AV Video Multimedia Producer articles from November 1999

AV Video Multimedia Producer archives from November 1999

Celebrities.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... Los Angeles is home to more celebrities than probably any other city in the world, and many of them in need of medical treatment check into Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, whose media department is the subject of this month's cover story....

INPUT.
November 1, 1999... What's the Use? In "Eye to Eye," (Special Technology Report: Videoconferencing, October), you neglected the key question as to the growth of teleconferencing: What good is it? Other than the educational use of a master teacher reaching...

The 1999 guide: addenda & corrections.(Brief Article)(Correction Notice)
November 1, 1999... Inevitably in a project the size of our annual Guide, some information goes awry. The following entries either arrived too late to be included in the August issue ("Addenda"), or they replace data that was out of date or simply incorrect...

Clarifications.(Brief Article)(Correction Notice)
November 1, 1999... Our September cover story, "Video Under the Big Top," about the Internal Communications department at Montreal's Cirque du Soleil, stated that Gabriel Dube-Depuis' Sony DCR-VX1000 digital video camera had "a price tag lower than $2,000." The...

ABC's JumboTron Sign of the Times.(New York City - Times Square)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... New York City's Times Square, which boasts the largest concentration of JumboTrons this side of the Las Vegas strip, has long been a premier showcase of presentation-video technology. To keep up appearances--and with its neighbors NBC and...

American Airlines Gets High-Tech Hi-Fi Headsets.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... The Bose Corporation of Framingham, Massachusetts, has designed a new headset for American Airlines. Passengers traveling in first class and business class on select international American Airlines flights will have access to the new Acoustic...

1999 Interactive Multimedia Awards.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... The Winners Are... Grand Awards * Rain Castle Communications (Newton, MA) for the Massport Web site (www.massport.com); * HT Medical Systems of Gaithersburg, Maryland, "PreOp Endoscopy Simulator Flexible Bronchoscopy," by took...

AES: First 5.1 Streams on Web.(multichannel audio )(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... In the first-ever demonstrations of real-time multichannel audio over the Internet, 5.1-channel Dolby Digital audio was streamed from Montreal to New York City during the Audio Engineering Society's 107th convention in September. The primary...

Kartchner Caverns' Focused Sound.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... SoundTube Entertainment of Park City, Utah, recently installed one of its Focus Point FP633 SoundDomes in the Visitor's Center at Arizona's Kartchner Caverns State Park. The system was selected for the educational exhibit because it met the...

Expandimation.(digital interactive media)
November 1, 1999... Animation has broken out of its cartoon confines and is heading toward a real-world app near you Animation suffers from having been the same thing for the better part of a century. For me, it began as the after-school Farmer Gray cartoons...

Motion Blur.(computer animation)
November 1, 1999... You don't always need animation tools to shake up your work Before we perceive sound and color, movement catches our senses. It is the secret ingredient in sticky Web sites and juicy presentations. At the top of the motion-graphics food...

The Fast Crowd.(industrial video production)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... By mixing on-camera work and graphics, Northwest Teleproductions picks up the pace for Target's TVN The next time you're shopping at one of the nation's Target stores, take note of the fast-paced merchandising video playing in the...

Streaming Media.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... More than 20 e-mails in the past month have invited me to watch streamed-video programming, from mass-market and independent movies to Web-cam coverage of fund-raising and sporting events. Many of these broadcasts have been worth watching, but...

Stream of consciousness.
November 1, 1999... Streaming media will dominate the Internet within three years, says a recent seminar brochure, and "now is the time to take advantage of the unparalleled opportunities for growth and profit." If consensus in our industry is measured by the...

In the Blood.(medical imaging)
November 1, 1999... Medical Media ensures the steady flow of communication at Cedars-Sinai No matter how intense, an episode of ER or Chicago Hope can't completely reflect what really goes on at a hospital. What happens at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los...

CAMERAS & LENSES: Smaller is Better.
November 1, 1999... It has never been a better time to be a professional videographer. Whether it's training, corporate video, documentaries or education, video production has gotten a big boost with new, very affordable cameras that are lighter and smaller than...

TOP 100.(best multimedia producers)
November 1, 1999... Look at you. Just seeing how you've matured as an industry--it nearly brings a tear to my eye. Okay, maybe not a tear, but it's certainly a look of admiration. Many producers in our first Top 100, back in 1995, were developers of CD-ROMs and...

The Next Generation BUSINESS PHONE.
November 1, 1999... As thousands of network managers, information technology professionals, and corporate telecommunications directors pour into this year's Telecon show November 3 to 5, 1999 in Anaheim, Calif., they will be exposed to a bewildering array of...

NOTES ON THE NET.(online music libraries)
November 1, 1999... Music Libraries are using the Internet to increase awareness of their services, broaden their customer-service capabilities and, in some cases, even speed delivery of their products When it comes to choosing the audio for a project,...

Fast and Furious.(reviewing the Compaq Armada E700 laptop)
November 1, 1999... Compaq's Armada E700 Portable Computer Summary: Compaq's latest foray into the portable computer/presentation arena is up to speed Target Users: Presentation professionals Platforms: Windows 95/98/NT As some of you may recall,...

Bundle of Joy.(multimedia authoring software review)
November 1, 1999... Optibase's DVD Fab! XPress Summary: Hardware/software DVD-authoring bundle at an impressive price. Platforms: Windows NT. Target Users: Multimedia and corporate video producers Optibase's DVD Fab! Xpress authoring system...

Make the Master Speak.(audio editing software)(Software Review)(Evaluation)
November 1, 1999... TC Works' Spark 1.0 Summary: Stereo-audio editing and mastering package for Mac users Target Users: Audio editors and producers, sound designers, musicians Platforms: Power Mac Since Digidesign discontinued development on its...

Easy Animation.(animation software)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... MetaCreations' Canoma Summary: Useful and easy-to-use 3D animation tool, with limitations Target Users: Graphic designers, Web-site designers, multimedia/game developers Platforms: Windows 95/98/NT; Power Mac It's getting...

Med Web.(Steve Cahill is finding news to present marketing and training information for Agilent Technologies)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... Agilent finds the pulse of its customers online and on DVD Steve Cahill produces marketing and training videos for Agilent Technologies Health Care Solutions Group in Andover, Massachusetts. His official title--learning products...