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You might not know this, but with a little ingenuity you can use Macromedia Flash to create high-quality, low-cost animated films or to easily add animated titles and motion graphics to your film and video projects. While most books covering Macromedia Flash MX focus on how to use the program for the Web, Flash for Film and Video sets itself apart by targeting animators and film and video editors looking for an alternative to expensive, complicated professional animation software. You won't lear...

Integrated broadband networks (IBNs), when compared to high definition television, are seen by many as probably being more important to the future industrial competitiveness of the United States in the telecommunications field, and as certainly raising far more complex issues of economics, law, regulation, and social impact. The first concerted attempt to identify and investigate these issues was started in 1987 by a leading US telecommunications policy research center. This book presents key co...

Proceedings of SPIE present the original research papers presented at SPIE conferences and other high-quality conferences in the broad-ranging fields of optics and photonics. These books provide prompt access to the latest innovations in research and technology in their respective fields. Proceedings of SPIE are among the most cited references in patent literature.

This book examines the development of television in India since the early 1990s, and its implications for Indian society more widely. Until 1991, India possessed only a single state-owned television channel, but since then there has been a rapid expansion in independent satellite channels which came as a complete break from the statist control of the past. This book explores this transformation, explaining how television, a medium that developed in the industrial West, was adapted to suit Indian...

"Broadcast content regulation has failed miserably, and will continue to fail," claim the authors of "Regulating Broadcast Programming", in their comprehensive review of past and present efforts to regulate the content of radio and television. They argue that such regulation should be based on the same principles used for print media, where control of editorial content lies in private hands instead of the government. Access - the ability to reach the willing recipient by the communicator willing...

Covering everything from color TV basics to state-of-the-art test equipment, this fully illustrated professional guide supplies vital information on every aspect of TV systems, including remote controls, digital audio, compression, and receivers. The newest digital and high definition TV systems are also discussed in detail.

With the advent of digital video cameras, anyone can shoot and produce a video for very little money. What "anyone" can't do is create a high quality, professional looking video that will generate clients and open doors. No Budget Video Production will show the undercapitalized video producer how every step in production - preproduction, writing, storyboarding, lighting, locations, on-camera talent, editing and post-production - can be cost minimized, yet still result in a sterling, professional...

This updated volume offers a pictorial approach and easy to follow instructions on how to repair VCRs. It reflects technological advances and replaces material that is no longer relevant. It includes programming VCRs, gear alignment and fast forward and reverse search.

The NAB Engineering Handbook is the definitive resource for broadcast engineers. It provides in-depth information about each aspect of the broadcast chain from audio and video contribution through an entire broadcast facility all the way to the antenna. New topics include Ultra High Definition Television, Internet Radio Interfacing and Streaming, ATSC 3.0, Digital Audio Compression Techniques, Digital Television Audio Loudness Management, and Video Format and Standards Conversion. Important upda...