January 2008

Features 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. Theres 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.

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.