Critical Skills for Final Cut Pro Streaming Producers - Chapter Details
by Jan Ozer

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1: The Streaming Landscape

Chapter 2: Designing Your Set
Choosing a Background for In-House Use
Creating Effective On Location Backgrounds
Dressing for Streaming Success

Chapter 3: Lighting the Set
Flat or Three-Point Lighting?
Setting Up Three-Point Lighting
Setting Up Flat Lighting
Checking Exposure on the Set

Chapter 4: Shooting for Streaming
Shooting for the Small Screen
Using Rule of Thirds Positioning
Camera Settings for Optimum Quality
Shoot Progressive Video When Available

Chapter 5: Correcting A/Problems
Perfecting Video Quality in Final Cut Pro
Color Correction
Audio Cleanup in SoundTrack Pro

Chapter 6: Choosing a Codec
Who’s Using What?
What About Codec Quality?
Comparing Flash and Silverlight

Chapter 7: Choosing Output Parameters
Market Statistics
Technology and Market Fundamentals
Producing Aspect Ratio Correct Video

Chapter 8: Production Work Flows
The Final Cut Pro/Compressor Handoff
Where to Encode Your Video
Which Editing Preset should you Use?
Which Intermediate Format Should You Use?

Chapter 9: Encoding Basics
VBR or CBR?
Producing for Streaming Servers
Understanding Key Frame Settings
Standard Audio Encoding Parameters
Configuring Your Audio - Channels
Producing VP6 for Flash
Producing WMV/VC-1
Producing H.264 for QuickTime and Flash

Chapter 10: Producing in Apple Compressor
The Encoding Workflow
The Final Cut Pro/Compressor Handoff
Producing H.264 Files With Compressor
Cropping and Aspect Ratio Conversion
Using Compressor's Filters
Working with Flash Video
- Chroma Keying in Final Cut Pro
- Outputting with an Alpha Channel
Working with QuickTime Export Components
Outputting an FLV File from Compressor
Customizing Windows Media Settings
Job Chaining in Compressor

Chapter 11: Comparing Mac Encoding Tools
Meet Sorenson Squeeze and Telestream Episode Pro
Comparing H.264 SD and HD quality
Comparing VP6 SD and HD quality
Comparing WMV-9/VC-1 SD and HD Quality

Playback Requirements: The interface for this tutorial is a PDF file located in the root of the DVD. You will need Adobe Acrobat to view the file and play back the linked multi-media, which is in WMV (Windows Media Player required), FLV (an FLV player required) and MOV/MP4 format (QuickTime Player required). Note that the media links to the content on the DVD will only work if the PDF file is opened from the DVD. If you copy the DVD to your hard disk, the links will not work.

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