Chapter 2: Light includes nine hacks, covering such topics as Light with Work Lights, Use Paper Lamps for Lighting, Add Diffusion to a Camcorder light, and Reflect Light from a shade. Hack #20, Add Diffusion to a Camcorder Light discusses the use of Scotch tape in front of the light to help diffuse the light. A tip Paul received from an independent producer in Los Angeles, using Scotch tape will also soften the light, which helps to reduce some of the harshness that camcorder light produce. Hack #23, Shoot Clearly through a Window discusses the use of a neutral density gel to minimize blurred or overexposed video when shooting through a window. Paul discusses how to adhere the gel to a window with the use of gaffer’s tape as well as the costs incurred when purchasing certain types and sizes of gel. He also lists places where you can purchase gel via the Internet.
Chapter 3: Acquire features 13 hacks, including Hack #27, Mount Your Camera to Your Car. This hack discusses the use of The Cleat, a heavy duty suction cup that includes a camera mount, so you can mount a DV camera to your car door, trunk or any similar flat surface. Paul discusses how to install the Cleat on your car, how to mount the camera, how to start the recording process, and how to remove The Cleat once you are finished. Color photographs that detail some fine points to using The Cleat are also featured in this hack. Hack #32, How to Record a Television Screen Without Flicker offers tips detailing how to record flicker free Television. In Paul’s case, reducing and removing flicker is as simple as turning off the DV camera’s image stabilization feature, This he says, will reduce and oftentimes remove the flicker. If you are using a camera such as the Panasonic AG-DVX100, you change the frame rate to the appropriate rate (29.97 for NTSC) to record the TV screen flicker free. Hack #34 Use HDV for Better DV Quality is a pretty sparse hack. The author discusses what HDV and HD is, understanding HDV, and downconverting HDV to DV for editing. What isn’t discussed here are the non-linear editing applications that support editing native HDV, such as Adobe Premiere Pro Apple Final Cut Pro and Pinnacle’s Liquid Edition. Rather, HDV is given a brief overview.
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Impressions
Digital Video Hacks includes 100 hacks that will help you to get the most out of your digital video camera and your video editing endeavors. There are quite a few useful tips in this book, including a section on keeping your project organized that is worthy of note. Despite a few sentence fragments sprinkled here and there, the tips are very useful. This book is a good reference tool to have in your library. It is like having a collection of quick tips at your fingertips, all in a central location. For more information, visit www.oreilly.com
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