EventDV articles from March 2006

EventDV archives from March 2006

Fast track, slow motion.(the nonlinear editor)
March 1, 2006... Last night I watched a college basketball game broadcast in which the color commentator had one insight repeated so frequently that it's more or less burned into my brain now. "The more you play this game," he said, "the slower it seems." ...

Kudos all around.(letters to the editor)(Letter to the editor)
March 1, 2006... Thank you for an excellent December 2005 issue. As a full-time corporate and part-time event video producer, I work constantly to maintain and update my trade skills and knowledge. I read several trade publications each month. It's a great...

Be practical.(letters to the editor)
March 1, 2006... I wanted to compliment Ed Wardyga on STAGE TO SCREEN, his series of articles about stage production. I usually disagree with a lot of what I read in video magazines. Ed's articles have been a real exception. I started with video back in...

Macworld 2006 commentary: PowerBook Out, Intel In.(Macworld 2006)
March 1, 2006... "The PowerBook is dead." Or so one blogger wrote while attending the Macworld keynote at San Francisco's Moscone Center in January. He updated a Web page from the audience as Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced the Intel Core Duo Processor MacBook....

The Rising: 4EVER Group launches video 06 in Orlando.(4EVER Group Video 06)
March 1, 2006... In the summer of 1982 I had the good fortune to attend the wedding of former Duke basketball superstar Gene "Tinkerbell" Banks. As dazzling as the wedding was (like most Duke Chapel weddings, it would have been glorious to shoot), what really...

Creative Photo Montage Techniques Using Adobe After Effects Josh Fozzard.(Continuing Education)
March 1, 2006... I've dabbled in After Effects. And I mean that in the most minimal sense possible. Since switching to Final Cut Pro back at the time Apple introduced the SuperDrive-equipped G4-733 towers, I've strayed away from AE without much regret....

You must remember this.(studio time)
March 1, 2006... When meeting with prospective brides, Mike Nelson, owner of Salt Lake City-based Remember When Videos and one of the EVENTDV 25 (January, p. 20), often shares a personal analogy to underscore what he believes they should seek in a videographer....

Creating a demo that works, part 2.(the inside story)
March 1, 2006... One of the biggest misconceptions in the world of wedding videography these days seems to be the one that revolves around how the newest gadget, the hottest NLE, or the most recent piece of dazzling technology is all you're going to need to...

Inside Adobe Production Studio.(Cover story)
March 1, 2006... When Adobe updates their products, they generally serve two agendas, one usually playing feature catch-up with competitors, the other increasing the integration story that is the company's unique strength with many videographers. With the...

Twenty questions.(executive decisions)
March 1, 2006... Why stop at 20 questions? How about 56? Or maybe 33 will get the job done. The fact is, when researching a corporate video project, the quantity of questions you ask your clients is much less important than the quality of the questions. Over...

Projectors, part 2: presentations and accessories.(gear & now)
March 1, 2006... As mentioned in the February installment of GEAR & NOW, "Projectors, Part I," video projection can present great opportunities for wedding and event videographers; your masterpiece can be shown to a large, attentive, and already engaged...

The upscale wedding video: the reception continued: in this installment of our ongoing series on producing upscale wedding video, we'll pick up where we last left off--at the reception--and give you some tips on covering the rest of the event, starting with the First Dance.(Part 6)
March 1, 2006... The First Dance often happens immediately after the entrance of he bride and groom, so be ready for it. (This is another reason why you should get the schedule of events ahead of time.) Watch out for sudden changes in room lighting; sometimes...

Network rendering in Sony Vegas: network rendering can free your main editing station from the rendering process so you can work on another project, or it can speed up the rendering so you have a finished project in less time. Here we look at how network rendering works in Sony Vegas and how much time Vegas users can expect it to save them.
March 1, 2006... As with any other mindless chore, rendering video can severely test your patience. While no longer as time-consuming as editing itself, it still feels like downtime because it knocks you out of the creative loop--especially if you do most of or...

The final hurdle.(hd today)
March 1, 2006... It is often said, "May you live in interesting times." When it comes to HDTV, these are indeed interesting times. This is especially true when it comes to delivery of HDTV content to consumers. What is the final hurdle for HD production...

Autodesk cleaner: XL 1.5.
March 1, 2006... Media Cleaner Pro has been around for almost ten years. First created by Darren Giles and the team at then video-production company Terran, Inc., the program has survived sales to two companies (first Media I00 and then discreet) while growing...

The video iPod as a marketing tool.(the reel deal)
March 1, 2006... I didn't start paying attention to the iPod until Apple introduced video capability in the fifth-generation model. Content to play my CDs in my car stereo, I did not have much use for the audio features. However, my kids no longer use their CD...

CES 2006: pain and suffering in Las Vegas.(the moving picture)
March 1, 2006... I've always found the annual Consumer Electronics Show to be a good crystal ball in terms of revealing what to expect for the coming year. The straightforward, logical reason is that stores start making decisions about what they'll be...