Book description
The Hands-On Guide to Flash Video is a professional reference book written by industry experts that are currently helping professionals produce Web video and implement Flash Media Server. This book covers Flash Video production from soup to nuts, beginning with how to configure your camcorder and ending to advanced server techniques like bandwidth detection and FMS logging and reporting. Real word lessons from case studies of successful Flash Video deployments are also included.Supplemental files located at: www.flashvideobook.com
By reading this book, you'll learn to:
* Shoot high quality video for streaming
* Choose the best encoder and encoding techniques for producing Flash Video
* Deploy Flash Video via progressive download or via the Flash Media Server.
* Create and light a compression friendly set
* Deinterlace and preprocess your video prior to encoding
* Choose encoding parameters like data rate, resolution and frame rate
* Optimize encoding with Sorenson Squeeze, Flix Pro and the Adobe Flash Video Encoder
* Shoot and produce chromakey video for alpha channel delivery
* Customize a Flash player via skinning, and use Cue Points for navigation
* Setup, install, and maintain Flash Media Server
Table of contents
- Cover
- Halftitle
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- About the Authors
- 1. Quick Start
- 2. The Streaming Media Landscape
- 3. Designing Your Set
- 4. Lighting the Set
- 5. Streaming-Related Shooting Skills
- 6. Correcting Video and Audio Problems
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7. Preparing for Compression
- What We Know about Flash Output Parameters
- That Whole Square-Pixel Thing
- Summary and Recommendations
- Scaling to Your Target Resolution—Where and When?
- Producing the Correct Output Resolution in Premiere Pro
- Producing the Correct Output Resolution in Final Cut Pro
- Producing the Correct Output Resolution in After Effects
- Preprocessing Your Video
- Conclusion
- 8. Producing Alpha Channel Video
- 9. Encoding Your Video
- 10. Flash Video Concepts
- 11. Deploying Progressive Flash Video
- 12. Customizing the FLV Playback Component
- 13. Using Cue Points
- 14. Controlling Your Content
- 15. Advanced Effects and Playback Options
- 16. Introduction to Flash Media Server
- 17. Streaming Video with Flash Media Server
- 18. Advanced Flash Media Server Techniques
- 19. Case Studies
- Index
Product information
- Title: Hands-On Guide to Flash Video
- Author(s):
- Release date: May 2007
- Publisher(s): Routledge
- ISBN: 9781136032332
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