Pinnacle Studio is one of the most popular Windows-based DV editing packages on the market with an installed base of 3.5 million!

As PC Magazines DV reviewer, Jan Ozer is a high-profile author whose books have been highly reviewed. Newest software version merges video editing and DVD authoring; this volume covers both-as well as the DV production technologies behind them. For consumers who want to explore both video-editing and DVD authoring, theres now an affordable tool-Pinnacle Studio 8 ($99)-and an affordable book that gives them the background in DV and DVD production technologies to do so effectively. In Pinnacle Studio 8 for Windows- Visual QuickStart Guide, veteran journalist and teacher Jan Ozer tackles Pinnacle Studio 8 in typical QuickStart style-that is, with step-by-step instructions, plenty of illustrations, and straightforward language. The guide initiates readers in the art and craft of digital video editing for streaming-media and DVD. Chapters on project planning and a primer on how to shoot good video for DVD and the Web precede Ozers task-based instructions explaining every aspect of the program-from capturing and importing video to creating transitions and titles, and outputting the final product.