Zoom In: Issue 3: Tutorials on Combustion, Soundtrack, Final Cut Pro 4, DVD Studio Pro 2, Panasonic AG-DVX100

Issue 3. Inside the Zoom In DVD – Issue 3. Combustion, Creating a Slick 3D Environment from Boring Stills Using Combustion; Soundtrack and Final Cut Pro 4, Introduction to Apple Soundtrack with Evan Schechtman; Soundtrack and Final Cut Pro 4, Scoring to Picture in Soundtrack with Rob Patane; DVD Studio Pro 2, Adding Multi-Angle Video in DVD Studio Pro 2 with Zeth Willie; Panasonic AG-DVX100, Manual Controls of the Panasonic AG-DVX100 with Alex Meillier. Scott Billups, DP, Effects Supervisor and Author; Michael Berenbaum, Editor,

	Combustion Creating a Slick 3D Environment from Boring Stills Using Combustion with Lee “Rod” Roderick What happens when a client only has a few dull stills and some taglines and asks you to make a super-slick promo for them? In this tutorial, Lee Roderick addresses this problem by transforming some pictures of hard drives and taglines into a stylized 3D sequence using Combustion.

Soundtrack
Introduction to Apple Soundtrack
with Evan Schechtman

In this excerpt from the 7+ hour “Inside Editing with Final Cut Pro 4”, Evan Schechtman introduces you to Apple’s new audio looping program, Soundtrack. Evan demonstrates the fundamentals for creating loops and adjusting levels in Soundtrack, as well some workflow features for going to and from Final Cut Pro 4. If you’re new to Soundtrack, watch this tutorial before you watch “Scoring to Picture in Soundtrack”.

Soundtrack and Final Cut Pro 4
Scoring to Picture in Soundtrack
with Ron Patane

This tutorial demonstrates the workflow necessary to create an audio score for a video/film project by using Apple’s new audio program Soundtrack and Final Cut Pro 4. Ron Patane covers techniques and considerations for mixing audio in Soundtrack when dialogue occurs in the video/film as well as import and export options between the two applications.

DVD Studio Pro 2
Adding Multi-Angle Video in DVD Studio Pro 2
with Zeth Willie

In this excerpt from the 6-hour “Inside DVD Studio Pro 2”, Zeth Willie demonstrates how to produce a multi-angle DVD. This tutorial covers many new features of DVD Studio Pro 2 including the new track editor and the ability to add “mixed” angles, if your alternate angles are not the same duration as original video track.

Panasonic AG-DVX100
Manual Controls of the Panasonic AG-DVX100
with Alex Meillier

In this excerpt from the Magnet Media and DV Dojo co-production, “Shoot for the Cut”, Alex Meillier discusses how to use the manual settings on the Panasonic AG-DVX100. For those who don’t know, the Panasonic AG-DVX100 can shoot 24P on DV– a great tool for anyone looking to either finish on film or even just get that “film look”.

TUTORIALS

Scoring to Picture in Apple Soundtrack

Introduction
Workflow
FCP to Soundtrack
Composing
Cheating Space
Mixing
Panning
Exporting
Completion

Creating a Slick 3D Environment from Boring Stills Using Combustion

Introduction
Creating Floor
Masking and Positioning the First Object
Adding Text
Creating Spotlight Effect
Adding Second Object and Keyword
Performing Cameras Movement
Adding Background and Finishing

Excerpt from “Inside Editing with Final Cut Pro 4”: Introduction to Apple Soundtrack

Score Markers
Creating Music with Refernce Movies
The Soundtrack Interface
Basic Loop Matching

Excerpt from “Inside DVD Studio Pro 2”: Adding Multiple Angles

Excerpt from “Shoot for the Cut”: Manual Controls of the Panasonic AG-DVX100

SPOTLIGHT INTERVIEW

Scott Billups: DP, Effects Supervisor, Author

Michael Berenbaum: Editor, “Sex and the City,” “Basquait”

Deborah Wallach: ADR Supervisor, “A Beautiful Mind”

Jonathan Parath: Chief Engineer, Sound One

Issue 3

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Format: DVD-ROM
Platform: MAC/PC
Duration: 3 hrs.

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