One of our favorite applications for video editing on a Windows computer is Pinnacle Studio. Each new version has added new features and has become easier to use. Unless something went tragically wrong during the last development cycle, Studio 9 should be the best one yet. We ran the...
We get lots of questions from readers wondering how to create a good chromakey. Most of these questions come from folks who just want to play around and don't actually have a use for keying in mind. ULTRA solves this creative problem by providing a set of 15 virtual...
$499
Smart Sound Software Inc.
8550 Balboa Blvd, Ste. 180
Northridge, CA 91325
(800) 454-1900
www.smartsound.com
Finding quality music for professional and broadcast productions can be a challenge. If you don't have the talent to create your own from scratch, the time to build songs in a loop-based environment and need more flexibility than a...
Applied Magic has long supplied videographers with standalone video editing boxes designed to be easier to use and more stable than general-purpose computers. While modern computers are unquestionably more complex than an Applied Magic ScreenPlay or Sequel appliance, the argument for greater stability is much harder to make. Newer...
One of the nicest things about having a DVD drive in your computer is the flexibility it gives you. You can read CD-ROMs, play audio CDs, rip music files, and, with the right software, play DVD-Video discs. CyberLink's PowerDVD 5 affordably gives you the tools for playing DVD-Video titles...
Video effects products come in many shapes, sizes and price points. In a field populated by software that ranges from simplistic, fun-loving home video filters to high-end compositors, animators and 3D titlers, Boris FX occupies the middle ground. This is a place where independent event, corporate and educational videographers...
The sub-$100 capture-edit-burn software field is a crowded one. When you first run CyberLink PowerDirector 3.0, you might be forgiven for mistaking it for Ulead's VideoStudio 7 or Pinnacle Studio 9. These products often come bundled with hardware products, such as capture cards or, more frequently, computer DVD burners....
$795
Serious Magic
2870-B Gold Tailings Ct
Rancho Cordova, CA 95670
(916) 859-0100
www.seriousmagic.com
We get lots of questions from readers wondering how to create a good chromakey. Most of these questions come from folks who just want to play around and don't actually have a use for keying in mind. ULTRA solves this...
$699
Macromedia, Inc.
600 Townsend St.
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 252-2000
www.macromedia.com
Flash is not primarily a video tool. Instead, it is a (very) widely supported Web design, animation and presentation application that you have definitely seen before (think: "Skip Intro"). Flash MX 2004 has some significantly improved video features, so we took a...
Everyone seems to like animation, be it The Simpsons, Looney Tunes, The Critic or South Park. What used to be exclusively the realm of artists who had to hand-draw parts of each frame on acetate sheets and painstakingly photograph the completed project has been revolutionized, like so many other...
