Studio Monthly articles from December 2007

Studio Monthly archives from December 2007

Supporting players.(editor's note)
December 1, 2007... Why tripods and why now? This is the second time we've put a tripod, all by itself, on our cover. Frankly, we should do it more often. With the recent frenzied focus on new lighter-weight, handheld cameras--and the wide range of amazing...

Artbeats goes under the sea, into the crib and on the mat.(Spotlight on Stock Footage)
December 1, 2007... Three new collections from Artbeats--Under the Sea 3, Babies and Fitness--are now available in SD and HD for a variety of applications, including broadcast, feature film, commercials, concerts, live events, game development, independent...

The BBC and China's CCTV strike a deal.(Spotlight on Stock Footage)
December 1, 2007... BBC Worldwide, the BBC's commercial arm, recently announced its first-ever global clips deal with the Chinese state broadcaster, CCTV. The deal was brokered by BBC Motion Gallery, which will distribute clip footage to customers globally. Made...

New places get the aerial treatment.(Spotlight on Stock Footage)
December 1, 2007... ProAerialVideo, the only stock footage source devoted exclusively to the collection and sale of aerial video, has recently expanded its selection of city offerings. New cities and places added to the library in the past six months include St....

HP xw8400 quad-core workstation: four of a kind.(ROI reviews)
December 1, 2007... If you've read about the new quad-core workstations, you've probably wondered if they could substantially speed up your work. I wondered about that, too. So I jumped at the chance to review the latest HP xw8400 Workstation equipped with two...

Boris Continuum Complete 5: fast effects right in your timeline.(ROI reviews)(Chronology)
December 1, 2007... Boris FX plug-ins have been around almost as long as NLEs have. Since the very beginning, the company has put out high-quality, customizable 3D transitions for the most popular NLEs, and the Boris family has grown. I'm more of an editor than an...

Create homemade "glitch-tech" beat-voxing tracks with Sony Sound Forge 9 and ACID Pro 6.(how)
December 1, 2007... STEP 1 RECORD THE INITIAL BEAT-VOXING I recorded the initial beat-vox with an Apogee MiniMe (I/O box, set at default 16-bit, 44.1 kHz, Stereo) connected to a NEUMANN TLM 103 microphone to my Intel Core 2 Duo powered notebook (a very...

Edit more efficiently in Media Composer with Avid ScriptSync.(how)
December 1, 2007... STEP 1 IMPORT YOUR SCRIPT Avid's script-based editing feature lets you edit directly from the script, and ScriptSync automates the process of matching text and media for you. To start, import the script--Final Draft or other ASCII...

Trends in heads and legs: there's more to most tripods than meets the eye. manufacturers and seasoned users explain how the latest technology, combined with good old-fashioned workmanship, make for long-lasting, superior sticks.(Technology: Tripods)(Cover story)
December 1, 2007... When you think about advances in video technology, do you think about tripods? Probably not. Yet tripods are undergoing the same of technological leaps we're seeing everywhere else. Space-age materials are making tripod legs lighter and...

Build Maya props to use with Massive Software characters during triggered actions.(how)
December 1, 2007... STEP 1 CREATE PROPS TO USE IN YOUR CHARACTER'S HANDS Create a cup, bottle, and digital camera in Maya. The cup and bottle will be used for drink-triggered actions in Massive, and the digital camera will be used for takePicture actions....

Extraordinary, prosaic equipment: how quick come the reasons for approving what we like!(issues)
December 1, 2007... For years I thought the word "prosaic" meant something that approached the quality of good poetry, with perhaps a little 19th Century British countryside or Jane Austen tossed in. The true definition is more mundane, as in factual, dull,...

Design made to move.(STUDIOS ON THE RISE)
December 1, 2007... WHAT'S THEIR GIG? Zoa Martinez, president and creative director of Zona Design, is a rock star in the design world. She sports a shocking-blue streak in her otherwise jet-black hair, plays an electric guitar that she keeps in her office,...