JPPI Photo/Video News

Videomaker Tests Beta Canon 60D Camera with Articulating LCD Screen

Just a few weeks ago, Videomaker had the privilege of sending a member of it's staff to Yellowstone national park with the exciting promise of being able to get our hands on one of Canon's newest releases. What we saw when we arrived was Canon's completely redesigned 60D. With 1920x1080 video resolution plus an articulating LCD screen, this camera immediately drew our undivided attention.

AzzurroCam Helps NY1 Deliver Financial News From the Floor of the NYSE

Northvale, NJ – Azzurro Systems Integration (ASI) has announced that NY1 News, Time Warner Cable’s 24 hour news channel in New York City, has installed an AzzurroCam£,  ASI’s easy to operate production system. NY1 News, available on Time Warner Cable

Adam Carolla’s ACE Broadcasting Network

In an industrial section of Glendale, Calif., far from any movie or TV studio, sits ACE Broadcasting, the site of radio and TV personality Adam Carolla's extremely popular nightly audio podcasts and a slew of other shows scheduled to start

Filmmakers Peter Cote and Blake Heal, Levi's 'Guy Walks Across America'

Most videos created to 'go viral' fail to achieve that goal for any number of reasons, but 'Guy Walks Across America' is a classic viral video success story. Created for Levi's by Peter Cote and Blake Heal, 2008 graduates of

Canon introduces two new XF-Series Professional Camcorders: XF105 and XF100

Canon announced today the new Canon XF105 and XF100 Professional Camcorders for mobile HD video capture in a compact form factor. Canon’s smallest professional camcorders, the new XF105 and XF100 utilize the same Canon XF Codec featured in the Canon XF305 and XF300, introduced earlier this year. The Canon XF Codec is an MPEG-2 4:2:2 [...]

Small Camera Delivers Immersive Experience: Mika Rottenberg's 'Squeeze' at SF MoMA

The affordability of filmmaking tools has helped artists express themselves in new ways—modern art museums throughout the country are staging more elaborate video installations than ever before. Through the end of October, visitors to San Francisco's Museum of Modern Art

Sony NEX-VG10 with interchangeable lens REVIEWED

Imagine the possibilities! Videomaker has the first full review of Sony's interchangeable lens camcorder, the NEX-VG10.

Automatic Duck Pro Import AE 5.0 Review

Even though many NLE vendors are integrating the ability to import AAF and XML project formats, Automatic Duck remains the leader in timeline translation. The company started in 2001 with Pro Import for After Effects. The main goal at that

Choosing the Right DSLR Lens

The season finale of the Fox series House marked the first episode of a primetime network drama shot entirely with digital SLR cameras. The rapid ascent of the DSLR camera in virtually every production mode has spawned products ranging from

Ci Design iStoragePro iT8SAE

You may never have heard of iStoragePro, but chances are you've encountered a system for which they were the OEM. After some 20 years of manufacturing as OEM, parent company Ci Design now produces a line of storage solutions including

Adobe Lightroom 3 Review

Video editors and producers frequently deal with photos. This is especially true of documentaries, where much of the story consists of still images, requiring a large collection of possible shots to be organized and prepared for the edit. This task

Bent Goes 'Deep Green' on Environmental Doc

Ray Di Carlo, executive producer at Bent Image Lab, believes that climate change is one of the most important issues today, so he didn't hesitate to offer his studio's animation services for the environmental feature Deep Green. 'As we've seen

Anton-Bauer Batteries Power 'Through the Roof'

Anton Bauer provided production power for Through the Roof, a documentary following the journey of Erica Davis, the first female paraplegic athlete to summit Tanzania's Mt. Kilimanjaro. The Captured Life Productions team relied on Anton Bauer's ElipZ 10K batteries to

'Standing Ovation' Shines at Local Hero Post

The digital intermediate process for the RED shot feature Standing Ovation took place at Local Hero Post in Santa Monica. 'A feature filled with song and dance numbers performed by enthusiastic young actors screams for eye popping visuals,' says Leandro

New Guide Published to Help Casual Photographers Take Eye-Catching Pictures

For Immediate Release
Casual photographers can now follow simple steps to better pictures, with a new, easy-to-read guide.