Camcorder & Computer Video articles from January 2002

Camcorder & Computer Video archives from January 2002

Lot's of choices. (Editor's Report).(usage considerations when purchasing a video camera)(Brief Article)(Buyers Guide)
January 1, 2002... If you're in the market for a camcorder, you're in luck. There's never been a greater selection available. Today, there's a camcorder for every price range and every need. As never before, no matter what you want in a video camera, you can find...

How to buy a camcorder: what you must know to make a wise choice.(Buyers Guide)(Cover Story)
January 1, 2002... If you're going to buy a tomato, you squeeze it to see if it's ripe. If you're going to buy a trout, you smell it to see if it's fresh. If you're buying a car, you take it for a test drive to see how well it runs. What do you do to evaluate a...

Buyer's guide 2002: 84 new camcorders--features, facts, prices. (Camcorder & Computervideo's).(Buyers Guide)(Cover Story)
January 1, 2002... With 80 different models of camcorder to choose from, it's no surprise that most people find it difficult to make a buying decision. Should you get digital, or a less expensive analog model? Which features are essential and which are...

10 video FAQs: answers to your most frequently asked questions.(video equipment and techniques)
January 1, 2002... You're either poised to buy a new or upgraded camcorder, or have just bought one. We know you've got questions. In fact, we've been collecting those burning questions from our readers all year. And, now, we're going to answer them as succinctly...

Upgrade your old PC to video: is it cheaper and better than buying new?
January 1, 2002... It all started after I read an article about Jack White from Ontario, Canada, the man who won an award for his video "Misery Bay." He used his Sony CCD-TR600 Hi8 camcorder and edited the video with a custom-built 400MHz Pentium II computer...

Covering your videos: make the packaging as attractive as the movies.
January 1, 2002... We're all aware that attractive packaging will sell almost any product. And, film distributors know that an exciting video cover is likely to tempt indecisive customers to rent their movies. Today, anyone owning a computer and printer can...

Getting started in video editing: what you will need--how much it will cost.
January 1, 2002... If you've bought (or are considering buying) a camcorder, the next logical step is to edit the videos you take. Editing does several things, the most important of which include: eliminating raw footage you don't want and putting scenes in a...

Video on XP: Microsoft's new OS is friendly to videographers.(desktop video processing with operating system Microsoft XP)
January 1, 2002... It's time to have a look at the latest version of Microsoft Windows and see how it impacts the desktop video world. With Microsoft being declared a monopoly by the U.S. Government during the development of Windows XP, it wasn't clear the...

DeBabelizing: automatic batching for images and video.(video editing and conversion software)(Evaluation)
January 1, 2002... Whether around the house, or when working with video and images, it's useful to have a diverse collection of tools at hand to help get the job done. For video and images, the basic tools are editors, which allow you to perform operations like...

Pro video tools: Ulead's powerful video-editing and multimedia creation software.(MediaStudio Pro 6.5, desktop video software)(Evaluation)
January 1, 2002... Ulead Systems, Adobe Systems and other software manufacturers have been battling for almost a decade to provide the best professional third-party video applications for the Microsoft Windows platform. Over the years, these companies have...

Images on XP: (Camcorder Insider).(video editing with operating system Windows XP; includes notes on Consumer Electronics Association conference)
January 1, 2002... Sniffing XP Windows anticipated XP operating system (OS) came out recently, and it's generating a lot of excitement in the video field (see Steve Bress's article on XP in this issue). But, there is another cool feature to the XP OS that...

Extra editor. (Bulletin Board).(MovieWorks Deluxe 5.1, video editing software)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
January 1, 2002... Quickly produce Web movies in QuickTime or AVI format and send to CD or Web pages. More than a video editor, MovieWorks Deluxe5.1 incorporates simple-to-use video, sound, animation, paint and image-editing tools. It offers a time-based,...

Clean your CDs/DVDs. (Bulletin Board).(SkipDoctorMD, cleaning and repair system)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
January 1, 2002... With so much emphasis these days on getting video on (and off) CDs and DVDs, it's nice to know that someone is paying attention to fixing damaged discs. SkipDoctorMD restores disks, repairs abrasions, light scratches, dust, fingerprints and...

Get converted. (Bulletin Board).(Canopus ADVC-100, video format-conversion tool)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
January 1, 2002... Here's a media device that converts S-VHS, Hi8 or 8mm analog tapes to DV in one simple step. The converted DV streams are easily transferred to Mac-or Windows-based computer systems via IEEE1394 (i.Link, FireWire) and stored on the hard drive,...

Excitement at night: take your camcorder for a shooting spree in the almost-dark.
January 1, 2002... The openings to "Saturday Night Live" and "The Tonight Show" feature montages of fast-paced shots of the city at night. Set to up-tempo music, these dynamic spectacles of light rev up the audience and pave the way for an exciting adventure in...