Feature Stories
Storyboard - Late for a date
Choose your own ending to our ready-to-shoot video storyboard
Magic Morphing: Setting Freeze Frames into Motion
A student's idea to infuse frozen instants-in-time with visual movement led to a cutting-edge Hollywood effect.
Home Inventory Video: Shoot! Before Disaster Strikes
Making a home inventory video will aid in the recovery of your possessions in case of a disaster
Editing Software Buyer's Guide: Making the Cut
Thanks to a plethora of powerful (and affordable) software on the market, editing video has never been easier.
Video Editing Laptops
Portable laptop video editing systems are becoming increasingly popular. Faster processors and small-size but large-capacity hard drives make it feasible for laptops to handle the rigors of video editing.
Using Filters
Lens filters are free of technical complexities and are one of the easiest ways to create production effects.
Color Temperature in the Digital Age
A look at lighting and color concepts and some strategies for capturing the best possible images in all your videos.
Departments
Book and Tape Reviews
- Making iMovies
- Crafting Short Screenplays that Connect
- Video Compression with Cleaner 5
New Gear
- Adobe After Effects 5.0
- Canon ES8200V Hi8 Camcorder
- Matrox RTMac PCI capture card for the Mac
- Contour Design ShuttlePRO Media Controller
- Samsung SC-D60 Mini DV Camcorder
- JVC Clear Color Collection Video Cassettes
- Electric Image Amorphium 1.0
- TeleScriptPRO prompting software
- NRG Research power inverters
- Orange Micro OrangeLink+ SCSI PCI card
June 2001
Table of Contents
Columns
Viewfinder: 15 Years in the Making!
15 Years in the Making!
Home Video Hints: Ten Tips for Great Travel Video
Be prepared: how to take inventory of your home before disaster strikes.
Light Source: Is it Real or Just Good Lighting?
With these techniques you can light scenes so they look as natural as the real world.
Rewind
A Decade and a Half in the Making: Videomaker's Fifteenth Anniversary
Jargon: Web Video Glossary
Web Video Glossary
Computer Video Editing: What's the Best Approach?
To beginning editors it may seem that visuals are the determining factor in making edit decisions. The truth is that editing is often a process of matching visuals to essential audio.
Sound Advice: Live-performance Audio
Achieving crisp, high-quality sound to compliment your live concert video merely takes a little planning.
Test Bench
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Editing Computer Review:
HP Pavilion 9720HP Pavilion 9720 Editing Computer -
Adobe Premiere 6.0 Editing Software
Adobe Premiere 6.0 Editing Software -
Mini DV VCR Review:
Panasonic BDS AG-DV1000PPanasonic BDS AG-DV1000P Mini DV VCR -
Dell Editing Computer Review :
Dell Dimension 8100Dell Dimension 8100 Editing Computer -
Sharp Mini DV Camcorder Reivew:
Sharp VL-FD1USharp VL-FD1U Mini DV Camcorder