Key Features
Concise solutions to a broad range of problems commonly encountered in postproduction, with solutions for problems with video, audio, compositing, color, editing, timing, and more
4-color presentation engages and provides vibrant visual guidance to solutions
Application-agnostic approach provides solutions to problems regardless of the software being used
Description
This book provides an array of concise solutions to the wide variety of problems that are faced by postproduction artists in the post process. With an application-agnostic approach, it gives proven, step-by-step methods to solving the most frequently encountered postproduction problems. Also included is access to a free, password-protected website that features application-specific resolutions to the problems presented, with fixes for working in Apple's Final Cut Studio suite, Avid's Media Composer, Adobe Premiere Pro, as well as other applications.
Lessons are enhanced through eye-catching 4 color illustrations throughout. Solutions are provided for common audio, video, digital, editorial, color, timing and compositing problems, such as, but not limited to:
automated dialogue replacement, adjusting sync, and correcting pitch
turning SD into HD (and vice-versa) and restoration of old film for video
removing duplicate frames, repairing corrupt frames, and anti-aliasing
maintaining continuity, removing soft cuts, and troubleshooting timecodes
adding vignettes, removing color casts, and legalizing color
speeding shots up or slowing shots down, and smoothing timelapse
reframing shots, sky replacement, and object addition or removal
The book is presented in a ";cookbook"; format, allowing you to reference your exact problem in the TOC or index, go to that section, and immediately implement the solution featured.
Readership
Editors and postproduction artists (editors, producers, postproduction supervisors, sound editors) in broadcast television, independent film, corporate video, and event videography; students in editing/postproduction courses
Contents
Introduction; Essential Techniques; Fixing Lens Problems; Fixing Video Problems; Fixing Film Problems; Fixing Digital Problems; Fixing Audio Problems; Fixing Colour Problems; Fixing Composition Problems; Fixing Timing Problems; Fixing Editorial Problems; Basic Strategies; Referene Data
Author Information
By Jack James, Jack James began his career in computer animation, eventually working for Kodak’s Cinesite Digital Lab. His core expertise is in establishing workflows of data management, film restoration, and conforming--procedures that have widely been adopted elsewhere. Since leaving Cinesite, Jack has worked on the digital intermediates of many feature films, including Miramax’s Cold Mountain.
