View all of the best consumer video production products of 2009, selected by the editors of Videomaker Intense Capture Blackmagic Design’s Intensity Pro video capture card stands at an interesting video crossroads. First and foremost, it’s an HDMI input/output card, but the card can als

Stack o’ Storage A network attached storage device (NAS) is a simplified server with the primary purpose of storing data that can be accessed by several different people at the same time. The advantage of having an NAS instead of more hard drives is ease of use. A standard computer case can

Do you remember that feeling of panic when your project file became corrupt or a critical video file became lost? It happens to the best of us. With a little planning and good practice, we can put aside our worries of losing all our hard work. Backups, or the creation of redundant assets, can help

The marketplace for stock footage is booming. Knowing the video quality needs and who to contact is just the beginning. It’s your time to get a piece of the pie. Your video footage is worth something. Of course it is. It’s worth something to you – that’s why you have it. For

Interactive Tutorial Content Rain, fire, even a flock of birds can be easily controlled using particle software features without animating each element. Particles can do more than just add sparkle to an effect. You can use them to blow things up; make fire, smoke, rain and snow; and generally make a

Are you ready for a video challenge? The 3rd annual Film Racing Tour is preparing to “race” across North America and all you need to enter is some creativity, a camera, and the guts to get it done in 24 hours. Sponsored by NYC Midnight Movie Making Madness, this annual video challenge

View all of the best consumer video production products of 2009, selected by the editors of Videomaker Pedal to the Metal Editor’s note: NVIDIA’s Quadro CX card, like other Quadro cards, is designed and built by NVIDIA. The intent is to guarantee consistency, performance and value-even

Offload Your Worries ShotPut Pro is a useful new application from Imagine Products that simplifies offloading video from memory cards. It’s a tool that can be used along with your favorite NLE or as a standalone application. ShotPut Pro can be configured to do many critical tasks, such as sen

The Analog Bridge For most of us over the age of 20, memories of VCR recording are still stuck in the back of our brains. Over the years, we’ve all found some embarrassing childhood memories under a couch on some dusty videotape. The birthday with that invincible piata. The trip to the theme

A well-organized post-production workflow can help save you time and money. Media management, the process of keeping your media assets accounted for in a system that makes sense, is key in getting projects done on time. Editors each have their own preferences on how to manage this process, but we&#

Interactive Tutorial Content Click here to view the tutorial video for Using Loops to Create Original Music. Whether you want to build themes and variations for large-scale productions or as signature music for your promotional videos, make catchy music beds for 30-second spots or produce ambient mu

Yeah, we know we’ve told you to keep your editing computers off the Internet. But all of your computers that run Windows and that are on the Internet should be updated with the newest patches (that’s always on the second Tuesday of the month.) There are some big ones this month, includin

Even after yesterday’s rallies, the House defeated the bill to put a delay on the all-digital transition to June 12. This means that the original date, Feb. 17 is still the landmark starting line for a new all-digital television era… After all the relaxing, it’s time to start stres

Learn how to shoot for a small video sharing screen, to create better online videos. View the Transcript[Music Playing] Before you begin to upload the videos, you have to know how to shoot for the small screen, which is what we’ll be showing you in this edition of tips and tricks.

The best consumer video production products of 2008, selected by the editors of Videomaker. So another year has come and gone, and it has brought a number of products through our doors. Many were good. Some were, um, not as good. We’ve culled it down, argued about it and narrowed it down to th

Homemade Pan-&-Tilt Jib under $60 We recently received this letter and photos from a reader and thought we’d share them with you. Bob Plate was inspired to build a jib following one of the two DIY Jib & Crane tutorials in our November 2008 issue. He writes: I was delighted to see the

View all of the best consumer video production products of 2009, selected by the editors of Videomaker The Premiere Editing Suite The Adobe CS4 Production Premium video-editing suite is a perfect combination of creative tools for the video-editing guru or post-production business. Enhancements to th

View all of the best consumer video production products of 2009, selected by the editors of Videomaker The Stacker Professionals agree that disk speed is the biggest bottleneck in any computer system. Power-hungry users – video professionals included – eagerly snap up computers with fas

Dropping a still photo in your video isn’t too hard, but making it flow well takes a special eye. Adding movement to stills is a technique that the masters have perfected. Movies, film, cinema, video – these are all, more or less, names for the same thing: motion pictures. But here is a

Easy and Powerful The Synology Disk Station DS408 is more than just a simple network attached storage device (NAS). With its 800MHz processor, 512MB RAM, Linux Kernel, USB and LAN ports, it’s also a media server. These features, along with Synology’s new Disk Station Manager 2.0, make t