The Digital Producer: Getting It Done with Computer-Based Tools - Softcover

The Digital Producer offers many ideas for streamlining your productions with your PC's help. There are a lot of acquisition, production and post-production ideas." - Videomaker

A guide to producing video digitally, from scripting to finishing - this book provides a comprehensive explanation of how "digital" affects the process at every step, and how computer-based tools and techniques can be used throughout to speed overall production. As the digital era in media production approaches maturity over the next few years, computer-based tools covering the entire production process - from scripting to finishing - are becoming commonplace. While many books have been published covering specific areas of the digital production workflow such as nonlinear editing or pre-production methods, no single comprehensive volume has yet been published. This book will fill that gap, providing professionals and students alike with a useful guide to the overall changes taking place. A comprehensive explanation of how computer-based tools and techniques can be used throughout the video production process. It includes information on working with digital cameras and tape formats as well as database management. The companion CD-ROM includes templates and forms to streamline the process and save time.