Digital Content Producer March 2009
By Eric Melin
You might have heard of Kansas City's most famous filmmaker. After brief stints at the Pesmen-Rubin Art Studio and the Kansas City Film Ad Company, Walt...
By Cynthia Wisehart
Next month, the print publication you receive will be the launch issue of a new venture that combines the content and audiences of Digital Content Producer,...
By Barry Braverman
It's no fun anymore. Not for me anyway. Air travel is more than ever for the birds: high ticket prices, cramped seats, dreadful to non-existent food,...
By Dan Ochiva
While Maxell has released versions of its Professional Disc system for use with Sony's XDCAM system, this past December brought the maturation of this...
By Dan Ochiva
You've got to hand it to JVC: Since it severed its final corporate connection with Panasonic last year, the Yokohama, Japan-based company has moved quickly...
By Dan Ochiva
C-stands simple, do-it-all braces for holding lights, microphones, and lighting control gear such as flags take a lot of punishment. Petrol, always ready...
By Dan Ochiva
With the dire circumstances of the economy for manufacturers and buyers alike expect NAB Show 2009 to include plenty of news about lower-cost gear. Case...
By Dan Ochiva
The market for small, mostly made-for-YouTube videocameras is a curious one first mined by Pure Digital's Flip. About the size of a fat deck of cards,...
By Dan Ochiva
With advanced camera components available off-the-shelf to small manufacturers, innovative products are coming to market. For example, DVEO is the U.S....
By Dan Ochiva
Busy editors know one thing: If you keep adding peripherals to your desktop or workstation, you will run out of connection possibilities pretty soon....
By Dan Ochiva
Who isn't trying to save money these days? Blackmagic Design, always a good bet for delivering a favorable price-performance ratio, provides a lower-cost...
By Dan Ochiva
Getting the most out of today's camcorders and NLE gear still sometimes requires third-party solutions. For example, NL Technology offers its SAT AI AutoIngest...
By Dan Ochiva
Panasonic continues to push the versatility of its P2 format. The AG-HPG20 portable recorder/player is built from a previous-generation version, but it...
By Dan Ochiva
As hard drive prices continue to drop, a number of facilities are turning to archiving hard drives as an economic solution. That trend makes hard-drive...
By Dan Ochiva
Managing files over combined Fibre Channel and iSCSI storage networks is not for the faint of heart. That's why Studio Network Solutions has gained fans...
By Jan Ozer
Imagine that you're an Adobe Flash game developer and you get a call from a large mobile carrier that wants to make your games available on its network....
By Dan Ochiva
If you're doing streaming video, you probably want to know when capable new appliances with modest price points hit the market. ViewCast delivers just...
By Dan Ochiva
If you want a professional-level mastering and transcoding solution designed to work with NLE systems, there aren't that many products to choose among....
By Dan Ochiva
While 3D viewing is immersive, a more practical approach for many uses is to employ curved projection screens. Screen Excellence, a leading maker of acoustically...
By Dan Ochiva
With post operations increasingly needing flexibility to deal with today's distribution world from Blu-ray to streaming video to cell phones and more...
By Dan Ochiva
DVI is a simple-to-use monitor-extension technology, but the bulky nature of the connector means most distribution devices to date have only had a few...
By Dan Ochiva
Projectors designed for longer-term installation should have features that address that situation. For example, Vivitek's D5500 includes dual lamps that...
By Dan Ochiva
The last few columns have shown how companies employ the Internet to foster production and post, whether by improved collaboration or new tools such as...
By Kristinha M. Anding
Joy Rose and Catherine Brabec met years ago when they were both pregnant, and their friendship has seen them through the thick and thin of parenting....
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Crossroads for the Arts
Shoot Expertise: Heart of a Li-ion
Shoot Tools: Maxell Professional Disc PD-50DL
Shoot Tools: JVC GY-HM100
Shoot Tools: Petrol C-Stand Rolling Bag
Shoot Tools: Sony HVR-Z5U
Shoot Tools: Creative Labs Vado HD
Shoot Tools: DVEO Cunima
Edit Tools: LaCie PCI cards
Edit Tools: Blackmagic Design DeckLink SDI
Edit Tools: NL Technology SAT AI AutoIngest 3.1 and SAT AI Solo 1.1
Edit Tools: Panasonic AG-HPG20
Edit Tools: Studio Network Solutions SANmp
Distribute Expertise: Virtual Test Bench
Distribute Tools: ViewCast Niagara 2100
Distribute Tools: AmberFin iCR version 4.5
Distribute Tools: Telestream Episode
Distribute Tools: Extron Electronics DVI DA Plus
Distribute Tools: Vivitek D5500
Production with the Web
Dream Job: Motherhood Movement