AV Video Multimedia Producer articles from September 2001

AV Video Multimedia Producer archives from September 2001

Fire It Up.
September 1, 2001... Corporations may be steadily investing in their internal media networks, but the economic slowdown is still with us and cutbacks in other areas continue. Now the design and production community is starting to feel the pinch. Web production has...

Streaming Shifts Toward Business.
September 1, 2001... Business-media producers had the most to see at the Streaming Media West show, held in June in Long Beach, California. Companies that develop streaming hardware, software and services seem to have been heading in our direction for some time;...

Digital Video and Portables Steal the Spotlight at PC Expo.
September 1, 2001... With affordable drives finally shipping in quantity, recordable DVD was the biggest story at this year's PC Expo, held in June at Jacob Javits Center in New York City. The various flavors of writable DVD have been touted before, though the...

Mergers & Acquisitions.
September 1, 2001... On August 30, Media 100's president and CEO John Molinari announced the sale of all of the company's software and streaming products to Discreet, the content-creation division of Autodesk. The acquisition includes Media 100's Cleaner product...

Great X-pectations at Macworld.
September 1, 2001... Mac OS X, Apple's state-of-the-art operating system derived from Unix, took center stage at this year's Macworld Expo, held July 18-20 at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City. In his opening-day keynote, streamed live via...

INPUT.
September 1, 2001... Not All Southpaws I take exception to John Draper's article about video activism ("Counterculture for the Corporate Soul," June). He assumes that all video activists come from the left side of the political spectrum and writes that "their...

THE HONEYMOON IS OVER.
September 1, 2001... A reader recently wrote to us about a business dilemma: "We own a wedding studio that is venturing into commercial territory. We have a Sonic Solutions DVD-authoring system and are installing a 5.1 Dolby surround sound remastering and...

You Didn't Go to SIGGRAPH?
September 1, 2001... Maybe it's time to start planning for next year SIGGRAPH is the ultimate town meeting for graphics professionals. It's the annual conference for the Special Interest Group in Graphics--part of the oldest computer organization in existence,...

MOVING DAY.
September 1, 2001... Map your STRATEGY before heading toward DIGITAL, high-definition or 3D acquisition Although multidimensional video, a wide-screen image and digital cameras are nothing new, many producers have clutched onto the tried-and-true analog, 4:3...

Buying a Digital Camcorder.
September 1, 2001... READY TO BUY A DIGITAL CAMCORDER? ROBERT LEPOW, WHO HANDLE SPECIAL ACCOUNT SALES FOR NEW YORK CITY'S B&H PHOTO, VIDEO & PRO AUDIO, SAYS YOU SHOULD KEEP A FEW THINGS IN MIND. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO ATTRACT ATTENTION. FAVOR A SMALLER CAMERA....

Cameras Big and Small.
September 1, 2001... Are small digital cameras replacing large analog studio cameras? According to Robert LePow of B&H Photo, Video & Pro Audio, the answer is yes. "A lot of studios are using these smaller digital cameras with excellent results," he says. "Of...

SHOOTING 3D * Comin' Right at Ya.
September 1, 2001... Why snoot in just two dimensions, when you can have all three? That's the approach taken by Jason Goodman, CEO of multimedia software design for 21st Century 3D in New York City. He uses Canon's $8,499 3D lens, which is designed to work with a...

DEFINING DIGITAL FORMATS.
September 1, 2001... * BETACAM SX. This Sony format, a digital successor to Betacam SP, is aimed mostly at news reporters. It offers a high 10:1 compression rate. * DIGITAL BETACAM. Another Digital successor to Betacam SP, this Sony format uses half-inch-tape...

Developing a Market.
September 1, 2001... If you've thought about moving to high definition video but aren't sure there's enough work out there to justify the move, look no further than Randall Dark, president and CEO or Dallas-based HD Vision. One of HD Vision's most recent...

Widened Horizons.
September 1, 2001... Chris Thompson knows the mixture of exhilaration and anxiety producers feel when they consider the drastic switch to high definition. "It's a little scary for people," says Thompson, the president of Wexler Video, a large video equipment rental...

Houston, We Have a product.
September 1, 2001... HIGH - DEF, VERY HIGH UP Talk about an exacting customer. When you build cameras for NASA's Launch pads, they have to be built precisely. As a result, Hitachi's HV-D5W isn't your typical video camera. Because the cameras will be...

Retro Active.
September 1, 2001... Maybe your'e happy with analog, and you don't want to switch. Are there solid technical reasons for hanging onto analog? B&H's Robert LePow often speaks with customers who are convinced that analog is superior. "They have some valid...

Fast-growing workforce Banking on DVD.
September 1, 2001... Rapidly growing beyond its mid-Atlantic roots, Commerce Bancorp is tapping the pristine quality and interactivity of DVD-Video to enhance training for employees in more than 160 Commerce Bank branches throughout Delaware, Pennsylvania, New...

Into the digital domain.
September 1, 2001... ADVANCING THE ART OF SOUND is the theme of the Audio Engineering Society's 111th Convention, which will be held September 21-24 at New York's Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. Recognizing the audio industry's continuing shift toward the...

Unlimited Potential.
September 1, 2001... Propellerhead's Reason 1.0 (4) Summary: Innovative, multifunctional software synth with limitless possibilities Target Users: Audio professionals Platforms: Windows 98/2000/NT 4.0 or later; Mac OS 8.6 or later If you've...

From Tape to Web.
September 1, 2001... Media 100's CineStream 3.0 **** Summary: Inexpensive system for editing and authoring interactive streaming video Target Users: Graphic designers, Web designers, multimedia/presentation developers Platforms: Windows...

Music by the Numbers.
September 1, 2001... Sonic Foundry's Acid Pro 3.0 ***** Summary: Creates original royalty-free music by mixing and matching musical loops Target Users: Music composers and video and multimedia producers Platforms: Windows 98/ME/2000 Is your...

No Experience Necessary.
September 1, 2001... Sonic Desktop's SmartSound SonicFire Pro *** Summary: A solid soup-to-nuts package for sound-editing newbies Target Users: Video and multimedia producers Platforms: Windows 9x/ME/2000/NT 4.0 or later; Mac OS 8.0-9.1 ...

Versatile Projectors: Casting a Bright Light on Presentations.
September 1, 2001... Today's projectors are a bright spot in AV presentations. All the effort and skill that goes into creating a great production -- be it a corporate PowerPoint presentation, museum installation, or company training -- fails to convey the message...

Hitachi Launches Flagship SXGA+ Projector.
September 1, 2001... Hitachi America Ltd. offers a wide range of multimedia projectors, from portable, 5-pound models such as the CP-S225W and CP-X270W to conference room projectors such as the premium portable CP-X985W with 2700+ANSI lumens. Leading the pack...

Mitsubishi Digital Presentation Products' Color Control.
September 1, 2001... Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America's Presentation Products Division, maker of award-winning, high-quality presentation and display products, has announced its latest family of desktop LCD projectors, led by its new flagship, the X500. A...

Barco's Networking Projectors.
September 1, 2001... BARCO's 6500 series of compact, high-performancE digital LCD projectors - the graphic 6500 and the BARCOReality 6500 - combine ultra-high brightness and exceptional imaging capabilities with truly simple and extremely silent operation. For...

Canon Presentation Products Initiative Attracts More Customers.
September 1, 2001... As a world-leading optics manufacturer, Canon has always been in the forefront of engineering products that bring visual imagery alive, from cameras to copiers to printers. With that commitment to excellence, Canon U.S.A. introduced their most...

Sharp Electronics Breaks Price-Performance Barrier.
September 1, 2001... Sharp Electronics LCD Products Group has upped its commitment to projector applications and markets with the launch of strategic marketing initiatives, increased sales and technical support and new market pricing. The company announced a set of...

NEC Technologies' Nighthawk Projectors for All Large Screen Displays.
September 1, 2001... NEC Technologies' vision is to provide a solution for virtually any display need, by offering a wide array of premium imaging peripherals and other technology products for theaters, entertainment venues, corporate presentations, and museums....

Visual Communications @Work Part II Gearing Up, Trimming Down.
September 1, 2001... Innovative design, price declines and the never-ending desire to lighten the load are driving road warriors to shed their overweight laptops and projectors in favor of a new generation of low-fat ultra-portables. For a several years now,...

Strong as an Oxide.
September 1, 2001... Personally, I don't find it easy living two lives--analog and digital, I mean. Speaking with producers and manufacturers every day, I already know the benefits that digital camcorders and editing equipment bring to the content creator. Yet, at...