Camcorder & Computer Video articles from March 2000

Camcorder & Computer Video archives from March 2000

The Universal Camcorder.
March 1, 2000... It wasn't that long ago that a camcorder was a camcorder and camera was a camera. Today, however, that's all changed. Many of the new cams, and especially the new digital camcorders, have both functions: they shoot both video and stills. ...

Digital Video Bargains.(digital video camcorders)(Buyers Guide)
March 1, 2000... The Lowest-Priced DV Camcorders Are Just Right For The Hobbyist If you've been thinking about getting a digital camcorder, you're not alone. After early lackluster sales, the digital format has recently taken off, largely because of many...

$99 EDITING AND EFFECTS.(VideoStudio 4.0)(Software Review)(Evaluation)
March 1, 2000... You Just Need A Computer With A Video Input Or Capture Card VideoStudio 4.0 is the latest evolution of Ulead System's line of inexpensive ($99 MSRP) and simple-to-use video-editing software programs for home users and prosumers. Ulead...

Storyboarding ... Drawing Before You Shoot.(videotaping tips)
March 1, 2000... Storyboards: quick, rough comic-strip style sketches, drawn to previsualize shots and scenes. You're probably already aware that they're used extensively for all the big-budget feature films, like "Star Wars," "Jurassic Park," and "Titanic,"...

Desktop Video TOOLS.(Software Review)(Evaluation)
March 1, 2000... New And Inexpensive Ways To Play With Graphics Before there was a Desktop Video industry, I played guitar. Whenever I got stumped for something to play or found myself in a rut, I'd go out and find a new guitar effects box. These were all...

The iMac Video Machine.(Apple iMac DV and Apple iMovie)(Hardware Review)(Software Review)(Evaluation)
March 1, 2000... The iMac DV Offers A Great Package Of Video Editing Features Right In The Computer What's the most popular computer in the world today? It's Apple Computer's iMac! It's been a runaway best seller in performance versus price for the last...

VIDEO APPLIANCES.(Web-enabled set-top boxes)
March 1, 2000... They Sit On Your TV And Do Everything If you are tuned in to what is going on in the world of video, you are probably familiar with the latest multimedia technologies, like MP3, digital video, high-definition TV and digital cable. But have...

Drumming Up Video Business.
March 1, 2000... How To Sell Your Videomaking Skills As happens in any small business, last fall my partner and I at our media services company went through a slow period. For the last few years, we have been able to stay busy with a minimal amount of...

SHOOTING BY AIR.(shooting video recordings from airplanes and helicopters)
March 1, 2000... Give Wings To Your Camcorder For Soaring Videos Break away from gravity and take your camcorder to the skies! Shooting from a higher point of view has its challenges, as an artist and an entrepreneur, but the scenery and resulting video are...

CONVERGENCE 2000.(convergence of camcorder and computer video)
March 1, 2000... When Video, Still Imaging And Nonlinear Editing Come Together Just in case you haven't heard, there's yet another new buzzword out there, "convergence," Convergence can be defined as a merging or joining of different technologies. Perhaps...

Quick Takes.(VuePrint and ThumbsPlus)(Software Review)(Evaluation)
March 1, 2000... New Ways To Clean Up And Organize Your Video Files Is your PC filling up with media files--videos, images, and sounds? Do you have directories full of stuff clogging your PC's hard disk? Do you want to make sense of your files, and maybe...

Control Your EXPOSURE.(video taping techniques)
March 1, 2000... Certain Situations Call For More Than Programmed AE I have this cat named Hyper. When she was young, the name applied. Now that she is old, she mostly sleeps on the couch. I love to videotape her various sleeping positions, but I have to be...

SAMSUNG SCL850.(Hi8 camcorder)(Evaluation)
March 1, 2000... High-Quality Video, Plus All The Necessary Features It's amazing how times change, especially in electronics. What was once considered palm-sized, now seems like a handful. Although a bit boxier than some of the new tiny (and expensive)...

SHARP VL-SD20U.(digital camcorder)(Evaluation)
March 1, 2000... A New Digital From The LCD Screen Pioneer Everything is definitely going digital. Sharp, the company that made its Viewcam the standard for affordable camcorders with large LCD screens, has released a new digital version, the VL-SD20U....

VIDEO On The RUN.(videotaping the City to Surf race in Sydney, Australia)
March 1, 2000... Getting The Vantage Point When Your Subject Never Stops Moving They came in droves--young and old, walkers, joggers, sprinters and elite runners, as well as a handful of wheelchair competitors. They all assembled in the center of Sydney for...

DV OR NOT DV?(digital video)
March 1, 2000... Inexpensive Digital Camcorders Are The Final Step In Computer Video The advent of the new DV (Digital Video) format has brought a revolutionary change in the ability of consumers to edit video with almost professional quality. The DV format...