New Gear

The Power of a Book
The latest release of Apple's PowerBook G4 comes with processor speeds up to 500MHz and up to 30GB of hard disk space. There's room for up to 1GB of RAM. Included is a DVD-ROM drive, FireWire and USB ports, PC Card slot, VGA and S-video output. There's also a microphone input and stereo output. iMovie editing software is included and upgrades to Apple Final Cut Pro are available.
(800) 692-7753
www.apple.com
Suggested retail prices: $2,199 - $3,497

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Software Switcher

United Media's Multicam software allows video editors to sync, preview, cut and edit a multi-camera shoot, simulating a live camera switch. With Multicam, you can synchronize up to four independent camera sources and edit between them. Multicam runs on the Matrox RT2500, RT2000 and DigiSuite hardware and works in conjunction with Adobe Premiere editing software.
(714) 777-4510
www.unitedmediainc.com
Suggested retail price: $599

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Pocket Full of Storage

Addonics Technologies' multi-format Pocket DigiDrive is a pocket-sized storage device that reads and writes digital audio/video files from seven different memory card formats. With it, you can transfer data to your PC from memory cards used by digital cameras, camcorders, PDAs, MP3 players and more. The DigiDrive has a 1MB per second read/write speed and supports Windows 98SE, Me, 2000, XP, Mac OS 8.6 and higher and Linux kernel 2.4 and higher.
(510) 438-6530
www.addonics.com
Suggested retail price: $89

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REZ-inate

CapSureUSB from iREZ Technologies features S-video and RCA inputs for digitizing video and audio to a computer's hard drive. It connects via a USB port and captures 30 frames per second at a 320x240 frame-size. CapSureUSB ships with ReelEdit and Video Impressions editing software.
(800) 216-2763
www.irez.com
Suggested retail price: $70

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Flasher

Wildform has released Flix for Mac, a Macintosh application that encodes video into Macromedia's Flash format. Flix-encoded video can stream to all platforms, browsers and through firewalls. Users can insert links, create video banners and e-mails, and deploy customized media players. A Windows-based version of Flix is also available.
Phone number not provided
www.wildform.com
Suggested retail price: $99

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Message Mate

01 Communique recently announced COMMUNICATE! i2000, which features video-conferencing software, MGI VideoWave editing software and a Logitech WebCam. COMMUNICATE! i2000 lets users send, receive and manage faxes, e-mails and voice messages. The video component allows users to send video images and photos over Internet. Additionally, users can access their media from any online computer.
(800) 668-2185
www.01com.com
Suggested retail price: $80

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Fancy Filters

Canopus' DV Booster Pack is a plug-in that provides high-quality 3D transitions and optimized filters. It is compatible with any system that supports Adobe Premiere 6.0. Users can also output to MPEG-1, MPEG-2 or MPEG-4 video files.
(888) 899-EDIT
www.justedit.com
Suggested retail price: $249

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LCD Cleaner

Have you ever wondered how to get the fingerprints off your camcorder's LCD screen? With Hoodman Corp.'s Hoodwipes, you can safely do the job. The two-step wet/dry cleaning system comes in foil packets, 12 per package. They are nontoxic, anti-static, alcohol- and ammonia-free.
(800) 818-3946
www.hoodmanusa.com
Suggested retail price: $20

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Learning Curve

DVGarage and Electric Image have a new system designed to teach 3D principles and techniques to visual artists. 3D Toolkit includes a DVD-based training program and a full version of Electric Image Animation System 2.9.
(949) 481-6660
www.electricimage.com
Suggested retail price: $199

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Computer Go-Between

You can access multiple computers using one monitor, keyboard and mouse with Gefen's ex-tend-it DVI-Switch. The ex-tend-it DVI-Switch is cross-platform in capability, provided the computers are equipped with DVI-cards. When used with the Gefen's ADC Conversion Box, any of Apple's flat-panel digital monitors will work with the Switch.
(800) 545-6900
www.gefen.com
Suggested retail price: $500