Details
A sampling of what this book contains:
• HDV: The Bigger Picture - Gain a clear understanding of the technology that permits high compression to look so great, in a language that doesnt require a degree in math.
• The Gear List - All of the cameras, decks and add-ons that make HDV work!
• Advanced Shooting - Special settings and recipes to get the most out of your camera. Real words from someone who has used all of the HDV cameras in the field, including the secrets to achieving commercial film-looks and techniques.
• Software - Detailed workflows on how to work with HDV in every major NLE on the market today.
• Editing HDV - Common mistakes that you can avoid. Learn to cut through the marketing hype and rhetoric with plain talk from the voice of experience.
• Filmlooks and 24p - Everything you could want to know about making your HD look like various film stocks no matter how you deliver your content.
• Greenscreen, Graphics and HDV - Learn to master chromakey techniques and use graphics with ease in your HDV projects.
• Get the Picture - Choosing a monitor for home and studio, what all viewers hould know about HD Displays.
• Delivering HD - Once you shoot it, how do you deliver it? Well show you how.
The book also includes four pages of color plates, and a jam-packed DVD with demo software from Avid, Sony, and CineForm, plus HDV files for you to import to your NLE timeline so you can start experimenting with HDV right away.
DVD Contents include:
Demo of Avid Liquid software
Avid Free software
Trial of Sony Vegas software
Trial Version of CineForm software
Miscellaneous software
Miscellaneous HDV media including Chromakey-ready footage
Test Chart for IRE levels