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Feature Stories

Best Products of the Year

by Videomaker Editors
The best consumer video production products of 2006, selected by the editors of Videomaker.

Departments

In Box

by Videomaker Editors

Quick Focus

by Jennifer O'Rourke

New Gear

by Charles Fulton

New 60p JVC GY-HD200 | Record HD on Standard DVD-R | Blu-ray Compression.

by Mark Montgomery
JVC GY-HD200 Goes 60p with 720/60p format. Playback and recording HD DVD content on standard DVD-R. Sorenson Squeeze 4.5 with video compression for Blu-ray.
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February 2007
Table of Contents

Columns

Viewfinder

by Matthew York
Micro Short Videos

Special Effects: 7 Sizzling Cool Camera FXs!

by Kyle Cassidy
Low cost camera tricks to create amazing illusions for your viewers.

Web Based Marketing for Videographers

by Roger Wyatt

Director's Chair: Screen Direction

by Robert G. Nulph, Ph.D
Screen direction is perhaps one of the most confusing yet easily remedied problems in directing a video production.

Jargon

by Videomaker Editors
Lighting Terms

Moving Performances

by Jim Stinson
Learn how to set the stage so that your subjects behave naturally in front of the camera.

Video Editing : A Titillating Tickler on Titling

by Morgan Paar
Quick, open your titler, choose a trendy font and color, then type some words and position it on the screen; done. But there is more, much more, to titles than this.

Sound Advice: Room Without a View

by Hal Robertson
Anyone who has ever struggled to record a clean voice over appreciates the importance of a dedicated recording space.

Test Bench