Video Systems July 2005
By David John Farinella
Most corporate videos aren't likely to draw legions of fans for midnight screenings any time soon. Yet, in their own way, corporate productions can be every bit as influential as a typical big-budget summer blockbuster....
By Cynthia Wisehart, Editorial Director
Because so many of you ask after him, I thought it appropriate to let you know that our wonderful Bob will not be returning to these pages. As many in...
By Gary Eskow
As a video professional, you may be adding a digital audio workstation to your facility soon. With the advances in computer hardware and the glut of powerful audio software solutions on the market, audio post might be a viable new business opportunity for your company...
By Benjamin Semanoff
On the hottest day of Summer 2004, I found myself at the bottom of the Philadelphia Museum of Art steps wielding a Steadicam. The unrelenting sun reflected back at me from the light-colored stone of those famous steps as I squinted up at my mentor, Steadicam inventor...
By Bill Miller
I've written a blog of essays over the years on helping videographers and other migrant video workers get jobs. It seems to be a subject very close to...
By Tom Patrick McAuliffe
One of the problems with most low-budget productions is the lack of exciting angles and camera moves. In most videos, it's easy to see that the shots are either handheld or done on a tripod. And without a Steadicam-like device, it is hard to create sophisticated moves...
Schneider Optics Xtreme Fisheye can help create a unique look to a shoot...
Manfrotto Fig Rig — The hoop design — think car steering wheel — gives it an immediate familiarity....
By Steve Mullen
As you made your away around the nonlinear editor booths at NAB, it's very likely the manufacturers presented you with marketing messages that promoted their ideal way of editing HDV. It's also likely that you had at least a gut notion...
By Frank McMahon
As a desktop editor, Avid Xpress Pro HD has a rich background and each new version improves on an already impressive feature set. One of the best features...
By Frank McMahon
Pinnacle's Liquid Edition has blossomed into a very handy suite of software. You can now import just about anything into it...
By Tom Patrick McAuliffe
There are two kinds of video creators: those who like computers and those who don't. Those of us who don't like computers for whatever reason still have...
By Robert Simpson
The advances in display technology over the past 10 years or so have been incredible and have opened up a whole range of new applications, especially in allowing large electronic images to be integrated into different environments. Now, however, we can stop being amazed...
By Beck Finley
The schedule of activities aboard a cruise ship can be overwhelming. Taking over Julie McCoy's cruise director duties on three Carnival Cruise Lines vessels...
Seventh generation plasma...
By Kristinha M. Anding
Denisse Andrade knows how to keep it together. As producer and outreach coordinator for legendary New York video collective Paper Tiger and an activist with roots in Latin America, Andrade understands the importance of uniting community organizers with independent media makers...
Compiled by Andrea Harden
A monthly assortment of fascinating market statistics....
I read an article that was posted on videosystems.com on Feb. 1, 2005, called DeckLink Deconstructed, and I have a couple questions. I have a Sony HDR-FX1,...
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Audio on Track
DAW vs. DAW
Shaking Things Up
Shoot Review — EZ FX Jib
HDV in the Real World
Edit Review — Pinnacle Liquid Edition Pro 6
Time to Get Critical
All Together Now