09/04/07 Your Own Business, Part 2: Setting Up Shop |
| This is Part 2 of a 4 Part series on Starting and Running your own business in the creative industry. If you�ve thought long and hard on whether to start a business and your answer is �Yes,� then let�s proceed with Part 2 of this 4-part trilogy. Here we�ll explore a lot of questions on setting up your company and getting ready to open those doors! read more |
08/23/05 High Definition for the Road |
| Walter Biscardi, Jr. shows how uncompressed High Definition Editing is no longer the domain of the edit suite anymore. Give him a 24" square to work with anywhere in the country, and he'll set up his mobile editing system to cut on the spot. read more |
08/12/05 Aspect Correct Product Review |
| Walter Biscardi takes a first look at this innovative LCD screen cling from Aspect Correct. You can put the grease pencils and gaffer's tape away, now you really know what you're shooting in the field. read more |
08/07/05 G-Tech G-RAID Product Review |
| Walter Biscardi, Jr. puts the G-Tech G-RAID Firewire 800 hard drive arrays through their paces read more |
07/18/05 LaCie Biggest Disk F800 Product Review |
| The LaCie Biggest Disk F800 is targeted towards the heavy duty DV user. But can it be used for uncompressed? Walter Biscardi, Jr. takes a look. read more |
07/01/05 Travel Mattes Lesson Three - Enhance your Interviews |
| The final lesson in this three part series shows some real-world uses of Travel Mattes in Final Cut Pro to enhance on-camera interviews read more |
06/24/05 Travel Mattes Lesson Two, Animation and Drop Shadows |
| In this short video tutorial, Walter Biscardi, Jr. demonstrates the basics of travel mattes in Final Cut Pro. In this second lesson in a 3-part series, we'll learn some simple animation and drop shadows. This is a basic level tutorial. read more |
06/14/05 Travel Mattes Lesson One - The Basics |
| In this short video tutorial, Walter Biscardi, Jr. demonstrates the basics of travel mattes in Final Cut Pro. Learn what travel mattes are and the difference between alpha mattes and luma mattes. This is a basic level tutorial. read more |
06/04/05 LaCie Big Disk Extreme Product Review |
| Firewire 800 is making the evolution from a single drive unit, to multiple drive units striped together in RAID format with LaCie introducing the d2 Big Disk Extreme series. In this article, Walter takes this new offering from LaCie for a test drive. read more |
08/02/04 Aurora PipePro Product Review |
| Aurora Video Systems' new PipePro is a single-slot PCI card for Mac users which features SDI/Firewire input with embedded audio, analog component, S-Video and composite output, 4 channel AES audio in, 6 channel AES audio out, RS-422 control, Genlock and many other features -- all for $799 (US). Here is Walter Biscardi, Jr.'s report. read more |
12/14/03 Laird Telemedia LTM-480 Product Review |
| In this article, Creative Cow's Walter Biscardi gives Cow members a "first look" field report of Laird Telemedia's new LTM-LCAM series of cameras. In a recent shoot featuring a specially modified Lamborghini designed by SuperCars and running at Road Atlanta, he used the new LTM-LCAM tiny lipstick case-sized digital cameras mounted just above the windshield to videotape laps to cut into the final piece. As mentioned in the article below, the camera can be mounted and cushioned to reduce vibration for a rock-solid image. Walter concluded that: "These things ROCK! -- and at major cost savings. They are much more than a helmet cam and I love this thing and will be getting a second one shortly!" Read the review to see what else he says about it. read more |
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