AV Video Multimedia Producer articles from April 2000

AV Video Multimedia Producer archives from April 2000

'C' Comes Before 'D'.(advertising campaign created by Becker Multimedia for First Union)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... This was supposed to be the year that DVD-ROM came into its own in corporate communications, and there is anecdotal information to support the claims that this is at least beginning to happen. Ironically, one of the hurdles DVD must overcome is...

INPUT.(lack of African Americans included in the Top 100 Producers of 1999)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... Top 100 I am writing this letter to express my discontent with the Top 100 Producers of 1999 (November). I find it amazing that at the end of the millennium, you did not feature one African American on your list. At first, I thought that...

FEEDBACK.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... The Next Question TRADE SHOW AND TELL We've heard people say that big trade shows are not as popular as they used to be. Some even profess that "virtual" trade shows are in our future. How many large-scale trade-show presentations did...

EDR Media Helps Raise Funds for Cancer Center.(Taussig Cancer Center)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... EDR Media enlisted the on-air help of some of the world's most famous ice skaters in a video program to raise funds for a new facility to support cancer research, education and patient-care programs at the world-renowned Cleveland Clinic's...

Oz Enterprises Takes Live and Video Training Online.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... Oz Enterprises has taken its highly successful training programs online with the introduction of Ozwebtraining.com, the first Web-based training application designed for professionals who sell or recruit for contract- and consulting- services...

FRESH BAKED STUDIOS UNVEILS FIRST 'INTERNET BROADCASTING VEHICLE'.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... Fresh Baked Studios of Brooklyn, New York, has announced the world's first Internet Broadcasting Vehicle. The IBV delivers live satellite broadcasting of streaming video--in the RealMedia, Windows Media Player and QuickTime formats--directly...

NYPD Museum Installs New Video and Displays.(New York City Police Museum)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... One major goal of the New York City Police Museum is to provide information about the NYPD's history via exhibitions, lectures, school events and other educational programs. Within the museum's 8000-square-foot space, which was designed by...

Pittard Sullivan Puts a Face on face2face.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... Pittard Sullivan/New York, the East Coast arm of the noted Hollywood design firm, recently created the company logo and initial Web site for face2face, a new company from Lucent Technologies' New Ventures Group. The site went live as face2face...

Webb Foundation to Hold Telecast on Streaming.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... The Webb Foundation will hold a live, interactive satellite teleconference titled "Streaming Media: Art and Application," on April 27 from 7 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. EST. Part of the New Media Seminar Series, the telecast will be delivered via KU- and...

Completing the Picture With Technology and Products.(Sony's targets)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... It is quite clear today that the broadcast landscape is rapidly changing. With the convergence of higher performance chip technology and the digitizing of television technology, it is apparent that a new industry is unfolding -- one that will...

Sharing Information in a Knowledge-Based Organization.(BARCO Inc.)
April 1, 2000... In twenty years, BARCO has grown from a small company, mainly manufacturing television sets for the European market into a medium sized electronics group, offering high quality solutions for professional niche markets worldwide. For BARCO,...

Move It.(creating good animation)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... Good motion control makes your reel go 'round I'm a stickler for well-executed motion, whether it's in a corporate sales animation or a bigger project. Some of the low-budget TV commercials out here in California drive me to distraction...

Man Versus Machine.(Robert Krolage produces marketing videos)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... Makino creates a marketing message with finely tooled video When you think of creative video production, machine tools probably don't come immediately to mind. But Makino, a global provider of advanced machining technology for the...

Montreal Menage a Trois.(producing a corporate video)
April 1, 2000... Telecine Multimedia produces a 30-minute presentation for a 30-foot screen in a three-week schedule We met at NAB and talked about the project. When I told him we had three weeks, he never even flinched," recalls Judy Nagy. As marketing...

Sound Off.(sound quality issues in video)
April 1, 2000... Avoiding audio pitfalls in the digital-video world A couple of years ago, just as digital video formats were becoming popular, I was hired by IBM to work on a CD-ROM called Extending Your Enterprise. The concept of the program, which was...

Issues in Technology.(web authoring packages)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... This Month: Web Authoring Several years ago, the authoring market was imploding. After gobbling up tools from smaller vendors, a handful of manufacturers dominated the market. Most of those companies also started to reinvent themselves as...

BUILDING BLOCKS.(HTML and Web page editing software)(Buyers Guide)
April 1, 2000... Which HTML editors and visual Web authoring packages do you need in your toolbox? We all know that you can't classify Web developers, but they do tend to fall into two very distinct camps: those who have been coding in the HTML trenches...

Building a Better Web Team.
April 1, 2000... Whether you're starting from scratch or refining the one you have, a strong team means better business. You're about to take on a Web project. Where do you begin? It's not software development, it's not print production, and it's not video...

Bank On It.(Becker Multimedia)
April 1, 2000... Becker Multimedia delivers for First Union Nestled on lakeside property just out side Atlanta, Becker Multimedia is the epitome of the home office. The company is also the spunky David to the $250-billion First Union Goliath. That is, the...

Visual Communications@WORK.
April 1, 2000... The rapid growth in visual information intensifies the need for spaces in which knowledge can be accessed, shared and edited in visual mode. Visually aware organizations recognize the need for electronic display capabilities -- not just in...

FSR Inc.(video amplifiers)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... FSR Inc. offers three new computer video distribution amps, the CDA-2, -4 and -6. Each amp takes the input signal (VGA through XGA-2) from the video card of a computer and splits it so that it can be used by as many as six projectors and/or...

Aphex Systems.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... Aphex Systems introduces the 1100 Microphone Tube Preamplifier. Offering low-noise, 24-bit 96-KHz digital outputs and Aphex's exclusive MicLim protection circuit, the dual-channel 1100 is designed for professional digital or analog recording...

Digi-Data.(RAID controllers)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... Digi-Data announces the Fibre Sabre 2100 family of RAID controllers. The six controllers increase performance with their one or two Fibre Channel host channels (200 MB/s each, full-duplex) that support switched fabric, arbitrated-loop and...

Boris FX.(launches Boris RED)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... Boris FX has launched Boris RED, a resolution-independent 3D-compositing and title effects plug-in suite for Power Macintosh and Windows NT workstations. The company calls RED the first plug-in that combines 3D title animation and compositing...

Shure Brothers.(WL61 series of lavalier microphones)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... Shure Brothers has introduced the WL61 series of lavalier microphones. Designed by DPA Microphones of Denmark, the mics have an extended frequency response of 20 Hz to 20 KHz, measure less than a quarter-inch in diameter and are just over a...

Eastman Kodak.(dp2000 lcd projector)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... Eastman Kodak now sells a projector that weighs less than five pounds. The 4.8-pound DP2000 delivers 650 ANSI lumens and offers XGA resolution. It is powered by Texas Instruments' DLP chip and has a built-in zoom lens. The suggested retail...

The Camera Turret Company.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... The CT-20 positioning head system from The Camera Turret Company supports video and film cameras weighing as much as 25 pounds. Made of aircraft aluminum, the CT-20 is suitable for jibs, remote mounts and tripods. It has a matte black finish...

On the Road to DVD.(DigiSuite DTV)(Evaluation)
April 1, 2000... Matrox Video Products Group's DigiSuite DTV Summary: Nonlinear editing and multiformat DVD-authoring platform with many strengths Target Users: Corporate multimedia and Webcast producers Platforms: Windows NT/2000 Demand for...

Fluid Motion.(Animation: Master 8.0)(Evaluation)
April 1, 2000... Hash's Animation: Master 8.0 Summary: Vintage 3D-animation package with new and improved features Target Users: 2D/3D animators; computer-graphics specialists; game developers Platforms: Windows 95/98/NT; Power Mac If only...

Icing on the Cake.(DirectX Plug-Ins)(Evaluation)
April 1, 2000... Cakewalk's Audio FX Series of DirectX Plug-Ins Summary: Three cost-effective plug-ins offering a wide variety of dynamics, effects and room-building tools. Target Users: PC-based audio engineers; producers; musicians; multimedia...

Ready for Take-Off.(Apple PowerBook 500)(Evaluation)
April 1, 2000... Apple's PowerBook 500 and AirPort Summary: Powerful laptop computer that performs like a professional workstation Target Users: Multimedia producers; Web designers and content creators Apple's newest PowerBook ($3,495) is sleek...

EASY EFFECTS.(EZ FX Jib)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... The EZ FX Jib is user friendly and a cost effective way to add value to your productions. Produce the floating camera shots and simulate the dolly moves that used to be reserved for big budget productions. With the EZ FX Handle accessory, you...

ROYALTY FREE MUSIC ONLINE.(www.cssmusic.com,)(D.A.W.N. (digital audio worldwide network). )(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... Now producers can download CD quality music by accessing a new service from CSS Music called D.A.W.N. (digital audio worldwide network). At www.cssmusic.com, you can search a keyword database, preview tunes in full length and use your...

4-PORT MPEG DECODERS FOR VIDEO SERVERS & AD INSERTION.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... The Quartet Series of multi-port MPEG decoder cards brings professional MPEG processing to the NT workstation for Video Server, Ad Insertion, Video-on-Demand and Kiosk applications. With four ports of MPEG decode and an onboard RISC processor,...

CVD-4/6 VIDEO DISTRIBUTION AMPLIFIERS.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... The CVD-4 and the CVD-6 are composite video distribution amplifiers. The CVD-4 splits any NTSC, PAL, or SECAM input signal and individually buffers and amplifies it for use by up to 4 projectors and or monitors. The CVD-6 does the same thing...

LogoSTAR Sharp and simple logo insertion.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... LogoSTAR offers an affordable means of keying over incoming video and scheduling logos on screen. Its features include multiple logo storage, 32-key levels per logo, 256-color palette, preview plus on-air output with enable control, and...

Breathing Easy.(gazoontite.com offers information on allergies)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... Gazoontite.com integrates its e-business from head to toe For gazoontite.com, a San Francisco Internet startup, April will be a telling month--and not just because it's tax time. Named after the phonetic spelling of gesundheit, the company...