Thursday, August 1, 2002
Faster Smarter Digital Video
Posted by Jason Dunn in "OFF-TOPIC" @ 09:00 AM
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0735618739/jasonsego
You may or may not have noticed this (since my team is doing a great job of picking up my slack), but I haven't been posting as much in the past two weeks as I normally do. The reason? I'm working on a new book, my first 100% solo project, called "Faster Smarter Digital Video". It's being published by Microsoft Press, and I've never been so excited to write a book! I've also never had quite so much digital video gear to evaluate (and the nine cameras from Sony, Canon, and Panasonic haven't even shown up yet).
It's funny to see a listing in Amazon for a book that I'm only on the second chapter for, but I guess that's the way the system works. If I may be so bold, this book is going to be great!
The target audience is anyone who wants to tackle digital video without any prior knowledge. I'm covering everything from buying the right DV cam to the right computer hardware for capturing and manipulating video, from editing the video (basic and advanced methods) to burning the video as a SVCD or DVD. If you're already a digital video expert, this book isn't for you. But if you're someone who has always wanted to get into digital video, this is your book. Something like 5% of home videos actually get watched - why is that? Because traditional editing methods are so tedious and slow! The goal I have is to teach people, in the space of a few chapters, how to work with digital video in an easy and fun way. I got bitten by the digital video bug earlier this year after taking a three year break from it. Now I'm having a blast!
So there you have it - my major project for the next two months (one chapter a week - gulp!). If I seem distracted, I am. And I've got a virtual army of PHP Samurai working on scripts and enhancements to the site, which takes a lot of coordinating. I hope that the end result is a better site for you.
You may or may not have noticed this (since my team is doing a great job of picking up my slack), but I haven't been posting as much in the past two weeks as I normally do. The reason? I'm working on a new book, my first 100% solo project, called "Faster Smarter Digital Video". It's being published by Microsoft Press, and I've never been so excited to write a book! I've also never had quite so much digital video gear to evaluate (and the nine cameras from Sony, Canon, and Panasonic haven't even shown up yet).
It's funny to see a listing in Amazon for a book that I'm only on the second chapter for, but I guess that's the way the system works. If I may be so bold, this book is going to be great!
The target audience is anyone who wants to tackle digital video without any prior knowledge. I'm covering everything from buying the right DV cam to the right computer hardware for capturing and manipulating video, from editing the video (basic and advanced methods) to burning the video as a SVCD or DVD. If you're already a digital video expert, this book isn't for you. But if you're someone who has always wanted to get into digital video, this is your book. Something like 5% of home videos actually get watched - why is that? Because traditional editing methods are so tedious and slow! The goal I have is to teach people, in the space of a few chapters, how to work with digital video in an easy and fun way. I got bitten by the digital video bug earlier this year after taking a three year break from it. Now I'm having a blast!So there you have it - my major project for the next two months (one chapter a week - gulp!). If I seem distracted, I am. And I've got a virtual army of PHP Samurai working on scripts and enhancements to the site, which takes a lot of coordinating. I hope that the end result is a better site for you.
