Computer Video
Magazine August 2003 Contents
Opening Scream
The old
boy's gone soft. Life, he reckons, has never been so good for video
editors - amateur or pro
News
Canopus analogue/DV card 'first to work with any Mac/Win OHCI-compliant
editing program'; ADS' £250 analogue<>DV external converter
with component in/out; Drive Image 7 backs up boot disks to FireWire,
USB and network; Avid replaces Xpress DV with Xpress Pro; DVD- stalwart
Pioneer to launch +/- DVD combi burner; Pocket-size LaCie -R/-RW burners;
Plextor FireWire/USB 2 +R/+RW writer; NEC four-way combi burner; Matrox
P750 three-head graphics card with TV-out previewing
Next issue; back
issues & reprints
What's coming in CV next month; how to get hold of back issues and
article reprints
Updates
Ulead MSP 7 service pack improves device support and resolves many
issues; Apple QuickTime 6.3 enhances iMovie and iDVD
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
Competetion
Ulead MediaStudio Pro 7
Six copies of this real-time, full-featured app - reviewed this month
and winner of a Recommended award - are up for grabs
Subscriptions
Subscribe to CV and receive 15 issues for the price of ten - £39.90
- a saving of £19.95
Bits & Bobs
BBC R&D open day; Jobsworth search engines; Dell kit on the
cheap; tvCD slideshow readers' offer
Buyer's Guide
An in-depth guide to buying the best video editing
hardware and software
DVdoctor
Video analyst John Ferrick of DVdoctor Inc says that Adobe's acquisition
of Cool Edit's audio software underlines the fact that the future lies
with integrated video/audio editing systems
Reviews:
Cover story:
Ulead MediaStudio Pro 7
Windows prosumer video editing suite, £250
Adaptec VideOh!
PCI
Analogue MPEG capture and editing package for Windows, £125
Arboretum Montage
1.0
Audio/video editing software for Mac OS X, US$149
JVC HR-DVS3
Twin deck MiniDV/S-VHS VCR, £700
Pinnacle Hollywood
FX Pro 4.6
3D transitions and effects plug-in for Windows, £299
Roxio WinOnCD 6
DVD Edition
CD & DVD burning software for Windows, £60
Western Digital
WD1200B002
120GByte External FireWire hard drive, £187
Technique:
Surrounded by sound
- Pt 1
Audio creation on a PC can now rival that of professional studios. John
Walden clears a path for surround sound production
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