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November 2001 Table of Contents

Feature Stories

You and Your PC can make Beautiful Music Together

Learn about music creation software that can create high-quality copyright-free audio for your videos.

Finding the Best Digital Camcorder

Eight most important things to consider in persuit of finding the best digital camcorder

A Hum-ble Audio Limerick

A fun, rhyming poem about audio for video.

An Up-close Look at Macro Video

Learn the fundamentals of macro photography and use the results to spruce up your video projects.

Keying DV Without Getting the Blue-screen Blues

How to overcome the problems associated with keying digital video

Buying a Camcorder Made Simple

This article will help you determine where to look to find the camcorder you're after.

Reviews

JVC GR Mini Camcorder Review:
JVC GR-DVL815 Mini DV Camcorder

The JVC GR-DVL815 Mini DV Camcorder is well suited for casual users who have access to a fairly well-equipped computer that offers USB and/or FireWire.

Apple Final Cut Pro 2.0 Editing Software

Sonic Desktop Sonicfire Pro Music Creation Software

Test Bench Head to Head:
Intel Pocket PC vs. D-Link DSC-350 Digital Cameras

Intel Pocket PC vs. D-Link DSC-350 Digital Cameras

Columns

Viewfinder: DVD is Here, or Is It?

DVD is Here, or Is It?

Home Video Hints: The Seven Golden Composition Rules

Good video composition doesn't require years of artistic training. Fluency in some basic axioms will suffice.

Video Out: Read Me My Rights!

Learn how to protect your intellectual property with this do-it-yourself Web video copyright guide.

Squish: Shooting for Streaming

How to make compression-friendly videos.

Video Production in the Field: Five tips for Wet Weather

Five Tips for Wet Weather Shooting

Computer Editing: Watch Your Language!

Knowing what messages your video's transitions send goes a long way in helping you choose the right effect.

Sound Advice: Stereo Recording Techniques

If superior sound is what you're after, several stereo audio plans of attack exist for your video project.

Departments

Letters to the Editor

Ask Videomaker. Questions and comments from our readers and answers from the editors.

Book and Tape Reviews

Total Training for Adobe Premiere 6.0
An Introduction to Video Measurement
Basic TV Technology: Digital and Analog, 3rd Edition

RCA CC9390 Mini DV Camcorder, MedioStream neoDVD Conversion Software, Ulead VideoStudio 5.0 DVD Edition Editing Software, Avid Xpress DV 2.0, Malata VDR-R1 SVCD Recorder, Media100 CineStream Web Authoring Software, Intrigo Lapstation Pro Portable Desk, In-Sync ViXen Video Correction Software, Targus Universal Rolling Case, EZ FX Seven Foot Jib Arm

Your Tips

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Lighting for Video
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