Introduction; What you can do with all this cool technology; How the products form a team; Chapter One: Media Basics; Media formats; Shooting DV; Delivery formats; Chapter Two: Up and Running; Computer requirements; Tweaking your computer for the best editing experience; HUI's; Things that make editing easier; Analog to digital converters; Getting great sound; Software Installation and registration; Chapter Three: Navigation, features, buttons, preferences, and more; Vegas; Acid; Sound Forge; Chapter Four: Vegas file import and organization; Stills; Graphics; Animation; Audio files; CD extraction; Video capture; Media Pool; Chapter Five: Vegas editing; Timeline; Trim and Split; Move and arrange; Ripple editing; Transitions; Event envelopes; Markers and regions; Chapter Six: Vegas creative techniques; Crop, rotate, and reverse; Picture-in-picture effects; Video effects; Opacity; Chromakey; Key frames and audio/video automation; Fixing video mistakes; Cool video effects and techniques; Chapter Seven: Vegas titling and audio; Generated media. Titles; Text animation; Credit roll; Lower-thirds; Recording audio; Audio effects; Chapter Eight: Finishing the movie; Hard drive; DVD; Video CD (VCD) or CD-ROM; Web; DV tape (PTT); Chapter Nine: Sound Forge recording and editing; Sound card issues; Mic, line, and turntable; Recording; Editing and fixing; Saving; Chapter Ten: Sound Forge advanced techniques; Effects; Restoration; Finishing and sweetening; Interfacing with Vegas; Working with Acid; Chapter Eleven: Acid: Making music; Loops, one-shots, and beatmaps; Tempo and key; Preview, pick, paint, and play; Loop sources; Creating solos, melodies, and themes; Recording in Acid; Scoring to video; Chapter Twelve: Acid to the Nth degree; Using FX; Arranging parts; Changing tempo and key; Mixing (level, EQ, pan, FX); Export finished songs; Chapter Thirteen: Moving beyond Studio; Vegas 5; Sound Forge 7; Acid Pro 5; AcidPlanet.com; Additional resources for media.
