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Archos AV420 Pocket Video Recorder

Sometimes the right tool is a heavily discounted consumer product rather than an overpriced professional product. That may be the case with the Archos AV420 Pocket Video Recorder. This 9.88-ounce device offers more »

How to Create a 3D Motion Graphic Background using Adobe After Effects 6.5 3D Space

STEP 1: The first thing you need to do is create nine solids with varying opacity. These are the building blocks of our 3D structure. To start with, make a red solid that's 300 pixels wide more »

How to Capture HDV for Editing in Sony Vegas 5 with CineForm Connect HD

Step 1 Connect the HDV camera to your computer When you first connect the HDV camera to the computer, the computer will indicate that it has seen the camcorder or deck. In this image, you see the HVR-M10U more »

Create Quick Rack Defocus Lights with GenArts Sapphire Plug-ins on Discreet flame

Step 1 Create a smooth and slow motion Generate a slowly undulating surface or texture to use as a basis for that gentle film weave or slow motion these lights often have. From GenArts Sapphire plug-ins, load more »

Perform a Real-Time Color Match in Adobe Premiere Pro with Matrox Axio HD

Creating continuity between shots is critical. The slightest error between shots will draw attention away from your content to the flaws in the video. Being able to color-match in real time gives instant gratification and saves countless hours of rendering. more »

How to Add a Soundtrack with SmartSound Sonicfire Pro

Step 1 Import your video We begin by importing a video (in this case, an AVI file) that is in need of a soundtrack via Cmd/Ctrl+Y. SmartSound Sonicfire Pro can import most of the standard video formats; if you more »

For HD Post, Less Is More

Nonlinear editing software and hardware vendors for years have understood the advantages of intermediate codecs. Early NLEs were largely restricted to offline editing, a sensible and necessary approach since more »

Cameras and VTRs: NAB '05

Though HDV Will Likely Grab The Most Attention At This year's NAB, with lower-cost yet professional-grade HDV offerings from manufacturers such as Sony (the HVR-Z1U) and JVC (the GY-HD100U), there will be more »

Storage: NAB '05

Network-attached storage (NAS), which adds storage onto existing networks, is where most large files reside these days. Maxium Throughput understands that Ethernet-connected studios are the growing norm and more »

Diamonds in the Rough

The heart of a documentary is found not just in the way a director coaxes his subjects to tell their story. Though revelatory confessions or even a subtle aversion of the eyes caught on camera can speak more »