Feature Stories
Seven Tips for Impeccable Interviews
Make your guests feel at ease so they’ll open up and give you engaging interviews.
Nonlinear Editing for the Rest of Us
Excerpts from the Videomaker Expo West Turnkey Nonlinear Editing Panel
Microphones for Video: A Buyer’s Guide
Want to take your video to the next level? Get a mike. Check out this handy buyer’s guide.
The NTSC Signal: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
Does HDTV signal the end for NTSC? Learn what the NTSC standard means to you.
Departments
Letters to the Editor
Ask Videomaker. Questions and comments from our readers and answers from the editor.
Gear
- After Effects 4.0
- Powered Composite to S-video Converter
- EQE Boompole Holder
- HyperConverter Gold PCI scan converter
- Lumiere Video Studio
- ADS Pyro Digital Video Card
- Manfrotto Low-angle Stabilizer
- miroVideo DV200 FireWire card
- Valentino Production Music and Sound Effect Library
- Synthetic Aperture digital clip art
July 1999
Table of Contents
Columns
Viewfinder: May I Suggest a New Acronym, the VRC?
Move over TV and VCR, an important and popular piece of technology gets its own acronym.
Getting Started: Creative Camcorder Work
By creatively positioning your camcorder, you can elicit a wide range of emotional responses from your audience.
Leased Access / Public Access
How to find the right people to be in your next video.
Video Out: Serve it Up: A Guide to Streaming Video Servers
Interested in mass distribution of your videos? Check out your alternatives for getting your videos up and streaming over the Internet.
Edit Suite: The Language of Transitions
The classical use of transitions, though not flashy, can be a powerful means to communicate.
Sound Track: External Miking
How a mobile mike can make your audio come alive.
Test Bench
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ProMax Systems FireMAX Studio Core System Turnkey Nonlinear Editing System
ProMax Systems FireMAX Studio Core System Turnkey Nonlinear Editing System -
Benchmark: Edirol VideoCanvas A-6 Digital Multi Audio Station
Edirol VideoCanvas A-6 Digital Multi Audio Station -
Benchmark: AKG WMS 60 Wireless Microphone System
AKG WMS 60 Wireless Microphone System -
Benchmark: Artel Software Boris FX 3.5 for Adobe Premiere
Artel Software Boris FX 3.5 for Adobe Premiere -
Benchmark: Sharp VL-PD3U Mini DV Camcorder
Sharp VL-PD3U Mini DV Camcorder
Special Effects: The Invisible Man
Whether you realize it or not, you are familiar with chromakey technology. It's what TV news channels use to place weather people in front of a variety of computer-generated weather maps.
Real-time Sound Effects: The Foley Way
Match homemade sound effects to screen image using these time-tested Foley techniques.
Up The Creek Without A Filter
Transform common household items into perfect camcorder lens filters.