Industry Standards

From FCC laws and digital television transmissions to codecs and video tape formats, industry standards are ever-changing. Keeping up-to-date in the area of industry standards will allow you to create a project that is compliant and compatible with current laws and trends.

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New Designs and the Best Products at the NAB Show 2013

Mike Wilhelm - Wed, 06/26/2013 - 2:35pm

A trip to Las Vegas for the 2013 NAB Show means exciting news from some of the biggest manufacturers. At the center of all the lights and attention we found products for video production that simply couldn’t go without being recognized.
Adobe Drops Creative Suite--Former CS Products Now Subscription Only

Jackson Wong - May 06th, 2013

All you that talk about "CS6" or Premiere, listen up. Adobe announced that they will not continue to develop their Creative Suite. No CS7, no giant package of production software. However Adobe would only be making enemies if we stopped now, their solution is Adobe Creative Cloud, established in 2012. Adobe MAX is the creativity conference taking place May 4-8, 2013 in Los Angeles and the center of this massive initiative.
Recycling Electronics - Are you There?

Jennifer O'Rourke - April 19th, 2013

What do you do when your camcorder, computer, tablet or other device is no longer useful to you, but still has use in its electronics? Do you sell it? Donate it? Save it for historical laughs or throw it in a landfill?
Best Camcorder of NAB 2013 - Blackmagic Production Camera 4K

Jackson Wong - April 11th, 2013

Videomaker's Best Camcorder of NAB 2013 is the Blackmagic Production Camera 4K. The team at Blackmagic Design has been hard at work preparing the release of the Blackmagic Production Camera 4K. We may begin with this one by looking at the Blackmagic Cinema Camera, which looks virtually the same save for a 4K insignia.
NAB 2013 - Panasonic microP2 Resizes P2 to SD

Jackson Wong - April 09th, 2013

Panasonic resizes the P2 card to a microP2 card, and is not to be confused with SD media cards, even if they're now the same size. These microP2 cards may remind you of their same-size relatives the SDXC card, this time with two capacities at 32GB and 64GB. Panasonic creates these with the broadcaster in mind, the type of shooter that goes into harsh environments of negative 4-degrees F and 140-degrees F areas. The durability test concludes with 1,500G impacts and vibration.
NAB 2013 - Phantom Flex4K Camera Presents Slow-Motion at Its Finest

Jackson Wong - April 08th, 2013

If you've never seen video from a Vision Research camera, you're in for a treat with their test video shot with the Phantom Flex4K. Now if you're casualing shopping for a camera, maybe you want to pick one up on the side, you'll be stuck window shopping.
RED Sues Sony with Patent Law Concerning CineAlta Cameras

Jackson Wong - February 19th, 2013

RED makes excellent cameras. Sony makes excellent cameras. RED says the Sony CineAlta cameras PMW-F5, PMW-F65, and F55 embody RED's cameras and are an infringement on the RED's patent.
Sony's F5 and F55 Announced - Compact Cinema Cameras

Jackson Wong - October 30th, 2012

The PMW-F5 and PMW-F55 are due in February of 2013, in case you were wondering.
Counterpoint: Technophilia or Laziness? I DON’T Miss Analog Media

Mike Wilhelm - October 10th, 2012

Yesterday Videomaker’s own Jennifer O’Rourke wrote an article professing her love of analog media. While I respect and acknowledge her many good points, I just can’t get on board. I learned to edit video using the linear tape-to-tape method, and trust me, there are no rose tinted glasses here. The thought of having to go back to the days of capturing video from tape nearly gives me an anxiety attack. Tape vs film?
Viewfinder: Automatic Editing

Anonymous (not verified) - Tue, 05/01/2012 - 12:00am

With technology from facial recognition to understanding the difference between people, pets, backgrounds, objects, behaviors and landscapes - will the human editor become obsolete someday?