AV Video Multimedia Producer articles from March 2000

AV Video Multimedia Producer archives from March 2000

What Happened to DVD.
March 1, 2000... I didn't lie to you," a top marketing executive in this industry once told a group of reporters. "The truth changed." Although the executive was talking about something else, his statement pretty much sums up the current state of DVD in...

INPUT.(Brief Article)(Letter to the Editor)
March 1, 2000... Managing Personalities Thank you for Peter Plantec's February Animation column. The habits mentioned in it have to do with all forms of creative minds. I used to design and build semi-automated machines for manufacturing facilities....

Correction.(Correction Notice)
March 1, 2000... An image of ABC's new electronic billboard in Times Square (see above) ran uncredited in the Random Access section of our November issue. The photorealistic digital image, created using Softimage 3D, was developed by IOMEDIA, a production...

The Peaks and Valleys Of Silicon Alley.
March 1, 2000... Last month, the New York New Media Association unveiled its third annual survey of New York's new-media industry. Conducted by PriceWaterhouseCoopers, the survey shows a sharp rise in the number of such firms in the New York area and in the...

Compaq Sells Its Production Arm to PVR.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Is internal media production still on the rise at corporations? Perhaps, but if recent events at Compaq Computer are any indicator, the way in which it rises is changing. The computer manufacturer recently sold its Cupertino, California,...

WINNERS HONORED IN SAN FRANCISCO.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... The Top 100 Producers of 1995-99 gathered at San Francisco's Museum of Modern Art in December for AVVMMP's annual reception in their honor. The reception followed an all-day networking and technology forum sponsored by Crews Control, Image...

SCHARFF WEISBERG CELEBRATES 20 YEARS WITH RENOVATION.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
March 1, 2000... Josh Weisberg (at left) and Peter Scharff (at right, behind glass counter), principals in the staging and systems-integration company Scharff Weisberg, recently marked their 20th year in business by redesigning their New York City headquarters....

SWEETS SUCCESS FOR JPL.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
March 1, 2000... JPL Production of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, recently teamed up with the Hershey Museum to design the "Old Time Candy Kitchen Exhibit," a replica of Milton Hershey's 1876 candy store in Philadelphia. Above (from left to right) are David Park,...

The DVD-Video Menu.
March 1, 2000... Tips for creating interactive appetizers and video entrees DVD-Video menus are where video-production experience meets interactive-design savvy. Although the DVD-Video specs limit much of what can be done with menus, developers seem to want...

Inking the Deal.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Digital cel-animation systems are cheaper than you think Traditional animation is stronger than ever. I'm not just talking about Saturday-morning cartoons and prime-time animated sitcoms. Just look at the thousands of corporate and...

Medical Center Stage.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Barnard Productions takes on a long-term HD project One year into the development of a documentary on, and video archives for, the construction of two new UCLA Medical Center facilities, Michael Barnard and his partners, Bill Borden and...

With Strings Attached.
March 1, 2000... Amgen takes its sales training back to the future with a retro TV puppet adventure Fade In: Desperate producers huddle in a conference. Time is running out on a final decision for the 20-minute video that will open the annual sales...

MAKING THE NEWS.
March 1, 2000... Content or commercials: Do video news releases blur the boundaries? The lowly press release, like the comedian Rodney Dangerfield, may get no respect, but it is a dependable tool for getting print coverage of a company's message. Even at...

Virtual Wall Street.
March 1, 2000... The New York Stock Exchange's Floor Operations puts virtual reality at the heart of the world's financial markets How do you define virtual reality? If you believe everything you read, you'll probably begin with hyperbole: immersive war...

Your Move.
March 1, 2000... Strategies to minimize the risks of the game at NAB 2000 The National Association of Broadcasters' advertising for this year's show, to be held in Las Vegas on April 8-13, proclaims, "The digital landscape is quickly evolving, and NAB 2000...

7 LESSONS LEARNED.
March 1, 2000... History can teach you a thing or two-or seven-about easing your switch to digital Businesses and public-sector organizations are being propelled into new creative production and distribution realms by a tidal wave of digital tools. The...

Leader of the Pack.
March 1, 2000... Astarte's DVDirector RT Summary: Full-featured DVD-authoring software bundle with DV-to-MPEG-2 transcoder Target Users: DVD developers; video producers Platforms: Power Mac I have now used just about every DVD-authoring...

Light and Lively.
March 1, 2000... Proxima's LX1 Portable LCD Projector Summary: Portable LCD projector with excellent image quality and few shortcomings Target Users: Presentation professionals Platforms: Windows 95/98/NT; Mac If I had to choose just three...

Thinking About Converting?
March 1, 2000... Magni Systems' MagniCoder Pro Summary: High-quality and affordable VGA-to-NTSC scan converter Target Users: Video professionals; multimedia, presentation, training developers Platforms: Windows 95/98/2000/NT Today's scan...

King of All Media.
March 1, 2000... Terran Interactive's Media Cleaner Pro 4.0 Summary: Media-optimization package that supports a wide range of video and audio codecs Target Users: Video, multimedia, Web-site and presentation developers Platforms: Power Mac;...

MPEG-4-Play.
March 1, 2000... Sharp's VN-EZ1 Internet ViewCam Summary: Small, light, easy-to-use camera that grabs low-resolution movies for Web delivery Target Users: Video/multimedia producers; Web developers Platforms: Windows 95/98/NT There are only...

Affordable Capture.
March 1, 2000... Dazzle Multimedia's Digital Video Creator Summary: Inexpensive external video-capture unit that provides high quality at low resolutions Target Users: Video/ multimedia producers; Web developers Platforms: Windows 95/98 (USB...

The Net Lives Club.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... GirlGeeks.com creates a convivial place for female techies For the first 10 years of her career as a television producer and writer in Los Angeles, Kristine Hanna worked as she'd always worked: alongside men. Then she joined Lucas Films as...