A tutorial for shooting, capturing, and editing digital video for the world wide web.

This tutorial is a short session to get you up and running as quickly as possible shooting and posting video on the web. This tutorial at best only hints at the possibilities of digital video, video editing, and web presentation. So please only use this tutorial as a starting point....

Shooting Video with the Canon Digital Video Camera.

  • How to use the camera and VCR power settings.
  • How to use the automatic recording mode.
  • How to use digital effects while shooting video.
  • How to play back video on the LCD screen.

Capturing Digital Video from the Canon Digital Camera to a Macintosh Computer

  • How to attach the Digital Video camera to the computer via fire wire.
  • How to capture video to the computer hard drive using MotoDV.

Compressing video files with Media Cleaner Pro for the WWW.

  • How to import a video clip to Media Cleaner Pro.
  • How to make compression settings for video used on the world wide web.

Importing video clips to Premiere.

  • Basic Tools and Windows of Premier.
  • How to add clips to make a longer video sequence.

Cutting Video in Premiere

  • How to shorten the length of video clips.
  • How to use the Mark Out and Mark in tools
  • How to move video clips with the Track Select tool.

Using the Razor Tool to Cut and Edit Video in Premiere

  • How to use the Razor tool for cutting video clips.
  • How to select and delete video clips.
  • How to cut, copy, paste and move video clips.

Creating Transitions in Premiere

  • How to add a transition in the timeline.
  • How to select a transition.
  • How to preview a transition.

Adding a Simple Filter to a Video Clip.

  • How to select a filter.
  • How to preview the filter.
  • How to apply the filter to your video.

Transforming video filters in Premiere.

  • How to add a filter to your video clip.
  • How to transform a filter over time using keyframes.
  • How to preview your filter in Premiere.

Exporting a Movie from Premiere.

  • How to export your Premiere movie.
  • How to save your video and Premiere files.
If you have found any errors or can provide feedback to where information could be clarified please contact David Matthews via email. When sending comments please refer to a specific web page with URL (web address) and the exact section number/letter. The usefulness of these pages rely on your feedback.

matthej3@ohio.edu

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