Annual Article Index

by Charles Fulton
December 2005

The year 2005 has come and gone, so in keeping with tradition, we present our annual index of articles for your quick researching convenience.

FEATURES

BUYER'S GUIDES
Projectors
January, p. 33

Music Libraries
January, p. 39

Audio Mixers
February, p. 31

Animation Software
March, p. 43

Editing Hardware and Software
March, p. 29

DVD Recorders
April, p. 39

DVD Authoring Software
April, p. 29

Scripting and Storyboarding Software
May, p. 39

Lights and Reflectors
May, p. 31

Video Switchers
June, p. 37

Digital Camcorders
June, p. 28

Cases and Bags
July, p. 40

Microphones
July, p. 30

Tripods
August, p. 33

Computers for Editing
August, p. 28

Monitors
September, p. 35

Video Capture Cards
September, p. 27

Compositing and Effects Software
October, p. 41

Video Connectors
October, p. 35

Lens Accessories November, p. 36

Editing Software
November, p. 29

Blank Media
December, p. 45

Camcorders
December, p. 31

Applications/Distribution
48 Hour Film Challenge
August, p. 54

Peer To Peer File Sharing
March, p. 47

You TV: Every Person a Broadcaster in Broadband Land
November, p. 54

Production Techniques
Shooting HDV
January, p. 44

Plan the Shoot: Part 1 of Production Planning
April, p. 49

Shoot the Plan: Part 2 of Production Planning
May, p. 46

Edit The Plan: Part 3 of Production Planning
June, p. 42

Wardrobe & Make-Up
September, p. 55

Approaches and Elements for Video Production
October, p. 55

Technical
Beef it Up: Basic Hardware Requirements for Editing
July, p. 55

Cracking the Video Time Code
July, p. 45

DV Formats Demystified
October, p. 46

Shooting a la Mode
November, p. 45

Other
Roll 'Em!
January, p. 49

Best Products of Year
February, p. 38

2004 Videomaker Contest Winners
April, p. 45

2005 Videomaker Expo Wrap Up
May, p. 43

Model Release Form
September, p. 76

Intro to Genres
September, p. 41

Columns

Viewfinder by Matthew York
New Beginnings: a New Look for a New Year.
January, p. 4

Give Narrating a Try
February, p. 4

Producing More Enjoyable Video
March, p. 4

Reaching Larger Audiences
April, p. 4

Why do People Like Stories?
May, p. 4

HDTV
June, p. 4

Sundance Visions
July, p. 4

How do You Feel about Making Video
August, p. 4

Style
September, p. 4

A New Way
October, p. 4

Vidcasting
November, p. 4

New Career
December, p. 4

Basic Training
Camera Magic
January, p. 52

11 Steps to Add Some Spice
February, p. 48

The (Alien) Sky's the Limit!
March, p. 51

The 9 Classic Camera Moves
April, p. 54

What were you THINKING?!
May, p. 52

Winning with Composition
June, p. 50

Shooting on the Go
July, p. 60

Shooting the Four Seasons
August, p. 58

Shoot to Show or to Edit
September, p. 60

10 Life Lessons from Video
October, p. 60

Lenses - The Long and Short
November, p. 58

Gearing Up for Battle
December, p. 60

Illuminations
Why Three-Point Lighting?
January, p. 64

Diffusion for Contrast Control
February, p. 60

Get Creative with Cookies!
March, p. 62

Mopping up Spills
April, p. 64

Moving Targets
May, p. 62

Lights for Different Jobs
June, p. 60

Color Temperature Strategies
July, p. 68

On-Camera Lighting
August, p. 68

Pulling the Plug
September, p. 70

Lighting the New Compositing
October, p. 68

One-Light to Cover them All
November, p. 68

Back to the Hardware Store?
December, p. 70

Timeline
Feel the Power!
January, p. 59

Tips for Editing Montages
February, p. 55

HDV Editing!
March, p. 56

DVD Menu Authoring
April, p. 59

Family Time: Cutting the Album
May, p. 57

Multicam Editing
June, p. 55

Using Still Photos in Video
July, p. 64

Make Room for Data
August, p. 64

Manipulating Time
September, p. 66

Logging Software, Evolved
October, p. 64

The Kindest Cut of All
November, p. 64

The 3-Ring 3D Title Circus!
December, p. 66

Sound Advice
Audio Isolation
January, p. 68

Working the Room
February, p. 66

Doin' the Bump
March, p. 73

Can You Hear Me Now?
April, p. 68

Hooking Up
May, p. 72

The Natural Approach
June, p. 65

Traveling Sounds
July, p. 72

A Little Balance
August, p. 73

Surround on the Cheap
Part 1, September, p. 72
Part 2, October, p. 73

Rip It Good
November, p. 74

The Sounds of the Holidays
December, p. 74

Jargon
Shooting Terms
February, p. 80

Lighting Terms
July, p. 80

Test Bench

Camcorders
Samsung SCD6040 Mini DV
January, p. 20

Panasonic PV-GS400 vs. Sony DCR-HC1000 Mini DV
February, p. 18

JVC GR-D33 Mini DV
March, p. 16

Panasonic VDR-M50PP DVD
April, p. 18

Fisher FVD-C1 SD Card
May, p. 18

Sony DCR-HC32 Mini DV
June, p. 24

Sony DCR-PC55 Mini DV
July, p. 14

Sony HDR-HC1 HDV
August, p. 14

Sony DCR-DVD403 DVD
September, p. 14

Panasonic PV-GS35 Mini DV
October, p. 27

Hitachi DZ-GX20A DVD November, p. 14

JVC GY-HD100 HDV
December, p. 28

Editing Software
Adobe Premiere Elements
February, p. 28

Pinnacle Studio Plus 9
May, p. 28

Apple iMovie HD
June, p. 16

Magix Movie Edit Pro 10
July, p. 18

Apple Final Cut Express HD
September, p. 18

Avid Xpress Pro HD
October, p. 18

Apple Final Cut Studio
November, p. 18

CyberLink PowerDirector 4.0
December, p. 26

Sony Media Software Vegas 6
December, p. 24

DVD Hardware
Lite-On LVW-5045 DVD Recorder
August, p. 18

Disc Makers ReflexMax4 DVD Duplicator
August, p. 21

DVD Software
Apple DVD Studio Pro 3
February, p. 23

Ulead DVD MovieFactory 3
February, p. 26

Nero 6.6 Ultra Edition
April, p. 26

NTI CD & DVD Maker 7 Titanium Suite
June, p. 18

Tsunami MPEG DVD Author
August, p. 24

Apple iDVD 5.0
August, p. 26

Roxio Easy Media Creator 7.5 September, p. 24

Tsunami MPEG DVD EasyPack Suite
November, p. 26

Editing Systems
Alienware Roswell 5000
March, p. 18

MacroSystem Casablanca Solitaire
March, p. 21

Apple iMac G5
July, p. 24

Alienware Area 51
July, p. 26

HP xw9300
November, p. 24

Audio
Nady SRM-10X Audio Mixer
January, p. 22

Studio 1 XLR-MIX Pro, Guy Graphics GG-14 and Audio Technica AT8410a
January, p. 28

Mackie 1402-VLZ Pro
May, p. 20

Rode VideoMic
September, p. 20

Capture
ADS Instant DVD 2.0
March, p. 24

Voyetra Turtle Beach Video Advantage PCI
May, p. 26

Creative USB Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Video Editor
October, p. 22

ADS Pyro Studio Bundle
December, p. 22

Lighting
Lowel DV Creator 44 Tungsten Four-Light Kit
March, p. 26

Photoflex 3' Octodome nxt Softbox
October, p. 24

Storage
Seagate 5.0 GB USB 2.0 Hard Drive
May, p. 23

Infrant ReadyNAS 600 Network Attached Storage Device with 4 250GB Hard Drives
October, p. 30

Other Hardware
Davis & Sanford Provista Airlift Tripod with FM18 Head
June, p. 21

Matrox Parhelia Video Card
December, p. 20

Other Software
Apple Motion Compositing Software
January, p. 30

Digital Juice StackTraxx Production Library
January, p. 25

Adobe Photoshop Album 2.0 vs. Ulead Photo Explorer 8.5
April, p. 20

Animated Communications 3dChor Video Effects Studio
April, p. 24

inal Draft 7 Scriptwriting Software
July, p. 21

Adobe Photoshop CS2 Image Editing Software
November, p. 21

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