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• Videomaker's Best Video Products of the Year 2009
  January, 2010
  by The Videomaker Editors
  Videomaker's annual review of the best new video products selected by the reviewers and editors of Videomaker Magazine.
• Videomaker's 2009 Best Visual Effects Software: MotionDSP vReveal Video Cleaning Software Reviewed
  October, 2009
  by Charles Fulton
  MotionDSP's vReveal is one of the easiest ways to organize, clean up and render your videos for distribution.
• New Gear: CyberLink • Sonnet • Red Giant
  September, 2009
  by Charles Fulton
  CyberLink: PowerDirector 7 Ultra disc authoring software... Sonnet: Tempo SATA Pro ExpressCard/34 eSATA controller... Red Giant: Magic Bullet Quick Looks...
• Windows Movie Maker File Conversion Tips
  August, 2009
  by John Devcic
  Question: I use Windows Movie Maker. When I use Windows encoder to convert files, it looks pixilated. How can I solve this problem? Answer: When you use...
• Videomaker's 2009 Best Video Light Kit: Videssence KSH2057P-SB Triple Fixture Review
  May, 2009
  by Mark Montgomery
  The Videssence KSH2057P-SB video light kit comes equipped with 3 Matthews Reverse Stands that have a maximum height of 82.5 inches and a maximum load of 11…
• Quick Focus
  May, 2009
  by Jennifer O'Rourke
  Greener Planet with ViewSonic... Read our Lips: No More Plastic, overkill plastic packaging... Green Batteries: No Guilt, disposable batteries...
• Videomaker's 2009 Best Video Editing PC: Polywell's Adobe Optimized Video Editing Computer Review
  May, 2009
  by Lance Olinger
  The Polywell x5800A-CXY is a top of the line video editing computer. No set up is required, and there are plenty of media devices for the video editor.
• Seeking the Best Video Editing Computer
  April, 2009
  by Edward B. Driscoll, Jr.
  Guide to computer workstations that serve as the best video editing computers. Includes links to manufactures of the best computers for video editing.
• Software Review: Imagine Products' ShotPut Pro Video Offloading Software
  March, 2009
  by Andrew Burke
  Offload Your Worries - ShotPut Pro is a useful new application from Imagine Products that simplifies offloading video from memory cards. It's a tool that can…
• New Gear: hot off the presses
  March, 2009
  by Charles Fulton
  Ribbit Films: thematic volumes of pre-keyed HD clips... Litepanels: 1x1 Bi-Color LED light allows the light color to vary between 3200K and 5600K by using…
• Monitor Review: DoubleSight DS-1900S Dual-Monitor LCD
  March, 2009
  by Lance Olinger
  Seeing Double - As prices of LCDs slowly drop, multi-LCD displays become more affordable. Anybody can take two LCDs and put them beside each other. Doublesight…
• Videomaker's 2009 Best Display Hardware: NVIDIA Quadro CX Video Card Review
  March, 2009
  by Charles Fulton
  Pedal to the Metal - NVIDIA has something that could be nothing short of revolutionary to creative users: the Quadro CX chipset. The Quadro CX includes a…
• Software Review: MAGIX Rescue Your Videotapes! Video Rescue Package
  March, 2009
  by Tom Skowronski
  The Analog Bridge - For most of us over the age of 20, memories of VCR recording are still stuck in the back of our brains. Over the years, we've all found…
• Camcorder Review: Panasonic HDC-HS100 AVCHD Camcorder
  March, 2009
  by Tom Skowronski
  Panasonic for the Ages - Get in line: It has finally arrived. Panasonic's new HDC-HS100 is an SD/HDD hybrid camcorder that is sure to shake things up. It's a…
• Videomaker's 2009 Best Tape Camcorder: Sony HDR-FX1000 HDV Camcorder Review
  February, 2009
  by Tom Skowronski
  Imagine That... Costing $3,200, the HDR-FX1000 is Sony's new version of the HDR-FX1. Sony has included three 1/3-inch ClearVid CMOS sensors instead of three…
• Annual Best Products of the Year
  February, 2009
  by Videomaker Editors
  The best consumer video production products of 2008, selected by the editors of Videomaker. So another year has come and gone, and it has brought a number of…
• Videomaker's 2009 Best Video Editing Suite: Adobe Creative Suite 4 Production Premium Software Review
  February, 2009
  by Mark Montgomery
  The Premiere Editing Suite: The Adobe CS4 Production Premium video-editing suite is a perfect combination of creative tools for the video-editing guru or post-p…
• Videomaker's 2009 Best Storage Device: Proavio EditBOX EB8MS Disk Array
  February, 2009
  by Charles Fulton
  The Stacker: Professionals agree that disk speed is the biggest bottleneck in any computer system. Power-hungry users - video professionals included - eagerly…
• Camera Support Review: Manfrotto 503 HDV Tripod Head
  February, 2009
  by Jennifer O'Rourke
  Nice Head Light: Manfrotto released its 503 tripod head a while back, then updated the design, added a few features and dubbed it the 503HDV. As usual with…
• New Gear hot off the presses
  January, 2009
  by Charles Fulton
  HP's LP2480xz DreamColor display provides a range of more than one billion colors at 30-bit; Sony's HDR-FX1000 HDV camcorder includes 24P scanning and advanced…
• Quick Focus
  January, 2009
  by Jennifer O’Rourke
  Viewer Beware! Don’t Get Stung by DTV Upgrade from Your Cable Company trying to take advantage... More Free Stuff! proDAD Adorage and Vitascene Effects, full…
• Quick Focus
  December, 2008
  by by John Burkhart and Jennifer O'Rourke
  Great Resource for Video Producers... Adobe CS4 Now Shipping... FCC Proposes Ban on Wireless Microphones in the 700MHz Spectrum
• New Gear hot off the presses
  November, 2008
  by Charles Fulton
  SentrySafe's 250GB FireSafe/waterproof hard drive... Roxio Creator 2009 adds audio features and support for HD video editing and burning... Abaltat's Muse 2.0…
• New Titles - reviews
  November, 2008
  by Robert G. Nulph, Ph.D.
  The Art and Technique of Digital Color Correction; Producing Great Sound for Film and Video, 3rd Edition; Motion Picture and Video Lighting, 2nd Edition
• New Gear hot off the presses
  October, 2008
  by Charles Fulton
  CyberLink PowerDirector 7 adds features... ExpoImaging's ExpoDisc Video is a white balancing aide... Synology's Disk Station DS508 is a 5-bay SATA network-attac…
• New Gear hot off the presses
  September, 2008
  by Charles Fulton
  TMPGEnc MPEG Editor 3 provides frame-accurate MPEG-2 editing...Artbeats has added to its Ultra collection of clips shot at 1000fps... Focus' FS-5 direct…
• New Titles reviews
  September, 2008
  by Morgan Paar
  Compositing Visual Effects: Essentials for the Aspiring Artist; Producing Great Sound for Film and Video, Third Edition; Call Box: Digital Color Correction -…
• New Gear Hoodman / Shining Technology / Sonnet
  August, 2008
  by Charles Fulton
• New Video Equipment: G-Technology's G-RAID Pro |Pelican's 1730 Transport Case| Varizoom's VZ-SnapCrane
  July, 2008
  by Charles Fulton
  New Gear. G-RAID Pro hot swappable 7200rpm SATA 3.0Gbs w/ 4TB. Varizoom's adjustable camcorder crane.
• New Video Equipment: Mini Camera Bag PMCAB-| Sorenson Squeeze 5 new codecs
  June, 2008
  by Charles Fulton
  New Gear: Petrol's Mini Camera Bag . Process multiple files at the same time with Sorenson Squeeze 5.