Camcorder & Computer Video articles from December 2000

Camcorder & Computer Video archives from December 2000

COMBO-CAM CONFUSION.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Have you noticed the efforts that camcorder manufacturers have been making to turn video into still? Most of the new analog camcorders--and virtually all of the new digital--models now have some sort of still-frame capture mode. This allows you...

Write-On CAMCORDER.(Sharp VL-FD1U)($1,599)(Evaluation)
December 1, 2000... Add Graphic Effects With The Touch Of A Pen It's a doodlecam, or a scribblecam or... In fact, it's just plain hard to define the new Sharp VL-FD1U. This is a camcorder with so many new innovations that it almost defies description! ...

Handheld Video PC.(Cassiopeia E-115)($499)(Evaluation)
December 1, 2000... Tiny Video Cams For Your Pocket PCs How would you like to have the power of a PC and a video camera in the palm of your hand? It's certainly been foretold with the advent of Palm Pilots and tiny camcorders. But now, it's arrived. The...

PLUG-IN EXCITEMENT.(nonlinear editing)
December 1, 2000... Great Add-Ons To Your Editing System Got a nonlinear editing (NLE) system? Want to make it better? The answer is a plug-in. Never before have you been able to add so many affordable plug-ins to your NLE system. They allow you to add...

Audio Shoot-Out.(3-chip camcorders )(Buyers Guide)
December 1, 2000... Comparing 3-Chip Camcorders For The Best Sound Quality Where would video be without audio? The answer? In the realm of silent movies! The video is as (if not more) important than the audio and that's never truer than with high-end...

Almost Ultimate Audio.(Cubasis VST)
December 1, 2000... Record, Mix And Edit Digital Audio In Your PC Most people enjoy good, clean sound--even if it is nothing more than an excellent voice-over. Good performances, clean recordings, well-mixed music, creative audio editing, accurate timing of...

AUDIO FOR VIDEO EDITING.
December 1, 2000... One of the coolest things I get to do as a contributing editor for Camcorder & Computer Video is try out all of the latest software products for editing video. When I heard that Sonic Foundry (www.sonicfoundry.com) was releasing a video-editing...

RUSSIAN SHAREWARE.(AVIEdit)
December 1, 2000... An Interesting Video-Editing Tool From A Moscow Videomaker Sometimes it's nice to try something different--experiment with a different approach, see your work from a different point of view. When you are working with video, a professional...

RAPID RESPONSE.(Evaluation)
December 1, 2000... Cut Your Rendering Time On MediaStudio Pro In all basic NLE systems, rendering is a task you must contend with. something that takes time. DV Smart-Play, an upgrade to Ulead's MediaStudio Pro, addresses this issue by allowing you to export...

ASK THE PRO.(Column)
December 1, 2000... Questions To Our Technical Editor Here at C&CV's Technical Editor's desk, I get many reader questions. While it's impossible to answer them all on a one-to-one basis, sometimes the questions are repeated enough times to make it clear that...

KEYED VIDEOS.
December 1, 2000... Multiple Options To Make Composite Scenes Without a doubt, one of the most important effects in modern video and film production is the "key." Whether it's a weatherman in front of a forecast map or an actor placed in a simulated scene,...

A BETTER BLACK BOX.(Evaluation)
December 1, 2000... About As Simple As You Can Get For Plug-And-Play Video Editing The latest entry into the stand-alone world of nonlinear editing systems is the Avio from Draco Systems of Boulder, CO. (MSRP of $1,495 for the basic box and $1,795 for the...

Pushing AE.
December 1, 2000... Getting The Most Out Of That "Automatic Exposure" Setting Just hours after he had returned from New York City one Saturday morning, my neighbor hurriedly motioned me to come over to his house. "Geez, can't you wait until I finish mowing...

HITACHI VM-D965LA.(Evaluation)
December 1, 2000... Hitachi Invades Sony Digital8 Territory Until recently, Sony made the only Digital8 camcorders. But now, camcorder veteran-manufacturer Hitachi has entered that market with its new VM-D965LA. Like all the Digital8 camcorders, the Hitachi...

JVC GR-SXM920U.(Evaluation)
December 1, 2000... A Return To Compact S-Video Format The new JVC GR-SXM920U camcorder is one interesting beast. In a time when consumers and prosumers are quickly abandoning analog-based camcorders in favor of digital video (DV) cams, the GR-SXM920U packs a...

Close Encounters.
December 1, 2000... Little Tips On Shooting Macro Images My first serious attempt in macro videography could at best be described as a big flop. At the time, I was using a top-of-the-line full-sized VHS camcorder with a set of three close-up filters that...

Timeline vs. Storyboard.
December 1, 2000... Video-Editing Technologies For Beginners To Professionals There are many different ways of telling a story. Sometime you want to start in the beginning, sometimes in the middle, and sometimes you start at the end and work backward. ...