Video Systems January 2001FeaturesWALKING THE LINE BETWEEN 4:3 AND 16:9by Steve Mullen Lens adapters, variable mode cameras, and letterbox FX can bridge the 4:3/16:9 divide during the slow TV transition. Somehow, some way, and with some... ProductsProducts
Thin-Mullion Videowall By Pioneer RM-V2550S2: Mullions the spaces between the cubes that compose a videowall can detract from the overall image on the... SolutionsAutomating the animation processBy Douglas King PG Studio tracks animation project details so both managers and animated characters can have lives of their own. Animation is a very labor-intensive process.... Tech TipsBuilding a better NLE systemBy Steve Mullen Off-the-shelf computers generally aren't optimized for nonlinear editing, but a little research can help you shop la carte and save some dough. Real-time... Overcoming Plug and PrayBy Steve Mullen PCI cards have four interrupt signals: INT-A, INT-B, INT-C, and INT-D. A PCI card makes its primary interrupt request on INT-A. If a board such as the... Audio TracksFading out of vogueBy Gary Eskow With the use of computer-based digital audio workstations rising, is the mixing console becoming obsolete in the project studio? The computer revolution... MusingsNewTek Video Toaster [2]BY TOM PATRICK MCAULIFFE Set your mind's time machine for the late '80s. From a little town in Kansas came Tim Jenison with arguably the first affordable, all-in-one computer... ArticlesFirst impressionsCynthia Wisehart, Editor Video Systems gets a lot of mail. For a new editor that raises the exciting (and terrifying) possibility that many of you read this magazine very closely.... A century of corporate historyBy Carl Levine General Motors' Media Archive Group goes digital with Artesia Technologies' Teams asset management software. General Motors, working with Artesia Technologies,... Webcam captures an endangered speciesBy Trevor Boyer While the giant panda is an endangered species, web-casting certainly is not. Press conferences, day care centers, and even surgical operations have been... Qwest for the big pictureBy Trevor Boyer Qwest Communications needed to dress to impress when it outfitted its new Executive Briefing Center (EBC), a presentation room in Denver that showcases... Recommended readingBy Douglas King No time to read every new video book available? Here are three books that any video editor or computer artist would benefit from reading. Last year was... Tracking the BeastBy Jack Lloyd Tracking tools are the key to integrating computer graphics and video. Here are a few that can help you tame the CG beast in your next project. Ever since... 2001: a projector odysseyBy Peter H. Putman, CTS Nine new LCD and DLP projectors endure grueling tests of brightness, signal compatibility, image quality, and more. As always, Pete Putman pulls no punches... Start streaming the newsBy Jim B. Grant CNN is on the frontlines of more than just newsgathering. The network is also leading the streaming revolution, handling up to 1.5 million requests for... New encoding technology at CNNBy Jim B. Grant CNN recently selected and installed the Agility Enterprise encoding system from Anystream to handle the encoding of completed story clips. This system... BETWEEN HOBBYISTS AND HOLLYWOODBy Philip De Lancie DVD's mid-level users are demanding more including higher-level functionality at lower-level prices. DVD may have been conceived with the consumer market... 1 Digimation Light GalleriesBY DOUGLAS KING Everyone who works in computer graphics appreciates the importance of good lighting and knows the long hours it takes to light a scene just right. Countless... 2 Realviz Image Processing FactoryBy FRANKMCMAHON Realviz presents four powerful programs for compositing work in its Image Processing Factory: MatchMover, ReTimer, ImageModeler, and Stitcher. MatchMover... Streaming in the new yearBy FrankMcMahon With the right tools and a few encoding tips, your website can jump into the mainstream this year with streaming video. It's the one question I hear over... The underwater storytellerBy Barry Braverman National Geographic cameraman Mark Shelley ventures underwater and captures the shape of life in any format necessary. For 20 years, cameraman Mark Shelley... Welcome to XanaduBy Cody Holt Inspiration comes from strange places. For example, this column was partially inspired by a 1980 film about rollerdisco. Kira was hot. Maybe it was the... |
