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Inside February
2005's edition...
REGULARS
Opening scream
The Ed rolls up his sleeves and gives Pinnacle's Studio another
roasting
News
HD-compatible Canopus Edius Pro 3; Ulead cut-price DVD Workshop
options; Acronis Windows disk imaging software, True Image 8; Mediachance's
no-nonsense DVD authoring with DVD-lab Pro; cut-price HD-compatible
hardware/software Edius bundle from Canopus; Apple Motion training with
Motion PowerStart; Video Forum 2005 preview; multi-format optical disc
recorder with 160GByte HDD from LiteOn; V7 of 3ds max from Discreet;
enhanced video editing, authoring, streaming and digital imaging with
Nero Reloaded
Updates
Apple G5 Mac firmware update; Hauppage addresses WinXP SP2 problems
Help on the net
Collected wisdom from our DVdoctor-hosted forums
Help and letters
Pinnacle under the cosh
Next issue
Some of the good stuff happening in February's mag
Buyers' guide
The definitive guide to video-making and DVD hardware and software,
taking in dedicated editing systems (Mac and Windows), and the hardware
and software in them, plus camcorders, and more besides
Glossary
A two-page jargon-buster explaining the key terms in video editing
and DVD authoring
Industry contacts
Phone and web details of all the big names
Get in touch
Want to reach us? Our contact details are here
DVdoctor
John Ferrick of DVdoctor Inc looks ahead to the arrival of HDV,
and the
likely emergence of PCs as living room-orientated entertainment hubs
FEATURES
User profile
- Malcolm Rivett-Carnac
Why an
ex-BBC sound man is returning to his audio roots
Technology close-up
Everything you need to know about Codecs - the concluding chapter
on encoding video - this time for streaming over the internet
TUTORIAL
Audio post-production
Pt2
Part two
of this in-depth tutorial series looks at using compression, key controls,
applications and multi-band compression for audio mastering
Ulead Cool 3D
3 SE and MSP 6.5 VE
Quick-start tutorials on how to use these two very capable programs,
both of which come FREE on this month's DVD cover disc
REVIEWS
Panasonic NV-GS400B
Three-CCD
consumer camcorder, £1,030
Pinnacle Liquid
Edition 6 Pro
Windows real-time analogue and digital video editing software with
breakout box, £600
Pinnacle Studio
Plus 9
DV editing software for Windows, £60
Sony DCR-HC1000
Three-CCD consumer camcorder, £989
Wacom Intuos
3
A4 graphic input device with pen and mouse, £345
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