[OT] QT Editing Tool

[Dan Shafer]

Trevor....

Thanks for the pointers. I downloaded the 30-day free trial of LSP last 
night (good thing I have a T-1!) and ordered the book from Amazon.com.

Dan

On Feb 9, 2005, at 10:35 AM, Trevor DeVore wrote:

> On Feb 9, 2005, at 10:13 AM, Dan Shafer wrote:
>
>> Trevor....
>>
>> Thanks. I need to look into this in greater detail. Do you have a 
>> recommended tool for QT editing? I just use QTPro. At one point I 
>> used MovieWorks but my version is no longer up to date. Is there 
>> something better?
>
> This really depends on what you want to do.  While QT Pro lets you 
> edit movies it will not let you add interactivity using sprite tracks 
> which is you need to add something like password protection I 
> mentioned previously.  For this type of QT editing I couldn't live 
> without LiveStage Pro from TotallyHip <www.totallyhip.com>.  It is an 
> incredibly comprehensive tool that allows you to exploit most 
> everything that the QuickTime architecture has to offer.
>
> If you are interested in Wired QuickTime then I would pick up the book 
> "Interactive QuickTime - Authoring Wired Media" by Matthew Peterson.  
> This goes into great detail about interactive QuickTime and you get 
> something like $150 off a purchase of LiveStage Pro if you buy within 
> 30 days of buying the book.  This book explains how to use sprite 
> tracks to add a little DRM to your movies.