Video Systems January 2004ViewpointIntegrate ThisCynthia Wisehart, Editorial Director My background includes production for theme park and museum attractions, nearly all of them incorporating projected images, whether film or video. Like most people in production I've had spent some long sleepless days and nights.... Correction:
In the November 2003 issue of Video Systems, we neglected to mention that the primary cover image was a custom video...... Cover StoryThe Fourth DimensionBy Ellen Wolff You knew it was bound to happen. At theme parks, museums, and other special venues, stereoscopic 3D images can now bring characters off the screen more dramatically than ever before.... ShootAfter Effects for ShootersBy Barry Braverman It's certainly a sign of the times that, as a veteran shooter, I am here to discuss the world's most popular compositing tool. After all, the oxide has been on the wall for the last several years: Image creation is no longer the exclusive province of the shooter and camera.... Simplify Your LifeBy Bill Miller Life is much too complicated. We need to simplify everything we do.... Shoot Review — Sony DCR-DVD300By Tom Patrick McAuliffe There are now more than 100 million households with at least one DVD player in the home, according to the Consumer Electronics Association, and the cost of DVD players and recorders has never been lower.... Shoot Review — Marantz Professional CDR300By Tom Patrick McAuliffe As times get tighter economically, small video businesses are looking for diverse income sources. For-hire audio services are helping to fill the gap for many smaller video businesses.... Shoot Tools — Cinekinetic
Ikelite Underwater Systems: #6042; Cinekinetic: Pocket Dolly; Lowepro: Rover Plus AW; Rycote: Mini Windjammers; Panasonic: AG-DVX100A; Tiffen: Glimmerglass; Sony: DSR-PD170; Azden: FMX-2... EditMedia 100 Reinvents ItselfBy Bob Turner Media 100 has recently made some very important announcements. The company has introduced version 3.0 of its 844/X software, which it calls the “Effects” release.... Edit Review—12 Inch Design ProductionBloxBy Jeff Sauer Here's a news flash: video editors aren't just editing anymore!... Edit Review—Avid MojoBy Steve Mullen I'll admit I was confused by Mojo when I first saw it at NAB 2003. Looking at the back of the small Mojo box, I could see a set of video input and output jacks — plus a four-pin and a six-pin FireWire connector. It looked like any of the dozen FireWire transcoder boxes on the market.... Edit Review—Avid Xpress ProBy Steve Mullen Fall 2003 was a busy time for Avid as it restructured its Xpress DV product line. Xpress Pro has essentially replaced Xpress DV 3.5 PowerPack, which I reviewed in the October 2002 issue. Free DV was posted to the Avid site this past October.... Edit Tools — Avid
Panasonic: AJ-SD755; Chyron: Lyric; 1 Beyond: DV Pro 3216; Ulead Systems: DVD Workshop 2... DisplayTruth and MisconceptionsBy Randy Green There is a lot of talk about high-definition video these days, especially in the high-end consumer and broadcast television industries. A great deal of time, energy, and money are spent producing shows using HD equipment, and for good reason.... Fashion ShortsBy Kristinha M. Anding It's no news that Los Angeles has a swelling community of shooters, but what is often overlooked is the city's burgeoning fashion scene. Why not unite the two?... Display Tools — Da-Lite
Plus Vision Corp. of America: V3-111, V3-131 Da-Lite: Fast-Fold Drapery Presentation Kits, Pipe and Drapery Systems JKL Components Corporation: White Light Canon: LV-S3... Display Tools — Plus Vision Corp. of America
Plus Vision Corp. of America: V3-111 and V3-131 projectors... IntegrateStreaming ApplianceBy Jeff Sauer I'd like to talk about streaming live video, and I hope this doesn't bring back any bad memories. This is about a very different approach than when producing a live streaming event meant wheeling in racks of servers and costs wafting about on the currents of hard-to-predict expectations of bandwidth usage and number of streams.... Integrate Review — Adobe Creative Suite PremiumBy Frank McMahon For years Adobe has packaged various of its products together, usually along a common theme such as video or print.... Integrate Tools — Macromedia
Sorenson Media: Sorenson Video 3 version 3.3 Macromedia: Flash MX Professional 2004 PR Newswire, AP Wide World Photos: global photography outsourcing service Adobe: Atmosphere... Integrate Tools — PR Newswire and AP Wide World Photos
PR Newswire and AP Wide World Photos: global photography outsourcing service... IntelligenceJanuary 2004 IntelligenceCompiled by Andrea Harden A monthly assortment of fascinating market statistics.... MusingsThe Simple LifeBy Cody Holt In 1942-21 years before Martin Luther King Jr.'s march on Montgomery, Ala., that laid the groundwork for the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 — a poor, white farmer named Clarence Jordan founded Koinonia Farm in rural Southwest Georgia.... InboxIt's Still Overkill
Boy, could I relate to a reader's letter, printed in your October issue, complaining about undefined acronyms in a July Video Systems article...... |
