QuickTime for filmmakers / Richard K. Ferncase.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ferncase, Richard K., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

QuickTime.

Motion pictures--Editing--Data processing--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Motion pictures.

Digital video--Editing--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Digital video.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (345 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Boston : Focal Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Over the decades, distribution has remained the most elusive aspect of filmmaking. The Web provides filmmakers with a new option for distribution, exhibition, and broadcast. While other media streaming technologies are available, QuickTime remains the most popular option for its versatility, excellent quality, and ease of use. QuickTime for Filmmakers shows filmmakers and videographers how to utilize this industry standard tool and offers advice on how best to shoot a film for Internet delivery. Other topics include: Editing and converting video, adding and editing soundtracks

Contents:

QuickTime for Filmmakers; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 QuickTime: An Introduction; The QuickTime Player; Other QuickTime Components; Chapter 2 From Grain to Pixels: Film, Video, and QuickTime; Motion Picture Production for the Web; Interlaced and Progressive Video; Targeting Your QuickTime Content; Optimizing Your Movie in Preproduction, Production, and Postproduction; Chapter 3 The QuickTime Player and Plug-in; The QuickTime Controller Bar; The QuickTime Player; Chapter 4 Basic Editing with QuickTime Pro; Making Selections; Copy-and-Paste Editing

Saving a Movie as a Self-contained FileEditing Tracks; Resizing and Repositioning a QuickTime Track; Rearranging Video Tracks; Using Masks; Video Effects Using QuickTime's Graphics Mode; Other Graphics Modes; Chapter 5 A Filmmaker's Guide to Compression; Compressing Time-based Video and Audio; The MPEG Codecs; QuickTime Codecs; Compressing Your Movie with QuickTime Pro; Additional Codecs for QuickTime; Audio Codecs; Professional Compression with Discreet Cleaner; Preprocessing for Custom Compression; Kinoma for PDA Video; Compression Summary; Frame Size; Frame Rate; Testing

Chapter 6 Immersive Imaging with QTVRPanoramic and Immersive Imaging; Object Movies; QTVR Scenes; Compression for QTVR; Making a QTVR Project; Repositioning and Resizing QTVR Tracks; Chapter 7 Interactivity with QuickTime; A Basic Interactive Slide Show; Making Custom Media Skins; Instant Media Skins with Tattoo; Wired Sprites; Tutorial: Make a QuickTime VR Skinned Movie with Wired Buttons, Hot Spots, and Text; Chapter 8 QuickTime Options for Distribution and Exhibition; Exhibition via Hard Disk; Exhibition via CD-ROM; DVD; Exhibition via the World Wide Web or Other Network

Targeting and Loading URLs with HREF TracksChapter 9 QuickTime Tools and Applications; Nonlinear Editing; Streaming; Special-Effects Software; Interactive QuickTime Tools; Compression and Encoding; QTVR; Other QuickTime Software; Appendix A Installing QuickTime and Upgrading to QuickTime Pro; Standard or Pro Edition?; Upgrade to QuickTime 6 Pro; Updates and Corrections; Appendix B Glossary; Appendix C QuickTime Web Sources and Articles; QuickTime in General; Text Tracks; QuickTime Media Skins; Interactive QuickTime, Flash, and Wired Sprites; Web Streaming; Streaming Media

Compression and CodecsDiscreet cleaner; Final Cut Pro; Film Versus Video; MPEG-4; QTVR; Miscellaneous QuickTime Tutorials and Information; Appendix D Web Exhibition Venues; Other Venues; Appendix E Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-324) and index.

ISBN:

1-136-13286-4

1-281-01269-6

9786611012694

0-08-049793-4

9780080497938

OCLC:

437182300