EventDV articles from January 2006

EventDV archives from January 2006

Wait 'til this year.(the nonlinear editor)
January 1, 2006... It's amazing how quickly our cultural the meanings of cultural touchstones can change. Until October 2004, baseball fans associated two things with the Boston Red Sox: defeat and defeatism. But it didn't take long after the team's 2004 World...

2005 All Star team: the EventDV 25.(Cover Story)
January 1, 2006... If you're a baseball fan, one of the most exciting--and certainly the most participatory--part of any season is voting for the All-Star team. Year in and year out, it's the fans' one opportunity to select the best of the best, hot as the...

The gadget bag.
January 1, 2006... The Gadget Man is back--in a new magazine with a whole new bag of tricks, and quick-hit tips that will help you shoot and produce video and run your business better. Let's get right down to business. With rising energy costs, here's a tip...

HDV camcorder accessories: part two: lenses and filters.(gear & now)
January 1, 2006... The creative use of optical filters and interchangeable lenses (where possible) in event videography opens the door to wider, closer, and more colorful video imagery. As the newest camcorders make their way onto the popular HDV stage, they are...

Creating a demo that works.(the inside story)
January 1, 2006... If I've heard it once, I've heard if a thousand times. "I if know I do good work, I just want potential cients to really see my work." Videographers around the world have been chanting that mantra since wedding videography got its start in the...

Editing ergonomics: as video editors, most of us spend the bulk of our non-shooting time pecking away at our keyboards and staring into our monitors. For us it's paramount to pay attention to ergonomic issues to avoid the various physical problems that can arise if we don't. Here are some tips on making your editing ergonomically sound.
January 1, 2006... Ergonomics: ergo from the Greek, meaning pain; nomics (Latin), meaning money, which translates roughly into "the pain that is going to cost me money." I know that's what I thought the first time someone mentioned ergonomic problems to me. But...

Happy new year.(hd today)
January 1, 2006... Before looking ahead to the new year and where we may be going, I'd like to look back at 2005 and see where we've been. In January 2005, I wrote about delivering HD. Here we are a year later and, for the most part, nothing has happened....

Designing and checking DVD navigation.(tutorial)
January 1, 2006... There's a lot that goes into the perfect DVD, but one of the most fundamental aspects is navigation, or how you control the way the viewer moves through the content on the DVD. In this tutorial, I identify which aspects of the user experience...

Echoes from the backyard.
January 1, 2006... In the last installment of ECHOES, I responded to a reader who wanted to know how to avoid boredom in post and repetition in her work. I offered a couple of ideas for keeping the editing challenging and the product fresh. This month, we're...

Mac mini hard drives.
January 1, 2006... SYNOPSIS: After a fast and powerful CPU, the next thing any video editor needs is storage. So we brought in a few of the hard drives designed to match the Mac mini to see how they, um, stacked up: the Maxelerate from WiebeTech, the...

Proactive vs. reactive.(executive decisions)
January 1, 2006... The phone rings. I glance over at the caller ID. The readout displays "XYZ Corp." I answer. The voice on the other end of the line says, "We'd like to get some information about creating a marketing video for our company." I nod and silently...