing, you can use this book as a tutorial, as it describes each major feature in Premiere, step by step. If you are moving up to the full capabilities of Premiere, and as you get more experienced with video editing, you also can use this book as a quick reference to learn new features to create more interesting and polished productions. To make editing even easier, this book will show you how to use Premiere with a DV digital video camcorder to import, edit, and save your video in high-quality digital format. And to share your creations, it also shows you how to save your video productions, especially in streaming Web video formats to post on a Web site and share across the Internet.

Premiere Pro 1.5 for Windows: Visual QuickPro Guide By Antony Bolante  $24.99, 584 pp. Adopting the step-by-step, visual approach that's become the hallmark of Peachpit's popular Visual QuickPro series, this volume will have you editing full-length videos, complete with titles, transitions, and special effects, in record time. In the process you'll learn about all that's new in Premiere: three-point color correction, multiple timelines, a new audio mixer, and more. The concepts may be complex, but the instruction is crystal-clear: direct, concise language complemented by time-saving tips and plenty of visual aids.

CREATING WEB VIDEO with Adobe Premiere by Thomas Luehrsen

As the title indicates, this is mostly about using Adobe Premiere to edit and create videos for web distribution. However, even if you are using other computer editing programs, you will be able to pick some very good tips and ideas. If you are an experienced videographer, you should read his tips about shooting for the web and then go directly to the meet of this book, how to compress video for the Internet. In addition to providing excellent tips for compressing using Adobe Premiere, he also covers compressing for QuickTime, RealOne and Windows Media player. The last two sections of the book cover how to design and create web sites, pages and players for streaming video and how to configure and set up your site to actually stream. He includes details for the various formats including RealSystem, Windows Media and QuickTime. Strongly recommended. Buy this book now.

Jan Ozer's Making a Movie in Premiere Elements 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-consumer-level video editing software, Premiere Elements ($99).

 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

This is a great book to get you started on creating your own video masterpieces.

The book's step-by-step instructions, illustrated with full-color "before" and "after" examples, show you how to turn disappointing photos into super shots. Some help you fix images you can't re-take, while others demonstrate how to adjust settings, lighting, and other factors so what you get is what you want.

After Effects in Production, 2nd Edition by Trish and Chris Meyer allows readers to build on the foundation learned from Creating Motion Graphics with step-by-step tutorials that show how to apply the artistic tricks and concepts used by the masters to create broadcast-quality productions with After Effects.  Updated for After Effects 6.5, the book now includes a DVD with over 2 Gigs of full-resolution stock footage and free plug-ins. $49.95

Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects: Vol. 1, 3rd Edition by Trish and Chris Meyer enables the reader to master the core concepts and tools needed to tackle virtually every job with After Effects 6.5, including keyframe animation, masking, mattes, and plug-in effects. New chapters demystify parenting, 3D space, and many other features of the latest version. $59.95

Avid Editing - a Guide for Beginning and Intermediate Users by Sam Kauffman - This is a very easy to use and easy to understand  introduction to editing using any of the Avid editing programs. From Xpress DV to Composer, Kauffman provides a very good guide to doing nonlinear editing using the Avid process. Avid is the editing technology used by Hollywood producers and broadcast professionals.

Extremely well rated by reviewers, students and industry professionals, Kauffman's book is an absolute must have for those deciding to enter the often mysterious world of Avid

This edition covers how to do 16x9 widescreen editing and Script Integration. The accompanying CD includes video and audio footage you'll need to create a couple of sample scenes and master the basic techniques.

Avid Xpress Pro for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickPro Guide By James Monohan ISBN: 0-321-14597-6, $29.99, 712 pp. Long known for its professional-level video-editing workstations, Avid has finally brought its system to both Windows and Macintosh desktops. Beginning digital filmmakers who are looking to acquire a high degree of editing proficiency quickly and experienced editors who are making the switch from other editing software will find everything they need in this guide. Best of all, readers can apply the skills they acquire here to other Avid products, which share similar interfaces and a common file format. Focused, task-based instruction covers the entire video-editing process from the basics of getting a DV project rolling all the way to advanced editing techniques and methods of distributing the final product. Along the way, readers will find the meaty tips and enhanced graphics (with labels, arrows, and other annotations) that have become the hallmark of this popular series.

Editing with Avid Xpress Pro by Avid Technology Inc. Expanding on every aspect of Avid Xpress DVD except price, the next-generation editing dynamo Avid Xpress Pro ($1,695) delivers real-time video, film, and audio editing functionality to the masses (and their laptops!) by offering the revolutionary ability to send uncompressed video over standard FireWire cable (when paired with the Avid Mojo hardware accelerator). Big news for serious filmmakers-and when it's time to get up to speed on the most important product in your editing toolbox, there's just one place to start: Editing with Avid Xpress Pro, an entire self-paced course-in-a-book from Avid's own training experts.

Through step-by-step instructions, real-world examples, loads of screen shots, and an accompanying DVD that includes all of the professionally produced footage used in the exercises, you'll learn how to input and organize source footage, edit sync and non-sync material, trim sequences, adjust audio, create titles, output work, and more. Along the way you'll unlock the power of all of Xpress Pro's new features as well: automatic expert color correction (which allows single-click correction of entire sequences), advanced filtering and effects, powerful film support, high-quality output, and more.

Despite the title, this book is all about how to use Microsoft MovieMaker to make movies. This book is geared to first time moviemakers who want to learn how to use Window's XP' s bundled Movemaker prpgram to create video. In the book, 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.

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Pinnacle Studio 9 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide by Jan Ozer - For consumers who want to explore both video-editing and DVD authoring, there's now an affordable tool - Pinnacle Studio 8 ($99) - that merges video editing and DVD authoring. This book covers both - as well as the DV production technologies behind them.In Pinnacle Studio 9 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide, veteran journalist Jan Ozer tackles Pinnacle Studio 8 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.If you are using Pinnacle Studio, you need this book.

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Everything you need to know to master the Vegas Pro 8 Toolset

This guide from Focal Press is designed to help you master the Vegas Pro 8 toolset for capturing and editing audio and video (including AVC and HD video). This comprehensive guide is helpful for the Vegas Pro beginner as well as someone who is familiar with the program, but needs more details and real world tips and tricks. As Vegas has very strong audio capabilities, many chapters are dedicated to the intricacies of editing and mixing sound.

 It delivers the nuts and bolts of most Vegas Pro essential tasks, from installing the application to outputting, together with practical editing techniques and real-world examples for working more efficiently.  more

Vegas Editing Workshop 5 covers everything you need to know in order to create great looking and wonderful sounding video projects. Targeted to novice to intermediate Vegas users, this editing workshop, complete with a DVD Architect tool set, delivers firsthand guidance on the art and technique of editing using tutorial lessons that cover every essential operation. Experienced editors and novices alike benefit from real-world examples of how to work more efficiently. The book also covers the application's exceptional audio features. B&W screen shots and examples appear on every page, and a section of color examples is included. The accompanying DVD contains video and VEG files and test media

Many consider Sony Vegas 6 to be the ultimate all-in-one environment for creative professionals, can now be quickly mastered with "Complete Training for Vegas® 6" from Class on Demand.  Hosted by Tim Duncan, this new training package is designed for beginner through intermediate Vegas 6 user. Although this DVD-Video set can be played back on an NTSC DVD player, the screen shots are optimized for computer playback.

Vegas can be difficult to master and this package can save you hours of time studying the manual and trying to figure out out the features and capabilities.

The Broadcast Announcing Worktext provides you with the skills, techniques, and procedures necessary to enter this highly competitive field of broadcast performance. In addition to the principles of good performance, this book addresses the importance of audience and how messages change to communicate effectively to various groups.

* Includes time-tested guidelines and recommendations that work no matter what hardware or software package you use
* The audio CD includes diagnostics, demos, and tutorial tracks to hone your skills. more

'Creating Digital Music and Sound' features interviews with top musicians, studio engineers, filmmakers, DJs, Web designers, and videomakers.

 

Have you yet caught the pod casting buzz? If you want to learn how to create and distribute your own podcasts, check out the "Podcasting Pocket Guide.

Sound for Digital Video  - The distinguishing feature of many low-budget films and TV shows is often the poor sound quality. Now, filmmakers shooting DV on a limited budget can learn from Tomlinson Holman, a film sound production pioneer, how to make their films sound like fully professional productions. Holman offers suggestions that you can apply to your own project from preproduction through postproduction and provides tips and solutions on production, editing, and mixing.

Holman brings his expertise to the relatively new field of sound for digital video productions. Once considered an amateur format, digital video is becoming the format of choice for some feature films and for many lower budget productions; this book will enable you to use this medium to create the most professional and effective sound possible.

*Learn how to get great sound on a limited budget, from the recognized expert in the field
*Provides tips and instructions for improving sound, from planning through mixing
*Includes CD with recording and editing exercises

Producing Great Sound for Digital Video educates beginning and experienced filmmakers on the intricacies of creating an outstanding soundtrack, from preproduction planning through the final mix.

The entire book is packed with useful information and tips. The book presents solutions to typical problems that, because of lack of experience, a filmmaker wouldn't realize until getting to the editing room. Other critical issues such as preproduction planning, the art of production and recording (including environmental factors and microphone setups), and post-production editing and effects are also discussed.

Principles of Digital Audio and Video explains the underlying principles and practical applications of digital A/V, and shows where the technology is likely to take us into the next century. It provides the fundamentals for learning how to screen and select A/V system components, and how to choose the best design approaches for a particular system. This is a well organized reference which enables a clear understanding of many new and emerging issues relating to analog-digital conversion, video cameras, digital transmission and processing, compression, recording and storage, postproduction, and much more.

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Focusing on digital audio and video in particular, text provides comprehensive explanation on the current and future use of digital technology, providing a clear understanding of analog-digital conversion. DLC: Digital Video