Summary

* Step-by-step recipes for 50 digital video editing tricks show readers how to create professional videos with stunning special effects; readers can begin shooting and editing high quality video after reading only the first few pages
* Covers both Apple iMovie and Microsoft Movie Maker, the most popular consumer digital video editing applications; shows how to do the same techniques using both formats
* Demystifies the process of delivering video to the reader's audience in the most popular formats available today: VHS, DVD, Video-CD, and the Web
* Addresses the essentials of planning and shooting digital video in real life situations to produce professional results
* Interactive CD-ROM includes ready-made HTML templates to quickly get movies up on the Web, before-and-after source video files for the technique steps in the book, and video training software

Table of Contents

PREFACE.

BONNIE BLAKE’S ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.

DOUG SAHLIN’S ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.

Chapter 1: Shooting Video Like a Pro.

Chapter 2: From Camera to Cutting Room Floor.

Chapter 3: Artfully Changing Scenes with Transitions.

Chapter 4: Creating Compelling Special Effects.

Chapter 5: Creating Vintage Movie Effects.

Chapter 6: Going Hollywood with Your Movies.

Chapter 7: Adding Sound to Your Movies.

Chapter 8: Creating Compelling Titles and Credits.

Chapter 9: Exporting Your Movie.

APPENDIX A: WHAT’S ON THE CD-ROM.

APPENDIX B: RESOURCES.

COLOPHON.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR.

INDEX.