In the 2d part ofMacworld ’s Gear Guide , we look at some convenience that will help movie - making Mac user pursue their film dreaming and other gadget that will aid them love the Great Outdoors once their skyrocketing flick career permit them to enjoy a life of leisure . Here are seven contraption sure to fulfill the moviemakers and nature lovers in your life sentence .
Moviemakers
How to Spot Them : You ca n’t think the last conversation you had with them that did n’t include the Logos “ tracking shot ” and “ mis - en - sc´ene ” . The last metre you ask them to make dinner party , they bear out until you harmonise to give them director ’s cut . They ’ve replaced all their article of furniture with theatre director ’s chairs that have their name stenciled on the back . No doubt about it — you’ve got a would - be Fellini on your hands who even now is storyboarding the shots for his or her Mac - establish version ofLa Dolce Vita .
Why We Picked These Gifts : One or two of these gismo will get them one step closer to that star topology - studded Hollywood premiere — or at least , it will get them to clam up about the auteur possibility .
What You ’ll Spend : $ 35 to $ 230 .
Other melodic theme : To get those image from their onto someone ’s screen , they ’re going to require a camcorder . Or , if you ’re more inclined toward projects , you could always burn their old videotapes onto videodisc .
This Medium Is the Message
You do n’t make movies — you make cinematic masterpieces . And when you burn them to DVD , you want your metier to be special , too . With a look that mimics traditional film reel , Verbatim’sDigitalMovie DVD - RsandDVD+Rsmark you as the auteur you are . The 4.7 GB discs , which hold as much as two hour of your sequel toCitizen Kane , come in packs of three , five , or ten.—TERRI Isidor Feinstein Stone
three - face pack , five - camp , and ten - packs , contact Verbatim for pricing;Verbatim
Big On Rigs
Tired of load up on Dramamine before watching your nephew ’s rickety skateboard videos ? Help him develop a steady handwriting with Dan Selakovich’sKiller Camera Rigs That you may Build(Angel Dog Books , 2003 ) and agift certificatefor $ 50 Charles Frederick Worth of supplies from Home Depot . The book ’s 339 pages and 1,300 picture meticulously detail the mental synthesis of 11 different tv camera rigs , such as a dolly for smooth trailing shots , a car mount to attach a photographic camera safely to a incite fomite , a crane for panning up to a 2nd - story window , and a camera stabilizer to make hand-held shots in reality look good.—DAVID SAWYER MCFARLAND
Killer Camera Rigs That you could Build , $ 35 ; Home Depot gift certificate , $ 50;Home Depot
Stop-Motion Movies
It ’s frigid outside , and you ’ve exhausted every possible national in your sign of the zodiac . Time to unleash your internal Ray Harryhausen . With a digital camcorder , a few tush of Play - Doh , and Boinx Software’siStopMotion , you may make stop - move movies reminiscent of Harryhausen ’s motion picture monsters . produce form , tote up a few toy , and take their interactions one shape at a time using iStopMotion ’s intuitive interface . Then underprice the footage into iMovie for editing , and squoosh the Play - Doh into colored , swirly blob . ( To see an example , gohere.)—JEFF CARLSON
Play - Doh , $ 1 a can;Hasbro ; iStopMotion , $ 40;Boinx Software
Second Helpings
Digital video has become the behemoth that eats everything in its track . Remember when a 4.7 GB DVD disk seemed like a destiny of space ? Ha ! That ’s a mere appetizer today . To keep up with digital TV ’s insatiable appetency , LaCie’sd2 burnerhandles fresh DVD+R DL ( also know as DVD+R9 ) media , which can lay in up to 8.5 GB on a individual dual - level disk . That ’s rough four hours of MPEG-2 DVD video , which most DVD - read-only memory drives and consumer DVD players can trifle back . One downside : to call on on the d2 , you have to push the power button in and to the left . But once you ’re beyond that , this drive should keep digital video at bay … for now . ’JEFF CARLSON
16X d2 DVD±RW Double Layer DVD Burner , $ 230;LaCie
Nature Lovers
How to Spot Them : heavily as it is to believe , not every Mac user wants to spend every waking hour in front of his or her Mac . Instead , they ’d rather take the clock time for occasional head trip out into the forest primeval — equipped with just a few contraption to remind them of the solace of home , of course .
Why We pick These Gifts : The gear lean below will help Mac user apprise the great outdoors without force them to sacrifice too much of the technical school gadgetry waiting for them back indoors .
What You ’ll pass : $ 63 to $ 535 .
Other Ideas : Before your nature - get it on Mac user departs on the next trek into the wild , perhaps you should invest in a few Mac - compatible topographical map from National Geographic ’s Topo State serial . It certainly get relying on a lead of scratch crumbs to find your room back home .
Thanks for the Memory
No longer must your Swiss Army Knife be reserve for carving walking pin or trim tent ropes . TheSwissMemoryis a sack knife with a blade , a nail file , a screwdriver , scissors , a ballpoint playpen , and 64 MB or 128 MB of obliterable USB flash storehouse . It also come in a version without the pointy objects that make problems at airports.—JONATHAN SEFF
64 MB , $ 63 ; 128 MB , $ 81;Victorinox
Charge!
Some outdoor type are minimalist who like to see how little they can carry into the woods . But for the eternal sleep of us , there*#8217;s theSolar Jacket(pictured above ) from ScottEvest . Its thirty pockets are designed to carry cell speech sound , PDAs , iPods , and other mobile machine . But the really nerveless part is the array of solar dialog box on the jacket crown ’s back , which let you keep all your USB - compatible convenience juiced — as long as the sun is shining . If the Solar Jacket is too geeky ( or pricey ) for you , check out theVoltaic , a rucksack with built - in solar panels that also carries and charges your gadgets.—DAN MILLER
Solar Jacket , $ 535;ScottEvest ; Voltaic , $ 229;Voltaic arrangement
Hotheaded
headphone ? Hat ? With Burton’sHeadphone Beanie , you no longer have to choose when venturing out into the coldness . Featuring a pair of headphones integrated into its earflaps , as well as an inline volume control for the times when your iPod is baffle deep inside your crownwork or gang , the Headphone Beanie lets you enjoy your tunes — no matter the atmospheric condition — while you — re speeding down the slopes or just waiting at the bus stop.—DAN FRAKES
$ 40;Burton
