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April 2000 Table of Contents

Feature Stories

Storyboard - Smart Pet Trick

Use our ready-made storyboard to produce this fun easy video.

Buyer’s Guide: Editing VCRs and Hard Drives

Information to help you choose the VCR or hard drive that will meet your video editing needs.

Connection Corrections

Shoddy cables can degrade the quality of even the highest end video equipment.

Nice Shot: A Guide to Common Video Shot Types

Is shot selection ruining your golf game? Imagine what it's doing to your video productions.

Internet Video: From Camcorder to Computer to the World

The Internet is fast becoming the medium of choice for video distribution. Learn how to use it and your videos will reach a global audience.

Video Prize Patrol: The 1999 Videomaker/Panasonic Tape Contest Winners

Nearly 200 entries from 25 states, Canada and Puerto Rico made this our biggest contest yet. Here are our seven winners.

Reviews

Canopus Corp. RexRack Turnkey NLE

Canopus Corp. RexRack Turnkey NLE

Adaptec, Inc. Easy CD Creator 4 Deluxe

Adaptec, Inc. Easy CD Creator 4 Deluxe

Benchmark: DRS-Digitrax Services TeleScreen-32 Prompting Software

DRS-Digitrax Services TeleScreen-32

Benchmark: Panasonic PV-L859 VHS-C Camcorder

Panasonic PV-L859 VHS-C Camcorder

Review:
Videonics MXProDV Digital Video Mixer

Who would want to use a FireWire-equipped stand-alone mixer? Wedding and event videographers who use multiple Mini DV camcorders and want to do all-digital live switching, certainly. But users can also combine a Videonics AB-1 edit controller with the MXProDV for an all-digital linear editing suite.

Columns

Viewfinder: Are We There Yet?

Knowing when to say "when" is an important skill in video production.

Getting Started: Shooting on Sunny Days

When shooting outdoors, you should maintain control of the most important video component: light.

Light Source: Three-point Lighting for Multiple Talent

Make your light kit do double duty for your next interview.

Edit Suite: Real is in the Eye of the Beholder

The creative editor can suggest impossible realities to a believing audience.

Sound Track: Use Your Head(phones)

The best way to avoid audio disaster is to listen while you record.

Departments

Tech Talk

In Box

Book and Tape Reviews

  • Art Direction for Film and Video
  • Script Supervising and Film Continuity
  • Digital Guerilla Video: A Grassroots Guide to the Revolution

Gear

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Green Screen Video Tutorial 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.

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