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Opening Scream
Ever modest, the Ed reckons that this issue has all the answers.
But, if that's really so, what will he be putting in next month?
News
Sony launches dual-format DVD burners; Apple Macs to boot in OS
X only; Canopus Imaginate stills-for-video software; Pinnacle Studio
DV Mobile for latops; Windows XP Movie Maker revamp; Pioneer releases
double-speed DVD writer; Pinnacle ultra low-budget DVD burning software;
Planet PC to launch training for video editors; royalty-free footage
from Arlington Interactive
Next Issue
What's coming in CV next month
Updates
Windows Media Player 9; Roxio Easy CD Creator
Help on the net
The quick and easy way to solve your video editing problems and
get help with buying decisions
Help & letters
Advice on buying decisions, fixing problems and getting decent service
from suppliers, plus your comments about the magazine and much more
Reviews
See Reviews panel on facing page for details
Subscriptions
Subscribe to CV and receive 15 issues for £40 - a saving of
£17.75 compared to the street price
Buyer's Guide
An in-depth guide to buying the best video editing hardware and
software
Glossary
A two-page jargon-buster to help you know your MPEGs from your M-JPEGs
DVdoctor
Still struggling to sync audio with video from multi-cam shoots,
video analyst John Ferrick of DVdoctor Inc looks at the practicalities
of using timecodes
Reviews
Apple dual-1.25GHz
G4 PowerMac
Apple 1.25GHz dual-processor G4 PowerMac, £2,697
Creative Audigy
Player
Audio PCI card with FireWire connector, £79
Pinnacle Pro-ONE
RTDV
Real-time DV/analogue editing card with software for Windows, £751
Terrapin audio/video
CD player
Set-top Video CD recorder, £390
United Media
Multicam for Pinnacle DV500
Multi-camera editing software for DV500, £269/£528
Western Digital
120/200GByte HDDs
120GByte and 200GByte EIDE hard drives, £186 and £330
Cover Story:
Avid XpressDV 3.5
DV editing software for Mac and Windows, £2,233
Technique
Motion-menu creation
for the Mac
Peter Wells takes us through the basics of creating effective animated
menus in iDVD and DVD Studio Pro
Competition
Win
a WD 200GByte hard drive
A chance to win one of two Western Digital 200GByte Caviar drives
- reviewed this month and given a Recommended award. Each worth £330
Buyer's guide
The definitive guide to videomaking hardware - non-linear and linear
- and software. Everything from complete DTV systems (Mac and Windows),
camcorders and capture cards, to stand-alone editors, genlocks and titlers
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