Index

Adobe Photoshop 39

Adobe Premiere editing software

audio filters 113

colour keying 86–88

construction window 43

editing tools 43

motion effects 49–50, 79–81

titles 46

video capture 34–35

video filters 93

ADSL, for videoconferencing 30

AGP graphic cards 24

Analogue video

compared to digital 11–12

editing configuration 21–22

Animation 9, 128–164

2D drawing/painting tools 130, 132–143

see also Painter; PHOTO-PAINT; Power Goo

3D drawing/painting tools 130–132, 143–161

see also Bryce 3D; Poser; Ray Dream Studio (RDS)

combining with live video 141–143

computer generated, advantages 130–132

exaggeration in 163

key events 131–132

tips and techniques 161–164

traditional 129–130

Apple, Quicktime technology 14–15

Application of desktop video 16

Arc versus straight line movement 163

Audio capture, sampling rate and bit depth 35–37

Audio cards 20

Sound Blaster AWE-64 25

Audio dub 7, 10

Audio editing/processing

audio sources 110–111

CoolEdit 122–124

Goldwave 120–121

Multimedia decks (Creative Labs) 115–118

Multiquence 124–127

problem correction 112

Recording Session (Midisoft) 117–118

SmartSound Wizard (Corel) 118–119

Studio 200 (Pinnacle Systems) 114–115

synchronisation with video 112

WaveStudio 117

Audio filters 113

Audio frequency analysis 122–123

Audio noise reduction 124

Audio recording

digital quality 28, 35–36, 37

magnetic tape 2–4

on PC disks 27–28

Autodesk, FLI and FLC animation format 14

Automated dialogue replacement 8

AV (audio-visual) drives 23

AVI (audio video interleaved) format 14–15, 60–61, 111, 135, 155, 179, 195, 196

Blanking pulses 6

Brainstorming, for planning 176–177

Bryce 3D

Advanced Motion Lab 157–158

animation process 155–160

applications and scope 155

Auto Record mode 157

Environments Attributes dialog boxes 160–161

Hierarchy List area 157–159

Materials Lab 155

Time Mapping Curve 159

workspace 155–156

Budget constraints, projects 176

Bus mastering 24

Cache size 26

Camcorders 7, 10, 27–29

audio output 27–28

cable control of 21

Cartoons 129

Cataloguing video clips

Corel GALLERY Magic 170–172

Corel Lumiere 169

MediaStudio 169–170

Studio 200 Video Director 167–169

CDs (compact disks)

mastering/writing to 21, 195, 197

ROM drives 24, 63

sound quality 28, 37

Charge coupled devices (CCDs) 7

Chart creation/insertion 187–188

Charts/graphs, as still images 95

Chromakeying 9

see also Colour keying

Chrominance signals 6

Cinematography, early 2–4

Cinepak codec 61–62

Clipart images, still image creation 96–97

Cloaking, Ray Dream Studio (RDS) 147

Cloning, with Painter 105–106

Codec compression/decompression algorithms Cinepak codec 61–62

Intel Indeo Video R3.2 codec 62

Intel Indeo Video Raw codec 62

Microsoft Video 1 codec 61

Microsoft Video RLE codec 61

M-JPEG 25–26, 35, 63

MPEG 62–63, 64

purpose/application 60–61

Video codec 62

see also Compression technology

Colour keying 80–88

Adobe Premiere 86–88

Corel Lumiere 86–87

masks 82

MediaStudio 82–86

Comic strips 129

Compact disks see CDs (compact disks)

CompCore, MPG format 14

Compiling a project 189–191

Composite video format 13, 27, 29

Compositing, in Painter 105–107

Compression technology 12–13, 15

compression/decompression cards 25–26

DriveSpace (Microsoft) 195

lossy/lossless compression 13

making best use of 179

M-JPEG 25–26, 35, 63

MPEG 62–63, 64

and PAL 13

software 60–63

VIDEC 65

see also Codec compression/decompression algorithms

Construction windows 37–38, 43–45

Control-L connections 21

CoolEdit audio editor/special effects 122–124

Copying, quality loss from 179

Corel Lumiere

audio filters 113

cataloguing material 169

colour keying 86–87

construction window 43–45

GALLERY Magic 170–172

graphics application 188

Media Catalog 169

motion 50–53, 79–80

panning for motion creation 51–52

SCRIPT Editor 98–99

titles 46–47

transitions 69–73

transparency 45

video filters 91–92

see also PHOTO-PAINT

Corel SmartSound 118–119

Creative Labs

16-bit Sound Blaster 25

audio utilities 115–118

Sound LE 36, 37, 116

Crossfades, in example project 182

CU-SeeMe (Cornell University) videoconferencing software 63–66

Cutting and mixing 53–60

Data compression see Compression technology

Deformers in 3D applications 162–163

Defragmenting disk drives 24

Digital layers 130

Digital video formats 28–29

Panasonic DVPRO 29

Sony DVCAM 29

Digital video technology

advantages over analogue 11–12

private domain editing with 9–10

professional editing with 8–9

recording on disks 12

TV broadcasting 200

see also Video digitising cards

Disk drives

access times 23

cost lowering of 1 5

defragmenting 24, 179

E-IDE and Ultra-DMA 22–23

performance requirements 22–24

SCSI interface 23

Disney Studios 3, 4

Disney, Walt 3

Duplicating relative motion 162

DV see Digital video formats; Digital video technology

DV mini-cassettes 28 DVD (Digital Versatile Disks) 63, 198, 199, 200

DXF format (Poser figures) 1 55

E-IDE disk drives 22–23

Edison, Thomas 2

Edit decision list (EDL) 16

Editing see Audio editing/processing; Video editing

Editing tools

Adobe Premiere 43

MediaStudio 39–43

Poser (MetaCreations) 149–152

Embedding AVI or MOV files 195, 196

Epson Model 197–198

Exaggeration in animation 163

Film

colour 3

early 2–4

synchronizing sound 8

Filters see Audio filters; Video filters

Firewire IEEE 28

Flicker 6

Floating objects 130

Fonts 74–76

bitmapped 166

Formats

Autodesk FLI and FLC animation 14

AVI (audio video interleaved) 14–15, 60–61, 111, 135, 155, 179, 195, 196

CompCore MPG 14

composite video 13, 27, 29

digital video 28–29

DXF155

GIF (Graphic Interchange Format) 197

Hi-8 7

JPEG 25–26, 35, 63

M-JPEG (motion-JPEG) 25–26, 35, 63

magnetic tape video 7

MOV 60–61, 155, 179, 195, 196

MPEG 62–63, 64

MPG (CompCore) 14

Panasonic DVPRO 29

S-video connection 13, 27, 29

Sony Corporation DV (Digital Video) 28

Sony Corporation DVCAM 29

Super-VHS 7

WAV audio 115

Frame grabbers 12

Frame hold 52–53

Frame rate control, PHOTO-PAINT 134–135

Frequency analysis, audio 122–123

Geometric pattern problems 179

GIF (Graphic Interchange Format) 197

Goldwave audio editor/player/ recorder 120–121

Hard disk drives see Disk drives

Hardware considerations 20–21

Hi8 format 7

History 18

milestones in evolution 18

Hot points, use of 162

IEEE 28

Image compression see Compression technology

Image creation see Still image creation

Image Editor (MediaStudio) 95, 98

Image resolution 14

Infrared TV/VCR control 27

Insert editing 10

Intel codecs 62

Interlaced images 6

Internet

video distribution by 197, 199

videoconferencing over 30

Inverse Kinematics 162

ISDN Internet connections 30

Jaz disks 195

JPEG format 25–26, 35, 63

Keying see Colour keying

Kinescope recording 7

Kinetoscope 2

Lag and overlap 163

LANC connection/control 21, 29, 34, 54

LCD projectors 197–198

Lighting 179

Linear editing, principle 8–9

Lossy/lossless compression 13

Lotus Freelance, business chart 187

Lumiere see Corel Lumiere

Luminance signals 6

Magnetic disk storage see Disk drives

Magnetic tape

sound recording 2–4

VCRs 21, 29

video formats 7

Masking see Colour keying

Master tapes 179

MCI (machine control interface) 54

MediaStudio

audio filters 113

audio synchronization 111–112

capture utility 34

cataloguing material 169–170

colour keying 82–86

construction window 37–38

editing tools 39–43

Image Editor 95

motion 47–49

sample project with 177–192

timeline usage 180–184

titles 45–46

transitions 38–39, 40, 69

video filters 88–91

MetaCreations see Poser

Microsoft

AVI (Audio Video interactive) technology 14–15

Media Player 13–14

VidCap software 33–34

Video for Windows 15

Video for Windows codecs 61

Midi instrument interface 117–118

Miro (Pinnacle Systems)

AVI Cache 26

DC10 digitising card 25–26

Expert (Extended Performance Test) utility 23–24

Mixers see Video mixers

Mixing and cutting 53–60

M-JPEG (motion-JPEG) format 25–26, 35, 63

Modems 21

Monitors 12, 21, 29

Mono sound quality 28, 37

Motion 79–81

Adobe Premiere 49–50, 79–81

Corel Lumiere 50, 51–52, 79

MediaStudio 47–49

smoothing 162

see also Animation

MOV format 60–61, 155, 179, 195, 196

Movie camera 2–3

Movies, use of videotape editing 8

MPEG format 62–63, 64

MPG format (CompCore) 14

Multimedia decks (Creative Labs) audio 115–116

Multiquence, audio processor 124–127

Music, in projects 179

Netvideo cameras 21

Noise (audio), reduction 124

Non-interlaced images 6

Non-linear editing, principle 9

Off-line editing 16–17

On-line editing 16

Onion skin technique 131, 133, 136, 137

Output

embedding AVI or MOV files 195, 196

of projects 191–192

to CDs 195, 197

to Jaz disks 195

to Zip disks 195

via Internet 197

Overlap and lag 163

Overlay effects

animation on live video 141–143

use of 9

see also Colour keying

Painter image production editor 98, 100–102, 135–140

cloning 105–107

compositing 105–107

floating object use 137–140

onion skin effect 136, 137

starting 136

tracing 106–107

PAL television system 5–6

video storage of 13

Panasonic DVPRO format 29

Panning, for motion creation 51–52

PCI graphic cards 24

PCs (personal computers)

as intelligent control devices 16

performance considerations 22–24

Persistence of vision 2, 6, 12, 129

Photo mode, camcorders 28

PHOTO-PAINT (Corel Lumiere) 39, 95, 98–100

background creation 132–133

floating object use 137–140

Frame Overlay (onion skin) feature 133

frame rate control 134–135

Rotoscoping 102–105

Pinnacle Systems

Studio Grabber 34, 35

see also Miro; Studio 200 Video Director

Pixels 14

pixel level working 164

Planning 175–178

brainstorming 176–177

budget constraints 176

Plasticine characters 129–130

Poser (MetaCreations)

animation controls 151–153

body part replacement 1 53–55

editing tools 149–152

libraries palettes 1 50

scope and workspace 149

sound import 153

Power Goo (Meta Tools)

bulge and smear 140

nudge 140–141

real-time liquid image editing 142

Premiere see Adobe Premiere

Processor clock speeds 22

Production process (for example project)

chart insertion 187

compiling the project 189–191

material assembly 178–180

output of project 191–192

planning 175–178

script creation 178

testing and saving 189

timeline usage 180–184

title creation 185–189

Project outline specification 174

Projectors 197–198

Quality guidelines 178–179

Quicktime technology (Apple) 14–15

RAM (random access memory) 22

Ray Dream Studio (RDS)

cloaking 147

movement control 144–148

object control 146–148

process stages 143–144

rotoscoping 148

time line window 144–145

tweening technique 143–146

workspace 144

Real-time liquid image editing 140–141

Recording Session (Midisoft) 117–118

Reflector software 64

Rendering without compression 162

RGB video transmission 13

Rolling credits 51–52, 77–78

Rostrum cameras 129

Rotoscoping

PHOTO-PAINT 102–105

Ray Dream Studio (RDS) 148

S-video connection format 13, 27, 29

Saving a project 189

Scart sockets 29

Scene simplification 162

Script creation 178

SCRIPT Editor (Corel Lumiere) 98–99

Scripts, for editing with still images 98–102

Scrolling titles 51–52, 77–78

SCSI interface 23

Secondary motion 163

Slow motion 52

Smart Cable connections 21

SmartSound Wizard (Corel) 118–119

Software compressors see Codec compression/decompression algorithms

Sony Corporation

DCR-VX 28

DV (Digital Video) format 28

DVCAM format 29

Edit Studio equipment 10–11

EVS-9000 VCR 29

Handycam 27, 28

VPL-5000Q projector 197

Sound recording see Audio recording

Sources of material 166–167

Speed changing 52–53

Squash, in animation 163

Stereo sound quality 28, 37

Still image creation

applications and benefits 94–95

charts/graphs 95

clipart images 96–97

Image Editor (MediaStudio) 95, 98

Painter 98, 100–102

with scripts 98–102

Storyboarding 161

Stretch, in animation 163

Studio 200 Video Director (Pinnacle Systems) 26–27, 34

audio editing 114–115

cataloguing facilities 167–169

event lists 57

hardware 54–55

library search function 168–169

make tape button 59

operation 56–59

title editor 57–58

Studio recording systems 25

Super 8 camera 10

Super-VHS format 7

Superimposing titles 45–46

Synchronizing film to sound 8

Synchronizing pulses 6

Tape

master tapes 179

see also Magnetic tape

Technicolor process 3

Television, principle 5–6

Television programme editing 8

Testing a project 189

Text effects 74–78

scrolling 51–52, 77–78

transparency 76–77

Texture animation 163

TFT displays 29

3D drawing/painting tools 130–132, 143–161

see also Bryce 3D; Poser; Ray Dream Studio (RDS)

TIF format 188

Timeline usage, MediaStudio 180–184

Timing, importance of 164

‘Titanic’ animation 131

Titles

with Adobe Premiere 46

blending with live clips 185–187

with Corel Lumiere 46–47

with MediaStudio 45–46

with Ray Dream Studio 185

rolling/scrolling credits 51–52, 77–78

with Studio 200 Video Director 57–58

superimposing 45–46

text effects 74–79

see also Transparency; Typefaces

Tools see Editing tools

‘Toy Story’ animation 131

Tracing, with Painter 106–107

Transitions

applications 68–69

Corel Lumiere 69–77

in example project 182

MediaStudio 38–39, 40, 69

Transparency

Corel Lumiere 45

in titles 76–77

see also Colour keying

Tweening technique, Ray Dream Studio 143–146

2D drawing/painting tools 130, 132–143

see also Painter; PHOTO-PAINT; Power Goo

Typefaces 74–76

Ultra-DMA disk drives 22–23

USB interface 65

VCRs, cable control of 21, 29

VHS videotape 198

VIDEC (video digitally enhanced compression) 65

Video cameras see Camcorders

Video capture 12, 33–36

Video codec see Codec compression/decompression algorithms

Video digitising cards 20–21, 25–26

Video editing

analogue configuration 21, 22

on-line/off-line 16–17

private domain 9–10

professional domain 8–9

task objectives 20–21

see also Adobe Premiere; Cloning; Corel Lumiere; MediaStudio; Motion; Rotoscoping; Still image creation; Text effects; Tracing; Transitions

Video filters

Adobe Premiere 93

Corel Lumiere 91–92

MediaStudio 88–91

Video formats see Formats

Video mixers 26–27

Video signal types 13

Video tape recorders (VTRs) 7

Video for Windows software compressors see Codec compression/decompression algorithms

Video within video 69–70 Videoconferencing 30

CU-SeeMe (Cornell University) 63–66

Videotape, printing to 198

Vitaphone 2–3

Voiceovers 180

‘Wallace and Gromit’ 129

WAV audio format 115

WaveStudio 117

Web cameras (Webcams) 30, 64–65

Zip disks 195