Tips for buying blank videotape and discs for your productions.

Finding the perfect balance of features, price and quality.

In quality videos, camera angles enhance the style of the program

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Simple labels for your videos and DVDs.

A few lights can cover a lot of action -- if you know how to use them.

Understanding the hidden meanings of transition effects.

Making the most of balanced audio cables and connections.

Video industry news. Sony Announces DCR-VX2100. Gateway: Not Just Computers Anymore. Avid Launches Xpress Pro. Ulead Set to Debut DVD Workshop.

Accessorize your lens with filters, adapters and controllers.

Professional quality video doesn't have to cost a fortune.

If you plan to edit your videos, you should shoot them differently.

Using still images in your videos.

In today's technological world, there is much we take for granted. Camcorders, for instance.

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Follow a reader through the process of creating a VCD

Assemble a three-light kit for $100; a complete outfit for less than $200.

Five tips to a simple film effect.

The most important thing a director has to do is communicate.

Create basic motion graphics with your editor's timeline.

Using multiple microphones in your video production.

The software and hardware you need for the job.

The software you need to design and create your own DVDs.

What to look for as you buy a burner.

Understanding the differences meanings and reasons for the differing formats.

As a dedicated editing machine, a standalone box can be a better choice than a PC--if it delivers the features you want.

Compositing software applications for video layering.

How to hook up for a multi-camera shoot.

Understanding white balance and color temperature.

Slide Shows

What you hear is as important as what you see.

Mixed lighting isn't necessarily a disaster. Here are some pragmatic solutions for your next location shoot.

Camcorder Terms

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Many video editing programs include a feature that allows you to adjust audio volume continuously throughout a clip. Premiere calls these rubber bands and they are very simple to use.

Monitors for Video

Getting video into your computer is easier than ever.

If your work will be viewed on the Internet, you need to shoot with compression in mind.

In the jungles of Indonesia, you don't have the same level of control that you have in the studio, but the shot is still the same.

There's nothing wrong with analog camcorders, but there are many good reasons your next camcorder should be digital.

Delivery

There are more options for getting your video seen than ever before.

Through spots or soft lights can be used to create theatrical or natural lighting styles, they're often most effective when employed together.

How do you preserve your videos over the long haul? Here are five tips.

By anticipating your editor's needs and shooting footage to fulfill them, you can help create a better program--and a happier editor.

Creating composite effects.

Make your list and check it twice.

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Without a doubt, the best way to get steady shots is to use a tripod.

Find out what's available in the turnkey video editing marketplace, from $1,300 desktop computers to $15,000 professional workstations.

You may want 24p, but do you really need it?

Iraq Needs More Video Producers

Identifying and resolving basic problems behind ineffective video titles.

From Production to Programming, PBS and ITVS offer unique opportunities for videographers. Learn how to create, format and submit video for PBS and ITVS.

There's no need to cry over spilled light, just follow this simple advice.

Stock footage can save you both time and money.

Digital audio editing for perfect voiceovers.

Is a good bag important? You bet your sweet camcorder it is!

Searching for a microphone can feel like being lost in a jungle.

Manufacturers love low lux ratings, but consumers may be left in the dark.

It's time to submit your tapes for the 17th Annual Videomaker/Panasonic Short Video Contest.

The History of the Image

The world of transitions speaks a language we all understand--whether you realize it or not.

Good lighting is the key to chromakey.

Developing a training video is a straightforward process--if you know the techniques of professional instructional designers.

Tailor your shows for the people who will watch them.

Conquering the unique challenges of recording performance audio.

Whether your camcorder batteries are NiCd or Li-Ion, some common sense and TLC will increase their output and prolong their lives.

Even in this digital age, camcorder manufacturers continue to market analog (8mm, Hi8, VHS and VHS-C) camcorders. Why? Because analog camcorders are affordable, approachable and just might be all you'll ever need.

Take an up-close tour of the digital video system and see first-hand how this technology works.

Deriving More Value from Your Video Gear

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Five steps to hosting your own mini-festival.

How to make the most of an on-board lamp.

Web Video Glossary

When directing amateurs, you use different techniques than when working with pros.

Sometimes sound comes first.

Custom soundtracks for your video projects.

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Toss an actor from a building without breaking his neck... or the bank.

A Passion to Inform .With digital video, it is so much more accessible for people to tell these stories.

Classroom video projects can teach students how media can manipulate reality--and viewers

Very few back-bedroom editors put much time into selecting desks for their editing computers. Have you?

Key factors to consider when assembling a video lighting kit.

Six Tips (and a Few Cautions) for Shooting Video at Night

An understanding of alpha channels is essential for both beginning and expert video editors.

In addition to camcorders and editing systems, Expo exhibitors showed fascinating products that you seldom think about, plus a few that you didn't know existed.

Getting Your Video Onto a DVD

Steady your shots withh these handy tips.

Reflectors are cheap and easy -- just how we like 'em.

5 Considerations for Event Video

Editing when the picture drives the soundtrack.

Sometimes microphones should be heard and not seen.

An introduction to DVD burners and formats.

DVD authoring is easier and more fun than editing.

Lens filters control light: brightness, color, quality, focus and resolution--and they're often a simpler solution than post production effects.

The good news is that modern computers are often ready to edit. The great news is that you can make yours even faster.

They impressed us, they made us think, they made us laugh and they made us cheer.

Media Diversity and You

Shooting great looking video can be as simple as solving a few problems with composition.

With lighting, you can create spectacular elements with little or no budget.

Gather round ye acolytes of seamless editing. Today's scroll concerns a subject near and dear to all who believe in the power of the smooth program.

Learning to deal with the elements as you shoot video.

A survey of nine hot computer video product categories.

Put an end to shaky shots.

Picking the right hard disk components for your NLE system can make all the difference.

A Peek at the Future

Learn how to use the common camera buttons and controls on camcorders.

As with still photography, the goal of a video portrait is to make your subject look as good as possible.

Switch to a second camera set on a safe shot with a standalone switcher.

Paying attention to the continuity can help you communicate clearly with your audience.

Tools and techniques to create high quality audio for your interviews.

Whether connecting, routing and monitoring audio within the edit suite or in the field, a mixer with the right features for the job will take your productions to new levels.

The best consumer video products of 2002 as selected by the editors of Videomaker.

Composition is one of the most fun and accessible aspects of videography.

Testing 1, 2, 3: Connect it right and get it clear.

If you are new to making video: Welcome!

Cover the essentials for smooth shooting.

You don't need a whole light kit to give a single character their mood.

Spectacular speed effects using your nonlinear editing program.

Room acoustics affect the sound of your recordings--both good and bad.

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A guide to help you prepare and present practical, powerful and appropriate productions.

Digital camcorders for every budget.

Quality and variety at a reasonable price - music libraries are the solution to your musical dilemmas.

In-camera transitions are more effective, unique and fun than the sterile digital effects on your computer.

Wire it up and plug it in: everything you need to know about wired video transmission.

On-Camera Talent

Even productions for the home hobbyist can benefit from pre-production planning.

It's not just a theory: check out these pragmatic three-point lighting tips in action.

Use transitions to create these easy effects on almost any editing system.

Get permission or face the music.

Use titles and graphics to grab your viewer's attention.

Find the perfect mix of audio elements for your video.