Make Your Images Crisp not Crunchy
There is a bewildering amount of information out there, and this DVD was designed to answer those nagging technical questions that arise when it comes time to exporting your work from your editing software. If you're like us, you work very hard to make your productions look like a million bucks - the last thing you want is your program's quality to suffer because of a gap in your current understanding.
As with all our ground-breaking tutorials, The Art of Compression Using Compressor, presents this information in clear, easy to follow explanations that will have you confidently preparing and exporting your programs so they will look and sound their best.
Everything but the "Kitchen Sync"
Whether you are creating DVDs for the current Red Laser standard or future-proofing your content for the forthcoming Blue Ray HD DVD standard, we've covered all the bases in this comprehensive DVD tutorial. Just look at the table of contents below. We did our best to cover all the compression scenarios you might encounter. If you are new to compression, you could start with the basics then work your way to some of the more advanced DVD and Web compression concepts while not feeling overwhelmed by technical gobbledygook.
If you're a "salty old compressionist" there is a lot of information to be gained in Brian's sections on Advanced DVD encoding for both HD and 24P material. Heck, we even threw in a section on creating low-bit rate DVDs and CDs for client approvals and sign-offs. Oh, and let's not forget format conversion. With Compressor now integrating Shake's Optical Flow technology, you can get pristine looking image quality when transcoding NTSC to PAL or down converting HD to SD footage.
This DVD is chock full of information you can use right away as well as information you can take advantage of at some future date.
About the Instuctor
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An award winning writer, producer and director, Brian Gary is founder and CEO of Flying Chaucer Films LLC of Los Angeles and Flying Chaucer Productions LLC in New Orleans. Under those shingles, Brian Gary has created a wide array of content for television, theatrical release and the Web. Accomplished editor rounds out his filmmaker's skill-set and he lectures nationwide as a certified Final Cut Pro instructor. |
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The Art of Encoding in Compressor
- What is Compression?
- Review of DV Compression
- Final Cut Studio Workflow
- The Role of QuickTime
- What are Codecs?
- Compression Introduction
- Overview of DVD Creation Process
- Setting the Preferences
- Importing from iMovie
- Customizing a Project
- Importing from Final Cut Pro
- The Status Window
- Customizing the DVD
- Project Planning with the DVD Map
- Previewing Projects
- Burning the Disc
- One-Step DVDs
- iDVD vs. DVD Studio Pro.
Compressor Quickstart
- Exporting from Final Cut Pro
- Exploring the Batch Window
- Using the Stock Presets
- Elementary vs. System Streams
- Compressor 1 and A.Pack
- Selecting a Destination
- Alternate ways of Importing Footage
- File Naming Conventions
- Submitting a Batch
- The Batch Monitor
- Pros and Cons of Exporting Directly from FCP
- Importing Assets into DVDSP
Web/CD ROM Quickstart
- Pre-Planning for the Target Audience
- Selecting a Broadband Preset
- The Inspector Window
- Lining up a Series of Compression Jobs
- MPEG 1 for CD-ROM Output
- MPEG 4 40k for Low Bandwidth
- Batch Output in Compressor
Jobs and Batches
- Shortcuts to Assigning Presets to Media
- Setting Destinations
- System Performance and Batch Processing Tips
- Email Notification of Batch Completion
Advanced DVD Encoding
- The Art of Bit Budgeting
- Interframe vs. Intraframe Compression
- I, P, and B Frame Overview
- Custom and Modified Presets
- The Encoder Pane
- GOPs Demystified
- Chapter and Compression Markers
- The Power of the Preview Window
- Creating a "Test Clip" Workflow
- Using the History Drawer
- Adding Filters
Dolby 2.0 Encoding
- Understanding AIFF
- Encoding with Dolby
- DVD Video vs. DVD Audio
- Audio Encoding
- Understanding Data Rate
- Dialog Normalization
- Bitstream Settings
HD DVD Encoding
- HD to SD Downconversions
- The HD DVD and Blue Ray DVD
- H.264 Encoding
- Bit Budgeting for HD DVDs
- Using MPEG 2 for HD DVD Encoding
- HDV to DVD Workflow
24P to DVD Workflow
- 24P Sources
- Export 24P Sequence from FCP
- Encoding with MPEG 2
- 24P Playback on DVD Players
- Bit Budgeting with 24P Material
Advanced Web and CD-ROM Encoding
- MPEG 4 Encoding for the Web
- H.264 Encoding for the Web
- Alternate QuickTime Movie Creation
- Third Party Codecs using QuickTime Components
- CD-ROM and DVD-ROM Content Creation
Low Bit Rate DVD and VCDs
- The DVD Screener Workflow
- Using MPEG 1 on Standard DVDs
- Creating Custom Preset Groups
- Encoding for a VCD
Advanced Format Conversion
- What are Format (a.k.a. Standards) Convesions?
- Hardward vs. Software Transcoding
- DV NTSC to DV PAL Conversion Workflow
- Frame Controls Pane
- Resizing
- De-Interlacing
- Converting the Frame Rate
- Saving Time with the "Test Workflow"
- Fine Tuning the Conversion
Watermarks and Overlays
- Working with Filters
- Applying a Watermark Filter
- Applying a Text Overlay Filter
- General Filter Limitations
Using Droplets
- Droplets Defined
- When to Use Droplets
- Creating an Audio Sample Rate Converter Droplet
- Creating a DVD Screener Droplet