Video Systems September 2005
By Darroch Greer
On July 27, 2005, the Digital Cinema Initiatives group announced its final system requirements and specifications for digital cinema. Formed in March 2002, DCI is a limited liability partnership of the seven major Hollywood studios...
By Cynthia Wisehart, Editorial Director
At IBC, Grass Valley packed the vast theater at the Amsterdam Convention Factory for the introduction of its new Infinity equipment line. In an unscripted...
By Barry Braverman
"Look, I'll be honest with you," the caller admitted. "I have no idea what it does, but I know I need it." This phone conversation actually took place recently between an eager but clueless customer and a slightly exasperated sales rep for professional matte boxes. The salesman...
By Bill Miller
I'm a videographer. I've made a decent living at it for more years than I'd like to admit. And as the years go by, the job gets more and more confusing....
By Tom Patrick McAuliffe
With the new TriCaster portable video production system, NewTek takes a television studio and shrinks it down to the size of a 10lb. box — and does so at a price that any serious video maker can afford. For less than...
By Tom Patrick McAuliffe
Lighting separates the pro from the amateur. It makes the difference between programs that are watchable and those that are not. When executed properly,...
By Tom Patrick McAuliffe
The only thing lower than my current bank balance was the client's budget. There was no way we could afford a full crew they could barely afford me. The...
Double your audio input...
24p for Sony camcorder...
By Frank McMahon
Marketing is something we deal with on a weekly basis, or at least something we all should be dealing with regularly. Many times, when we get busy with clients, marketing consists of simply throwing together a website and creating business cards. But marketing yourself should be an ongoing quest that requires constant involvement. It doesn't matter...
By Steve Mullen
At NAB 2004, AJA Video Systems introduced its second-generation Kona product, the Kona 2. It is a PCI capture board designed primarily for HD-SDI transfer...
By Gary Eskow
This month I'll take a look at three products marketed by M-Audio, a company that has created a niche for itself by manufacturing...
By Tom Patrick McAuliffe
Today's software tools have made great strides toward providing video makers with low-cost tools that deliver professional-level results. Often, however,...
Hardware color correction...
Color correction for Final Cut Pro...
Flexible color correction...
By Jeff Sauer
It's pretty basic stuff to send video from one side of a room to the other or from one room...
By Jeff Sauer
If you were to imagine a 3000-lumen projector, what would it be like? Would it be a luggable desktop model that weighs about 9-10lbs.? Or would it be...
Compiled by Andrea Harden
A monthly assortment of fascinating market statistics....
Excellent article on DV Dilemmas (July 2002). Keep these articles coming, as this is a huge topic even with digital still photographers like myself who...
By Kristinha M. Anding
For Diana Paul, birth is an inside job. Twenty-eight years ago, when Paul was pregnant with her first child, she knew she wanted to give birth in the comfort and privacy of her own home. But with only three licensed midwives in her state of California and no doctors willing to attend a home birth, it seemed impossible. Paul's husband, who studied contract law at Harvard, poured over...
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