Unit 11-2 Digital Video Recording

After completing this unit, you will be able to:

• Understand how digital video recording works and realize why movies play back better on faster computers.
• Consider the options available for recording and editing digital video with Windows or a Macintosh.
• Know how to acquire the necessary hardware and/or software to setup your computer to record digital video.
• Edit digital video using QuickTime Pro for Windows or QuickTime Pro for the Macintosh.
• Conserve disk space by compressing the digital video recording.

Reading

Read chapter 35 of the Multimedia Literacy textbook to study the concepts covered by this unit.

Online Activities

There is a movie on the Multilit CD that provides assistance to students who have needed extra help editing video with QuickTime Pro; to watch this movie, open the file index.htm on the Multilit CD, go to chapter 35, and open the movie entitled "Digital Video Editing."

At the Multilit Web site you will find links to more hardware and software for recording and editing digital video.

Assignment

There is no specific assignment required in this unit, which has been provided for students who may need to edit a video. If you have such a need and you want more practice, complete the exercises at the end of chapter 35. These exercises are optional, and you do not need to hand them in unless your instructor has told you specifically to do so.