“Pro Tools for Video, Film, and Multimedia” offers comprehensive coverage
of the extensive features of Pro Tools, giving you the skills you need to take
any multimedia soundtrack project from concept to completion. It covers a wide
range of audio topics, including the equipment you need to use Pro Tools with
video, tips for efficient trimming and timing of audio, and processing outside
the mixing environment. You’ll also get in-depth coverage of film mixing
file formats as you prepare to wrap up your project and deliver the master recordings.
The author’s thorough coverage of the amazing features of Pro Tools breaks
down complex tasks, allowing you to create professional-quality audio you can
be proud of!

Features:

• Operate Pro Tools in any AV Environment
• Create complex audio productions for video and film
• Learn skills to deal with demands of AV post-production
• Enhance Web pages with audio textures
• Learn from a 15-year veteran producer/engineer/musician

Experience Level: Beginner Through Advanced
Running Time: 3 Hours, 1 DVD
Project Files: Included

If
you thought you couldn’t produce video like the professionals, think
again. In Total Training Presents: Adobe� Premiere� Pro Tips &
Tricks, professional filmmaker and Premiere� expert, Jacob Rosenberg,
guides you through his top 10 secrets and techniques for getting more
out of Adobe� Premiere� Pro. This series will give you a variety of
Premiere� Pro� tips that only the insiders know.

Highlights.
Improve the mix with clip gain, clip volume, audio transitions and rack-based reverb

- Create a track matte with the Adobe� title designer
- Learn how to work with large screen footage using exporting, conforming and letterboxing footage
- Discover tricks to enhance your photo monatge with radial blur and automated clips

Course Outline.
1. Crunch Time (35min)
2. Improving the Mix (25min)
3. Keyboard Power (22min)
4. Track Mattes (17min)
5. Moving Mosaics & Blur (20min)
6. Enhancing Your Photo Montage (21 min)
7. Working with Effect Presets (17 min)
8. The Shadow/Highlight Effect (14 min)
9. Working with Widescreen Footage (13 min)

No matter how exciting the game and how realistic the visual effects,
without catchy audio in the background it�s obvious that something is
missing. New developments in technology enable you to do things with
audio that weren�t possible before, but they also make it necessary to
find a guide that walks you through the technical hurdles. “Beginning
Game Audio Programming” covers the challenges that you will face as you
create sound effects and music for your games and gives you the
information you need to face these challenges head-on. You�ll learn how
to compose dynamic music and program 3D sound. There�s even coverage of
using DirectPlay Voice for real- time voice chat in your games! If you
are comfortable with C++ and DirectX, then you�re ready to dive into
the exciting world of audio with “Beginning Game Audio Programming”.

GoLive CS2 is more than just a simple Web authoring tool: As part of
Adobe’s updated Creative Suite 2, it’s a key component of an overall
Web workflow that lets you work seamlessly among all of your graphics
applications to create spectacular Web sites. This info-packed guide
lets users get right down to doing by focusing on just the GoLive
features they’re mostly like to use and showcasing each in stand-alone
tips�complete with a relevant hint or two and a graphic example. In
this fashion, you learn just what you need to know, exploring the
program in a way that makes sense to you. Before you know it, you’ll be
importing layered Photoshop files into GoLive, creating PDF files from
within the GoLive environment, and using the visual layout grid and
Cascading Style Sheets to turn out fluid, beautiful Web pages. Also
covered are all of GoLive CS2’s new features: enhanced live rendering,
mobile CSS support, Visual CVG-Tiny authoring and more

Since the dawn of film, novices and experts have used
quick-and-dirty workarounds and audiovisual tricks to improve their
motion pictures, from home movies to feature films. Today, the tools
have certainly changed, as have the quality and scope of the results.
With digital video, the hacking possibilities are now limitless, for
both amateurs and professional artists. From acquiring footage, mixing,
editing, and adding effects to final distribution, Digital Video Hacks provides unique tips, tools, and techniques for every stage of video production. You’ll learn how to:

• Get your projects started right using creative preparation tools and
  techniques, from making your own steadicam, boom, or dolly to effective
  storyboarding, timecoding, and tape labeling
• Troubleshoot
  common shooting problems, including using stop-motion and time-lapse
  techniques, lighting effects, colored screens and gels, and household
  objects to establish mood or otherwise wow an audience
• Create stunning visual effects, such as satellite zooming, surreal scenes, Matrix-like bullet-time, and green screen illusions
• Fool your audience with audio tricks, replacing flubbed dialogue,
  smoothing over cuts, and covering missing audio with room tone
• Add
  professional features with post-production tricks, including color
  correction, soundtrack cleanup, opening sequences, and DVD bookmarks
• Distribute
  final content in a variety of creative ways, from exporting to basic
  videotape or DVD to streaming over the internet or even via cell phone
• Use the web to provide interactivity and dynamic content, attend a remote conference, or vlog your life.