The errata list is a list of errors and their corrections that were found after the product was released.
The following errata were submitted by our customers and have not yet been approved or disproved by the author or editor. They solely represent the opinion of the customer.
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Page 5
second bullet point under "The Tech Specs of NTSC" |
The second bullet point under "The Tech Specs of NTSC" lists the number of NTSC scan lines as 575. I believe the correct figure is 525. Some of the
lines contain non-picture information, but these are taken out of the 525.
That's why the computer monitor vertical pixel number of 480 is close to being
compatible with the vertical "size" of the video monitor.
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Page 14
In the last paragraph, the link |
http://www.loop.com/~pirro
does not work. Is there a correction or update?
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Anonymous |
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Page 30
Section titled "Control-L or LANC" |
Mr. Pogue describes the LANC feature of "some Canon and all Sony
camcorders" as "worthless". I strongly disagree. My Sony RX-180 video
tripod has LANC controls in the handle that allow me to standby, stop,
start, photo, and operate the variable zoom, just like the pros. I
wouldn't buy a camera without LANC.
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Anonymous |
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Page 105
Fig. 4-12 |
Fig. 4-12, used to illustrate "Sharing Clips among Projects" shows copying a clip, Clip 10, from one media file to another.
Since the media file this clip is being copied into doesn't contain a
Clip 10, there's no possibility of overwriting an existing Clip 10 by an
inadvertently hasty, but all too probable, "OK" on a warning dialogue.
It might have been prudent to mention this possibilty, with an obvious work
around: simply making a copy in the original media file or to the desktop
and renaming the clip, with appropriate indications about manually
renumbering clips (leading zeros).
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Page 162
1st bulleted item under "The iMovie Titles Catalog" (& on other pages) |
References to iMovie Plug-in Pack #1 when tried always came up with an
unknown response from Apple.
I assume Apple removed this item to force us to iMovie2.
This item is also not in your list of downloads from your web page although
mentioned many times in your book.
Is there a copy of this still in existance??
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Anonymous |
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Page 204, 205
Fig. 9-4 on page 204 and Item #6 on page 205 |
In Fig. 9-4 on page 204 and Item #6 on page 205, the author indicates that the numbers in the title bar of the Scale dialog box are
"X: --" and "Y: --"
However, from the illustration in Fig. 9-4, it appears that the title bar
reads "W: --" and "H: --"
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Anonymous |
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Page 267
2nd paragraph |
Astarte's web site (if it still exists) is not www.astarte.com. THAT web site
is for a fertility clinic.
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Anonymous |
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Page 301
2nd paragraph. |
When utilizing QT Player Pro's ADD menu command accessed through the Option key, I believe the contents of the clipboard are simply
added from the diamond-shaped insertion point (the player head) on the QT
Player scrubber bar. The added content, in any event, does not seem to appear
to be added over the selection. So I believe this second paragraph on p. 301
is erroneous.
Also, a serious oversight: You make absolutely no mention of the ADD SCALED
menu choice (Edit -> Paste when Option - Shift are pressed), which--on the
contrary--is used when footage is selected in the QT Player scrubber bar. Very
useful, among other things, for adding a still picture to the precise number
of frames that a music or narration track plays (when those frames have been
selected, of course).
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Page 353
6th and 7th paragraphs |
Contrary to what it says in these paragraphs, the maximum value that the
program will accept for the parameter is 2,147,483,647. The program obviously
stores the parameter internally in a 32 bit signed integer. Values between 2
and 4 GB are treated as negative numbers and cause the program to fail to be
able to even play the camera.
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Page 353
The last sentence in the AutoSceneDetectMaxBytes section now reads |
"To make it 4 GB (about nineteen minutes per clip), specify
4,0857,600,000, and so on."
Should read:
"To make it 4 GB (about nineteen minutes per clip), specify
4,085,760,000, and so on."
Setting the number to the one listed in the book causes the camera play or
capture mode to stop working. You get an error "Camera not connected" and
the play or import step is cancelled. Fast-forward and reverse still work.
If you go back and look at the file after running iMovie, the field is set
to -547054592.
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