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Now more than ever, it's possible for one person to venture into the world and capture great video. By following a few simple guidelines, you too can be an on-the-fly guerrilla filmmaker!

Computer Video Editing Terms

Having the Best Video Shooting Fun with the Videomaker Editors!

NewTek TriCaster Portable Live Production System

In this DVD on video lighting, the experts at Videomaker teach lighting techniques so you can set up the best lighting environment for a video camera. Lessons on studio lighting & outdoor lighting will show you how to light videos like a professional videographer.

Without a doubt, you see chromakeys used countless times - probably every time you watch the news on TV - and perhaps you aren't even aware of it.

When you need to sync many mic sources into your video or want to boost the audio you're already collecting, you might want to look at dual-system sound.

People seem to forget that capturing events requires capturing video and audio. You need to balance the best way to capture video versus the best way to collect sound.

Someday, you may have to hire, beg, borrow or coerce some people to join you on your video adventure. Keep it friendly, stick with a plan and you - and they - will enjoy the trek.

You're ready with 3-point lighting or a soft-light and mood setting. But ... hum... what's missing? How about some red and blue on that dull white scene?

Shooting great firework footage is more than pointing the camera into the sky. The less light you have, the harder it is to focus or capture an image that isn't underexposed or overly grainy. Throw in a fireworks scene that changes from dark to light within nanoseconds, and your camera will need a lot of help from its human counterpart. Let's start with the gear, then go to the technical, setup and finally the techniques.

Dramatic Lighting without Fear (Or, How I Learned to Love the Dark)

Unless you're sitting in the middle of a soundproof room, the sounds of distant traffic noise, construction and aircraft are everywhere.

Lighting can be extremely complicated. Some movie and TV shoots use dozens of lights to assure proper scene lighting. Here's a primer to help dispel the mystery.

Lighting a scene using everyday lamps realistically is a skill that earns Hollywood gaffers top dollars. Here are some tips to using practicals in your next video.

Compression makes vocals easier to hear and volumes more consistent and brings out sounds that might get lost in a complicated mix.

Documentaries are about real people in real places doing real things. Documentaries were the first films ever made.

Getting the Most Out of Your Actors or Subjects

Voiceovers are the mainstays of advertising, instruction and promotional videos, television programs and feature films.

We treasure our memories, but we can be easily overwhelmed. Fearlessly dive into your archives and uncap your camera lens for the holidays to create a video that will stand the test of time.

Video Sharing Surprise

In this weeks episode of Tips & Tricks John talks about some techniques that are used to capture vast landscapes...in a small frame. John goes over the basics of how to capture different areas of the landscape, sky, and foreground in order to have a variety of shots to use in post production.

Watching films is a classroom in itself, yet you really have to have the right tools to become a critical viewer.

For aspiring video producers, it's always hard to find some interesting subject matter. Are you looking for an audience?

When you think about lighting, you probably think about your lights and where to place them. But what about the shadows?

Even in blockbuster movies, continuity errors happen, and eagle-eyed viewers love to find the mistakes.

Advice on how to make great family videos