From VHS to VCD—A Quick Guide to Becoming a Home Video Production Pro

Author: Wang Yonghui
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Publish Date: 2003-04-01
Features: If you own a camera, have you always dreamed of editing the videos you shoot by hand and burning them onto a disc for permanent preservation? Do you want to add professional elements like subtitles, music, transitions, and voiceovers to your videos? Do you want to create special effects such as slow motion, fast motion, and transparent overlays? The starting point of this book is simple—to help you achieve this dream. This book combines numerous practical examples to introduce the methods and techniques of home video production in a step-by-step manner. The book is divided into 11 chapters: Chapter 1 introduces the characteristics, selection, usage, and maintenance of digital cameras; Chapter 2 covers the features of various video capture devices and their selection, connection, and setup methods; Chapter 3, with examples, demonstrates how to use VideoStudio to create a complete video; Chapter 4 discusses video capture techniques and common issues; Chapters 5–10 provide detailed explanations of common video editing methods, including trimming and editing video clips, adding transitions and picture-in-picture effects, adding subtitles, voiceovers, and background music, as well as video burning and output and special video output techniques; Chapter 11 introduces advanced techniques such as creating 3D animated video intros, video keying and overlay, and extracting video from VCD and DVD discs to create old movie effects. This book is rich in content, well-illustrated, well-structured, and has a fresh layout, making it highly practical and easy to follow. It is an excellent textbook or reference book for both home and commercial users to learn and master video editing and production methods and techniques.