PC Magazine's Jan Ozer takes on the most popular Windows-based DV editing software in classic Visual QuickStart style.

• Pinnacle Studio is one of the most popular Windows-based DV editing packages on the market with an installed base of 3.5 million!
• As PC Magazine's DV reviewer, Jan Ozer is a high-profile author whose books have been highly reviewed.
• Newest software version merges video editing and DVD authoring; this volume covers both-as well as the DV production technologies behind them.

For consumers who want to explore both video-editing and DVD authoring, there's now an affordable tool-Pinnacle Studio 8 -and an affordable book that gives them the background in DV and DVD production technologies to do so effectively.

In Pinnacle Studio 8 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide, veteran journalist and teacher Jan Ozer tackles Pinnacle Studio 8 in typical QuickStart style-that is, with step-by-step instructions, plenty of illustrations, and straightforward language. The guide initiates readers in the art and craft of digital video editing for streaming-media and DVD. Chapters on project planning and a primer on how to shoot good video for DVD and the Web precede Ozer's task-based instructions explaining every aspect of the program-from capturing and importing video to creating transitions and titles, and outputting the final product.

Contents

• The Interface
• Getting Started

• Capturing DV
• Capturing Analog Video
• Working with Still Images
• Collecting Assets in the Album

• Producting Videos in the Movie Window
• Using Transitions
• Applying Special Effects
• Designing Titles And Menus
• Working with Audio
• DVD Authoring

• Writing to Tape
• Creating Digital Output
• Using StudioOnline