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Feature Stories

Graduation Day

It's the official rite of passage for American teens--high school graduation--and parents want that moment captured on tape. By using our storyboard and editing in-camera as you go, you can make a graduation video free of the usual missed shots and random visuals.

Simple Tests for Your Camcorder

You don't need an engineering lab to find out how your camcorder really performs. Just use these basic tests to see if your camcorder makes the grade.

Pause: Dr. Monty's Four Prescriptions for Computer Video

Cyber-video-psychotherapist Dr. Monty has built a thriving practice serving desktop video producers. Today, he shares the advice he gave to four very different patients on what they should add to their desktop video systems.

Streaming Video: Internet Broadcasting for the Masses

Use the technology of streaming video to transmit your videos over the Internet to a global audience. We'll explain step-by-step how to get started on this road to the future of video.

The Nonlinear Video Summit: Excerpts From the Videomaker Expo Nonlinear Editing Panel

At every Videomaker Expo, representatives from the leading equipment convene on stage to face several hundred Expo attendees. Their purpose: to hash out some of the issues that have faced the consumer video market in the past 12 months. Here are the highlights of the last Nonlinear Editing Panel discussion.

Reviews

Benchmarks

RCA ProV2000D MiniDV Camcorder
Pinnacle Systems miroVIDEODC30 plus
DataVideo TBC-2000 TimeBase Corrector
Smith-Victor K-86 Light Kit
Canopus DVRex M1 DV Capture Board

Columns

Viewfinder: The Disciplines of a Storyteller

Spinning a good tale is as important to video as having good gear.

Getting Started: A New Perspective

Use creative camera angles to improve your videos.

Profile: Sara Pellegrino and the Superior Seniors

There's no such thing as "over the hill" when it comes to making video.

Digital Video Editing: The Grammar of Editing

Bad Grammar can lead to a bad impression. Learn the grammar of editing to avoid common mistakes.

Sound Track: Audio-torium

How to get good audio from auditoriums, gyms and other sound-hostile environments.

Old New Borrowed Blue: Excuses to Use Your Camcorder

Can't find inspiration? These no-plan video ideas are guaranteed to put the zing back into your zoom. Choose an idea or subject that interests you - and go shoot it!

Videocrafts: Don't Knock It (Over)

Solve a lightweight light problem with homemade heavyweights.

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Quick Focus

Video Production Books and Tape Reviews

Reviews of educational books and tapes for the videographer.

Gear

Lowepro Pro Roller 1
Bogen Photo Manfrotto510-10 Pro Video tripod head
Fostex FD-4 Digital Multitracker
Supercircuits wireless covert book-cam
Telemetrics PT-LP
TecNec On The Level
Sharp VL-E760U
Cinema Products DV Steadycam
Cool-Lux Pan-EL-Lites
Century Precision Optics Digital series

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