Digital Content Producer September 2008
Story by Cynthia Wisehart
Photos by Joshua Touber
When Barack Obama turned up on stage in Denver's Pepsi Center at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) to congratulate his running mate, Joe Biden,...
By Cynthia Wisehart
On July 7, when Barack Obama confirmed the rumor that he was moving his acceptance speech from Denver's Pepsi Center to Invesco Field, the first thing...
Reviewer: D. W. Leitner
VistaBeam is a new design from Kino Flo that marries twin compact fluorescent tubes long, slender, U-shaped tubes like those introduced in Kino Flo's...
By Dan Ochiva
You might not rely on camcorders employing the recently introduced AVCHD compression standard for your day-to-day work it turns up mostly in smaller-sized,...
By Dan Ochiva
DMX control offers an easy way to bring controllability to studio lighting. To complete its DLH650 range of light heads (including the DLH650, DLH650PO,...
By Dan Ochiva
Sony's HVR-Z7U and HVR-S270OU camcorders received kudos when they started delivering earlier this year, with features such as a trio of newly designed...
By Dan Ochiva
It caused a stir when it was shown at NAB 2008, and now Panasonic's P2-based AG-HPX170 handheld camcorder has a ship date (late September) and a final...
By Dan Ochiva
Wireless video transmission between camcorders and base stations became popular over the last few years as improved, lower-priced transmission technology...
By Dan Ochiva
While there are not yet many productions employing the JPEG 2000 spec, the advanced codec already has the Hollywood community behind it it's the standard...
By Jan Ozer and Franklin McMahon
Like the proverbial blind men and the elephant, everyone who touches Adobe Creative Suite 4 Production Premium (CS4) will experience a different product as...
Reviewer: Franklin McMahon
Dual-platform 3D landscape generator e-on software Vue has a long and legendary following, including some high-profile fans at Industrial Light & Magic...
Reviewer: Gary Eskow
What shape is your business in? Has it traced the arc of the wider economy and spiraled down? Or have you taken these unsteady times as an opportunity...
Reviewer: Gary Eskow
Now that mixing audio in the project studio for music recordings, television and broadcast, and corporate events has become de rigueur, smart manufacturers...
By Dan Ochiva
Better graphics capabilities on the road are on tap with Nvidia's latest portable GPUs. Announced at Siggraph 2008, the new top-of-the-line Quadro FX...
By Dan Ochiva
You knew ATI was back in the graphics-card game when, at Siggraph 2008, it announced the Radeon HD 4870 X2 as the world's fastest graphics card and proceeded...
By Dan Ochiva
Building a successful presentation even if you're just using stills can help sell a job. That's part of the idea behind FotoMagico from Boinx Software....
By Dan Ochiva
Compact tools are a must these days, whether you're on location or not. Leader helps with its LV5330 waveform monitor. The compact multi-SDI monitor can...
By Dan Ochiva
It seems you can't get around the fact that the Red Digital Cinema Red One camera controls a hunk of the what's hot market, with production- and post-oriented...
By Dan Ochiva
Taking potent editing rigs on the road gets easier each year, because the latest laptops now feature desktop-equivalent CPUs and graphics capabilities....
By Dan Ochiva
By the extensive HD coverage used throughout, the Beijing Olympic games became a part of sports-television history as the first beginning-to-end high-definition...
By Dan Ochiva
As large-screen monitors featuring HDMI inputs become more common, you might want to check that the converter gear you're considering offers the relevant...
By Dan Ochiva
Video- and audio-confidence monitoring is necessary for many production jobs, including for courts and government. But as productions move to HD, there...
By Dan Ochiva
Flexible transmission gear that can handle multiple formats at once might be key to the growing telepresence and streaming markets. With the release of...
By Dan Ochiva
Incorporating web-based services is a trend manufacturers of broadcast gear are jumping on. At last year's IBC, longtime supplier Chyron introduced Axis....
By Dan Ochiva
Encoding video for newsgathering and other live events makes for a tough mix of challenges for encoding hardware. Fast motion whether in sports or breaking...
By Dan Ochiva
Siggraph 2008 was to be about ATI's comeback. The long-struggling graphics-card maker was back with two potent new OpenGL offerings, while the top offering...
By Kristinha M. Anding
David Gottlieb says he likes to emphasize diversity when talking about his history as a producer, director, and editor. Indeed, his r spans many genres...
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On the Line 
Shoot Review: Kino Flo VistaBeam 
Shoot Tools: Canon
Shoot Tools: Dedotec
Shoot Tools: Schneider Optics
Shoot Tools: Panasonic
Shoot Tools: IDX
Shoot Tools: Cineform
Edit Expertise: Suite News
Edit Review: e-on software Vue 6.5 Infinite 
Edit Review: Steinberg Nuendo 4 
Edit Review: IK Multimedia ARC 
Edit Tools: Lenovo
Edit Tools: ATI
Edit Tools: Boinx Software
Edit Tools: Leader
Edit Tools: Boxx Technologies
Edit Tools: Addonics
Distribute Tools: Tandberg Television
Distribute Tools: TV One
Distribute Tools: Wohler Technologies
Distribute Tools: HaiVision Systems
Distribute Tools: Chyron
Distribute Tools: Fujitsu
Graphics Throwdown
Dream Job: Free Range