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Profitmaking

Using Alcohol to Clean Video Heads

Q. In Videomaker's June 1995 issue, the article "Every Few Thousand Miles" warned against using alcohol as a cleaning fluid for cleaning video heads....

Planning

Narration Writing

Videomaker

Is a picture really worth a thousand words? Maybe, but your video image alone may not convey your ideas in as much depth as...

Editing

Edit Points: Linear vs. Nonlinear Editing

Videomaker

Have you heard the buzz about non-linear editing? You know, the computer systems that let you cut and paste video together the same way...

Audio

It’s All About Control: Edit Controllers for Videomakers

Videomaker

These days our audiences expect more. Seeing hundreds of hours of network television and big-budget films have made the viewers of our videos more...

Shooting

Camera Work: What’s Your Angle

Videomaker

Of the seven deadly camera sins that I denounce so sternly from this pulpit, "upstanding" may be one of the harder to eliminate.Upstanding is...

Shooting

The DVC Format: Just Another Acronym?

Videomaker

"Hey, I just heard about a new three-letter acronym that's supposed to revolutionize the whole videomaking world." "Oh. You mean VDT?" "Nope." "How about "HDTV?" "That's four letters." "Oh. Then...

Audio

Sound Reasoning: Equally Important: The Equalizer

Videomaker

No matter how good you think your video looks, it's only as good as the audio track that accompanies it. Case in point--say...

Editing

Edit Points: Edit Types

Videomaker

A cut is by far the most versatile, graceful transition in your repertoire of edit types. It's how most of us start editing, and...

Editing

Desktop Video: Singing the NTSC Red-green Blues

Videomaker

Tom drives me crazy. He thinks he knows everything. The worst part is, he does. So even though he has all the personality of...

Editing

The ABCs of Character Generators

Videomaker

The words scrawled across the blackboard, pronouncing the name of the show in bold, slightly smeared lettering: "The Case of the Missing Headphones!" Thus...