Video Systems February 2004ViewpointCrystal BallBy Cynthia Wisehart, Editorial Director You may have noticed that trade shows, seminars, and conferences seem to have multiplied faster than mirrors on a DLP chip. One reason for this is pure... Cover StoryVideo on the SeasBy Tom Patrick McAuliffe Your journey has been great so far, but into every trip a little rain must fall. Luckily, as the weather turns foul you turn on the plasma display and curl up on a cabin sofa to watch your favorite movie or video program.... ShootHigh-Rate ProgressiveBy Steve Mullen If I say “pepper” it's likely your first thought will be “salt.” And I'm fairly certain that if I say “progressive video” you'll think “24p.”... Don't Obscure Your ImagesBy Bill Miller How often do we assume that the images we make as videographers are seen clearly by our audience, when in reality some people are seeing them, as the verse says, “through a glass darkly”?... Shoot Review — Sony MSW-900By Barry Braverman
I don't think it's my imagination, but I'm suddenly seeing a whole lot more of Sony's new IMX format on television productions around town. One look around the sets and locations of NBC's Fear Factor and MTV's The Real World confirms the arrival of the MSW-900, a serious new IMX-based camcorder, in what has been staunchly analog Betacam SP territory for years.
Shoot Tools — Mole-Richardson
Mole-Richardson: Molescent BIAX 2; HI-POD: X1-P; Indie-Dolly Systems: Indie-Dolly; Audio-Technica: AT897 Line+Gradient... EditSome Smokin' New VersionsBy Bob Turner This December, I traveled to Montreal in the midst of a blizzard to see for myself what Discreet Smoke would soon be delivering.... Edit Review — Pinnacle Liquid Edition ProBy Steve Mullen Only a few years ago, a realtime NLE system required hardware to execute the effects.... Edit Tools — Canopus
Canopus: Edius; Aurora Video Systems: PipePro; Imagine Products: DV Log-X; Apple: Final Cut Express 2... DisplayBeyond ConsumerBy Jeff Sauer It used to be that the annual Consumer Electronics Show in early January was all about TV sets and telephone gadgets, car stereos and consumer camcorders, and even baseline appliances as domestic as breadmakers.... Display Tools — Planar Systems
HPlanar: PDP42HD; Hitachi: CP-X1250, CP-X1200; Sharp: Notevision C60; Epson: PowerLite 9300i... IntegrateFighting Upload OverloadBy Gary Eskow Those of us who hooked up with AOL early on and have stayed with the company know how difficult it is for AOL to handle files larger than a megabyte or two.... Integrate Review — Magic Bullet Suite HDBy Frank McMahon Trying to make your video look like film? Red Giant Software offers a plug-in solution for After Effects 5.5 or 6.0 users. We've been down this road before, but Magic Bullet Suite has some really high-powered programming behind it.... Integrate Review — Steinberg Nuendo 2.0By Gary Eskow In the mid 1990s, Steinberg, a German music software company, teamed up with Silicon Graphics and released Nuendo, a digital audio workstation that took advantage of the power of the Unix platform that SGI was based upon.... Integrate Tools — ADS Tech
ADS Tech: Pyro DV Drive; Ximeta: NetDiskOffice; Huge Systems: MediaVault U320-R Max; Wiebe Tech: G5Jam... IntelligenceFebruary 2004 IntelligenceCompiled by Andrea Harden A monthly assortment of fascinating market statistics.... Dream JobFor Those Left BehindBy Cody Holt Six years ago, one of Kate Carter's closest friends was dying of breast cancer. The friend, who had lost her husband 13 months earlier to Lou Gehrig's disease, had three children who were suddenly facing a lifetime without either parent.... InboxPriceless Plug-in
I read with interest the “Beyond Photoshop” article by Frank McMahon (November 2003). It offered some good information on several plug-ins I have seen advertised but have not tried.... |
