Chapter 1. Welcome to the Wonderful World of Digital Video
In this book, you'll discover how easy it is to create your videos, starting with understanding what you need for a basic desktop video system: a camcorder and a personal computer with movie editing software. Many of us have tried digital photography and enjoyed taking pictures cheaply and sharing them on the Internet. The same is becoming true with movies: You can shoot and edit video and share it with anyone and everyone. Video gives us a great opportunity to capture life as it happens and share it with others. The cameras, your computer, the software...today all these tools make it easy. Or at least that's what I hope you'll learn from this book. It gets even easier when you understand that making different kinds of video projects is based on predictable, orderly steps and a variety of techniques. Making each kind of video has a certain number of steps in the processall of which are organized for you in the chapters in this book. When you master the basic skillswhich requires an initial investment of time and energyyou'll find that making and sharing your movies will get easier and can become a compelling hobby. Making your first movie is an exercise in faith and in building confidence; you can do it (children are doing it!). This book shows you how to master just enough of the skills you need to make your own movies, without having to know every single feature of your camcorder or editing software. After you've shot and edited your first video, you may be surprised at how easy and enjoyable making movies is. After you've made the initial equipment investment, creating movies is very inexpensive. Beware, though: You could get hooked! The big picture of what's happening today is that anyone can make his or her own moviesincluding you. |
