Videomaker is proud to announce that we just received a Telly award for our Wedding Videography DVD series. [image:blog_post:13234] There seems to be an abundance of producers in this field and the business of wedding video is large, but many of the so-called ‘producers’ are just hacks w

So, you’ve got your favorite DSLR ready to go out and shoot your next feature, but you need to get the display up to a more manageable size and in a position better suited to your shooting style. Among the plethora of available options, be sure to check out Marshall Electronics’ V-LCD50-

Free video editing software on the iPhone is available with Splice from Path 36. The basics of editing are here in smaller form, but nonetheless, the same concepts that desktop editing programs offer. Improvements in this version include HD, video trimming, bulk imports to the timeline, the Ken B

Just when you thought Nero had crammed everything it could into its already impressive Multimedia Suite 10, they unleash the Platinum HD version. Only a few new features have been added but the quality and usefulness of those features may well be worth the upgrade. Old Stuff Containing the same hos

Here’s a shocking fact: there were more than 25 million speeding tickets issued to the American public last year. The reason? We like speed. With instant access to information on the internet, food that is ready to eat faster than it takes a car to pull up to a window, and planes that fly so f

Avid’s founder, Bill Warner, literally wrote the book on nonlinear editing – when he figured out how to take video taped footage and copy it to digital hard disks, allowing video editors to use computers for random access editing. That was in 1987 and the company hasn’t looked back

There is no bigger horror in the world than a video editor finding out that his bright, colorful Oscar-worthy masterpiece ended up looking drab and overexposed on the big screen. As regrettable as that scenario can be, the most regrettable fact is when editors choose to overlook the importance of co

Kids love stories – they love to tell them, they love to hear about them, they certainly love to watch them on TV or at the movies. Kids love gadgets – they love to play with them, they love to watch movies on them they love to show their friends things they can do with them. Many kids a

For many people, the wait is finally over. On Thursday, Apple and Intel just released the much anticipated Thunderbolt I/O technology that supports high-resolution displays and high-performance data devices through a single, compact port that can transfer data at up to 10 Gb/s. Previous to the annou

With the advent of YouTube and inexpensive HD camcorders, pretty much anyone who wants to be a movie director can be one. But for the aspiring Spielberg or Cameron producers who wish to beef up their vids, well, using a green screen is hard to discount. The idea of being able to create a background

At 18% of the market, HP is the current market leader for all PC sales worldwide. Its large market share enables it to have multiple computer lines instead of the typical cookie cutter computer. The HP workstation line is designed with the video editor and 3D modeler in mind. The workstation line co

Giving your audience a glimpse into your character’s past tells them something about who he is today, and why. A gangster may have lived a dreary life as a street urchin, abandoned by the adults he trusted, left to stealing food to survive. Or a child who once dreamed of being a cowboy finds h

If you’ve ever been frustrated at the fact that your brand new copy of CS5 didn’t work with your shiny new graphics card, your wait may finally be over. Thanks to the newest update from Adobe, which supports two new NVIDIA cards, and has user interface, stability, and performance enhance

With past new consumer electronics technologies, such as DVD, DV, and HD, the trickle down from professional production to affordable consumer gear took years and years – as these were first deployed for movie and broadcast production, then for corporate and independents, until finally becomin

Pro Tools is a big name in Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) software, for professional film scoring and composition, and sound production for film, TV, video, and broadcast. Formerly developed by Digidesign, and now part of Avid, Pro Tools is available in a variety of versions with integrated audio

What is video editing for consumers? Is it focused on quick trims, or should it offer more sophisticated timelines and layered effects? Is it about easy one-click sharing of cell phone videos online and to portable devices, or deeper handling of HD formats from AVCHD to Blu-ray? Adobe does all of th

When you need to do a lot of shooting in the field, you might need more than a plethora of 60-minute tapes or memory cards to get you by. This review looks at two types of portable storage and recording devices to help your production continue smoothly without a bump. Great things can happen when g

So you’re the techie at your place of work and at home. You get called in to help the boss set up new equipment at work and you’re the one getting calls at home about what camera Aunt Linda should buy. It’s a fact of life, you’re the one people depend on to do the technical t

Watching media in 3D is coming to the latest laptop from popular manufacturers, Sony and Toshiba. Sony introduces 3D as a simple conversion by dedicating a button to view HD DVD or Blu-ray to 3D. Whereas Toshiba is quickly working to get 3D available without the use of stylized glasses via the inter

2,700 companies with more than 20-thousand products were on display at this year's International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, and the Videomaker staffers had a hard time narrowing down their focus. This year's show had a record 140-thousand attendees, which proves good for t