Video Systems December 2003ViewpointManage It?Cynthia Wisehart, Editorial Director Last month, the annual SMPTE conference shared its Manhattan venue with a new conference put on by the Global Society of Asset Management (G-SAM). This inaugural program had an ambitious scope and attracted a remarkable group of speakers, including VP-level representatives from film studios including Universal and Sony, and television networks HBO, Showtime, Lifetime, ABC, and the BBC, as well as more regional broadcast players such as College Sports Television.... Cover StoryDrive My CarBy Beck Finley Metrics, strategy, demographics. Marketing isn't an exact science, but the research and testing that go into it is quickly approaching the scope of one. This research increasingly shows that audiences want a more personalized and interactive approach to marketing.... FeaturesThe 2003 VanguardsBy Trevor Boyer Perhaps 2003 will be the last year that video industry chatter is dominated by talk of the recession that followed the bursting of the dot-com bubble. Indeed, signs of a recovery started to peek through the entrenched gloom this year.... ShootHealthy AttachmentsBy Tom Patrick McAuliffe Ever since little-known Dutch optician Hans Lippershey demonstrated the first refracting telescope in 1608, astronomers, photographers, filmmakers, and video shooters have been trying to get the maximum out of their lenses, those critical pieces of glass.... The Fear of NoBy Bill Miller The fear of no. It's what keeps us up at night. tossing and turning, counting megapixels that leap over our beds like out-of-focus sheep. There are two aspects to the fear of no. One we have little control over. For example, when our clients or bosses say no to our ideas, our projects, or even to using us on a production that would be so sweet to include on future résumé reels.... Shoot Tools — Lowel
Lowel: DV Core 250; nNovia : QuickCapture A2D; B&H Photo: Professional Lighting SourceBook; Panasonic: AG-DVC80... EditRevolutionary TechnologyBy Bob Turner Last month I wrote about the new and exciting low-cost nonlinear editing applications that are changing the face of postproduction. In this issue, I will examine a companion technology that also will have a major effect, serial ATA storage.... Edit Review—Canopus Edius 1.5By Steve Mullen For those of you who are new to Canopus products, Edius 1.5 is the long-awaited enhancement of the RexEdit and StormEdit NLE products. When I reviewed RexEdit in 1999, I arrived at two conclusions. First: “RexEdit's human interface was inadequately implemented.... Edit Review—Adobe AuditionBy Frank McMahon In May Adobe acquired the technology assets of Syntrillium Software, which included the program Cool Edit Pro. An audio-editing program, Cool Edit has been a strong seller for years and has become one of the top audio programs for Windows, with professional and shareware versions.... Edit Review—BIAS PeakBy Gary Eskow This month, it's time for me (an audio guy) to get adventurous and step into the picture world. In order to review BIAS Peak — or more accurately, the integration of Peak within Final Cut Pro 4 — it was necessary for me to spend some time with Final Cut Pro 4 itself.... Edit Tools — Incite Multimedia
Incite Multi-media: Incite Editor; Apple: iBook; WorldTech Devices: Specialist for Vegas; Canopus: DVStorm2 Pro+... DisplayGot HDTV?By Peter Putman, CTS A couple of years back, I wrote a story in Video Systems about high-definition television to provide a broad perspective on everything from broadcast formats and available content to set-top receivers and HD-capable displays. The conclusion was that despite plenty of stumbles and false starts, HDTV was clearly making progress in early 2001.... At the OdeonBy Beck Finley For the launch of its new product 10g, information management company Oracle chose one of London's most prestigious theaters, the Odeon Leicester Square.... Display Review—JVC DLA-SX21UBy Jeff Sauer With projector technology, the underlying question is usually LCD vs. DLP. Stereotypically, LCD, a transmissive technology that shines light through separate red, green, and blue panels, produces strong colors, whereas DLP, a reflective technology, begets smaller, brighter, higher-contrast models.... Display Tools — Gateway
Gateway: 56in. DLP rear projection television; Casio: XJ-350 and XJ-450; Extron Electronics: HSA 222C and HSA 222S; Hardigg carrying case... IntegrateThe Sound of Cell Bellsby Jeff Sauer If you're getting someone a digital camera/cell phone as a present this holiday season, or if you've received one yourself, you're not alone. Camera-equipped cell phones, according to marketing research firm IDC and many others, are likely to outsell digital still cameras this year and may even surpass all cameras, film and digital, by the end of next year.... Integrate Review—ADS Technologies Pyro ProfessionalBy Tom Patrick McAuliffe Synergy requires that a whole be greater than the simple sum of its parts. To create the Pyro Professional bundle, ADS Technologies took one part hardware (one of the most popular IEEE 1394 boards on the market), added three parts software (the best of Adobe's audio/video applications), and the result is an effective, professional production package for the PC.... Integrate Review—Adobe After Effects 6.0 ProfessionalBy Frank McMahon Adobe ticks off another version of its flagship digital effects compositing software, After Effects, by moving from 5.5 to 6.0. The update deepens several areas and tweaks other parts of this extensive program. Not accounting for some dramatic performance enhancements, the significance of the update may depend on how much time you spend working in areas such as vector-based painting and text animation, two of the expanded toolsets.... Integrate Tools — Darim
Darim: B-DVR; Snap Appliances: Snap Server 1100; SMC Networks: EZ Switch SMC8505T and SMC8508T; Medéa: VideoRaid RT3 and VideoRaid RT3X... IntelligenceDecember 2003 IntelligenceCompiled by Andrea Harden A monthly assortment of fascinating market statistics.... MusingsDecreasing the Digital DivideBy Kristinha M. Anding Bunji Elcoate had always learned to appreciate the differences among people. Her father, a British ship captain, gave his daughter many opportunities to travel throughout Australia and Southeast Asia. Her mother's family — from Irish, Spanish, and Aboriginal descent — had lived in the Northern Territory of Australia since the late 1800s.... InboxFree DV Online
In question #2 in Bob Turner's interview with Avid CEO David Krall, Bob asked Mr. Krall about Free DV (“One on One,” September 2003). He responds that it's “an entry point to learn the industry-standard user interface. It's hard to argue with free.”... |
