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| 10. Digital Video |
10.1 | In what ways are large companies experiencing a growing use of digital video? |
| 10.2 | What are "turnkey systems", what do they cost and who are the leading manufacturers? | |
| 10.3 | What is a Digital Video Camera, and how do most of them transfer video to a computer? | |
| 10.4 | What two main categories do video capturing hardware options fall into? | |
| 10.5 | What five things should you consider when choosing a video capture device? | |
| 10.6 | What is the best method for organizing your files, and what two primary advantages do you gain by using that method? | |
| 10.7 | What does nonlinear video editing refer to, and what does nonlinear digital video editing software provide an onscreen map of? | |
| 10.8 | Which is the leading application in the desktop digital video editing field, and what types of content does it work with? (HINT: Content types are those that can be dragged from the PROJECT window.) | |
| 10.9 | What does Premiere's TIMELINE window interface enable you to graphically do? | |
| 10.10 | What is SMPTE time code, and what do digital video editing applications use them to identify? (Please include an example of SMPTE time code in your answer.) | |
| 10.11 | What determines the smoothness of motion viewed in digital video, and what is that parameter referred to as? | |
| 10.12 | Why must video signals be compressed, and how does video compression work? | |
| 10.13 | What do video codecs do? | |
| 10.14 | Which codecs are available for both AVI and QuickTime formats? | |
| 10.15 | What are the benefits and drawbacks for each of the three primary video file formats for computer use? (Please organize your answers into a table.) | |
| 10.16 | What does the new MPEG-4 format promise? | |
| 10.17 | What is NTSC, and what image size and frame rate should you use if you intend to record your video clips onto video tape? | |
| 10.18 | What do you have to figure out about your users in order to set the data rate for digital video created for CD-ROM or Web playback, and what are you in effect "telling" the application when you set the data rate? | |
| 10.19 | What are the H.261 and H.263 Protocols, and what do they do? | |
| 10.99 | Skill Display #4: Create a 30-second video commercial for the Digital Media course in Video for Windows (.AVI) format and also in QuickTime (.MOV) format. Set your video size to 320 x 240. Include background music, your own voice narration, and at least one still image superimposed via chroma key transparency. |