Mastering Digital Video – Chapter 9

In this chapter we learned all about Windows Live Movie Maker. We discovered that Windows Live Movie Maker is an easy tool to use to create movies. The chapter began with importing a video from a digital camera. It moved into such topics as adding a title, caption, credits, and music to name a few. Another important aspect is editing. With the editing feature you can resize, split, add transition and add an effect all key elements in producing a quality video. The chapter explains how to save a movie to your computer, publish a movie to YouTube, and to a DVD.

Again this chapter was very enlightening on Windows Live Movie Maker. It went into many more items covering Digital Video.         

Mastering Digital Pictures and Music – Chapter 8

Chapter 8 was about using Windows Live Photo Gallery. It explained such tasks as arranging files, editing the files, and compiling them onto CD’s or DVD’s. We learned how to import pictures and videos from a digital camera to our computer. I found the section on editing pictures very informative. It reviewed the techniques of cropping, correcting red-eye, and adjusting exposure to name a few. To help group your photos it described tagging, rating, and placing captions all in an effort to keep the library organized.

The Windows Media Player allows you to play CDs and DVDs along with many other features. The chapter covers ripping a song from a CD, creating a play list, burning a playlist to an audio Cd, and many more features.

This was an excellent chapter on Digital Media. It went into great detail regarding both topics. It will certainly enhance one’s skill level.