The back of book DVD includes a documentary with the Philadelphia Eagles Television Network, tutorials with sample files and software, valuable special offers from vendors like PC Mall and MacMall, royalty free stock footage, popular digital video software, DV product information, useful forms like site releases and storyboards, and digital video related Web links.
Go behind-the-scenes with the Emmy award-winning Philadelphia Eagles Television Network, ETN. Meet Executive Producer and Director of Broadcasting Rob Alberino as he takes you on a guided tour of the control room and editing suites at the Philadelphia Eagles' state-of-the-art stadium, Lincoln Financial Field. ETN Editor Dana Heberling demonstrates how he created a touchdown interstitial, and ETN Editor Ron Schindlinger takes you step by step through a video he designed for the stadium's grand opening on Monday Night Football. Witness firsthand how today's professionals use digital video technology in the National Football League with this exclusive feature.
Learn how to properly resize photographs for digital video in the cropping tutorial. Several techniques are demonstrated and supplement the content found in Chapter 6 of the book. Sample files of horizontal and vertical photographs are included for practice.
Fundamental techniques like transitions, motion, and transparency are demonstrated in the editing tutorial. Software and sample files are included for both the PC and the Mac. Fully functional project files allow you to examine the editing techniques used at your own pace.
Learn how to easily score music for digital video projects with SmartSound's Sonicfire Pro. Tutorials and demo software with music tracks are included.
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Included on the DVD, courtesy of ARTBEATS, are six high resolution royalty-free stock footage clips that can be used in your digital video editing projects. Fire, clouds, water, and moving backgrounds are included in both NTSC and PAL formats.
Popular digital video software programs are included on the DVD, so you can begin editing right away. Free programs for both Macs and PCs are ready to install, like Apple's iMovie and QuickTime Player, Microsoft's Windows Media Player, DivX's DivX Player and a 30 day trial version of Adobe Premiere.
PDF files of popular products from DV vendors like Apple, Adobe, Avid, Contour Design, Matrox, Pinnacle and Media 100 are included on the DVD, along with the free program Adobe Acrobat Reader so you can view them. Easily evaluate digital video hardware and software by comparing their costs and features with the vendor product information right at you fingertips.
PDF files of useful forms are also included on the DVD ready to be customized and printed out for your use, like video and site releases, storyboards, editing and camera notes, and voiceover scripts.
Use the DVD to surf digital video related Websites on the Internet. This DVD is a WebDVD, which means it has been enabled to automatically connect you to the World Wide Web, provided you have a live Internet connection. Follow the instructions included on the DVD to enable the DVD@ccess feature and visit the Websites of the book's contributors, as well as digital video related sites for training, shows and events, resellers, magazines and books, hardware and software, and groups and organizations.
