Feature Stories
Selling Laughs: How to Create Your Own Commercial Parody
Commercial parodies help hone your video production skills, and they’re a great source of entertainment for your family and friends.
The Right Mix: Audio Mixers Buyer’s Guide
With an audio mixer, you can (literally) raise the level of your productions. Check out our buyer’s guide.
Serious Reflections: A Buyer’s Guide to Reflectors
Nothing beats a reflector for a simple, inexpensive and efficient way to compensate for poor lighting.
Videomaker Best Products of the Year Awards
What are the best consumer video products of 1999? Our editors make their selections in 19 hot categories.
Instructional Video: It's All About Approach
Instructional videos are popular with videographers and viewers, but without a clear approach you can feel lost
Burn Your Own: A guide to creating your own CDs and DVDs
Here is an extended explanation on the basic concepts of recording DVD-video, CD-R video and Video CDs.
Departments
Book and Tape Reviews
- Nonlinear Editing
- The Digital Audio Dictionary
- Video Warriors: Editing With Media
February 2000
Table of Contents
Columns
Viewfinder: Webmasters Becoming Videomasters
We welcome a new breed of video producer, Webmasters.
Getting Started: How to Avoid Common Camcorder Mistakes
By avoiding the most common camcorder mistakes, you can come closer to video perfection.
Light Source: Color Correcting with Gels
How to use color-correcting gels to fine tune your lighting.
Video Warm-ups
Practice makes perfect. Try these simple exercises that all videographers can use to improve their shooting skills.
Edit Suite: Titles the Old-Fashioned Way
Titles don't have to be fancy to be effective.
Sound Track: Sounds of the Wild
How to get crisp, clean audio from the biggest sound-stage of all - the great outdoors.
Test Bench
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Benchmark: Canon GL1 Mini DV Camcorder
Canon GL1 Mini DV Camcorde -
Sony DCR-TRV10 Mini DV Camcorder
Sony DCR-TRV10 Mini DV Camcorder -
Applied Magic Screenplay Version 1.1 Turnkey NLE Appliance
Applied Magic Screenplay Version 1.1 Turnkey NLE Appliance -
FAST AVMaster 2000
FAST Multimedia AV Master 2000 Audio/Video Capture Card -
Apple Computer iMac DV Special Edition Turnkey NLE
Apple Computer iMac DV Special Edition Turnkey NLE