Posts Tagged ‘Video’

Fellow videographers/filmmakers — Don’t be fooled!

Tuesday, March 9, 2010 13:13 No Comments

With the explosion of video online there is an equally growing number of companies seeking to take advantage of those of us who shoot and edit video.
I don’t want to sound like a conspiracy theorist because I don’t see this as a big conspiracy. Actually, I marvel at the prowess of these marketing moguls.
Initially there [...]

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COVIDCO – Video for your website, an idea whose time has come

Saturday, February 6, 2010 11:58 No Comments

I teach part time at a local community college here in Longmont CO. In the summer I taught a videography course and have also been teaching web design/development related courses. Right after the director of the department I teach in recruited me for the videography course I got a second email from her inquiring if [...]

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Final Cut Pro Workflow for HDV (1080i) to YouTube HD

Friday, December 19, 2008 23:55 12 Comments

Several years ago (about a decade) my desk at work had a PC on one corner and a MAC on the other. Lot’s of OS water has crossed the bridge since those days so when I purchased a used MacBook Pro to begin learning Final Cut Studio for video projects I had some catching up [...]

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Fire starter, leveler, or just trash? Got Video Instead?

Thursday, December 18, 2008 8:03 No Comments

Where’s your copy of The Yellow Pages? I’ve gotten to the point where as soon as I see the obvious bag on the porch containing the latest copy it goes straight into the trash. I used to feel guilty so I’d keep them in the garage for at least a couple of months… then they’d [...]

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Look out high dollar streaming services!

Friday, December 5, 2008 10:38 No Comments

The Blair Witch Project ushered in a new era in videography. The grassroots, handheld look became a very popular format and one many shows including the highly popular Battlestar Galactica have perfected. Add to that the proliferation of YouTube (which in October was the number two site used for search on the Internet… Google 1 and YouTube second… for ANY search… do you know how huge that is?) into everyday life and you have an enormous issue developing for videographers who make a living with pristine video quality and techniques.

Now, with the recent YouTube upgrades including a wide format player and the enabling of HD content the high dollar streaming providers had better lookout.

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Common Craft: Explanations in Plain English is Their Business

Wednesday, July 2, 2008 11:06 1 Comment

So a friend of mine tweeted a link to an awesome video today. I find trying to explain social media, networking, twitter, and on and on and on to folks who are way out of the loop is terribly difficult. Thanks to these guys, there’s now a GREAT source for explaining and I don’t have [...]

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Simple Video Blog Solutions

Monday, May 19, 2008 10:57 1 Comment

It seems there’s a growing interest in video on the web and hence many folks looking to figure out how to get into video blogging.
My friend Bill Seaver over at MicroExplosion media posted a simple and user-friendly review of the Flip Video Ultra which seems to be a great solution if you are looking for [...]

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NewBluefx offers FREE Cartoonr plug-in

Friday, May 2, 2008 9:48 2 Comments

If you haven’t seen the Charles Schwab commercials which popularized the cartoon look in video most recently I have no idea what hole you’ve been hiding in. Now, NewBluefx is offering this capability for most of the popular editing softwares as a FREE downloadable plug-in called Cartoonr.

addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kendallmediagroup.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F05%2F02%2Fnewbluefx-offers-free-cartoonr-plug-in%2F’;
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