May 1999 Table of Contents

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.

Reviews

Sony Three CCD Camcorder Review:
DCR-TRV900 Mini DV Camcorder

Sony DCR-TRV900 Mini DV camcorder

DV Video Editing System Review:
Panasonic AG-DV2000 DV and Mini DV editing VCR

All of the controls were easy to find and operate. There are front-mounted inputs that include composite video, S-video, stereo audio, IEEE 1394 and a Panasonic 5-pin edit control port. On the back of the deck is another set of composite video, S-video and stereo audio inputs and two sets of S-video, composite video, and stereo audio outputs.

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

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.

Special F/X: (Don't) Burn, Baby, Burn

Make your video sizzle without sending it up in smoke.

Departments

In Box

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

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