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Talk Back: Reader Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
SENIOR EDITOR:
Juice News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 D. Eric Franks
Juice Insider: Multimedia turning points

8 by Viv Beason . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
ART DIRECTOR:
10 Jacqui Dawson
Make a Splash with Take Apart Art
The Juice Drops Layered Photoshop Design Library CONTRIBUTING
by Chuck Peters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 AUTHORS:
Deconstructing Juice Drops Layers Pat Bailey, Geetesh Bajaj,
14 in Photoshop: The power is in the pieces Viv T. Beason, Jr.,
by Jacqui Dawson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Graham Cohen, Alessia Cowee,
Dave Cross, Jacqui Dawson,
Layer Comps in Photoshop CS2
Jeff Earley, Michael Fitzer,
A new feature that is powerful and easy to use
by Dave Cross . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 D. Eric Franks, Rick Green,
Dave Hebel, Perry Jenkins,
18 Juice Drops Volume Spotlight
A closer look at volume 38: pastelSKETCH . . . . . . . . 18
Robert Leitch, Kevin Lerner,
Matt Janowsky, Jeb Johenning,
Layered Video Effects Brent Milby, Chuck Peters,
23 Using Juice Drop layers in After Effects Brian Pogue, Jeff Schell,
by Brent Milby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Kevin Sherman
and David Traube
Five Tips for Formatting Fonts
by Chuck Peters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
34 GRAPHIC DESIGNERS &
Idea Book and Gallery: Juice Drops ILLUSTRATORS:
Layered Photoshop Design Library . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Brent Milby,
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by Jeff Earley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
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productions. Welcome to the Juice family,
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Patrick! We’re looking forward to seeing
a new issue. I’m sure this magazine costs a in our Sept 2005 issue. You can read it
our stuff in your productions. —CP
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EXTREME in your database under four separate entries. In fact, we archive every issue of DJ Mag
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Splash! The
by Chuck Peters
MAKE A
JUICE DROPS Layered Photoshop Design Library
is Art You Take Apart
G
raphic designers work with stock photos, custom illustrations
and graphic elements all of the time, but good stock art can
be a pain to find and download, expensive to buy and not very
flexible to use. Digital Juice’s Juice Drops—royalty-free layered
Photoshop graphics and illustrations—bring affordability, creativity
and flexibility to stock art.
Figure 1 BUDGETS AND fantastic stock art available today on the

DEADLINES
Internet, so that’s a great place to start.
Tight budgets and looming deadlines can
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Check out the Juice Drops Interactive But after browsing for illustrations by
Browser on the DVD. It's fun to use and will constrain creativity and hurt the quality of
category or subject, you’ll often have a
let you turn the layers on and off to get a your work, whether for a magazine ad, a
short list of graphics that are good, but not
feel for how you might use Juice Drops in brochure, a DVD menu or a Webpage. While
perfect. And you probably can’t afford to
your productions. most artists would love to create art-for-art
buy all of them to play around with to
To use the Juice Drops Interactive Browser, sake without any conditions, the pragmatic
create some designs. When you do pick
insert the DVD into your computer's DVD reality is that we all need to pay our bills. It
one, it’s usually delivered as a flat image,
drive. On many computers, the video on the is usually impractical to start from scratch,
not a layered file.
DVD will play automatically. You can close hire a photographer or negotiate with an
the player down if you've already seen it. illustrator for a piece of art. Especially for a
piece of art that you needed yesterday.
On Apple Mac computers, use the Finder to
That’s where stock
open the Juice Drops Browser folder and
art comes into
double-click the JuiceDrops Interactive
the picture.
Browser application. Each volume of Juice Drops contains
100 images in a particular style or theme. There’s a lot
On Microsoft Windows machines, right-click Above are just a few examples of the broad
variety of Juice Drops illustrations. of really
My Computer and select Explore. Then open
the Juice Drops Browser folder and run the
Juice Drops Interactive Browser application.

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Juice Drops are totally different. You get to pair the perfect foreground from one
them as entire thematic volumes of 100 graphic with the perfect background from
graphics at a time, so they are always on another one (Figure 2).
your shelf, ready to use how, when and QUALITY, ARTISTRY
where you please (Figure 1). Like any piece AND FLEXIBILITY
of stock art, you’ll find graphics that are The quality of the artwork in the Juice Drops
almost exactly what you need, but not library is as impressive as the collection is
quite. That’s exactly what makes Juice diverse. Owning Juice Drops is like having a
Drops better than any other stock art out whole team of artists working for you. Our
there. They are put together to be taken artists spend days and days conceiving and
apart. Because they are created as layered creating each Juice Drop. The image we
files, you can remix the layers to redesign give you is just a starting point. You can
the design however you like. remix our designs however you need to.
The technical quality is excellent, with Figure 2
BECOMING PERFECT
high-resolution images that will print out at In this image, a foreground
Whenever a graphic artist uses stock art, element from Juice Drops #3096 is
17-inches x 11-inches at 300 DPI. The We know you’ll love Juice Drops because combined with some background
it’s necessary to modify it to fit the project
complete design and layout of the we love Juice Drops! We don’t just make, elements from #3382 for a
at hand. Simple color adjustments, scaling completely new look.
graphics make them very usable, right off market and sell Juice Drops—we use
and positioning aren’t too tough, but
the disc, but the real appeal of Juice Drops them ourselves. Start with our art, take it
making major modifications can be harder
is that you can re-mix the designs. Turn a apart and make it your own. The idea
and more time consuming. Isolating
few layers off to isolate a Hero element, isn’t to substitute stock art to For information about Juice Drops
foreground elements, for example, can be
flip and reposition layers—even combine compensate for your artistic limitations, volumes and pricing, see the
a huge pain with pixel-level masking and
elements from two or more Juice Drops to but to supply graphics and illustrations Juice Drops section of our
painting. Juice Drops graphics and
create completely original designs. that supplement your strengths, allowing catalog on page 42 in
illustrations, in contrast, are already
you to knock the socks off of your client this issue of the
masked with Photoshop-compatible layers,
(and your boss), while keeping the project magazine.
which means that dozens of elements in a
on time and under budget.
composition can be isolated with a click.
And these elements can be individually Chuck Peters is the General Manager of
adjusted, scaled, repositioned and Digital Juice.
recombined with elements from other
Juice Drops graphics. This makes it easy
The same Juice Drops elements were used
MULTIMEDIA VERSATILITY
for these three different aspects of a media
campaign for a coffee shop—printed menu
(far left), web page (left) and DVD menu
(bottom, far left).
While we've emphasized the high-resolution quality of Juice Drops in print in this
article and throughout the magazine, the graphics are extremely useful in other
applications as well. We've concentrated on print since that is typically the most
demanding application, but lower resolution mediums can benefit greatly in a
coordinated media campaign that encompasses not just printed materials but also Web
pages, video, animations and DVD menus.
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Deconstructing Juice Drops

The power is in the pieces
by Jacqui Dawson
Figure 1
W
hen most people look at our Juice Drops volumes, they
judge the images by what they can first see: beautifully
complex backgrounds on a variety of themes and in a mixture of
styles. Some of these diverse backgrounds may not appear
immediately useful, despite their fine detail, while others can
instantly spark a designer’s imagination. First impressions, however,
cannot possibly do Juice Drops justice. Every image in this 40-volume library is
delivered in layers so that you can build up or tear down each illustration to suit any
type of application. In this article, I will show you how even the most complicated
Juice Drops images can be useful in full-layered form or in deconstructed simplicity.
Juice Drops #3549 from JD35: futureTECH, in

“ When designing a layout using Juice Drops, the first thing I do
in Photoshop is turn all the layers in the image off.
”
full layered mode (above, top) and with only a
few layers turned on (above).
INSPIRATION POINT
When designing a layout using Juice
Drops, the first thing I do in Photoshop
is turn all the layers in the image off. I
then start turning them back on from
the bottom up. Along the way, I turn
layers back off or on as I see their
position and purpose in the composition.
In this way, I can get an idea of which
layers I need for my project. Often, this
will also give me inspiration for how to
arrange text and graphics around and
on top of the Juice Drops elements. By
the time I am done deciding what I
need, the image rarely looks like the
original composition, even if I never
change an element’s position, blending
Juice Drops #3570 from JD35: futureTECH, mode or transparency. To see a few
with only a few layers turned on (above, top)
and in full layered mode (above). examples of this kind of deconstructed
simplicity, check out the two examples
in Figure 1.
Figure 2

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Juice Drops #2400 from JD24: geoIMPACT,

with all layers on (at left, below) and with
only 4 layers turned on (at right, below).
Figure 3
Juice Drops #3639 from JD36: naturalCUTS
LAYERS ON, LAYERS OFF

Juice Drops #3639 (Volume 36:
naturalCUTS) is a good example of the
layering flexibility I am talking about. For Figure 4
one project (an ad for an upscale flower
shop) I used the full background as-is and
added my own text and photos (Figure 2). STRONG FOUNDATIONS
On a second project (packaging for a facial DRIVE DESIGN
tissues product), however, I turned all but a Just like you can pull layers out of Juice
few crucial layers off (see the layers palette Drops images to create isolated spot
at left), because I was looking for a simpler illustrations in editorial and advertising
and softer look (Figure 3). layouts (check out “See Spot Run” in DJ
Magazine, October 2005, archived online at
Sometimes you just need an interesting
digitaljuice.com), you can also utilize the
texture or pattern as the basis for a
base layers in Juice Drops images as the
strong layout. For the exterior sign of an
foundation for a completely different kind of
auto body shop, I used Juice Drops
design. When you have the graphic
#2400 (Volume 24: geoIMPACT) with all
resources available in even just one layered
but four of its dozens of layers turned off
Juice Drops illustration, you have the
to get a rough and rusty look (Figure 4).
control to take a project in any direction.
On the other hand, the fully layered image
with its globes and wire-frame diagrams Jacqui Dawson is Juice Drops Product Figure 5
worked perfectly for a book cover on Manager and Art Director of Digital
world architecture (Figure 5). Juice Magazine.

Layer Comps in
Photoshop CS2
The new Layer Comps feature in Photoshop
CS2 is both powerful and easy to use
by Dave Cross
T
here’s no question that creating and working with multiple
Figure 1
layers offers the highest level of control and flexibility in
Photoshop®. Thanks to a little-known feature introduced in
Photoshop CS2 called Layer Comps, you can take your
experimentation to a whole other level—including some
pretty slick ways to show options to your client.
“ Once you have created a number of Layer Comps

you can take advantage of them in a number if ways.
”
SHOW IT OFF LAYER COMPS PALETTE
Juice Drops images like The Layer Comps palette can be found in
this one (Figure 1) really the Palette Well or accessed from the
show off the benefits of Window menu. At first glance it looks pretty
using Layer Comps. This basic because, well, it is (Figure 3). All you
image is provided with do is make your document look the way
the most important you want by hiding any layers you don’t
Figure 2 elements on 11 separate want in your composition and then clicking
layers. You can easily create different looks the Create New Layer Comp button (the
simply by hiding one or more layers or by page icon). In the dialog, enter a descriptive
moving elements around (Figure 2). name and make sure that all three check Figure 3
boxes are checked – that way the Layer
Before Layer Comps, you’d have to create
Comp will remember everything about the
a bunch of separate documents to reflect
state of the Layers Palette (Figure 4). If you
all the changes you make to the layers or
want, you can even add a note that helps
to compare the different options. Or if you
describe the Layer Comp (Figure 5). To see
wanted to use only one document to show
the note in the Layer Comps palette just Figure 4
your client the various options you’ve
twirl down the triangle beside the name of
created, you’d have to make them wait
the Layer Comp (Figure 6).
while you hide and show the appropriate
layers. Layer Comps change everything, by POSITION
“recording” the state of the Layers Palette: You can also move the position of
visibility, opacity, layer styles and the individual layers within the document
position of the layers on the document. window and create a Layer Comp that
Figure 5

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Figure 6
remembers the position of the layers within simple, and allows you to take full Figure 10
the document window (Figure 7). It’s advantage of Layer Comps.
important to note that if you move a layer Since we’re discussing the things you
up or down in the layer stack, all Layer can’t do with Layer Comps, let’s get the
Comps that include those layers will be rest of that out of the way before we
affected. In other words, you cannot create move on to the cool ways you can use
a Layer Comp that changes the order of Layer Comps. Basically it comes down to
the layer stack without all of the other this: you cannot change the contents of
Layer Comps also being affected. If you the layer without it affecting all Layer
want to create a Layer Comp that shows a Comps. That means you can’t apply a
change in the layer stack, filter, change the color of the pixels, paint
you’d have to duplicate the on a layer mask or edit a type layer
layer, move it to the appropriate without affecting all Layer Comps. In this
location in the stack and hide example I wanted two different font
the original layer, then create a options, so I duplicated the type layer,
Layer Comp. change the typeface of one of them and
Similarly, you can’t change then made two layer comps (Figure 9).
the content of the layer itself One other thing that’s important to note:
without all layers being if you delete a layer, a warning symbol
affected. For example, if you will appear beside each Layer Comp that
want one variation where the uses that layer. You’ll have to decide
contents of one of the layers is smaller, whether you really want to delete the Figure 11
Figure 7 you’d have to duplicate the layer, free layer and change the Layer Comps
Figure 8 transform the contents and hide the accordingly – if you do, click the update
original layer (Figure 8). It might sound button to alter the Layer Comp. If on the
like a lot of work but it’s actually very other hand the warning symbol helps you
to realize that you don’t really want to SHORTCUTS
delete the layer, then Undo (Figure 10). If you’re into using keyboard
THE GOOD STUFF shortcuts, you can assign a
Okay, enough about the few things you shortcut to the Apply Next and
need to worry about – back to the good Apply Previous buttons. Just go to
stuff! Once you have created a number of
Edit>Keyboard Shortcuts and use
Layer Comps you can take advantage of
them in a number if ways. First, you can the “Shortcuts For” popup menu
use the Apply Next and Apply Previous to select Palette Menus. Twirl down
buttons to look through the different the Layer Comps menu until you
Layer Comps. Each time you click one of
see Next Layer Comp and click to
these buttons, the Layers Palette will be
altered to reflect the active Layer Comp: the right to enter a new shortcut.
layers will be hidden, shown, moved or (It may be a struggle to find one
the opacity changed. If you want to look that’s available, but with a bit of
at one specific Layer Comp, click to the
effort you can). Enter a shortcut for
left of the name of the Layer Comp to
apply that comp (Figure 11). Previous Layer Comp, and click
When you save the document, the Layer OK. Then you can use these new
Comps are automatically saved as part of keystroke shortcuts to look
Figure 9 through your Layer Comps.
(continued on page 16)

Layer Comps in Photoshop CS2

(continued from page 15)
Figure 12
the document and they’re ready to use at exact name in the Layer Comps to Files to
any time. Adobe included some built-in WPG dialog, choose a destination folder
scripts that help you to use your Layer and let Photoshop do all the work. You’ll
Comps in a few different ways. Look on the end up with a folder full of files that you
File menu to access the scripts: Layer upload to your server and voila, instant
Comps to Files (which makes separate files Website (Figure 12).
from each Layer Comp); Layer Comps to In the good old days before Layer Comps,
Files to PDF (which creates a PDF many Photoshop users would end up with
slideshow that can be emailed); Layer multiple versions of the same artwork in
Comps to Files to WPG (which creates a order to have a bunch of different options.
Website using Web Photo Gallery). Now thanks to Layer Comps, you can
concentrate on one document and create
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multiple options that are built right in.
In order to use the Layer Comps to Files to
WPG script, you’ll have to type in the name Dave Cross is Senior Developer, Education
of the style of Web Photo Gallery you want and Curriculum for the National Association of
to use. If you’ve never used a WPG before, Photoshop Professionals (NAPP), a regular
you’ll have to access it from File > Automate, columnist for Photoshop User magazine,
check out the various styles and then make Graphics Editor for Layers magazine and the
note of the name. Then you can enter the author of Photoshop CS2 Help Desk Book.
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Volume Spotlight
This new feature in Digital Juice Magazine gives
you a chance to see a more detailed sample of the
contents of individual volumes from our various
graphics and animation libraries, as well as to get
some creative ideas on how to put them to use. JD38:pastelSKETCH
Volume 38 of the Juice Drops library, pastelSKETCH, contains
a variety of abstract concepts and realistic situations rendered
in a wild painterly, sketch style. Its bright colors and energetic
strokes jump off the page to evoke a mood, illustrate a point or
add impact to any form of print or multimedia design.
As with all Juice Drops volumes, these illustrations are provided
in layered Photoshop PSD format so you can isolate individual
elements from the designs or rearrange the existing art to suit
your purposes time and time again. Check out a few examples of
what’s in the volume and how it can be used at right and below.
This is just a small

sampling of the 100
pastelSKETCH art in use in everyday design projects— different layered designs
in this volume.
in a magazine ad for a continuing education institute
(top), as spot art for a magazine layout (above), as a
background for a flyer advertising children’s art classes
(right, using the same Juice Drop background as
previous application) and in a promotional poster for a
music festival (far right).

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Layered Video Effects

Using Juice Drops layers in After Effects
by Brent Milby
Figure 1 Importing a Juice Drops graphic
J
uice Drops layered graphics might be the most versatile
resource for graphic artists ever produced. That might be
considered somewhat of a bold statement, but in the next few
paragraphs, I’m going to show you why this isn’t an exaggeration.
My argument is from the point of view of an animator, which you
might think is odd, since Juice Drops are images and not video.
They were initially designed for print applications, so video and
animation might be considered secondary uses. Maybe it’s my
bias showing again, but I think using Juice Drops for print-only
projects misses their full potential.
WHY “ Most Juice Drops have layers that

LAYERED extend beyond the document canvas boundaries.
”
COMPS? OVERVIEW properties like blending modes, layer your computer (Figure 1). At the bottom of
Working with Juice Drops Juice Drops are truly awesome for motion masks, and adjustment layers. This feature the Import File dialog, there’s a pull-down
graphics. The integration between Adobe’s makes it easy to build a composition from menu labeled Import As with three options
graphics in Layered Comps in
Photoshop image editing application and a layered file without having to
After Effects is easy enough their video, animation and DVD authoring build it by hand. With the Import
once you get them into the tools means that the layered format of as a composition feature, you can
Juice Drops works perfectly across the literally import the files directly
application. Ultimately, the
software suite. For example, Adobe’s from your hard disk and begin
real question you want to compositing software, After Effects, has an animating instantly.
ask is: Why? Go online to immensely useful feature for importing
Photoshop .psd files. You can choose to DETAILS
digitaljuice.com and browse
import a layered file as a flattened image To start with, copy a Juice Drops
over to the electronic version or use the Import as composition feature to layered PSD graphic from the
of this article in the Magazine import the file as a composition with all of source DVD to your computer’s
the Photoshop layers represented as layers hard disk. Fire up After Effects, go
section of the site to see the
in your composition. After Effects handles to File menu > Import > File
short demo video that Brent the layer positions just as if they are in (CTRL+I) and then select the Juice
created using the techniques Photoshop and even accounts for Drops image you just copied to
Figure 2 The Import File dialog has three options
outlined in this article.
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Figure 3 Most Juice Drops PSD files

(like JD#3685 from volume
36: natural CUTS, shown here) contain
layers with graphic elements that extend
outside the shown frame, giving you
more flexibility for animating these layers
in After Effects.
(Figure 2). Import as Composition will pivot point is set to the center of that
bring the Juice Drops graphic into After layer. In any case, the size of the
Effects without any modifications, while composition that is created once the
Import as Composition—Cropped Layers document is imported is always the size
will bring the Juice Drops graphic in just of the original PSD document in pixels.
as you see it. The distinction is important.
Once you have your layered Juice Drop
Most Juice Drops have layers that extend
image imported as a composition, you are
beyond the document canvas boundaries.
ready to unleash your motion design skills.
The parts that extend off of the edges
Move, scale, rotate and distort until you
cannot be seen, but they are there, so
forget that Juice Drops are for print
you can reposition those elements if you
designers. Here’s another tip: convert all of
want to. The reason we did this was so
the layers in your comp to 3D layers and
that you could scale down certain
use the After Effects 3D engine to bring
foreground elements without having them
your flat animations into Z-space and watch
trimmed off. In most cases, I like to
your illustrations jump off the screen.
import the layers without cropping them,
since this gives me more freedom later Brent Milby is Senior Animator at
(Figure 3). When the layers come in, the Digital Juice.
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Five Tips for Formatting Fonts

by Chuck Peters
D
Figure 1 igital Juice can help you create a professional look with elements
and animations that make your boring text backgrounds more
compelling. But the background is not the whole story and good titling
practices are just as important as the background. The good news is
that formatting fonts isn’t difficult if you follow a few simple rules.
Whether you design graphics for TV, the printed page or projected
presentations, these five tips will save you from the perils of faulty fonting.
“ Whether you design graphics for TV, print or presentations,

these five tips will save you from the perils of faulty fonting.
”
#1—BE BOLD yellow and Pepto pink. Watch out for reds in #5—STOP SHORT
When it comes to finding fonts, go for big, broadcast video applications. Red tends to Be brief. Don’t write out long sentences or
thick and bold (instead of small, thin and smear and bleed on screen. full paragraphs. Hit the highlights.
Figure 2 swirly) for one simple reason: readability. If Emphasize key points. Star Wars fans take
#3—GO DEEP
something is important enough to reinforce note: The long “Lucas scroll” is not a good
Use drop shadows and outlines to pop
with text, it needs to be presented in a way choice for most of your productions. Do
your text off the background, create
that’s clean, clear and legible (Figure 1). any of us (besides our hardcore Jedi
contrast and add an illusion of depth
For television applications and often for readers) remember anything beyond “...In
(Figure 3). Shadows and outlines are great
presentations, become a serif sheriff: Sans a galaxy far away?” There are two
ways to make your titles look better, but
serif fonts are thicker, bolder and less exceptions to this rule: if you need to type
they also make text easier to read in most
swirly than fonts that stand on serifs. For out (1) a direct quote or (2) a disclaimer. In
situations. Make sure all of your shadows
the printed page, serif fonts are often the either case, it is proper to have a narrator
all fall in the same direction. Shadows are
way to go (pull just about any book off (or live speaker) read long titles verbatim.
almost always black and have the same
your shelf and see for yourself). Long textual titles accompanied by silence
level of partial transparency, too. The
#2—CHOOSE COLORS make viewers very uncomfortable.
distance of the shadow from the font
CAREFULLY
causes the text to appear closer to or In the end, you can apply one simple
Choose a font color that contrasts well with
farther from the background, but close is principle to all of your graphics: Every
your background (Figure 2). Certain font
usually better than far. If the shadow is too graphic you use should enhance your
colors work well, while others can make you
far from the font, it just looks silly. message and not be distracting. As soon as
look like an amateur. White text on a dark
the audience stops listening to the message
background is almost always Okay. Bright #4—BE CONSISTENT
and starts squinting at small text, cringing at
Figure 3 yellow might be an acceptable choice if you If you’re working on a project that uses
the ugly colors or reading paragraphs of text
need to draw special attention to a multiple pages of graphics with text, be wise
instead of listening to your message, you’ve
word, phrase or phone number. Dark and templatize. Pick a look you like and stick
got a problem. The best way to learn to build
text on a very light-colored with it for the entire project. If your fonts
better graphics is to become a student of
background is fine, but it can be change in size, color, position and style from
other people’s work: Don’t be afraid to
hard on the viewer’s eyes if overused page to page within a project, you will
imitate good design when you see it.
for TV or in presentations. Some definitely look amateurish. The key to looking
colors should simply be avoided at professional is consistency. To avoid errors, Chuck Peters is the General Manager of
all costs. Avoid using bright copy and paste your original and use it as Digital Juice and Editor in Chief of Digital
florescent green, baby blue, pale the foundation for each new graphic. Juice Magazine.
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JD#0205 from
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A high-energy trade
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This networking well-known data cable
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an update with the elements from three
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techXTREME Backgrounds.
background.
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JUICE DROPS USED: PROJECT NOTES:
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PROJECT NOTES: of abstract ambience for this
This alternative trio
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JUICE DROPS
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JB02: techXTREME
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JB06: hyperXTREME
JB07: techIMPACT
JB08: highIMPACT II
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JD#1217 from JD12: retroFRESH
PROJECT NOTES:
By adjusting the hues of the
layered graphic shapes in this JUICE DROPS USED:
Juice Drops background, an JD#1098 from
entirely different springtime look JD10: ultra3D
was given to the composition for
this fashion show invitation. PROJECT NOTES:
This telecommunications
software company took
a minimalist approach
to convey a strong
corporate message.
They added to the tech
feeling of the ad by using
a 3D-generated image
from the Juice Drops
ultra3D volume. A slight
blue tint was added to
the hero element in the
image in order to tie
it to the logo better.
JUICE DROPS USED:

JD#1377 from
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PROJECT NOTES:
Using just simple colors JUICE DROPS USED:
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the figures from this JD14: subtleIMPACT II
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VOLUMES 9-16 some artfully designed PROJECT NOTES:
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JB09: highIMPACT II of this course flyer for a circular shapes of this
JB10: ultra3D martial arts studio have Juice Drops background
made a classy are evocative of oranges,
JB11: xtraGRUNGE promotional piece. limes and lemons—and
thus make for perfect
JB12: retroFRESH packaging graphics for
JB13: peopleEDGE this citrus-based
perfume.
JB14: subtleIMPACT II
JB15: highIMPACT II
JB16: ultraCUTS

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JUICE DROPS USED: JD#2136 from

JD21: businessIMPACT
PROJECT NOTES: The simple gear line art and

gradient from this Juice Drops background
serve to tastefully and easily illustrate the
industry this company brochure represents.
JUICE DROPS USED:
JD#2260 from
JD20: boundlessEDGE
PROJECT NOTES:
Little was changed
except the arrangement
of layers in this colorful
graphic when it was
used for the CD disc
face and envelope for a
music collection from a
local dance studio.
JUICE DROPS USED:

JD#1991 and JD#1993 from
JD19: medicalIMPACT
PROJECT NOTES: JUICE DROPS

By pulling layers from two VOLUMES 17-24
different Juice Drops JB17: scienceIMPACT
illustrations, the designers of
this fact sheet were able to JB18: cleanCUTS II
JUICE DROPS USED:
communicate their message
JD#2094 from JB19: medicalIMPACT
graphically while also livening
JD20: illustratedIMPACT
up an otherwise dry JB20: illustratedIMPACT
informational piece.
PROJECT NOTES: JB21: businessIMPACT
The illustrated wooden masks
from this Juice Drops JB22: boundlessEDGE
illustration served as dramatic
JB23: cleanCUTS III
eye-catching graphics for both
the billboard and the invitations JB24: geoIMPACT
advertising an international
theater festival.

JUICE DROPS LIBRARY
JUICE DROPS USED:

JD#3023 from
JD30: lifeSHADES
PROJECT NOTES:
The fresh fun illustrated elements
from this Juice Drops layered
image were just what this paint
store wanted for their website
graphics when they moved their
products online.
JUICE DROPS USED:

JD#2631 from JD26: paperCUTS
PROJECT NOTES:
This Juice Drops picture paints a
thousand words and when it is
altered by turning off layers and
adjusting colors, it paints a
thousand more. The straightforward
JUICE DROPS message can then come through JUICE DROPS USED: JD#3036
VOLUMES 25-32 loud and clear with a minimum of from JD30: lifeSHADES
text for this anti-smoking poster.
JB25: shadedEDGE PROJECT NOTES: Recruitment was never
JB26: paperCUTS so easy. The Juice Drops art already
illustrates the concept required. All that
JB27: glassEDGE was needed was some rearranging and
JUICE DROPS USED: turning off of the illustrated layers.
JB28: freshFORM JD#2870 from JD28: freshFORM
JB29: flowerPOWER
PROJECT NOTES:
JB30: lifeSHADES Even the simplest of graphic layers from
Juice Drops illustrations can form the
JB31: foodFUSION
basis for a company’s whole identity—
JB32: templateCUTS like the graphic footprint this boutique
printing company used for their logo,
letterhead and business cards.

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JUICE DROPS USED:

JD#3618 from
JD36: naturalCUTS
PROJECT NOTES:
One strong illustrated
JUICE DROPS USED: element can have
JD#3418 from tremendous impact
JD34: fluidFORM when used alone,
especially for a poster
PROJECT NOTES: with a simple
The fluidFORM volume message like this
provides many options for graphic for a local
difficult editorial projects like butterfly garden.
this magazine cover. Using the
dynamic bull illustration adds
meaning and attracts the eye
to the cover. JUICE DROPS USED:
JD#3749 from
JD37: sportsCUTS
JUICE DROPS USED:
JD#4006 from PROJECT NOTES:
JD40: frameCUTS A number of graphic
elements from this
PROJECT NOTES: Juice Drop were used
This jewelry boutique used to create both the logo
the frame hero element from for an intramural
this Juice Drops graphic to basketball tournament
create their logo and then also and a promotional
pulled background ornamental poster to put up in
elements from the same schools.
illustration to decorate their
sophisticated shopping bags.
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JB33: ethnicECHOES
JB34: fluidFORM
JB35: futureTECH
JB36: naturalCUTS
JB37: sportsCUTS
JUICE DROPS USED: JD#4052 from
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JB39: allFLAGS
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part of the layered Juice Drops illustration here, JB40: frameCUTS
this postcard design reinforces the written
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(logo frame and glassy highlights).
PROJECT NOTES:
In this doorhanger for a radio station promotion,
three dissimilar Juice Drops
offer crucial background MIXING JUICE DROPS
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elements for a simple through when you start mixing layers from
but evocative
composition.
different illustrations. Each illustration is
useful alone as provided, but is even
more valuable as a source for distinctive
elements to build your own designs.
These three examples show you just
a hint of what is possible.
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Ordinary production music just doesn’t stack up
by Jeff Earley
S HEAR
tackTraxx is a revolutionary production music collection that
puts you in control of the mix. You can mute instrumental THEM ALL
tracks to create a custom mix of any StackTraxx song (Figure 1), but There’s no need to
that's just the beginning. In this article, we’re going to take a look at speculate about whether
how you can pull individual tracks out of a layered StackTraxx song StackTraxx will work for you.
to create the perfect score for your productions, with a minimum of fuss. You can browse the entire
StackTraxx audio gallery
“song
You can pull individual tracks out of a StackTraxx layered
to create the perfect score for your production with
online at digitaljuice.com,
where you can hear every

a minimum of fuss.
” single song on every disc.
You can even create your

THE REAL POWER created still has the same energy as the Guitar1 and Guitar2 layers from
The real power of StackTraxx comes full version, but by dropping out a couple “CashFlow” with the Drum track from own remixes to see how
when you separate the tracks by of tracks, I’ve made it much easier to use “BusinessMan” to create a different feel
flexible and fun the product
checking the Split Into Tracks box on the the piece behind a VO. for our underscore. In order to accomplish
Output tab in the (free) Juicer (Figure 2).
I also created a related transitional audio
this, I used the Beatmapper built into really is.
Now, when you render out the song, each Sony’s ACID software (Figure 4) to
part from the same song. It is easy once
instrument in the composition is saved as determine the beats per minute (BPM) of
you have separate tracks. For this
a separate audio file. Drop the individual both songs. “CashFlow” came in at
example, I isolated the acoustic guitar
files onto different audio tracks in your (continued on page 32) Remixing a StackTraxx song in
part from the song and added a little Figure 1 the Juicer.
editing software (Figure 3) and you can
flange to create a bumper for segment
independently adjust the levels of each
transitions. It is very different from the
instrument, remixing the song as much
original tune, but it still matches.
or little as necessary for your production.
For example, you might create a simple MIXED UP SONGS
underscore for a voiceover by muting the While the easiest way to use StackTraxx
lead instruments. Let’s start by is by mixing different layers of the same
comparing two mixes I created of the song together in different ways, with a
song “CashFlow” from StackTraxx 12: little creativity and experimentation, you
Corporate Stacks. (You can listen to these can combine layers from different songs
examples online at digitaljuice.com.) The to come up with something completely
underscore version of the song that I new. For example, I combined the Bass,


(continued from page 31)
Figure 2 Split StackTraxx songs on the

Effects tab in the Juicer.
Figure 3 StackTraxx layers remixed in

Sony’s ACID.
110bpm, while “BusinessMan” was

125bpm. I muted the Drum track from
“CashFlow” and bumped the tempo of the
project up just a little (120bpm) to add a
touch more energy. The Drum track from
You can use a tool like Sony’s ACID
“BusinessMan” was a bit longer than the Figure 4 Beatmapper tool to match tempos in
original from “CashFlow,” so I trimmed different StackTraxx songs.
part of the middle of that track so that it
finished on the beat with the guitar tracks.
The finished remix now has a completely traditional royalty-free song library on the
different feel, but is still based on the market and sound great without any
same theme. modifications. That’s the best part of the
product: it is as simple as you need and as
SIMPLER, SIMPLEST flexible as you want, all in one package.
Beatmatching and mixing different songs
together is not for everyone, but it is Jeff Earley is Director of Digital Juice
certainly an option. Of course, you don’t Audio Products.
actually need to do any remixing at all with
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Killer PowerPoints in
4 Hours (or less)!
How to build a great PPT presentation in
less than four hours
by Kevin Lerner
M
ost people dread presentation design. Tell someone they
need to make a PowerPoint® presentation and you'll likely
hear a sad list of excuses:
“I don't know where to begin!”
“It takes too long!”
“I don't know how to make it look good!”
“I hate PowerPoint!”
Let’s face it: In today’s world of short-attention spans and audiences that
are hungry for visuals, the oft-maligned PowerPoint has become a helpful
—even essential—tool for helping speakers communicate their messages
with greater impact.
“ PowerPoint presentations don’t have to be

painful and tedious to create.
”
PowerPoint presentations don’t have to be painful THE TEMPLATE—30 MINUTES
and tedious to create. After years of creating Creating the look and feel is one of the more fun aspects
professional presentations, both for myself and for of PowerPoint, but developing a template can be a time-
many other professional speakers, I've come up with consuming creative activity as well. I would strongly
a time management-driven process of developing a recommend settling on a design before you build all of
great-looking, full-featured PowerPoint presentation your slides, and that you limit yourself to an hour (or less)
(without frustration) in less than four hours. for front-end design. Templates are a huge time saver,
FINISH THE TALK FIRST and choosing an effective template is the most critical
The key to easy and efficient PowerPoint design is to step of creating a good looking presentation. A weak
have your speech already finished, at least in outline template can weaken your whole presentation. To speed
form. Many speakers start right away by working in development, choose a title and body master from an
PowerPoint and waste precious hours tinkering with existing template package. In my opinion, PowerPoint's
the graphics and effects. Or they think the program built-in templates are often overused and too generic:
will help them actually create their presentation. This we’ve all seen them a hundred times before, but there
is not true for most people. Save yourself time and are many other sources.
headaches by doing what you would normally do There’s nothing wrong with starting with a stock text
to craft a speech. When your outline is ready, fire template and then swapping in your own background.
up PowerPoint and start the clock. After you have finalized a look, establish the master color

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The Presenter’s Toolkit has thousands of

multimedia elements for presentation
professionals.
scheme, change fonts, type sizes, bullets, THE GRAPHICS AND presentation in various iterations,
body layout and line spacing. By taking LAYOUT—90 MINUTES making a few more enhancements each
these steps early on, each slide you The bulk of this timed presentation pass. The empty spots will ultimately fill
create will automatically have consistent development process should be spent on themselves in. Just keep going!
positioning and text size, and your graphics and visual design. While we are
presentation will maintain a polished and already at the two-hour mark, if you have
professional look, putting you on the fast been fast about selecting a good template
track to completion. If you make these and you were not editing your speech
decisions later, you will have to go back during the previous hour, you should be
and repeatedly making individual ahead of schedule at this point. Before you
changes to all of your slides, not only dive into finding pretty pictures and
costing you time, but also risking illustrations to support your text, take a
consistency oversights. quick moment to estimate how much time
you have in this budget per graphic. If we
THE CONTENT—ONE HOUR have 40 slides in our presentation, we will
Onscreen text is vital for effective have to hit a pace of about two and a half
presentation graphics. Indeed, studies minutes of development time per slide for
have shown that structure like bullet the text and graphics. By pacing yourself at
points, phrases and quotations help this rate for development, you'll find the
people remember the core concepts of a presentation comes together much more
speech. When adapting your speech to a quickly. Some people actually work better
PowerPoint presentation, it is essential to under a deadline and setting an average
keep the textual content brief and not time per slide may actually make it easier
overwhelm the slides with bullet points, to develop graphics.
however. For this phase, just get your text
divided up and onto the slides: don’t For efficient graphic selection, you might
worry about layout too much. And don’t use the clip-art library built into
change the templates at all if you can PowerPoint especially when it's linked to
help it. Moving around the heading may the Internet. There are numerous other
help you wedge more text on a page, but services for good graphics, but keep in
it will also destroy the consistency mind that you are violating copyright law
between slides. if you simply grab your images, video
and/or music from the Internet. Digital
How much text should you have per
Juice’s Presenter’s Toolkit offers a huge
slide? As a general rule to maintain
selection of royalty-free elements
audience attention, I like to keep my
(including backgrounds, animated
presentation moving at the healthy pace
elements, music and video clips) that you
of one to two slides per minute. At this
can use however you like.
pace, a 20-minute speech would have
20 to 40 slides. Pay careful attention to Don’t get stuck on any single graphic or
the amount of text on screen. If any page thought process here. If you're having
is too crowded, split it onto a second trouble, move on to the next page and
page. When in doubt, I’d favor going with return back to that trouble spot later. Keep
two readable slides instead of one the pace moving! I often go through a
Appropriate graphics and clean layouts make
crowded one. (continued on page 36) for effective presentations.

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(or less)! (continued from page 35)
SAVING
animations. These animations Use the guides and grids to keep the
should not be gratuitous, but graphics from jumping around. Make
THE DAY should instead be intentional
and purposeful, keeping your
several more passes, and keep tweaking
until you're satisfied. When the clock
While working, keep saving audience’s attention on what you runs out, call it finished: sure, you could
are saying instead of reading always tweak this or that to make it a
new versions of your
ahead of you on the slide. tiny bit better, but at some point it is best
presentation to prevent any PowerPoint’s default templates are consistent, but to call it done. After all, the real show
they are seen a lot and can be uninspiring. We’ll focus on final edits,
catastrophic data loss and hasn’t even begun yet.
revisions and rehearsal for the
to allow you to revert to last 45 minutes of this By sticking to a focused process and defined
TRANSITIONS AND
REVISIONS—ONE HOUR accelerated presentation design program. timeframe, your presentation will be
something that was deleted.
Spend a quick 15 minutes assigning Run through the entire presentation in developed more efficiently and effectively than
I like to save every 30 transitions to all the slides. Keep it by an ad-hoc approach. It's a simple but
slideshow mode to ensure the transitions
minutes and use a logical consistent, perhaps using only one and animations work effectively and workable strategy: plan...prepare...present!
file naming convention: transition type through the entire identify any areas that still need Kevin Lerner is the Executive
presentation. A simple wipe effect is a refinement, making any necessary edits. Director of The Presentation Team
Filename-v1.ppt, good no-nonsense effect. You should also Ensure the graphics are consistent and (www.thepresentationteam.com) and is a
Filename-v2.ppt, and so on. finalize your text reveals and bullet relevant to the textual material on screen. renowned professional speaker and trainer.
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Show Us Your Stuff!

Highlights from the Digital Juice Customer Showcase
by The Editors
UPLOAD
T
his article highlights a few of our favorite videos that have been uploaded to our
Customer Video Showcase. It represents the breadth of what we’ve seen so far,
AND
PARTICIPATE
from small producers and major commercial players. Make sure you logon to
Don’t just watch the videos
digitaljuice.com to see all of these videos for yourself. on the Customer Video
Showcase—go ahead and
“ The Customer Showcase lets users tell their story, put
participate. We want to see
the video in context and explain some techniques.
” your stuff, too.
INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION PHOTO OBJECTS & JUMP BACKS available in more than 150 countries around the
“ABACHO.DE AG”—Allie Schropp ”Crossroads”—Fred Matthews world. Mr. Matthews’ promo spot “Crossroads” is a
This energetic spot is a television commercial for an Internet Fred Matthews is a Spot Producer for Love Worth good example of his work and features Jump Backs
search engine in Germany called ABACHO. Allie Schropp’s edgy Finding (LWF) ministries. LWF can be seen on over animation #735 from volume 18: Extreme II and
and artistic style is very cool and modern and uses a lot of heavy 14,000 broadcast and cable television outlets, heard Editor’s Toolkit Photo Objects #967, #974, #979
compositing work. Besides a number of VideoTraxx clips blinking on nearly 2,000 radio station and translators and is (ETK2) and #106 (ETK1).
SEE FOR
in and out at a frenetic pace, you can hear a cut up and remixed
version of the song “BioTech” from StackTraxx 2: Power Stacks
punching up the soundtrack. YOURSELF
We’ve provided direct links to
DIGITAL SIGNAGE AND
GRAYMATTERZ all of the videos highlighted
“Wheelchair”—Matt Janowsky here in the electronic version
CHRISTMAS
Digital Juice animations show up in a lot of
CONTINUES of the article online at
different places besides broadcast television. A
“Nayandei digitaljuice.com. This is only
few of Matt Janowsky’s submissions were
Christmas”—
produced for a hospital’s digital signage video a small sampling of all of the
Kelyneth Hall
kiosks and information displays. One interesting
Kelyneth Hall from Beyond Media in Cancun, videos our customers have
aspect of this series is that it uses the Animated
Mexico created a commercial for the Azcue submitted to our Customer
GreyMatterz clip art characters from our
furniture store using a number of different Showcase, where you can
Presenter’s Toolkit to draw attention to the
elements from a number of different Super Sets
displays by illustrating health-related concepts. see many more videos.
in the Editor’s Toolkit 9: Christmas Tools. Working
The looping video shown here is a reminder to
with location footage and product shots, the
return wheelchairs to their proper location and
Toolkit elements finish the production with a
uses the simple color wash from Jump Backs
slick, professional appeal. This clip is in sharp
animation #262 and PowerToonz Animated
contrast to the edgier Anahuac Cancun
GreyMatterz #107 from the Presenter’s Toolkit.
University example also submitted by Hall.
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Panasonic’s HVX200 HD
Camcorder in Action
The End of the Tape
SEE FOR by Perry Jenkins
YOURSELF
W
The DVD promo video that
hen it came time to produce a new promo for our Juice
we produced with this Drops product line, we decided that we wanted to shoot in
camera is included in this HD for a high-end film look. We needed something that would give us
magazine. Look for it in the the best cinematic bang for the buck. We decided to rent the
envelope just inside the
reasonably priced Panasonic HVX200 handheld HD camera and the
cover. It can also be seen
necessary accessories. In this article I’ll tell you what I thought of the camera after
online in the DJTV section of
digitaljuice.com. All of the

putting it through its paces in a real production so you can know what to expect if
shots of Chuck were shot you’re interested in a similar HD setup.

by the writer with the WHAT WE GOT $15,000 to buy, but, of course, street
I set out to find an HD prices could be significantly lower.
AG-HVX200. camera I could shoot FIRST IMPRESSIONS
with and still edit using Right out of the box, I was impressed
our current post- with the look and feel of the camera. It’s
production workflow. The a solid, but lightweight camera at the
new Panasonic HVX200 same time and is not entirely unlike the
caught my attention. I was justly-famous prosumer DVX100 DV
intrigued by the P2 solid-state camcorder in feel. All the controls are
memory recording medium. OK, I’ll placed in strategic locations that make it
admit it: I was both intrigued and a bit a fairly simple camera to operate,
nervous. I had never shot with a tapeless although it does have a lot of options. For
system before. this particular project, we chose to shoot
in 720/24P HD mode.
While the camera system is relatively
inexpensive (certainly compared to a PRODUCTION
Sony CineAlta system that a big-budget Part of the reason I went with this
Hollywood production might use), we camera is that it’s fairly small. It’s
decided to rent for this experiment. The significantly smaller than the Sony
rental package I got included the Betacam that I usually shoot with, which
Panasonic HVX200 camera ($5,995), means that I could basically use all of
three 8-gig P2 cards ($1,400 each), a my current location gear, including my
P2 Store hard disk device ($1,800) and tripod and dolly system.
The Panasonic HVX200 multiple batteries. Total MSRP price for Handheld shots were also an option
handheld HD camera, the package would have been around with the HVX200, which is a nice option
in front (left) and rear
view (above).

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The author shooting with

the HVX200. The 8GB version
of the solid-state
P2 memory card.
in terms of flexibility, but I didn’t shoot The memory cards can be reused after
that way for this project. being dumped to the P2 Store on location.
After loading the 8GB memory cards into

the camera, I was ready to start shooting.
I was very comfortable using the camera
right away. After shooting for about 15
minutes, the first P2 memory card was
full. This may seem like a short time, but
we aren’t shooting 15-minute takes, so
this wasn’t a limitation in any sense.
GO TAPELESS AND
TRANSFER TECHNICAL
Once the cards were full (I had three, so I SPECIFICATIONS
got about 40 minutes of shooting out of
the three 8-gig cards), the footage Panasonic
AG-HVX200 ($5,995)
needed to be transferred to the P2 Store
z 3x 1/3-inch 16:9 CCDs
hard drive storage device and then the
cards had to be erased so I could z Wide-angle (F1.6) Leica Dicomar Lens
continue shooting. It worked flawlessly, (fixed), 13x zoom
but the newness of it made me nervous. z DV25 or DV50
Even for the smallest of productions, z HD (D5): 720p or 1080i (100 Mbps)
you’ll need to work out your own system z Variable frame rate, including: 24, 30 or 60
to keep track, at all times, of which cards
z 4:2:2 color sampling
you can write over and which ones need
z CineGamma and NewsGamma
to be dumped to the storage device.
color modes
POST
P2 solid-state
The footage was a bit more challenging for memory card ($1,400)
our VT[4] editing system to work with, but z 8GB capacity
not significantly so. It was nice to not have
The HVX200 is small enough for z Recording time 720/24P HD-mode:
to spend the time to capture the footage.
what have you. Overall, I was very pleased ENG-class location equipment. 14 minutes (average)
Since we were distributing on DVD, we
with the quality of the shots that we got z Compatible with PCMCIA card slots
didn’t have any serious HD workflow issues.
from the HVX200, and would have no
I think the final video turned out great, but P2 Store
trouble recommending it to anyone who
you can judge for yourself. The DVD is AJ-PCS060G ($1,800)
wants to shoot HD on a budget.
z Hard Disk Drive capacity: 60GB
packaged just inside the cover of this
magazine. My setups ranged from exterior Perry Jenkins is Senior Video Producer and z USB 2.0
to interior, mixed light to available light and Director at Digital Juice.

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Big Events, Big Graphics

JB01: High Impact I,#019
Jump Backs win in Hollywood and at Daytona

by Chuck Peters
W
e have not one, but two exciting Digital Juice sightings to
highlight this month. Both use Jump Backs animations for
major live-broadcast events on national television and both events
are about as American as apple pie.
“ WeVision
spotted a whole bunch of Jump Backs on the huge Nextel
screens at the Daytona International Speedway.
”
DAYTONA 500 AMERICAN IDOL (AGAIN!) also saw Jump Backs animation #987,
The Daytona 500 is an American racing Seeing our Jump Backs animations from Volume 25: All Music, behind Kevin
tradition. A couple of us here at Juice behind American Idol contestants is Covais. The floating musical notes and
love fast cars and loud motors. DJ nothing new. We’ve seen Jump Backs on watery textures really looked like they
President Viv Beason and I were lucky Idol since the days of Kelly Clarkson in were custom made for the show.
enough to be in the stands at Daytona the first season. Still, we never get tired
The moral of the story: Whether you’re in
JB02:High Impact II, #045 with almost a quarter of a million other of playing our favorite Idol game: “Name
the grandstands at a major sporting event
fans for the 48th running of the 500 this That Jump Back!” (Try it at home!). Jeff,
or kicking back on your couch at home
February. We spotted a whole bunch of from Full Production Video in Watkins
with chips on your shirt, if you can see a
Jump Backs on the huge Nextel Vision Glen, NY, was the first Juice User to spot
TV screen, keep your eyes open. Chances
screens at the Daytona International a Jump Backs animation on this season’s
BE ON THE Speedway, including: #19, from JB01 show. Jump Backs animation #38 from
are you’ll see some Juice!
LOOKOUT! High Impact I; #45 from JB02, High volume 1, High Impact I ran behind Chuck Peters is General Manager of
Have you spotted a Digital Impact II; and a colorized version of #267 Mandisa, the talented performer who was Digital Juice and Editor in Chief of Digital
from JB07, High Impact V. recently eliminated from the contest. We Juice Magazine.
Juice element on TV, on a
billboard or in a national print
ad? Send us a frame grab and
a description. If you’re the first
one to identify a Digital Juice
element that’s being used on
TV or in a national magazine
and we use your find in this
column, we’ll mention your JB25:All Music,#987
name and send you a cool

Digital Juice Prize Pack. Send
your Screen Shots sightings to
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by Dave Hebel
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n April, we sent out a special email to some of
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