Camcorder & Computer Video articles from December 2006

Camcorder & Computer Video archives from December 2006

Take control.(video recordings )(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... When starting out in video, some of you may be perfectly happy to simply aim the camcorder at the subject or event you're capturing, turning on the Record button, and just keep on shooting. And then there are others who use their camcorder...

New life to old music.(ZOOM IN: First Look At Video Gear And Accessories)
December 1, 2006... Restore and rescue music from your old vinyl, LP and tape collections, as well as digitize and remaster them with Magix's Audio Cleaning Lab 11 Deluxe. It lets you automatically renew your music, plus layer your music sources with 40 studio...

Virtual storefront.(ZOOM IN: First Look At Video Gear And Accessories)
December 1, 2006... Those who thought they couldn't make money in the stock realm with video are now proven wrong. Thanks to istockphoto.com, a large hub for stock imagery that now carries your user-generated video in all kinds of formats. The site lets you...

Sto and Go.(ZOOM IN: First Look At Video Gear And Accessories)
December 1, 2006... Take your work on the road, minus the laptop. Verbatim's new Store'n'Go U3 smart drive lets you connect to any computer and work off of your own desktop. Feature-rich and secure, the smart drive comes preloaded with eight software applications,...

Portable media player.(ZOOM IN: First Look At Video Gear And Accessories)
December 1, 2006... Small, fun and highly functionable, TrekStor combines many features into one neat, and portable media device, the iBeat Vision DM. With a 1.3-inch color LCD, it can store thousands of photos, 20 hours of video, and up to 600 songs. The player...

Steady shooting.(ZOOM IN: First Look At Video Gear And Accessories)
December 1, 2006... Get steady shots even if you're running, walking backwards, or jumping around. Take those heavy cams and connect them to the new V-25 system from Glidecam. Designed for cameras weighing 10 to 25 pounds, the V-25 offers you unbeatable...

Automatic file saver.(ZOOM IN: First Look At Video Gear And Accessories)
December 1, 2006... You can whistle while you work without having to worry about losing all your files, music, or pictures. NewTech Infosystems recently released its new version of Shadow, v3.0. The software acts as a backup application that protects all your...

New high-output batteries.(ZOOM IN: First Look At Video Gear And Accessories)
December 1, 2006... Giving your digicam more boost is always a positive thing, but some batteries just don't give you enough juice when you need it. Panasonic introduces its Oxyride batteries in January 2005, and ever since they can be found in nearly every retail...

Watch it in high-def.(ZOOM IN: First Look At Video Gear And Accessories)
December 1, 2006... Taking your regular DVDs to the next level is the purpose of LiteOn's new DD-A500GX DVD recorder/player, with HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface). This new DVD recorder and playback unit uses the HDMI connector and upscaler to increase...

New digital device.(ZOOM IN: First Look At Video Gear And Accessories)
December 1, 2006... Combo-Cam? Check. Video playback? Check. MP3 player? Check. Voice recorder? Check. A new digital device from Media Street called the eMotion DV9 Twister-Cam includes many functions to make sure you have all your bases covered. Able to shoot...

Power up your lights.(ZOOM IN: First Look At Video Gear And Accessories)
December 1, 2006... Designed to work in conjunction with the Litepanels 1x1 light, the new 3-hour Li-Ion battery source will start up your lights when you can't find a power source, or even when you are on a remote shooting location. Lightweight, and designed to...

FireStore holder.(ZOOM IN: First Look At Video Gear And Accessories)
December 1, 2006... The purpose of using a FireStore when shooting with HDV or DV camcorders is to allow the user to record video in digitized format, and to directly edit your video on your computer. Without having to keep the FireStore attached to your hip, 16x9...

PMP video converter.(ZOOM IN: First Look At Video Gear And Accessories)
December 1, 2006... If you want to put your DVDs or video files onto your Portable Media Players--iPod or PlayStation Portable (PSP)--there's a new software that does it easily. InterVideo recently released its iVideoToGo Platinum software, which allows you to...

A look at trends in DVD recording and playback.(Camcorder Insider)
December 1, 2006... It's been a few years now since DVD recording made its way into our homes, so it's exciting to see the evolution in the supported DVD formats and DVD media. First there was the DVD-R (write-once format) that stored up to 4.7GB of data, or about...

First look! Adobe Premiere Elements 3.0.(New Tech)
December 1, 2006... More power! But also easier to use. More formats and more devices! And yet drag-and-drop simplicity. It's a tough challenge for the developers of consumer-oriented video editing software. We want to import from any camcorder, edit with ease and...

Photoshop Elements 5.0.(Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0)(Product/service evaluation)
December 1, 2006... Adobe has focused Premiere Elements 3.0 on making editing easy. It is designed for absolute beginners, and to scale up for serious hobbyists (before the option of moving on to Premiere Pro). In comparison, Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 is...

2007 camcorder buyer's guide.(UNDER $499-$500-$999)(Buyers guide)
December 1, 2006... There are only so many ways to purchase a new camcorder. You can go to a discount department store, visit an electron retailer, or you can shop mail-order, calling one of the distributors advertising in a magazine like this one. Then, there's...

2006 camcorder buyer's guide.($1,000-$1,999)(Buyers guide)
December 1, 2006... Canon Optura 500 $1,399 Format: Mini DV Image Sensor: 1/3.4-in. CCD, 2,200K pixels Zoom: 10 optical / 200 digital Viewfinder: 0.33 color, 113K pixels LCD Monitor: 2.5, 211K pixels Output: A/V, S-video, 1394 ...

New video editing software heavyweights: our top 4 picks.
December 1, 2006... Where are you in the video editing curve? Are you just starting out creating video movies and projects, deleting bad video and moving around scenes and adding titles? Or, are you an old hand, with lots of experience, cutting individual scenes...

Top 10 secret buttons: exploit your camcorder for better video.
December 1, 2006... Camcorders today are becoming more sophisticated, offering an abundance of advanced features. Camcorder makers, however, struggle to make these features easily accessible. There is only so much space on a camcorder's body for external buttons...

Canon HV10: get your hands on the smallest, lightest high-def camcorder.
December 1, 2006... I've worked with high-definition camcorders since they were introduced three years ago, so it's always exciting to hear about the new and improved models. JVC started the race, and then Sony followed a few months later with a 1-chip and a...

Pro's choice: JVC's top-of-the-line high-def cams.
December 1, 2006... Shooting video with an affordable, compact camcorder that sits nicely on the shoulder, has great features, and delivers image quality that looks like film. Doesn't that sound like every videographer's dream? Capturing a film look easily...

Finishing touches: five real ways to enjoy and share your videos.
December 1, 2006... So many video formats--discs and files, video and audio, set-top and PC and portable, high-res HDV to TV-quality MPEG to tiny portable screens. So, how can you make sense of them all, figure out the right format for a particular purpose, and...

Serious Magic DV Rack 2.0: your virtual recording assistant.
December 1, 2006... Most videographers are used to letting their camcorder take over automatically, to record all the video they think they will need to complete a production. They blindly trust what the camcorder's LCD monitor or viewfinder displays, and...

The real world: practical shooting tips for great videos.
December 1, 2006... Camcorders are great tools for preserving family memories. Whether you record directly to DVDs or copy your video to discs, or one of the newer high-definition formats, future generations will be able to share those experiences. The tips...