I am not a big fan of acronyms. Although these abbreviations may help us communicate complex concepts quickly and easily, frankly I think the world already has too many of them. The consumer electronics industry is littered with acronyms: TV, VCR, CD, DBS, DSS, DVD, VHS, PC and DV...
Hardly anyone needs to be introduced to video transitions like cuts and fades. Even the dampest newbie instinctively recognizes them from years of watching TV.
Still, the use of such elements needs a closer look. Transitions are key components in the language of video communication --a visual language that's as...
A heavy-booted Darth Maul strides the steel-plate decking of the Coruscant Docking Bay. When this scene was shot the set floor was vinyl and the actor made almost no sound at all when he walked on it. Your job, as a Foley sound effects technician, is to add those...
PC Expo, New York, NYby Larry Lemm
Today, Pinnacle Systems demonstrated their Studio MP10 MPEG-1 capture, editing and disc creation solution working with Panasonic's DVD-RAM drive. By using DVD, a single disc can store 150 minutes of high-quality MPEG-1 video.
The Studio MP10 has a suggested retail price of $269, while...
(PC Expo, New York, NY) by Larry LemmSigma Designs demonstrated their new REALmagic MPEG-2 encoder/decoder card today. The REALmagic card ships with a fully integrated MPEG-2 software solution for capturing, editing and authoring DVD videos. Home videographers can capture and edit videos that are mastered onto a DVD-RAM disc....
SanDisk announced that it would supply the removable, reusable Multimedia Cards for Panasonic's NV-C3 DV Camcorder, which will begin shipping in July.
The new camcorder with a price to be determined will be able to be used as a digital still camera when used in conjunction with the card....
A web casting panel that was comprised of European and U.S. executives of companies involved in Webcasting, recently met and concluded that Webcasting is an effective means for businesses to distribute information to a large audience, but the panel was not conclusive on the medium's current mass-market appeal.
Though...
As a videographer, you get to wear many hats. When you wear the hat of the historian, for example, you record significant events for future reference. The storyteller's cap, on the other hand, compels you to relate a visual tale, with a beginning, a middle and an end.
The artist's...
Even in these glamorous digital days, a solid majority of video editors still work in traditional linear mode: assembling programs from original footage, shot-by-shot from start to finish. If that's how you edit video, then here are ten key procedures that you can use to smooth the process and...
The MXPro Revisited
Last August, Videomaker reviewed the MXPro Digital Video Mixer from Videonics. Since that time, Videonics has made a couple of improvements to the MXPro, so we decided to take a quick look at the updated model.
The MXPro is a video mixer affordably priced for prosumer use. It...
