Edit Review Sony Vegas 6 By Frank McMahon
With Vegas 6 Sony Media Software continues its tradition of improving features while continually developing a robust software system. If you've never used the Vegas NLE before, it's a little different from some other timeline editors. The interface design was extracted directly from the Acid Pro...
Cooking with HDV By Michael Goldman and Cynthia Wisehart
Producer Steve Kirsh had always thought that a cooking entertainment product like his Good Cooking: The New Basics belonged on television, supplemented by DVD sales. But after meeting up with Steve Michelson, president and executive producer of Lobitos Creek Ranch, he flipped the equation....
By Steve Mullen
At NAB 2004, AJA Video Systems introduced its second-generation Kona product, the Kona 2. It is a PCI capture board designed primarily for HD-SDI transfer...
Edit Review M-Audio FireWire Solo, Keystation Pro 88, Ableton Live 5 By Gary Eskow
This month I'll take a look at three products marketed by M-Audio, a company that has created a niche for itself by manufacturing...
Step by Step: By Ellen Wolff
When Universal Pictures gave writer/director Joss Whedon the chance to turn his TV...
Legato's Laboratory By Michael Goldman
Rob Legato ignores the African elephant lumbering past his Ford SUV during the brief ride up a dusty mountain road leading from to Legato wants to get...
By Michael Goldman
At Match Frame, San Antonio, senior animator Jeff Stoyer says Rome: Engineering an Empire, required the painstaking creation of 3D backgrounds for flyover...
By Michael Goldman
A broadcast promo for MLB's 2005 All-Star Game places several big-name baseball players inside a CG pinball machine, where they pitch, hit, and catch...
By Tom Patrick McAuliffe
Today's software tools have made great strides toward providing video makers with low-cost tools that deliver professional-level results. Often, however,...
Power Marketing By Frank McMahon
Marketing is something we deal with on a weekly basis, or at least something we all should be dealing with regularly. Many times, when we get busy with clients, marketing consists of simply throwing together a website and creating business cards. But marketing yourself should be an ongoing quest that requires constant involvement. It doesn't matter...