A strange videotape full of bizarre and haunting images is watched by a handful of teenagers. After the viewing the tape, they receive phone calls in which they are warned they will die in seven days. Rachel, the aunt of one of the ill-fated teens, is a journalist who has decided to investigate the matter. She manages to find the cabin in the woods and watches the video herself; afterward, she receives the same phone call, and realizes she must solve...

Ringu follows a reporter who investigates the curse surrounding a mysterious videotape after the inexplicable death of her young niece. Rasen, the sequel to Ringu, finds a doctor linking the horrifying death of his former medical school classmate with four teens who died after watching a cursed videotape. Ringu 2 reveals more bone-chilling truths about the hanunted girl on the deadly videotape. Now, the girl attempts to possess a young boy and begin...

Nonlinear is a buzzword for every broadcaster and facility house worldwide. Systems range from the humble to the exotic, and despite the growing acceptance of the technology, many users, both new and experienced, find the complexity of the operation and the time spent loading the material and rendering effects difficult to manage at first. Non-linear editing also comes with its own specialist language, requiring each editor to be conversant with a...

This book provides an array of concise solutions to the wide variety of problems that are faced by postproduction artists in the post process. With an application-agnostic approach, it gives proven, step-by-step methods to solving the most frequently encountered postproduction problems. Solutions are provided for common audio, video, digital, editorial, color, timing and compositing problems.--From publisher description.

"With Final Cut Pro Basic Editing: Video QuickStart, you will be up and running in no time with Apple's leading video editing software! After a tour of the Final Cut Pro interface and instruction on setting up your project, you will quickly jump into tasks that include creating a sequence; marking and logging clips; importing image and audio files; scrubbing clips and jumping edits; timeline scaling, scrolling and zooming; viewing transitions and...

If it's good enough for the legendary Hollywood film editors, it's good enough for you! This guide is aimed squarely at Final Cut Pro users just like yourself--at corporate, commercial, and independent post-production houses--who want to move beyond simple Final Cut Pro installations for their film and video masterworks. Through project-based lessons and step-by-step instructions, this self-paced guide shows you how to integrate high-end capture cards,...