Corel VideoStudio 9 - From Beginner to Expert (Chinese Version)

Author: (Japan) Naoko Ozawa
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Publish Date: 2006-07-01
Features: At the strong request of readers, China Youth Press has collaborated with a Japanese publisher to launch the graphic and image professional magazine CGWORLD. Among the most popular columns in the magazine, "Animation Principles Explained," has finally been compiled into this book. The author, Naoko Ozawa, is a seasoned Japanese animator who worked at Studio Ghibli and participated in the creation of classic animated films such as Castle in the Sky and Nausica? of the Valley of the Wind. Through case studies, he presents decades of experience, principles, and techniques in animation to the readers. Especially in today's rapidly evolving computer animation technology, Naoko Sensei emphasizes the integration of fundamental animation principles with 3D animation techniques, helping 3D animators master the skills of animation production more quickly. This book is an invaluable learning reference for Chinese animators.
Written from the reader's perspective and following the actual workflow of video production, this book is designed to be easy to grasp, enabling even readers with no prior video editing experience to quickly master the Ulead VideoStudio 9 software and become proficient in video editing in a short time. By reading the beginning of the book, readers can learn how to independently install and set up related hardware. Subsequently, the book combines basic knowledge of video production, focusing on three main functions—DV to DVD Wizard, Movie Wizard, and Ulead VideoStudio Editor—to provide detailed explanations. The content is coherent and comprehensive, and in the concluding section, three complete and exciting examples—Video Travelogue, Special Wedding, and Electronic Album—systematically and thoroughly analyze the entire creative and production process of making videos, allowing readers to fully integrate and apply the knowledge they have learned.
The book is clear in its structure, with a focus on practicality and is primarily aimed at beginners and intermediate video editing enthusiasts. It consists of 15 chapters, completely following the actual workflow of video production. Chapter 1 introduces the basics of video editing, enabling users to understand common video and audio formats, familiarize themselves with common video editing terms, recognize, select, and install various video capture devices (including IEEE1394 cards, analog capture cards, USB cameras), and learn how to install built-in and external optical disc burning devices. Chapters 2 and 3 focus on the new and main features of Ulead VideoStudio 9, as well as how to obtain and install the software. These two chapters are foundational knowledge for video production and are essential for users before they start making videos. Chapters 3–12 follow the three main functions of DV to DVD Wizard, Movie Wizard, and Ulead VideoStudio Editor in the software, providing detailed explanations of the process of creating videos with Ulead VideoStudio 9. This covers hardware connections, capture, editing, effects, subtitles, audio, rendering, and optical disc burning, with content that is both coherent and comprehensive. Chapters 13–15 use several exciting real-life examples to explain the entire creative and production process of making videos with Ulead VideoStudio 9, helping readers fully integrate and apply the knowledge they have learned, thereby consolidating and improving their video production skills.
This book is suitable for students, DV enthusiasts, video processing hobbyists, and ordinary family readers with no prior video editing experience.