We've written a variety of articles offering tips and techniques for dealing with multimedia. To make it easier to locate them, we've organized them into several categories.

Color Correction Tutorials

• Color Correction Basics: Setting Black and White Levels. When starting to color correct a new piece of footage, it's best to start by normalizing the black and white levels before doing any other corrections.

• FireWire to Video Converters. When working with DV video and FireWire connections, sooner or later you need to convert to analog video. This article lists dedicated converter boxes that are available to perform the task.

• Converting Between QuickTime and AVI. Regardless of technical merits, there are times when you need to convert QuickTime movies to AVI movies and back. With some care and planning, it can be done successfully.

• Calibrating Video Monitors. Having a properly calibrated video monitor ensures that the decisions you make about your video are based on a standard. This PDF document explains how you can calibrate your monitor.
• Video Digitizing Tips and Tricks. A general overview of digitizing video and how to get better results.

• Codec Choices, Part 1. Covers the basic functions of a video codec.
• Codec Choices, Part 2. Surveys the available video codecs and compares how each uses common tools to create a unique solution.
• TrueMotion-S. A review of the TrueMotion-S codec from Horizon Technology.
• Indeo Video Interactive. A review of the latest incarnation of Intel's Indeo codec.
• The Motion Pixels Codec. The new Motion Pixels codec offers another alternative for compressing PC-based digital video.

• Echo Fire and Digital Audio Applications. Covers ways to get the most out of Echo Fire when using for video playback in digital audio applications like ProTools.
• Digital Audio for Multimedia. Covers the basics of digital audio in multimedia applications.

We're often asked for sources of additional information on color correction, compositing, and motion graphics in general. We have a list of books we recommend on our Recommended Reading page.