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The errata list is a list of errors and their corrections that were found after the product was released. If the error was corrected in a later version or reprint the date of the correction will be displayed in the column titled "Corrected".

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Color Key: Serious Technical Mistake Minor Technical Mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question



Version Location Description Submitted By Corrected
Printed Page 5
The text used to read

o 625 lines of resolution.

It now reads:

o 625 scan lines.

(35) The text used to read:

Here, then, is the usual sequence for filming ("Light, lens cap,
action!"):

It now reads:

Here, then, is the usual sequence for filming:

 Anonymous  Jun 2000
Printed Page 44
The text used to read

Hold on a wider, scene-establishing shot, and then cut to a tighter
close-up (right).

It now reads:

Hold on a wider, scene-establishing shot, cut to a medium shot, and then
cut to a tighter close-up (right).

 Anonymous  Jun 2000
Printed Page 98
The text used to read

If your Mac has a 10 GMB hard drive

It now reads:

If your Mac has a 10 GB hard drive

 Anonymous  Jun 2000
Printed Page 98
The text used to read

Unfortunately, you generally canšt save your iMovie projects onto these
drives, because iMovie canšt operate your camcorder effectively when a
FireWire hard drive is also hooked up (except on very fast Macs).

It now reads:

Unless both the FireWire drive and the Mac are top-of-the-line fast,
iMovie canšt operate your camcorder effectively when a FireWire hard
drive is also hooked up (see page 338).

Anonymous  Jun 2000
Printed Page 140
The text used to say

"By placing an Out immediately after an In, you create an elegant fade
out, then in to the next shot -- a very popular effect in movies and
commercials.

Placing an In just after an Out isn't quite as useful,..."

It now says:

"By placing an In immediately after an Out, you create an elegant fade
out, then in to the next shot -- a very popular effect in movies and
commercials.

Placing an Out just after an In isn't quite as useful,..."

 Anonymous  Aug 2000
Printed Page 143
At the bottom of the page, after the "Wash In..." heading, the text

used to say:

"These two affects..."

It now says:

"These two effects..."

 Anonymous  Aug 2000
Printed Page 204

(204) The figure has been replaced.

 Anonymous  Jun 2000
Printed Page 281

In the third paragraph, at the end of the bullet list item that begins <BGCOLOR>, the text used to say:

(such as "#C0C0C0" or "#0000FFF")

It now says:

(such as "#C0C0C0" or "#0000FF")

 Anonymous  Aug 2000
Printed Page 355

Deleted the last paragraph (NoWonder.com).

 Anonymous  Oct 2000

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