As web video poplularity continues to surge and production values continue to go up, one of the ways you can make your videos stand out is by using “helmet-cam” style shots. We’ve all seen video like this before, where a tiny camera is attached to a person or an object and we get a first-person [...]
Comast (the #2 broadband Internet provider in the United States) announced yesterday that beginning October 1st, they will limit the monthly bandwidth a person can use. This isn’t good news, as the United States is already close to a third-world country in terms of broadband Internet implementation. Comcast’s announcement (likely to be followed by other [...]
When most people are starting out with video editing software, just learning the in’s and out’s, they aren’t comfortable working with live video footage. And a great way to ease the learning curve with video editing software, is to first work with still images (photos). You can actually create very powerful videos using nothing but [...]
In February 2007, Stephanie Lenz made a 29-second video of her 13-month old son frolicking to the Prince song Let’s Go Crazy. She posted it on YouTube. Four months later, Universal Music Group (owner’s of the rights to the song) ordered YouTube to take the video down for copyright infringement. Stephanie Lenz then sued Univerisal [...]
I’m a bit of a quality freak. I’m constantly testing tools side by side, trying to determine what produces the highest quality web video (as in, what gives you the best looking video on the web, with the lowest investment of time and money). At the beginning of August 2008, a new product called DV [...]
