Archive for November, 2011
Have you ever tried to watch a cell phone video or video shot on a mobile device and you have to turn your head to see it? Or maybe you’ve shot video with your mobile device, but the aspect ratio doesn’t seem right. This happens most often to iPhone users who don’t hold the phone [...]
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Web video is truly a powerful medium. It has helped me build business, and professional relationships over the years, which is why I encourage everyone that I meet to start telling their own stories through video. One of the colleagues that I’ve met during my online travels is Andy Coon. In 2007, he reached out [...]
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Unless you have been living under a rock, or are new to the editing, you have heard about Automatic Duck, and their line of tools for After Effects and Final Cut Pro. These tools were formerly over $400 and now they are free! The tools will move your media back and forth between applications with [...]
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I’ve only told a few people this, but one of the events that left an impression on me growing up was when I was in middle school. A dentist came out to talk to us about his career, and shared his life experiences during a class assembly. As background, I was raised in the poorest [...]
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This free 20-minute video production intro class is courtesy Digital Atlanta. I had a great opportunity to conduct a video seminar at Digital Atlanta which is a week long social media/digital un-conference. Though you’ll find many social media “experts” talk about the power and benefits of video, actually producing quality videos is a different beast [...]
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#digatl #digatlvid A good way to start producing videos is by creating video content at a conference. Conferences are great because you’ll have access to industry leaders, and experts who are normally more than happy to share a thought or two with you on camera. Plus there’s a built in audience from people who wanted [...]
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Video compression is a critical part of every video edit. In this tutorial I will show you how to compress video for iPad and for Vimeo/YouTube using Apple Compressor 4.
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