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As the necessary equipment becomes cheaper and smaller and the post-production technology moves forward by leaps and bounds, all sorts of people who never thought they'd be holding cameras are now shooting video! This is the book for them and for just about anyone else who wants a thorough understanding of every phase of the video production process: from capturing professional-quality images and sound to editing, post-processing, adding special effects, and distributing on tape, DVD, or streaming Internet media. These author/filmmakers provide a thorough overview of the industrial-strength tools and techniques involved in digital video today with a special emphasis on the advances that have occurred since the first edition. Readers will be pleased to find the latest techniques for shooting and post-processing film-look (24p) and HDTV video as well as a new section on the eye-popping effects they can achieve. Special 'Reality Check' sidebars offer professional advice in entertaining, anecdotal form.

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Filmmaker Pete Shaner has written and directed two independent films--Lover's Knot and Nicolas--and also writes for TV. He developed the video curriculum for UCLA Extension, where he also teaches DV production and techniques. Gerald Everett Jones has written more than 20 books on computer and business topics. He is also a screenwriter and past director of the Independent Writers of Southern California.

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