Flash video is everywhere. From Google video, to YouTube, to major television websites, to the average hobbyist website, Flash Video is the rage. It is the defacto standard for video content creation for those who want to offer pain-free, high quality content.
Robert Reinhardt is the VP of the Multimedia Platform Group for Schematic and is a well respected authority on Flash and Flash Video. He has authored numerous books on Flash including the Flash Bible Series. So it is only logical that he has created Adobe Flash CS3 Professional Video Studio Techniques.
Adobe Flash CS3 Professional Video Studio Techniques goes beyond the basics of Flash Video coverage that is found in most books. It serves as a guide to the world of Flash Video. Its goal is to take you through all levels of Flash Video production so that you can understand and can build a solid foundation from which to build upon. Adobe Flash CS3 Professional Video Studio Techniques is 376 pages in length, breaks out into 12 chapters that are divided into 3 functional areas.
Working Foundations covers creating, capturing, and processing raw footage.
Chapter 1, "Pre-Production Primer," will give you insight on how to prepare your project. You should not shoot first and plan later. Presented here are the questions that you need to ask before you begin to shoot so that you can create the footage you need. Chapter 2, "Capturing and Processing Video," brings out the dos and don'ts of video capture. Here you will begin with the video and the capture process and finish with processing the video by using Adobe After Effects.
Chapter 3, "Compression Primer," is all about what to keep and what to throw away. Because storage and bandwidth is limited, you have to compress. Knowing how to achieve the best results while using compression is essential in creating a successful Flash Video. Chapter 4, "Delivery and Deployment Primer," is the next step to taking your video content to the web. To provide for the best experience, you must know how best to distribute your video files on web servers, streaming servers, and, potentially, even to a content distribution network.
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