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Article Archive 2003 and Beyond Press Releases and News Search Internet Video Magazine Use Google to search by topic and/or date The Guide to Batteries for Professional Video Camcorders - Some camcorder manufacturers supply an introductory size battery in their handheld cams; a larger-capacity battery solution is a must for all-day shooting. In order to determine that there is enough power on hand, one needs a general understanding of the power requirements of the camcorder being used, then various battery types, their cell chemistry, and their potentials. Read the Article
Photoshop CS4: The Missing Manual comes packed with tips, tricks, and lots of practical advice. This visually rich four-color guidebook teaches you everything you need to know to edit photos and create beautiful documents in Photoshop.
Whether you're an absolute beginner or a power user ready to try some advanced techniques, author and graphics pro Lesa Snider King offers crystal-clear, jargon-free instructions to help you take advantage of these powerful tools--not only how they work, but when you should use them. More info
Foley is the art of creating the customized sound effects that are the mainstay of audio and soundtracks for films, broadcast, animation and games. In this fascinating and very detailed book by Vanessa Theme Ament, "The Foley Grail, you will learn how Foley is designed, crafted and edited for any project- from the big picture concepts to the day to day details of recording, spotting, cueing, and performing sounds.
Are you a video editor who wants to convert the two big hard drives in your PC into a powerful and reliable RAID back up system? Accordance M70 Makes It Easy. Accordance Systems M70 RAID Controller is Perfect for Video editors and Power Users. Read the press release
CyberLink PowerDirector 7 Allows You to
Create Your Own Movie Masterpieces - CyberLink PowerDirector 7 Video Editing Software for capturing, editing and sharing high definition video more info
5 Tips for Budding Web Site Creators
By Matthew MacDonald - Aspiring Web site creators often pick up a lot of Web-design theory before they start working on their pages. But as deadlines loom and the value of “do it right” falls victim to the imperative to “do it right now,” even the best sometimes toss good practice out the window. That’s perfectly understandable and no cause for panic—after all, if Web weavers waited until their pages were perfect before uploading them, the Internet would be a very lonely place indeed. However, sometimes innocent-seeming shortcuts can cause headaches later on. Here are a few pieces of Web advice that site creators ignore at their own risk:
Yubby.com is great for people who love Internet video - Are you having problems keeping track of all your favorite videos? Or are you looking for specific types of videos - on specific subjects and topics - and then need a good way to present and share them? You then may want to check out this new video search site. MORE
How to Use Adobe PhotoShop to Tweak and Improve Your Underwater Digital Photo Images - New Video Release: dekePod Episode 15: Photoshop and the Lost Undersea Channel more info
 Are You Familiar with Google's new Chrome Internet Browser. To help promote it, Google sponsored the creation of 11 short videos about Chrome and put them up at YouTube. These animated shorts are cute and are worth watching - especially if you are considering using a new Net Browser
Need to convert between various video formats? Check out the new TV One C2-2350A Universal I/O Video Switcher/Scaler. It provides high quality bi-directional conversion between a variety of video formats. Inputs and Outputs can be DVI, RGB, YUV, YPbPr, Composite or S-Video (YC). more info
Hulu's CEO Laughs Off Blog Talk, Revels in Success of Its "Disruptive Business". Are the rumors of Hulu's demise true?
High Def and Non Tape Technologies are driving the growth in the Professional Camcorder market The professional camcorder market experienced a groundswell of activity in EMEA last year, with incremental growth outstripping the previous year’s performance by nearly three to one, according to a recent Pro Camcorder Quarterly Market Update from Futuresource Consulting. read the report
AmericaFreeTV announced the launch of their new Music Video Channel, MusicFree.TV, an HD Internet broadcast channel dedicated to music videos. This channel airs music videos from all over the globe and they are seeking more music videos in all genres. Read the Press Release
Flash is coming home - at NAB, Adobe announced it is teaming with many of the world's leading consumer electronics and content providers to help Flash video become part of the home video experience. Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced that the Adobe Flash Platform for the Digital Home will enable consumers to enjoy rich, interactive viewing experiences and amazing new ways to engage with HD content on televisions. MORE
Night of the Living Dead: Reanimated - 'Art is dead... yeah it's all messed up.' This is very cool. Check it out. Night of the Living Dead: Reanimated is a mass collaborative artistic re-envisioning of George A. Romero's 1968 cult classic, Night of the Living Dead. International artists and animators were invited to select scenes from the film and reinvent them through their artwork. Their varied works are organized and curated into an art show hung in the time line of this cult classic film. More Info
What are JVC's plans for 2009 and the next decade? Check out their NAB 2009 positioning statement. This is of interest to professional and broadcast video makers and internet content providers. read the article All about JVC ProHD - With broadcasters' capital budgets being slashed dramatically, it would seem an inopportune time for a manufacturer to launch a new series of cameras targeted at the broadcast industry. But a close look at JVC's approach reveals a stunning irony: the transition to digital HDTV can actually save the broadcaster money while providing a means to increase market share and revenue.
You too can be an Internet Reporter! Members of the MySpace uReport community can become "uReporters" by uploading video and photos tagged by specific news categories, including USA, World, Entertainment and Politics. MySpace, the world's leading social portal, together with FOX News Channel, today announced an exclusive partnership that gives the global MySpace community the ability to share their citizen journalist produced content with the MySpace community, as well as have the chance to be featured on FOX News. more info
From Streamingmedia.com: Revver Non-Payments Have Video Makers Crying Foul, Site that made a name for itself by paying its contributors apparently hasn't been, at least since it was acquired by Live Universe.
http://www.streamingmedia.com/article.asp?id=11141
Flash is coming home - at NAB, Adobe announced it is teaming with many of the world's leading consumer electronics and content providers to help Flash video become part of the home video experience. Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced that the Adobe Flash Platform for the Digital Home now enables the delivery of HD Web videos to digital home devices via the Flash Video (FLV) file format. Consumers will be able to enjoy rich, interactive viewing experiences and amazing new ways to engage with HD content on televisions. MORE
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