October 2011

Whether you want to spook your audience or treat them to an audio/visual odyssey, our October issue has you covered. Take a look at our video tricks for creating ghastly effects that will enhance any ghost story, telling your stories better by manipulating the color temperature of your lights, and how to record a stellar voice over. If you're looking to sell your work, check out our Projects that Pay column for some helpful tips on pricing your project. Concerned someone has stolen your idea? Find out what constitutes copyright infringement in our What's Legal column. Also, check out our great reviews this month on the Panasonic HDC-TM40, Toshiba's CAMILEO S30, Corel VideoStudio Pro X4, G-Technology G-SPEED Q RAID, and ADK's I7-DVC.

Features Stories

Animation & Motion Graphics Buyer's Guide

Animation and motion graphics software are packages that can create visual assets from scratch, can composite those assets with other visual assets from outside sources together on screen, and change parameters of those assets over time to create a final animated video product.

Cloud-Based Editing Using Tablets and Smartphones

In the video spectrum, technology has always reigned supreme. Video is going where early adopters probably never envisioned,into the clouds.

Revving Up Your Editing Options: Editing Software Buyer's Guide

The road to editing greatness begins by shifting into the right gear. You can't drive your projects forward with software that leaves your computer idling in neutral.

Halloween Ghastly Effects

How to Make a Ghost - You don't need any supernatural power to create a real video ghost, it's all in the production techniques and the storytelling art.

Real Video Horror Stories 2011 - From the Trenches

Every year, we traditionally bring you stories of the perils and pitfalls our fellow video producers plunge into with our annual Videomaker Horror Stories.

Reviews

Corel VideoStudio Pro X4 Introductory Editing Software

Corel VideoStudio Pro X4 offers a nice balance of features, user friendly functionality and price.

Panasonic HDC-TM40 Consumer Camcorder Review

Anyone seeking an entry level, high definition camcorder, that's super compact and easy on the budget, should check out the Panasonic HDC-TM40.

Toshiba Camileo S30 Pocket Camcorder Reviewed

The Camileo S30 will fit the pockets of many videographers looking for a portable option.

G-Technology G-SPEED Q RAID External Hard Drive Reviewed

A fast and flexible RAID drive that will keep data safe within its solid and sleek design.

ADK I7-DVC Video Editing Computer Reviewed

The ADK I7-DVC is fast, has a great setup for video editing and is great for gaming.

Columns

Viewfinder: Persuasion

Video is a powerful and sacred tool for presenting the truth. Video producers can use their gifts to influence the masses - but many use video producing skills to deceive

DIY Video Accessories

Producing video is an exciting hobby and rewarding business, but it takes a lot of gear. Sometimes, the rewarding and the exciting part can be in just making the gear.

Color Temperature for Video

Why is color temperature awareness important in the AV industry? Whether it's setting white balance for iPhone 4 or Nikon D90, your camera needs a starting point.

Wait, Wasn't That My Substantially Similar Idea?

Information you need to know to shoot on city, state and federal properties and be fully protected by the law to save you much time and potential legal fees for your video projects.

Reader Profile - Guy Bauer

Video creation is sometimes a singular business, but video producers are a social lot who work and play in many areas of video production and love to share their stories. This column introduces you to your fellow video producers.

Getting into GPUs

It's time to take another look under the hood of the next generation of processing for video. Hardware acceleration for video editing has changed greatly in the past year. Not only is the new processing faster, some newer software demands you upgrade your system.

The Art of the Voice Over

Recording a voice over isn't like recording an interview or live action in the field. This is the sound that carries your video, and needs to be clear, concise, and engaging.