Packt Releases VirtualDub Book as a Free Download

Learning VirtualDub, the only professional book available for the leading open source video capture and processing tool, has today been released as a free download by Packt Publishing. First released in May 2005, the book is designed to get users started and then quickly learn the advanced features of VirtualDub.

Innovation in digital recording and the sharing of personal videos has seen a dramatic rise in the download rates of free applications that edit and process video clips. With almost 10 million downloads, VirtualDub is the leading choice for both amateur and professional video editors.

“This free eBook will provide readers with a rapid and easy-to-use tutorial on the basic features of VirtualDub to help get them up and running, quickly” explains the book’s developer, David Barnes. “Amongst other things, it covers the art of effective encoding and compression, so users end up with great quality videos that won’t hog their bandwidth forever” he concludes.

On first approach, VirtualDub can be daunting and with little documentation available, a large number of users never get further than simply downloading it. Therefore the decision to release Learning VirtualDub as a free PDF eBook will be greeted by new and established users as a timely bonus.

The eBook is now free to download from Packt’s website: Learning VirtualDub. Available as an immediate PDF download, Packt’s eBooks are printable with copy and paste privileges enabled.

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