by Ira Tiffen The Tiffen Company is the leading manufacturer of glass filters and other fine products for digital, still, video, motion pictures and television. Tiffen has been recognized for its product and engineering excellence earning two Technical Achievement...
Articles
Film & Video Festivals
American Film Institute Ann Arbor Film Festival Atlanta Film and Video Festival Atlantic Film Festival Austin Film Festival Austin Lesbian and Gay International Film Festival Autrans Mountain Film Festival Berlin Film Festival Big Sky Film Festival Black Maria Film...
What’s the Best Video Editing System?
By Lee Rickwood It still depends on what you are editing. Several years ago, VideoUniversity published Doug Graham’s excellent article, What’s the Best Editing System? And while lots of technology has changed, the basic answer that Doug put forth back then...
Sony’s Vegas Editing System
by Paul Mills I originally started using the Vegas editing system when they had the current version 3 and it was still part of Sonic Foundry. The program was easy to use and seemed to be more logical than similar level programs available at that time. It was fairly...
Ten Commandments of DV Editing
1. Thou shalt not screw up thy client's job. 2. Thou shalt not record in LP mode, lest ye receiveth thy glitch. 3. Thou shalt not mix tape brands, nor shalt thou allowest them to intermingle freely, lest ye recieveth thy glitch. 4. Honor thy Alimighty Vectorscope and...
Engineering Primer
by Hal Landen With Special Thanks To Larry Jandro, LJ Video Engineering and Rentals. Composite Video Signal Waveform Monitor Vectorscope Proc Amp THE VIDEO SIGNAL In the U.S., the video picture is composed of 525 horizontal lines. These lines are created by a beam of...
Adjustable Chairs, Ergonomics and Video Editing
To become a skilled video editor, you know there's only one way. You have to sit down and edit, edit, edit. When you've done that for months, years or decades, you know all about the pain and damage it can cause to wrists, thumbs, neck and back. Let's look at some of...
Video Tidbits
By Adam Wilt Editor's Note: Special thanks to Adam for his work on this article. Also see Adam's excellent article on DV Formats. For more articles by Adam and for information on his Engineering and Production Services, please visit Adam Wilt's Web Site. To contact...
DV Formats: Everything You Need To Know
By Adam Wilt Editor's Note: Special thanks to Adam for his work on this excellent article. For more articles by Adam and for information on his Engineering and Production Services, please visit Adam Wilt's Web Site. To contact Adam by email go to the bottom of this...
Blu-ray, the Hi Def DVD
DVDs were originally designed for a 135 minute Standard Definition movie and the movie is only slightly compressed in standard definition video (480 x 640 pixels, 30 frames a second in NTSC). At this rate a conventional 4.7 gig DVD holds a full length movie and a few...
Recent Comments