The Video Horizon

By Tom Patrick McAuliffe

Look up in the sky. It's a spacecraft; it's an astronaut--it's a videographer? It's all three. As NASA continues to explore space and build the International...

Video Non-demand

By Cynthia Wisehart

My neighbor, TVN Entertainment VP of Technology Dave Bartolone, built a chicken run on the property line of our houses along the east (sunrise) wall of...

Shoot Expertise: First Look: XDCAM EX

By D. W. Leitner

With Sony set to introduce a new round of HDV camcorders (the low-cost HVR-HD1000 has debuted at IBC) and with 1/2in. XDCAM HD disc camcorders gaining ground with broadcasters (2/3in. XDCAM HD disc camcorders are set to appear early next year) why would Sony introduce its first flash-memory camcorder now?...

Shoot Tools: 16x9

By Charissa Young

The Box-HVR mounting system for Sony's HVR-DR60 portable hard disk recorder was developed specifically to complement Sony camcorders that support that recorder, such as the HVR-V1U and DSR-PD150/170....

Shoot Tools: CineBags

By Charissa Young

Accommodating medium-sized DV cameras such as the Panasonic AG-HVX200 and AG-DVX100 and the Sony HVR-Z1U, CineBags' CB-22 HD Backpack LT offers padded protection of all your camera equipment....

Shoot Tools: Sachtler

By Charissa Young

Sachtler's two new fluid heads for MiniDV and HDV camcorders are designed for smooth pan-and-tilt movement of low-mass cameras....

Shoot Tools: Focus Enhancements

By Charissa Young

The new HX-1 and HX-2 high-definition video switchers are the latest additions to Focus Enhancements' popular switcher line....

Shoot Tools: DXG USA

By Charissa Young

In the market for a 1/2lb. pocket camera for quick location scouting or capturing web video?...

Shoot Tools: Vinten Radamec

By Charissa Young

For use in a news studio, the lightweight FHR-100 Fusion robotic head has a medium payload (in the 120lb. range), making it ideal for standalone use or with integrated Vinten Radamec robotic platforms....

Edit Expertise: HD Deliverables

By Jan Ozer

Since I starting shooting HDV back in 2005, I've yearned for an easy technique to deliver high-definition footage to the living room. I created my first...

Edit Review: Adobe After Effects CS3

Reviewer: Franklin McMahon

After Effects (AE) joins Adobe Creative Suite 3 with this new revision essentially version 8.0. As usual, new features and improvements abound, and we'll...

Edit Review: Adobe Flash CS3 Professional

Reviewer: Franklin McMahon

For media artists, there is little middle ground with Adobe Flash usually you either know it or you don't. Unlike a program such as Adobe Illustrator,...

Edit Review: Mackie VLZ3 Series, Tracktion 3, and HR824mk2

Reviewer: Gary Eskow

Mackie VLZ3 Series Back in the old pre-digital days or, more precisely, at the time when digital audio technology was in its early commercial-release...

Edit Review: Lexicon Omega

Reviewer: Tom Patrick McAuliffe

The emergence of surround sound and stereo has made high-quality audio-for-video production eminently important. One option for video pros looking to...

Edit Tools: Studio Network Solutions

By Dan Ochiva

Studio Network Solutions moves further into the storage hardware market with the Ellipse HBA (host bus adapter)....

Edit Tools: The Foundry

By Dan Ochiva

At IBC, The Foundry previewed upcoming releases, with one interesting move toward openness: Nuke...

Edit Tools: GridIron Software

By Dan Ochiva

If you're an Adobe After Effects (AE) user, an app such as GridIron Software's Nucleo Pro is a near miracle ...

Edit Tools: Digital Anarchy

By Dan Ochiva

A good-quality chroma key generator can save a lot of heartache. That's one reason to check out version 3.0 of Digital Anarchy's Primatte Chromakey...

Edit Tools: HP

By Trevor Boyer

Now that almost all popular NLEs are multithreaded, editors might want to take a fresh look at their computing options—and a high core count might do just as well as multiple processors....

Edit Tools: SeeFile

By Dan Ochiva

Employing new web capabilities to speed collaboration makes sense. Take the recently announced collaboration between Intelligent Gadgets and SeeFile, two small companies at the forefront of Web 2.0 thinking....

Display Tools: Atdec

By Charissa Young

Capable of mounting two widescreen LCD computer monitors ranging from 12in. to 24in. (up to 25.3lbs.), the Visidec Freestanding Double horizontal mount...

Display Tools: IOGear

By Charissa Young

The Four-port Automatic HDMI switch from IOGear enables simultaneous control of multiple HDMI devices,...

Display Tools: Sony

By Charissa Young

Sony introduced eight new LCD projectors at InfoComm 2007, intending each for a range of applications....

Dream Job: Homecoming

By Kristinha M. Anding

Leslie Ito ventured out into the world of arts management, working with organizations as renowned as the Forbes Foundation, but she eventually found her...

Mark In

Motion capture has gone mainstream. After walking the floor at last month's Siggraph convention, it's also apparent mo cap is entering a golden age as...