Media Management

Videomaker's Complete Book of Forms contains 91 essential forms to make shooting and producing video easier. The following is one section of the Complete Book of Forms.

Shot Log Forms include: Shot Sheet, Shot Log, Scene/Take Log, Video Library File, Production Take Sheet, and Master File Reel.

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

A quick overview of storage considerations for video.

In attics, basements and closets everywhere, there are piles of tapes waiting for the ambitious video editor to give them new life.

Keep your editing system running smoothly and improve performance and stability.

If you make a video you're proud of, you will undoubtedly need it again someday in the future. Take our word on this.

Our subscribers give advice, and share lessons learned in their videography experience.

Tame Your Tapes

Consider the gear you'll need to support your HDV vision before you plop several months' wages down.

What you need to know to choose the editing system that's right for you.

Part 1: Growth, your tools and your space. Step 1: Clean up your act! If video editors desk is a home-office catch-all, the video editor is not using space effectively or time efficiently.

What you need to know to choose the editing system that's right for you.

How to sequence files, audio files, graphics, and all manner of other digital work files populating your virtual folders or scattered around your desktop.

12th Annual Guide to Computer Video Products

Logging Tapes

Why is it such a chore to log videotape?

Take care of your videotapes and they'll reward you.

Our subscribers give advice, and share lessons learned in their videography experience.

Time spent logging tapes is surely time well spent.

Learn how to use Microsoft Office to improve your productions.

Plan ahead by sorting and numbering your video clips in an organized way.

An edit bay that can live with the residents of your house.

You have dozens of tapes and hundreds of scenes and shots. Organization isn't just nice, it's a necessity.

Because of the massive amount of data that digital video uses, the nonlinear editing PC needs to be a finely tuned instrument for maximum performance. Learn the basics of PC performance in this feature.

Helpful advice for nonlinear project management.

Find out about video-editing desks that are functional, ergonomic and give you room to grow.

"Beauty from order springs."--William King, Art of Cookery