Camcorder & Computer Video articles from January 2000

Camcorder & Computer Video archives from January 2000

Buying On The Street.(understanding consumer electronics pricing)
January 1, 2000... If you're new to consumer electronics, you'll quickly discover that prices are harder to nail down than a piece of wet spaghetti. You can check out the price of a specific camcorder or piece of video-editing equipment with four different...

2000 Buyer's Guide.(camcorders)(Buyers Guide)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... The Camcorders Of The Future Are Here Here's How To Choose The Right One For You. If you're new to the world of video, you may feel as though you've entered a different universe, where people know things that you don't and speak a...

Looking Into MONITORS.(video camera viewfinders and monitors)
January 1, 2000... The Good And The Bad Of Shooting From A Screen Virtually all camcorders come with viewfinders--you know, the tiny little LCD you look at when zeroing in on your subject. Today, many camcorders also come with a built-in monitor, a small...

The Fun STUFF.(video camera accessories)
January 1, 2000... Making home videos seems pretty darn simple. All you need is a camcorder and some tape. That works pretty good until you go out to the zoo or amusement center and see somebody with a really cool video accessory and, poof, you gotta have it,...

Just The FACTS.(camcorders)(Buyers Guide)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... Want to buy a camcorder, or just learn more about a particular model? Want to know how big zoom is? Is it variable speed? Does the cam have manual focus? What about its weight and size? Is it digital? How much does it cost? The...

SHRINK Your Video.(Media Cleaner Pro 4 video compression software)(Evaluation)
January 1, 2000... A New Tools That Lets You Compress Your Programs Into Byte-Sized Chunks Working with video on your PC or Mac puts a huge strain on your computer. Since uncompressed video uses a whopping 27 megabytes of disk space per second, only a...

VIDEO 1A.(Moorpark College offers degree in radio and television)
January 1, 2000... Success In Making Videos Can Be Taught Can video be effectively taught? At Moorpark College, a community college near Los Angeles, we do it on a regular basis. We offer a course of study leading to an Associate of Arts degree in...

Painting Videos.(video editing software)
January 1, 2000... Calling all new desktop video producers who want to experiment with and apply cool new painterly digital video effects. Calling Web designers who want to enhance their sites with QuickTime movies. Calling all videographers who want to apply...

AIST's MoviePack Offers An Open Approach To Desktop Video.
January 1, 2000... Let's face it: Editing video is pain There's lots and lots of material to handle, with hours and hours of video and audio. You need to collect it, organize it, and keep track of it, and you're always running out of disk space for storing it....

Getting In FOCUS.(limitations of auto-focus video cameras)
January 1, 2000... Why Manual Picture Control Is So Important Is manual focus just a lot of hocus pocus, or is there some real value to switching a camcorder from its automatic-focus mode to manual focus? The salesman at the electronics store surely touted...

Wet-Weather Video.(keeping video cameras dry in wet weather)
January 1, 2000... Protect Your Gear, Keep Up Your Quality In The Rain When it's raining cats and dogs, you should be out there documenting this curious event and then licensing your footage to TV stations worldwide. On a day like that you'd be bound to...

Bring In The SOUND.(audio editing software)
January 1, 2000... Editing Tools That Make You A Music Director And A Foley Artist Movies without sound leave a lot to be desired. Even in the olden days before talkies, there was usually live musical accompaniment. At first, it was a lone piano player;...

DIGITAL EDITING UNDER $200.
January 1, 2000... A Powerful Card And Program With Some Surprising Features A revolution is in progress--the DV Revolution. It didn't just start, and it isn't over yet, but the balance of power has shifted, momentum is building, and the end is in sight....