AV Video Multimedia Producer back issues from June 2003:
Input.
Jun 01, 2003 ... AV Video Multimedia Producer welcomes your letters. Reach the editors at 2700 Westchester Ave., #107, Purchase, New York 10577; by e-mail at avvmmp@pbimedia.com; or by fax at 914-328-9093. Please include your name, address and telephone number. We reserve the right to edit for reasons of ...
RU Ready? Routing-switcher options expand as footprints decrease. (Post-Production).
Jun 01, 2003; ... SPACE-CHALLENGED PRODUCERS, take note: A number of new routing switchers and router releases--many of them released in the past few months--are aiming to take the bulk out of your production setups. At NAB, Snell & Wilcox (www.snellwilcox.com) introduced its new SwitchPack ...
Teach within reach: caststream expands media-type options for distance learning. (Delivery).
Jun 01, 2003; ... WHEN MANY PEOPLE THINK OF distance learning, they think of boring and barely interactive images of an instructor and perhaps a blackboard or whiteboard. IP technology, however, has matured to make rich-media presentations and classes a reality. in some cases, the systems are entirely ...
Three P's in a pod: new projectors balance portability with price and power. (Presentations).
Jun 01, 2003; ... WHAT'S THE CLASSIC STRATEGY for buying a projector? It can best be summed up as: portability price, power--choose any two. Think of it as the "three peas in a pod" problem. The pod can hold only two of the peas, so you have to choose the two most important ones. Fortunately, the pod is ...
People Skills: how can you manage your most important resource? (Winners' Circle).
Jun 01, 2003; ... IT'S AN EXCITING TIME FOR MEDIA producers who work with new presentation technology. The lines of the past, separating the video producer and the IT network administrator, have all but disappeared. The traditional AV department has become an environment where IP addresses and network ...
Moving Target: when you're on location, getting the shot is all that matters. These producers show you how.
Jun 01, 2003; ... Zen and the Art of a Motorcycle Video A producer finds his center on the back of a bike RALPH UMHOEFER, AN INDEPENDENT producer in Poughkeepsie, New York, is no stranger to location shoots. Umhoefer's specialty is reflected in the name of his company, Roadrunner ...
Easy DVD: Sonic Foundry's Vegas+DVD. (Test Patterns).
Jun 01, 2003; ... Summary: Vegas dives head first into DVD production with an integrated DVD-authoring program and DVD-compatible 5.1 audio codec. The upgrade also beefs up the video- and audio-editing features. Target Users: Video and audio professionals Platforms: Windows ...
Render Splendor: Maxon's Cinema 4D R8. (Test Patterns).
Jun 01, 2003; ... Summary: Maxon upgrades its flagship application with a wide range of new features and improvements. Target Users: Professional 30 artists for video, multimedia and film applications Platforms: Windows NT/2000/XP; Mac OS 9.x and OS X and above CINEMA 4D ...
From soup to nuts: Canopus' RES-300. (Test Patterns).
Jun 01, 2003; ... Summary: RES-300 lets users navigate from a source DV tape through to a master and then output to DVD Target Users: Video and multimedia producers and editors Platform: Windows XP Professional CANOPUS CONTINUES TO IMPROVE its lineup of DV NLE systems with ...
Keeping it real: Curious Labs' Poser 5. (Test Patterns).
Jun 01, 2003; ... Summary: 3D character animation program for manipulating, animating and rendering 3D human characters Target Users: AV professionals and graphic designers Platforms: Windows 98SE/2000/ME/XP I HAD TO LAUGH WHEN A FORMER Disney executive demanded to know the ...
Contour Design. (Tool Wise).
Jun 01, 2003; ... Contour Design, a designer of audio/video input devices, has added Leitch's dpsVelocity and Digidesign's ProTools to the list of applications with pre-programmed settings for the Contour ShuttlePRO multimedia controller. The new application settings are available as a free download from ...
Graphics-Tools. (Tool Wise).
Jun 01, 2003; ... Graphics-Tools has released PicMaster version 3.8, an image-editing shareware program that features a morphing package with an editor, renderer and video maker. Users can save all pictures for animation as AVI files. Main features include: image editing, filtering, 3D images, screen shots, ...
Magix. (Tool Wise).
Jun 01, 2003; ... Magix's Music Maker 2004 Deluxe offers new features to create high quality music, music remixes, and professional-looking music videos. Music Maker 2004 Deluxe is 96-track music software with pre-recorded sound loops for any style preference from hip-hop to classical and an array of ...
Toon Boom Technologies. (Tool Wise).
Jun 01, 2003; ... With this release of USAnimation OPUS, Toon Boom has improved its vector model to provide increased support for line textures so users can have the benefits of vector technology (resolution independence and small file size) while maintaining the qualities of their lines and drawings. Toon ...
Leader of the pack: ease your anxiety over transporting your gear. (The Last Word).
Jun 01, 2003; ... EVEN THOUGH I'VE TRAVELED NUMEROUS TIMES BY plane since January 1--the day the Transportation Security Administration began screening all checked baggage at U.S. commercial airports--I'm not used to leaving my luggage unlocked when I check it. It may be a while before I can hand my bags to ...