September 2004 Table of Contents

Feature Stories

Kindergarten Yearbook Videos

A little planning, your expertise and your camera can turn into a career or at least a little cash when you create a video yearbook.

Video Editing Cards

Fast and efficient, if you want to get video onto your computer (and we assume you do) you'll need an interface card.

How High the Camera?

Different camera heights serve different purposes and achieve different effects.

Reviews

Turnkey HD Video Editing Computer Review:
Applied Magic HD Cinema

With integrated hardware and software, Applied Magic's HD CINEMA turnkey is ready-to-go, trouble-free HDV editing.

Video Editing PC Review:
HP xw4200 Workstation

The HP xw4200 Video editing PC is a cutting edge workstation with a mature design, polished features and stable performance ready for your software.

Camcorder Review:
Panasonic AG-DVC30 Mini DV

Panasonic AG-DVC30 3-CCD Mini DV Camcorder

CineForm Aspect HD HDV Plugin for Premiere Pro Review

CineForm Aspect HD HDV plugin for Premiere

Columns

Viewfinder: Message to a Competent Person that Wants to use Video

Video is a powerful communications tool that requires more discipline than meets the eye.

Home Video Hints: How to Use Available Light

Available light can be all you need if you patiently think through your options and wisely exploit the location.

Video on CD-R

DVD may be all the rage, but there is a nearly universal distribution path that has been around for quite a while now.

Light Source: The Wedding in the Woods - Part 1

The best-laid plans of mice and men gang aft agley.

Video Editing: Composites: The Key to Success

The best way to create effective video composites is to understand video effects.

Sound Advice: Bits and Bytes

Understanding the language of digital audio.

Departments

New Gear

Audio-Technica, Iomega, Gitzo, VideoTraxx, Bebob, Eovia, Boxx

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.

Video Forums

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Low light performane of HD camcorders shooting in SD?
Nov 24
Format to sell HD footage
Nov 24
Convert AVCHD to DV-AVI for editing?
Nov 24
Creating Video Documentary
Nov 24
Other Camcorders Comparable to Canon XL1S
Nov 24
from camcorder to computer??
Nov 24
Anyone ever bought from...
Nov 24

Video News Blog

Viral Videos: Everyone's Got the Fever
Nov 23
Genarts Announces Next Generation of Sapphire
Nov 23
Win $100,000 Making Video
Nov 20
YouTube Adds Automatic Subtitles
Nov 19
A new Flash
Nov 17
Stop Motion - a Nostalgic Trip Through Time
Nov 16
Video Beyond All Believable Bounds
Nov 13
Canon Releases DSLR White Papers
Nov 12
Elemental Technologies Releases Elemental Server, Reshapes The Economics of Online Video
Nov 12
Finding Veterans' Voices through Video
Nov 11

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