Plasma Portraiture

By Tom Patrick McAuliffe and Cynthia Wisehart

Renowned theater director and multimedia artist Robert Wilson was waiting for video to catch up to his imagination. Wilson has always brought fierce nuance...

Watch this Space

By Cynthia Wisehart

At press time, partners Bill Sewell, Taylor Tyng, and Mitch Bassett finally got an office bathroom. And they have earned it. After eight years of building...

Shoot Expertise: Charting the Course

By Barry Braverman

There is probably little in our world less sexy than a camera reference chart. Its arcane layout of patterns and shapes interspersed with swatches of...

Shoot Review: Sony HVR-V1U, Part 2

Reviewer: D.W. Leitner

In my last review of Sony's 3-CMOS HVR-V1U, I sketched the V1's pedigree, layout, operation,...

Shoot Review: Manfrotto 501 head and 351MVB2 tripod

Reviewer: Jan Ozer

You can easily find a Manfrotto 501 series head and 351MVB2 two-stage aluminum tripod for less than $400 retail, which makes the combination twice the...

Shoot Tools: M-Rock

By Trevor Boyer

Extreme M-Rock For those of you with gear-lugging needs that change from day to day, M-Rock claims that its Extreme line of Square Gadget Bags provide...

Shoot Tools: Band Pro Film & Digital

By Trevor Boyer

Manufactured by Carl Zeiss in Germany and marketed by Band Pro Film & Digital, DigiDiopters are designed for extreme close-ups or for wide shots with a shallow depth of field. They come in +1 and +2 magnification versions...

Shoot Tools: M. Klemme

By Trevor Boyer

Wind is a major hindrance to capturing clean audio, as M. Klemme, the manufacturer of K-Tek boom poles, knows well. Shooters slide fuzzy windscreens onto microphones...

Shoot Tools: Ugrip

By Trevor Boyer

Add enough accessories to a camcorder, and it starts resembling Frankenstein’s monster with loose cords and teetering parts. At NAB, Danish company Ugrip introduced its eponymous camera stabilization system...

Shoot Tools: Fujifilm

By Trevor Boyer

In time for NAB, Fujifilm introduced its new PD711, a 23.3GB Blu-ray disc designed for Sony XDCAM and XDCAM HD systems. Data transfer is standard for Blu-ray: 72Mbps for single heads and 144Mbps for dual. Certain hardware/software combos yield 86Mbps...

Shoot Tools: Petrol Bags

By Trevor Boyer

For those fun shoots that literally require a hike to reach the location, Petrol Bags has designed its Cocoon backpack. The bag is padded in the breast and hip straps for comfortable carrying of your camcorder...

Edit Expertise: Compose Your Own

By Gary Eskow

Back in the day, entry into the stock music business required a sizable investment for composers and studio costs, office space, advertising, and other...

Edit Review: NewTek SpeedEdit

Reviewer: Tom Patrick McAuliffe

Until recently, most NLE software applications have followed similar workflow protocols. Now a company that helped to invent this industry has come up...

Edit Review: Primera Bravo SE

Reviewer: Tom Patrick McAuliffe

Because of my lifestyle, work, and the ease of portability, I use laptops for the majority of my video and audio work. Before I got a disc duplicator,...

Edit Tools: Red Giant Software

By Trevor Boyer

Magic Bullet Suite 3 Red Giant Software This summer, Red Giant Software will release an update to its Magic Bullet collection of plug-ins, which includes...

Edit Tools: Bias

By Trevor Boyer

The venerable Peak is one of the best-loved audio editing programs for the Mac, and the new version 6 adds more than 100 new features, according to Bias....

Edit Tools: Roland Systems Group

By Trevor Boyer

Editing suites shouldn’t be tied up to perform format-conversion tasks. ...

Edit Tools: Sonnet Technologies

By Trevor Boyer

Sonnet is positioning the platform-independent R400Q enclosure as a cost-effective companion to Xserve and other servers...

Edit Tools: Amber Visual

By Trevor Boyer

Amber Visual touts its first Adobe After Effects plug-in for its ease of use and efficiency. ...

Edit Tools: Brooks Harris Film & Tape

By Trevor Boyer

If you don’t know about it, you’ll want to check out EDLMax24 from Brooks Harris Film & Tape. The app offers edit decision list (EDL) management for format translation, editing and manipulation, cleaning, optimization, and frame-rate conversion between 30fps, 25fps, and 24fps...

Display Review: Optoma HD81

Reviewer: Jeff Sauer

What's your idea of the perfect screening-room projector? No doubt you'd want lifelike color, smooth motion, sharpness, clarity, and rich blacks. If you're...

Display Tools: Sony

By Trevor Boyer

At NAB, Sony made a splash with a 23.5in. LCD reference monitor that’s backlit by light-emitting diodes....

Display Tools: TV One

By Trevor Boyer

Earlier this year, TV One introduced a new line of HDMI switchers that could allow your facility to send several different sources to an HDMI-capable HD display. 1080i, 720p, and 480i/p resolutions are all supported....

Display Tools: Gennum

By Trevor Boyer

A company known for its products’ integration into professional displays, Gennum has had a lot of success recently with its VXP line....

Display Tools: Ikan

By Trevor Boyer

For HDV shooters, upgrading from your camera’s included viewfinder is often a must....

Display Tools: Projectiondesign

By Trevor Boyer

F20 sx+ Projectiondesign The F20 sx+ from Projectiondesign is certainly small enough (6.6lbs.) to move from room to room in a facility, and at 14001050,...

Display Tools: Silicon Optix

By Trevor Boyer

Silicon Optix says that its ClearVue CV24 box can be coupled with a standard, no-frills LCD display in order to calibrate its color correctly, thereby forming a reference monitoring system for post....

Dream Job: Video Support

By Kristinha M. Anding

When Mimi Dow found herself coping with a breast cancer diagnosis 14 years ago, she realized her doctors were ill-equipped to offer her and other survivors...

Mark In

Should your future production plans include video for the Web? The necessary high-speed connections will be there. According to recent Nielsen//NetRatings...