This page contains links to some of our favorite sites.
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| Video Editing Sites (Updated 4/16/04) |
| Professional Videographers (Updated 10/12/04) |
| Other Sites - Hot List (Updated 9/18/05) |
| Other Sites - Entertainment (Updated 3/13/03) |
| Other Sites - Faith (Updated 2/28/03) |
| Other Sites - General (Updated 11/29/03) |
Here is the place for superb Liquid Edition Training. Myron Achtman and his team continue to crank out some of the best tutorials for Liquid Edition. If you are interested in their tutorial "Shoot Great Wedding Videos" then go here.
This is a great site to get information about video products. It also happens to be a commercial site where you can purchase items. They feature the infamous DVD Cookbook and have many other resources and even a blog.
Paul Mitton, Pinnacle Systems Certified Demo Artist & Trainer, will guide you through Liquid's interface and features with his excellent tutorials.
Royalty free music for film, TV, radio, video and multimedia. Preview, purchase and download immediate MP3s or buy themed and customized CDs.
Have you ever wanted to own a Steadicam, a crane, or shoot video from the hood of your car? This book, written by Dan Selakovich, is a must have for anyone who would like to create their own camera rigs. The book is called "Killer Camera Rigs that you can Build." It contains over 1,300 photos that show you the tools, supplies, and the exact steps to build many projects. Not only that but it will save you a lot of money by building your own. I purchased the book and am very impressed with it. The first project I'll be building is the "Shock Corridor Camera Stabilizer" which is like the professional Steadicam. There are video samples on this site so you can see how well they actually work. I would highly recommend this book. If you get it I'd love to hear about your success with it.
MusicMachines.net (created by Tom Smith) is the place to go to download some great music making software. All of it is FREE. You can download Microsoft Music Producer, Melody Maestro, and SuperJAM!
Very affordable Royalty Free music.
Royalty free music for film, TV, radio, video and multimedia. Preview, purchase and download immediate MP3s or buy themed and customized CDs.
This site has music that you can download and use in your projects. Keep in mind that if you want to use this in a commercial project you will need to pay a licensing fee. Royalty free buy-out production quality music. Royalty free instrumental music.
The creators of some of the hottest Hollywood FX effects. They now have all new packages.
Windows XP Creativity Fun Packs
Here you will find some great add-on packages for Windows Movie Maker 2 which is Microsoft's FREE video editor. You will need Windows XP to use this.
StuEDL - The Studio Translator
"StuEDL - the Studio Translator" is a shareware software utility that gives
Pinnacle "Studio" video editors access to Studio 200, a powerful free-download
videotape database manager and movie assembler.
Studio 400, DV, DC10plus, MP10, and PCTV, from Pinnacle Systems Inc., have no
tape library capabilities, but StuEDL translates their "Edit Decision List" (EDL)
or tape capture data into Studio 200 format. Studio 200 can catalog, search,
sort, sift, split, combine, preview, and print any combination of tapes, clips,
collections, and projects. Studio 400 users also gain completely reliable movie
assembly.
Click Here for a Studio 200 online
tour and downloads, more information about StuEDL, and an interesting collection
of resources and links for all Studio video editors.
Jeff Caunter's Site (Sparky's World)
Jeff has provided a wealth of information about the Studio line of products on his web site. He's also the creator of AviLab. He most recently added a review of Pinnacle Express to his site. He has also been a frequent voice on the Pinnacle webboard with lots of helpful tips and solutions.This site was created by Stéphane Perron the creator of the popular ZPacker. According to Stéphane, "ZPacker can create HollywoodFX packs by saving multiple effects into a single self extract executable (exe) file. Assets used by those effects, like objects and images are also saved."
This site is maintained by Xiao Fang and contains some great links to other sites as well as a great amount of valuable information. There is a heavy emphasis on DVD. There are also articles about many of the most common questions about DVD authoring.
Royalty Free animation motion graphics. There are also some Free clips that you can download and use right away. Looping, moving video backgrounds. Free download. This is the company that makes the SpiceRack effects included in Studio DV. For those who upgraded you can still use them. You can also download a couple free ones from this site. Download FREE Texture Loops. You can also purchase a CD filled with more Texture Loops. These make great backgrounds in Studio projects. MainConcept also has a product called MainVision. Here is what they say on their site: "Find out how easy and fun it is to use MainVision, our high-end compositing, special effects and vector animation program." Jim Key's guide to video editing.Contains information on various video editing software. There are also some links to other sites that may be of interest.
This is the Home page for Pinnacle Systems. Here you can learn about all of the great products they offer. There are also links to available downloads.Use this FREE tool to convert from the QuickTime .MOV format to a Windows .AVI format.
This is a great site for learning about 3D Animation. Although the site was designed for kids it will help you to learn how to use Caligari's TrueSpace3 which is now available for FREE. If you've ever thought trying 3D animation then this is a great place to start.
You probably know what these phrases mean, you may use them yourself. But why do they mean what they do? Phrases usually have meaning that goes beyond the words in the phrase. This page investigates how common phrases came to be.
This is the most amazing and inspirational story you may ever hear. Not only that but the production quality is excellent. I highly recommend this movie.
Go here to check out anything you receive via e-mail. The vast majority of e-mails about viruses, and heartbreaking stories of people's last words before they die, and terrible things that happen to you if you use a public restroom or phone booth are hoaxes. Go to TruthorFiction.com to find out the facts. They investigate as many of these as they can and let people know whether it is true or false. This is an incredible opportunity to reach out to battered and abused children. Did you ever wonder if one of your favorite musicians or television stars was still alive? Here's the place to find out.
Fun Games And Activities For Young Kids
This site features fun games to play online with your young kids. Start out playing "Play With Me Sesame." Other games and activities feature characters from Maisy, Blue's Clues, Franklin, and more. Did your goat eat your TV Guide? Not a problem. Just go to the TV Guide website and type in your zip code. You will receive a complete TV schedule for your local area.Download old film clips that are in the Public Domain.
Check out the way things used to be in the Video Editing Museum.
This is a Free screen capture utility that you can use to create tutorials.
If you ever create something that you want others to install using a setup program then this is the place to go. The Inno Setup Compiler is not only a great tool for creating a setup program but it's also FREE. This easy-to-use site provides links to the official sites for each of the departments managed by the U.S. government's executive, legislative and judicial branches. The site also includes links to the official sites of state and local agencies across America. This is one of the oldest and most extensive quotation sites on the Internet. Memorize some of these and you'll be considered wise beyond your years. Some cool photos of our Solar System as well as distant stars and galaxies. All are free downloads.
