Covering the basics of producing great audio tracks to accompany video projects, Using Soundtrack provides recording and editing tips and guidance on noise reduction tools, audio effects, and Final Cut Pro's powerful real-time audio mixer. Readers also learn how Soundtrack can be used to give video projects a professional finish with the addition of custom, royalty-free scoring. Theory is presented on a need-to-know basis and practical tutorials provide hands-on techniques for common tasks, including editing video to audio, editing audio to video, changing the length of a music bed, editing...

Nonlinear, or digital, editing permits editors to move film bites around and place them anywhere in the sequence of the film with much greater ease than was ever possible with conventional film editing techniques. Instant Vegas 5 is a PC-platform, nonlinear application distributed by Sony. Carefully detailed screenshots and step-by-step directions illustrate how to use the latest version of the Vegas software in a concise, time-efficient way. Readers learn the rudiments of navigating the application and using it to perform a complete range of tasks, from editing video and audio, to...

Illustrates how to use Vegas Movie Studio providing carefully detailed screenshots and step-by-step directions.

Presents digital audio principals and techniques for the non-audio specialist. This title teaches videographers and multimedia producers who are new to audio how to select the hardware and software that they need and how to use it.

Delivers the nuts and bolts of the tasks, from installing the application to outputting, together with practical editing techniques and examples for working more efficiently. This title includes features such as capturing video including HD, HDV, XDCAM, and AVCHD and using editing tools, transitions, filters, and third-party plug-ins.