June 1997
Features Stories
Out-of-the-ordinary Video Gadgets
Anyone with a computer can have fun with these miscellaneous desktop video accessories.
Lens Filters: Quick and Easy Ways to Spice Up Your Video
Colors, starbursts, unususal perspectives. Use them to add quick pizzazz to your videos without a lot of effort.
Video Alfresco: A Guide to Easy Outdoor Shooting
Neither sun, nor surf, nor wind, nor rain will spoil your videomaking excursions after you read these helpful pointers.
The Sound Card: A Microchip Miracle?
How to use your computer's sound card to bring out the best in your audio.
Manufacturers Debate the Future of Nonlinear Editing
On January 25, 1997, representatives from six of the leading nonlinear editing companies joined the Nonlinear Editing Panel at the Videomaker Expo.
Keeping it Legal with Location and Artist Release Forms
This article discusses some legal factors to consider when your rights as a videographer conflict--actually or potentially--with the rights of other individuals or of the general public.
Reviews
Hitachi Offers Inexpensive VM-2900A VHS Camcorder
Hitachi VM-2900A VHS Camcorder
Videonics Home Video Producer
Pinnacle Systems VideoDirector Studio 200
miroVIDEO DC10 MJPEG Video Capture Card
Boris Effects 2.1 (Power Mac)/2.2 (Windows)
Columns
Viewfinder: Summertime Blues
Summer is a great time to use your camcorder, but there are several important things to consider when shooting during this sultry season.
Getting Started: The Case of the Missing Controls
Automatic point-and-shoot camcorders are convenient, but manual control of certain functions can do your videos a world of good.
Pause: The Video You Don't Shoot Could be Your Own
You don't need original footage to make a video--just some simple editing equipment and an active imagination.
Edit Suite: Aesthetics of Editing
Editing is an important part of making video. But the best edits are those that the audience doesn't even notice.
Sound Track: Makin' Tracks
When it comes to audio and video dubbing, where - and how - a format stores its audio tracks makes a world of difference.
Profitmaker: Give Yourself a Promotion
If your business develops a good reputation, spread it around. You can use it to help your business grow.
Departments
Book and Tape Reviews
Multimedia Studio For WindowsCamcorder Business -- Start and Operate a Profitable Videotaping Business Using Your CamcorderThe Digital Interface Handbook
Freeze Frame Grabber GrabIT
Smart Solution
Web and CD-ROM multimedia developers will be delighted to hear that the entry-level cost of a video digitizer has dropped dramatically in recent months. Intel's Smart Video Recorder III, for example, is a PCI card that will digitize 1/4-screen (320x240) video at 30 frames per second. Bundled software includes Asymetrix's Digital Video Producer and Web Publisher software. The unit, which works only under the Windows 95 operating system, carries a one-year hardware limited warranty. (800) 538-3373.
Suggested retail price: $199
