Video Systems January 2005
By Michael Goldman
High-Definition acquisition's infiltration into the world of commercial production has been notoriously uneven. On the high end of the spectrum, for national and major regional spots, clients, ad agencies, and production companies are slowly growing more comfortable with HD...
By Cynthia Wisehart, Editorial Director
Resolved: To do something to increase my competitive position and job satisfaction. Statistics from the ICIA suggests that this was a popular New Year's...
By Barry Braverman
I've been crying from the computer tops for years now, but I think I'm finally being heard. The shooter's role as a professional image creator has expanded...
By Bill Miller
By Bill Miller
The end of the year is a time to reflect and think ahead. About a year ago, I predicted that 2004 would see an upsurge in work opportunities for videographers...
By Tom Patrick McAuliffe
One of the main things that differentiates a mediocre video from a professional one is the steadiness of the shots. The smoothness of the pans and the...
By Tom Patrick McAuliffe
Since 1959 Lowel has been one of the most prolific manufacturers of location lighting equipment. More recently the company has been producing high-quality...
By S. D. Katz
There are lots of aspiring directors, but far fewer aspiring video engineers. DV cameras and editing software permit anyone with a...
Making a better DV camcorder...
Panasonic's new AJ-SDC615 DVCPRO camcorder...
Sony rollouts its professional HVR-Z1U camcorder, along with the HVR-M10U VTR...
By Bob Turner
Last month we discussed workgroup storage issues. This month we will look at a few new workgroup storage products announced over the past year and find...
By Steve Mullen
Last month I described a procedure that will enable you to bring MPEG-2-based HD into an HD post suite equipped with AJA's Kona HD board. The procedure...
By S. D. Katz
Synthetik Software's Studio Artist 3 is an image-synthesis program that can be used to paint original compositions by hand. In that way it's similar to...
By Tom Patrick McAuliffe
From iMovie and iDVD to Final Cut Pro and DVD Studio Pro, the Mac provides great applications for video editing, but until now was lacking a little in the professional audio department. Enter Logic Pro 7. Purchased from software maker eMagic and revamped, Logic Pro 7 is now available only for the Mac — the PC version has been discontinued....
By Steve Mullen
Simply describing Apple's new Motion software as a motion graphics application is not wrong, but it conveys to readers who have never seen a demo of Motion...
HDV editing gets affordable...
High-resolution cables...
All-in-one portable fiber...
Digital display extenders...
By Jeff Sauer
2004 was the year that the large screen displays hit the mainstream. Prices on every technology, from plasma and LCD monitors to front and rear projectors, went down, and sales volumes were up. And if you go to a major market consumer electronics store today, you're likely not to see a single, big belly CRT TV set....
By Beck Finley
Protecting America’s public water supply is a top priority for the Department of Homeland Security. Protecting Tennessee’s water supply is the job of the state’s largest rural water utility district. ...
By Jeff Sauer
In a world increasingly enamored by flat and thin plasma and LCD TVs, projectors often get overlooked as big-screen...
By Kristinha M. Anding
At first, one might be taken aback by the concept: A comedic news show hosted by mentally and physically disabled adults and executive produced by South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker? It sounds potentially exploitative, but it's not, says director Arthur Bradford....
A monthly assortment of fascinating market statistics....
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