Feature Stories
Capture Boards for Every Videographer
If you want to build your own nonlinear editing workstation from the computer up, you’ll need to take a look at this grid of video capture cards.
VHS Camcorder Buyer's Guide
As a video format, VHS is well-known for its simplicity and versatility. Our exclusive buyer’s guide is your definitive source for full feature and price comparisons of all the VHS, VHS-C and S-VHS camcorder models available.
Into Thin Air: How Wireless Mikes Work
From the moment a sound wave strikes the microphone element to the instant the audio gets recorded on tape, a wireless microphone is an amazing and harmonious tool.
Linear vs. Nonlinear Time Trials
Everyone’s always asking us which is better: linear or nonlinear. In a lot of ways, it’s like asking the same about Fords and Chevys. Join us at the test track to see how the two main types of video editing stack-up.
Storyboard: Treasure Hunt
This ready-to-shoot storyboard follows two adventurers on a quest for a hidden treasure. What will they find at the end of the journey? You decide.
Departments
Gear
- Sony DCR-TRV10 Mini DV
- Bogen Gitzo G1380/10 Pro Video Fluid Head
- Cinemotion for After Effects
- Canon ES300V
- Maxell Mini DV cassette
- Commotion LE
- JVC GR-DVM70 Digital DualCam Mini DV
- Sony DCR-TRV310 Digital8
- Slik Tripods Mini Tripod
- Azden 400UDR UHF wireless receiver
May 1999
Table of Contents
Columns
Viewfinder: On the Brink
Something wonderful is going to happen in the home computer market this year.
Getting Started: Easy Editing the Two-Finger Way
Edit your footage with a camcorder, a TV and a VCR.
On Ramp: Streaming Video: The Whole World Is Watching
Streaming Video is cheaper and easier to produce than you may expect.
Edit Suite: The Power of the Cut
The simplest transition effect may also be the most powerful.
Sound Track: Building a Better Soundtrack
It's easy to build-up your soundtrack with music and special effects.
Test Bench
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Sony DCR-TRV900 Mini DV camcorder
Sony DCR-TRV900 Mini DV camcorder -
Panasonic AG-DV2000 DV and Mini DV editing VCR
Panasonic AG-DV2000 DV and Mini DV editing VCR -
Videonics MediaMotion 3.1 batch capture device
Videonics MediaMotion 3.1 batch capture device -
Video Editing Software Review: Ulead VideoStudio 3.0
A good, low-cost nonlinear editing program with nice-looking effects. -
Truevision Ready-to-edit turnkey nonlinear editing workstation
Truevision Ready-to-edit turnkey nonlinear editing workstation
Special F/X: (Don't) Burn, Baby, Burn
Make your video sizzle without sending it up in smoke.
