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Stock Footage

  • February, 1996
    by Mark Bosko
    Gaining production value on a project doesn't instantly mean spending money. Here's how to improve the quality of your videos with such simple tools as scripting decisions, camera angles and lighting scenarios.
  • August, 1997
    by Loren Alldrin
    Libraries are collections of pre-fab images or sounds that you can use in your own videos. Here we cover what they are, what they cost and how to apply them in your videos.
  • May, 1998
    by Patrick Lang
    • Footage: The Worldwide Moving Image Sourcebook
    • Complete Camcorder Troubleshooting and Repair
    • The Essential TV Director's Handbook
  • September, 1998
    by Loren Alldrin

    • Sony DCR-TRV9 Mini-DV camcorder
    • Rab-Byte 3-D Animation Library Professional Tapes Volumes 1-19.
    • Elite Video Variety Pack Volume #1 Royalty-free Music CD
    • Videonics Python Video/Still Digitizer
    • Pinnacle Systems Studio 400 Video Digitizer and Edit Suite
  • November, 1999
    by Chuck Peters
    Pump up your home video with Hollywood's help.
  • March, 2000
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  • December, 2001
    by Wendy Nichols
    Hot new products for the videographer.
  • April, 2002
    by Bill Harrington
    Ulead Pick-a-Video Stock 3D Collection
  • June, 2002
    by Wendy Nichols
    • Philips DVDR985 stand-alone DVD+R/+RW Recorder
    • TriLab Productions Digital Hotcakes animated backgrounds
    • Cases Plus KX1427XL1 travel case for the XL1
    • TDK MultiLevel CD burner
    • Avid Xpress DV 3 editing software
    • THE pod camcorder stabilizer
    • JVC GR-DVM76U Mini DV Camcorder
  • October, 2002
    by D. Eric Franks
    Digital Juice Editor's Toolkit Graphic Elements
  • August, 2003
    by Bill Davis
    Stock footage can save you both time and money.
  • July, 2003
    by Charles Fulton
    • Datavideo SE-800 Digital Video Switcher
    • Intervideo WinDVD Creator Plus
    • Manfrotto 522 LANC Camera Controllers
    • Edirol M100FX Audio Mixer
    • Red Planet Cinema Media Mixer Stock Backgrounds
    • Adobe Encore DVD
    • Leapfrog CCaption Pro
  • September, 2003
    by Charles Fulton
    Canon Elura 50 Mini DV Camcorder, Bella Editing Keyboards, SanDisk Cruzer Memory Card Adapter, Sony DSR-DU1 Hard Disk Recorder, Shining Technology CitiDISK DV Hard Disk Recorder, Artbeats Stock Footage Libraries, Eddie Barber Steddiepod, eMense Video Librarian, Music 2 Hues Flagship CDs, Granite Digital FireVue FireWire Hard Drive Enclosure
  • March, 2004
    by Charles Fulton
    • Sony DCR-VX2100 Mini DV Camcorder
    • Rocketclips Stock Footage
    • META/DMA Scopo Gigio AE2 Vectorscope/Waveform Monitor Plug-In
    • DV Audio DV Promix 3 Audio Mixer
    • Discreet combustion 3 Compositing Software
    • JonyJib JonyPrompter
    • Digital Anarchy Anarchy Toolbox Plug-Ins
  • May, 2004
    by Charles Fulton
    A Look Back at Videomaker Expo West 2004
  • July, 2004
    by Charles Fulton

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