Adding motion to still photos (the Ken Burns effect) is nothing new. In fact, it’s so common these days that web sites have popped up whose sole purpose is to allow you to create animated photo slideshows. However, a new technique that is starting to be done more and more in the world of television, [...]
Back in August 2008, Google CEO Eric Schmidt stated that they were still trying to figure out how to make money with YouTube. This week, in an attempt to help solve their predicament, they’ve starting offering video downloads…for a price. Here’s how it works. You’re browsing YouTube, watching videos. You see one you like…and…you’d like [...]
The Participatory Culture Foundation just released version 2.0 of Miro, an open-source web video application (formerly known as Democracy Player). If you’re not familar with Miro, it basically allows you to download and categorize web videos. Sure, it has a stable of competitors (like iTunes, Boxee and VideoDrive), however, Miro 2.0 is available for both [...]
By now we’ve all heard how television broadcasting in the United States was supposed to switch from analog to digital on February 17th. And we’ve also heard how that date has now been pushed back until June…because well, it’s a real mess. But what you may not know is how this change (if it ever [...]
A while back I did a tutorial showing how to get crystal clear video on YouTube. Well, YouTube has changed some things since then, so I thought I’d pass along an updated version of that tutorial for those who are interested. In addition, I’m adding some information for those who do screen capture videos…and…for those [...]
