February 2000 Table of Contents

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.

Reviews

Review: Canon GL1 Camcorder

The Canon GL1 Camcorder has nearly all of the manual controls that you could ask for. Users can manually control focus, white balance, iris and shutter speed.

Sony DCR-TRV10 Mini DV Camcorder

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

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.

Departments

Book and Tape Reviews

Nonlinear Editing
The Digital Audio Dictionary
Video Warriors: Editing With Media

Latest Videos

Green Screen Video Tutorial

In this green screen video tutorial, we show you how to set-up a green screen for chromakey and how to best sell the green screen effect to your viewers.

Mastering Your Camera Controls
Don't leave important decisions up to your camera! In this video you will learn how to use the camera controls to adjust the white balance, focus, audio and iri …
Best Practices for Using a Tripod to Stabilize your Shots.
How to set-up a tripod to capture professional level video. Learn the step-by-step process for setting up and stabilizing your tripod.
Lighting for Video
How to use indoor lights, natural light, and camera controls to create the best lighting for video production.

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Nov 21
ZR 960 - monitor audio while recording
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Video News Blog

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A new Flash
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Stop Motion - a Nostalgic Trip Through Time
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Video Beyond All Believable Bounds
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