Contents 1 Getting started with video 2 Tutorials 3 Tutorials elsewhere 4 More on video

[edit] 1 Getting started with video

Some basic tips:

• Always record audio on all cameras
• Always log your shots
• Always enter the reel setting when you capture
• Make sure the shots are framed well.

[edit] 2 Tutorials

On this wiki:

• Tutorials/Video/Final Cut Pro Capture
• Tutorials/Video/Getting started with editing in Final Cut Pro
• (via Steeple): Tutorials/SteepleBooklet/IntroductiontoDigitalVideo
• To process your audio properly, you need to know about Dynamic Range Compression
• Related to Final Cut Studio: Tutorials/Basic Edit in Soundtrack
• Tutorials/Upload media to Cambridge University SMS service

[edit] 3 Tutorials elsewhere

http://www.bbctraining.com/onlineCourses.asp

• DV Shooting guides (covers VX2000/PD150 style cameras, which are now a little outdates, but the basic principles still hold, and the cameras are of broadly similar design to the Z1.)
• DV usage guide
• Good shooting guide

Elsewhere:

• VideoAktive resources, http://www.videoaktiv.org/index.php?id=40, and in particular the "Handbook on Digital Video and Audio in Education - Creating and using audio and video material for educational purposes. " http://www.videoaktiv.org/index.php?id=233 (nothing to do with me, but a great book!)
• http://www.mediacollege.com/video/
• http://www.teach-ict.com/videohome.htm
• http://www.Lynda.com (FCP tutorials, not free, but some of the videos are free to watch.)

From YouTube

• http://www.youtube.com/t/yt_handbook_produce
• http://www.youtube.com/user/YouTubeHelp

[edit] 4 More on video

New tutorials and musings on video: Here's a first batch, mostly to do with encoding video and audio

• Pixel Aspect Ratio - practicalities about how to encode DV-PAL 4:3 and DV-PAL anamorphic correctly
• Interlacing - practicalities about about interlacing
• TV safe area 16x9 - what TV safe area should you use for 16:9 video?
• Dynamic Range Compression