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.
Dynamic Chase Scenes
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
Hitachi Hybrid DZ-BD7HA Blu-ray Disc Camcorder Review
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...
Azden 320ULX UHF Wireless System Microphone Review
Sound Matters
DVGear DV Dream Matrox RT.X2 Turnkey Editing System Review
Fan-tastic Turnkey
Mackie 1402-VLZ3 Compact Audio Mixer Review
Solid Sound
Adobe Premiere Elements 4.0 Video Editing Software Review
15 Minutes to Fame
Columns
Viewfinder: A New Videomaker
A New Videomaker
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.
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.
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 tips
The Dissolve: A Winning Edit
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
Tech Support Answers all your Toughest Video Questions
(with help from over 7,000 forum users)
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
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How to Make Your Own Car Mount
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How to Make Your Own Boom Pole, Blimp, and Windscreen
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CTIA 2012 Spotlight Award Winner: Western Digital Socrpio Blue 7mm Hard Drive
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