EventDV articles from May 2006

EventDV archives from May 2006

Other voices, other rooms.(the nonlinear editor)
May 1, 2006... Though his novels sold in the millions and spawned classic movies like John Huston's The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, B. Traven is remembered less for the work he created than the mystery surrounding his identity. Which is ironic, if not...

Hard habits to break.(letters to the editor)(Letter to the editor)
May 1, 2006... I really enjoyed Todd Gillespie's article "Editing Ergonomics" in the January issue. As someone who spends hours and hours every week in front of the computer, I found the article very helpful. Since reading the article, I have caught myself...

Say amen somebody.(letters to the editor)(Letter to the editor)
May 1, 2006... Tim Siglin's AMEN CORNER column looks like just the information that we are seeking. Here's a little background on us: We are a small Catholic church in Southern California. We videotape our Saturday evening Mass and put it in to the local...

Preaching to the choir.(letters to the editor)(Letter to the editor)
May 1, 2006... Boy, was I glad to get my latest issue of EventDV, with the announcement of Tim Siglin's AMEN CORNER! I am a volunteer geeky layperson responsible for our church's A/V equipment for the last 20 years. We have gone from a PA system to an...

Amen & amen.(letters to the editor)(Letter to the editor)
May 1, 2006... Thanks and God bless you for Tim Siglin's AMEN CORNER (February, p. 20). I was blessed and enlightened. Every month EventDV is a must-read! From a charter member of Editors Anonymous--One Frame @ A Time!

Podmarketing.(letters to the editor)(Letter to the editor)
May 1, 2006... In her March REEL DEAL column, "The Video iPod as a Marketing Tool," Kris Malandruccolo made a lot of good points. I use the video iPod for my business as well. One problem I do see is your brainstorming option to include an iPod in a...

Move on up a little higher.(letters to the editor)(Letter to the editor)
May 1, 2006... I came across Tim Siglin's first AMEN CORNER column, "Amen to That," while doing a Google search on video systems. I'm a Deacon at a small-town Baptist Church in New England with mega-church aspirations. We have been involved with some type of...

"Value of video": WeddingVideoChannel.com Launches.(current events)
May 1, 2006... How valuable is wedding video? Much more so than public perception suggests, according to a host of dedicated videographers who have made promoting the wedding video industry a cause celebre. But how can videographers align perception with...

Randy Stubbs collection.(Continuing Education)
May 1, 2006... There's this guy, y'know, like, out on the left coast. And he's like, bald, y'know? And he's like, a totally awesome wedding video-tographer, dude... His name is Stubbs. Randy Stubbs. I'm sorry... I couldn't help myself. And five minutes...

Too much of a good thing?(class act)
May 1, 2006... I would like to share with you a lapse in judgment that If I had recently. I was shooting some footage and decided that I wasn't going to worry too much about how I shot because I was going to shoot a lot of footage--enough to practically...

The happiest place (to shoot weddings) on Earth[TM]?(studio time)
May 1, 2006... Have you ever wondered what it would be like to shoot a wedding at Walt Disney World in Florida? Unless you are a Disney cast member--or plan on becoming one--you can probably keep on wondering. Less than 1% of couples who have a "Disney Fairy...

Definitively different.(studio time)
May 1, 2006... For Walter Chelliah, it has always been about music, with a little luck mixed in. His experience in making sic videos for Alberta, Canada-area independent bands created the background necessary to get his first job shooting wedding videos....

Wireless video.(gear & now)
May 1, 2006... Event videographers have long been saddled with a nightmare of unsightly connections and cables running along a gym floor, across the corporate boardroom, or up a church aisle. Of course, with the fight knowledge, equipment, and setting,...

HD production on a dime.
May 1, 2006... We all know HD is the future of video production, but the cost of entry can be prohibitive. If you're not rolling in dough, don't despair. There are other options--namely, the budget HD workflow. In this article, we'll help you understand HD...

Service with a smile.(the reel deal)
May 1, 2006... Most videographers know that providing excellent customer service can distinguish you from your competition, increase your customer referrals, and get your name out there. But are you aware that bad customer service will get your name out...

HDV camcorder showdown: part one features and usability: this first installment of a two-part series on HDV camcorders analyzes the features and usability of the three leading 3CCD models: the Sony FX1/Z1U, the JVC HD100, and the canon XL H1. Next month we'll do quality comparisons based on three live event shoots and lab testing.
May 1, 2006... It all starts with the camcorder. Not to state the obvious, but whether you're shooting weddings, concerts, or interviews, or editing in Premiere Pro, Vegas, or Final Cut, each project begins with the shoot. This inescapable fact of videography...

Cut lines: edit trim tools: in this month's installment of Cut Lines, our ongoing series of Final Cut Pro tutorials, let's look at the four basic edit trim tools in FCP that, once mastered, can cut your editing time by a good amount.(final cut pro tutorial)
May 1, 2006... First we need to establish terminology. Imagine an FCP timeline with three clips next to each other. The line between each of the individual clips is the edit point. The clip to the left of an edit point is the outgoing clip. If you put a...

The gadget bag.
May 1, 2006... This month's collection of helpful tidbits contains a number of solutions to common problems that videogaphers have been inquiring about. I got this one from one of the online forums: I need additional light for interviews, but even a 20 W...

Adobe dynamic link: when companies like Adobe, Apple, or Avid bundle their post-production tools in "Studio" suites, there are two key selling points: price and integration. Price is a given; you can always get significant savings if you go for the packaged deal instead of buying each of the tools separately.(tutorial)
May 1, 2006... But integration is another story. How well do the tools work together? Are there similarities in the interfaces, such that if you learn one you'll have an easy time mastering the rest? Even more important is the ability to move a project...

Creating a DEMO that works, part three.(the inside story)
May 1, 2006... What is the real value of video? Many of you, I'm sure, are crunching the numbers on a calculator while you read this. But I'm not thinking of it in numeric terms. By value, I mean the quality that renders something desirable or valuable. I...

Avid Liquid 7.
May 1, 2006... SYNOPSIS: Liquid packs a powerful set of features into a single program. While other suites of programs offer similar functionality, they do so at a dollar amount more than twice that of Liquid. Anyone whose immediate needs include nimble...

Matrox Parhelia APVe Graphics Card.
May 1, 2006... SYNOPSIS: Matrox Parhelia APVe is a great graphics card for any video or graphic application (save Vegas, for the moment). If you are planning on using a Matrox RTX.100 video editing system, you can be assured that there will be no...

CitiDISK HDV.
May 1, 2006... SYNOPSIS: If you don't need an LCD that provides constant feedback, the CitiDISK can be a handy tool for speeding up the access to acquired footage, compared to digitizing hours of tape in real time. Faster-than-real-time video...

Red Giant Magic Bullet Editors 2.
May 1, 2006... SYNOPSIS: MBE 2 adds ten new looks and a greatly accelerated rendering engine to what was already, arguably, the leading product in the business for adding "film look" effects to digital video. With its improved performance (given a...

GrangerFX for Premiere Pro and After Effects.
May 1, 2006... SYNOPSIS: The GrangerFX plug-in for Premiere and After Effects is a sizeable investment for transitions. But for the quality you get, GrangerFX is well worth the cost if there are distinctive, event-specific, high-acuity transitions you...

The pull of Panasonic's P2.(hd today)
May 1, 2006... There is a great buzz around Panasonic's AG-HVX200 camcorder, a prosumer-sized device with several unique capabilities. Like the DVX100 series camcorders it closely resembles, the HVX200 can record DV on a MiniDV tape. It can also record myriad...