Video Systems January 2003ViewpointHappy New YearCynthia Wisehart, Editorial Director We'd like to begin 2003 by making you an offer. As the video production industry grows larger and more complex, we hope to help you with something you... Cover StoryInformation WarriorsCody Holt On Jan. 6, 1999, armed rebels from the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) invaded Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone. According to eyewitness reports, the RUF rebels...... ShootThe Currency of Digital MediaBy Barry Braverman For those of us who shoot and otherwise handle digital media on a daily basis, it should hardly come as a revelation that QuickTime is everywhere...... Don't Let Yourself Be PigeonholedBy Bill Miller I have always hated being pigeonholed, a derogatory, prejudiced term used by the guardians of production to keep the migrant video worker in his place.... Working with Scripts and ScriptwritersBy Bill Miller The script is and should be one of the most important elements in any video production. It is the starting point, the roadmap, the guide to get you from concept to final edit. And it's often the source of a love-hate relationship between the scriptwriter and the production team.... Shoot Review — Canon GL2 CamcorderBy Tom Patrick McAuliffe About 10 years ago the then-new DV video format and digital transmission protocol FireWire/iLink/IEEE1394 set the video community on its ear with high-quality equipment at an affordable price.... Shoot Tools — ADS TechnologiesBy Trevor Boyer ADS Technologies: Pyro DV Drive; Ikegami: HL-60W; Anton/Bauer: Dionic; Cool-Lux: SL 3000... EditDV Format GotchasBy Bob Turner Purchasing a DV format editing system involves important considerations. There are many “gotchas” that can come between you and your DV NLE. Gotchas include timecode breaks...... Realtime ReduxBy Steve Mullen In 2001, when I wrote “Real Needs, Real Questions, Realtime” (see the August 2001 issue of Video Systems), I did not expect to write a second time about the topic.... Edit Tools — CanopusBy Trevor Boyer Canopus: DVRex-RT Professional; Ulead: Cool 3D Studio; StorCase: Data Silo DS550; GenArts: Sapphire Essentials... Edit Review — DVFilm Maker version 1.06By Steve Mullen DVFilm Digital Transfers, long known for low-cost transfer of SD and HD video to film, has released version 1.06 of its DVFilm Maker utility for Windows-based (95, 98, 98SE, Me, NT, 2000, and XP) systems and Macs (OS 9 and OS X).... DisplayComing AttractionsBy Pete Putman, CTS It's that wonderful time of the year again — a new calendar is started, resolutions are made, and columnists all over the world try to make an educated guess as to where their markets are headed over the next 12 months.... Someone to Watch Over YouBeck Finley The new security and surveillance system at the Department of Veterans Affairs' John D. Dingell Medical Center in Detroit is a modern marvel.... Display Review — NEC HT1000By Jeff Sauer It's hard to get too excited about many 7lb. projectors these days. For a time, a little more brightness and a little more contrast might best dozens of similar competitors, but incremental improvements hardly stir the senses.... Display Tools — NECBy Trevor Boyer NEC: VT45; Sony: VPL-PX40; Dukane: ImagePro 8757; Extron Electronics: MTP... IntegrateShare and Share AlikeBy Steve Mullen In last month's Integrate column, I showed you how, using common household tools, you can assemble a wired Ethernet (LAN), a wireless 802.11b (WLAN), and a cable-modem-based wide-area (WAN) network (see December 2002 Video Systems). This month I'll show you how adding a software layer can increase network capability. To add a software layer, I installed DAVE 4.0 from Thursby Software Systems (MSRP $149 USD) on my PowerBook G4 667.... Video PenguinsBy Dan Ochiva Linux is the future, we hear. While Microsoft, Apple, and Sun sell ever more complex and expensive versions of their products, rumblings of discontent grow against what some see as OS tyranny.... Integrate Review — Ultimatte AdvantEdgeBy S. D. Katz In an era of alpha channels and flawless digital edges, chroma-key effects are a holdover from our noisy analog past.... Integrate Review — AVI ApprenticeBy Tom Patrick McAuliffe If you need to produce video from the road, complete yet affordable solutions are few and far between.... Integrate Tools — ParallelGraphicsBy Trevor Boyer ParallelGraphics Cortona Movie Maker; Inscriber InfoCaster; Nvidia GeForce FX; Sonic Foundry MediaSite Live... MusingsReliable WitnessBy Cody Holt
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I read with interest Bob Turner's Evaluating HD Options (November 2002) since I have been editing on Discreet's Fire since last spring. I think he did... |
