January 2008 Table of Contents

Feature Stories

A Score In Time

All Things Audio: Music Creation Software, Music & SFX Libraries and Audio Editing Software

Hold On!

A pro's look at holding your camera. There’s a lot of different ways to support your camera while shooting, many of which don't need the death grip to achieve a steady shot.

Introducing an exciting new feature from Videomaker: Interactive tutorials! Every month these articles will link to an on-line training video and clips you can download to recreate the effect or technique. See the end of this story for the link.

Reviews

Blu-ray Disc Camcorder Review: Hitachi Hybrid DZ-BD7HA

A Little Blu - By and large, it seems that consumers are still very much on the fence regarding the next generation of high-definition video disc formats. Not the manufacturers, however. They have already picked their sides and are busy building those products...

Microphone Review: Azden 320ULX UHF Wireless System

Sound Matters

Turnkey Editing System Review: DVGear DV Dream Matrox RT.X2

Fan-tastic Turnkey

Compact Audio Mixer Review: Mackie 1402-VLZ3

Solid Sound

Video Editing Software Review: Adobe Premiere Elements 4.0

15 Minutes to Fame

Columns

Viewfinder: A New Videomaker

A New Videomaker

Basic Training: The Rules of the Grid

Knowing the technical workings of your camera is half the battle of shooting a good video. Understanding good composition can really give your work some pizazz.

Distribution: Compressing the Goods

Everybody's doing it. Whether it's for private e-mail to friends, or mass distribution, here are a few basics and then some for compressing video for the Web.

What's Legal: Producer's Rights

Musical Copyright Tips to navigate murky shark-filled waters

Lighting Car Interiors

Did you ever notice that in the movies we never have a problem seeing a person's features while he's driving down the road? Even at night?

Editing: Editing tips

The Dissolve: A Winning Edit

Audio: Squeezing Sound

With all the buzz about Internet video, YouTube and video sharing in general, it would be easy to forget about audio on the Internet.

Departments

In Box: Readers' letters

Tech Support: Your questions answered

(with help from over 7,000 forum users)

Quick Focus

Pinnacle is now offering a free video editing application for Windows XP and Vista.

VideoSpin is a free video editing application for Windows XP and Windows Vista that includes basic editing tools. Focus' FS-100 direct capture device is now available in a 160GB version.

In the News | SMX-10 Stereo Microphone | Shoulder-Mount AVCHD Camcorder

Azden shows off new SMX-10 Stereo Microphone, Panasonic reveals new shoulder-mount AVCHD camcorder, Fabrik announces Pro Series hard drive.

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.

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