The Fig Rig Stabilizer from Bogen/Manfrotto is non-traditional in design, yet simple and effective. It’s a modular system that smoothly supports the DV camera and acts as a frame to mount all the accessories. A circular frame with a crossbar to mount most mini DV cameras, allows the Fig Rig to become part of the [...]

When Flash first incorporated video in version 6, they chose the “Spark” Sorenson 3 codec. A good choice, that was the best encoding quality at that time. In the following years, several companies developed encoding algorithms that were clearly higher quality. Flash 8 then added the On2 VP6 codec, which again delivered higher quality at [...]

This answer from Frank Datzer at Allied Vaughn: DVD duplication is done by using towers of burners to duplicate large amounts of DVDs at a time. This produces exact copies or DVD-Rs of your original. Replication actually uses a glass master to “stamp” new DVDs. This method dramatically lowers the price per unit at high [...]

LaCie d2 Blu-ray Professional BD-R, BD-RE Drive Hi-Speed USB 2.0 and FireWire Up to 8x BD-R Record four hours of high-definition video* Store up to 50GB of data on a single disc View BD-ROM, DVD-Video, Video-CD Sturdy d2 design Comes with Toast 9 Titanium software Engineered for professional video authoring houses, the LaCie d2 Blu-ray [...]

Check out the amazing shots you can get with Canon’s new HV20!

After Effects is the software from whence a new art form, motion graphics, was born. Motion offers many advantages and disadvantages to AE. The two can work together, AE users can use Motion to generate layers for their AE compositions. Owners of both, before starting many projects, will have to pause and consider which program [...]

Building on the success of the R-1, the R-09 takes many of the most desired features — 24-bit uncompressed recording and a built-in stereo mic — and shrinks it all down into a more streamlined, stylish, and affordable package. 24-bit/48kHz (or 44.1kHz) linear PCM recording Ultra portable, half the size of the R-1 Up to [...]