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Taught by award-winning producer/director/editor Larry Jordan, Digital Video Principles translates digital video terminology and breaks down the misconception that only professionals can edit digital video. Definitions are provided for many terms, such as progressive, interlaced, frame rate, data rate, fps, aspect ratio, sample rate, resolution, waveform, and many more. PC and Macintosh users alike, even those with no prior knowledge of editing software, will acquire a firm grasp of DV editing though this tutorial.


Table of contents
Introduction
Welcome
Video Terminology
Video Terminology
Video Standards
Progressive vs. Interlaced
Frame Rates
Video Formats
Image Size
What is Aspect Ratio?
Video Outputs
Tape Formats
Video as Digital Data
Video as Digital Data
Data Rates
Storage Requirements
Color Sampling
Image Compression
Working with Timecode
24 fps Video
24 fps Video
What is 24 fps?
Shooting 24 fps
Popular 24 fps Formats
Capturing 24 fps Video
Converting 24 fps Video
Color and Video
Color and Video
What is White-Balancing and How Does it Work?
Color Spaces
How to Read Scopes
Color Bars
Computer Graphics vs. Video Graphics
Computer Graphics vs. Video Graphics
Full-screen, Action Safe, and Title Safe
Fixed Resolution - Default is 72 dpi
Progressive vs. Interlaced
Color Spaces - RGB vs. YUV
White vs. Superwhite
Square vs. Non-Square Pixels (NTSC vs. PAL)
Section Conclusion
Digital Audio
Digital Audio
Sample Rate
Bit Depth
Waveforms
Why Are Audio Meters Important?
Reference Tone Levels
Setting Appropriate Audio Levels
Goodbye