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Editing

Test Bench:Alienware Roswell Turnkey

Alienware Corp. 13458 S.W. 131 Street Miami, FL. 33186 800 494-3382 $4,400 www.alienware.com The people at Alienware (of award winning ultra-game system fame) have put their talents toward a turnkey...

Directing

Zzzzzap! Create Your Own Electric Animation

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Want to add a jolt of excitement to your videos? Want to zap your project with humorous and unforgettable scenes? Consider using your computer...

Shooting

Home Video Hints: Common Camcorder Mistakes

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When you pick up your camcorder, do you feel like you're all thumbs? Don't feel too bad; technology can often be unnerving, and the...

Shooting

Jargon: Glossary of Shooting Terms

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Action Axis An imaginary line drawn between two subjects, or along a line of motion to maintain continuity of screen direction. Crossing it from...

Shooting

Stabilization-Tools and Techniques

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Like most people, you probably began shooting video handheld. After all, when confronted with a camcorder, often your first instinct is to pick it...

Editing

Test Bench:Gateway Solo 9300cx Laptop with MGI VideoWave

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$3,299 Gateway (800) 846-4208 www.gateway.com Ready-to-use video editing computers are the latest and greatest things in the world of video editing. And what was once bound to the...

Editing

Duel Deck VCR Review:JVC HR-DVS1U

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$2,000 JVC Company of America 1700 Valley Road Wayne, NJ 07470 (800) 526-5308 www.jvc.com JVCs pairing of a MiniDV player/recorder with an S-VHS player/recorder could very well make some Mini...

Audio

Higher Quality Sound Recordings with Improved Acoustics

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If you've ever recorded yourself on tape, you probably did a double take the first time you heard your voice played back. Who was...

News

Viewfinder: The Seven Keys to Success in Video

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With the advent of the World Wide Web and do-it-yourself production facilities, there has been a revolution in text and media communication. More people...

Directing

Designing Training Videos

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Faced with creating a training video that explained the correct procedure of filling out a new business form, I decided to open the video...