This morning I read a blurb on a study about mindfulness that intrigued me. Meanwhile, I found out that the new Twitter allows video to be embedded directly in the interface. This is a nice addition that will help people get their videos out to more people and allow videoblogs and other video content to [...]
Heights are not my favorite thing. I’d stop well short of describing it as a phobia in the clinical sense, but they certainly can get my knees a knockin’! Recently I was in Quito and had the chance to visit a cathedral with a series of catwalks and (at least to my mind) precarious ladders [...]
A video blog doesn’t necessarily mean speaking directly to your camera or video blogging about an event. This site recently posted on the Yahoo! video blogging group has a number of really wonderful videos and a gorgeous site design. One of my favorites is the video of the clouds moving across the sky. Below are [...]
3D glasses work by allowing our eyes to see what is known as an “anaglyph”. The anaglyph is an old technology, but it is still used online to view 3D photos and movies. Many 3D camcorders feature external software that converts new 3D video formats to anaglyph. An anaglyph can be viewed by anyone with any [...]
If you asked me what the best video editing software for Mac was prior to the new Final Cut 10 it would have been an easy answer. Final Cut Pro, of course. But now Apple has really messed up. Or have they? Below is my Final Cut Pro Review. If you are an iMovie user [...]
What’s the Big Deal about 3D Video? Now is the perfect time to dive into the world of 3D-video recording. The technology is still new, but not so new that there is a lack of camcorder models to choose from. Yet 3D camcorders can appear confusing at first. There are already numerous 2D camera shapes, [...]
There are plenty of cheap HD camcorders under $200. With most you get exactly what you pay for. Let’s get real, you won’t get $2K worth of quality for $200. But if you shop wisely, there are a select few camcorders where you can get *more* than what you pay for. In the end, the [...]
A ‘Flip’ camera is the brand name of a pocket size camcorder that was introduced by a company called Pure Digital Technologies in 2007. The flip video camera became popular not only as a tool for YouTube videos, but with everyday folks who wanted a tiny camcorder that was easy to throw into their backpacks [...]
Video and SEO is often overlooked, but that is a big mistake. If you have never heard the acronym ‘SEO’ before, it stands for ‘Search Engine Optimization’. It usually refers to the various methods webmasters use to optimize their website for searching. The better optimized a website, the more traffic it receives. The same approach [...]
Making a video on a Mac is easy. In fact, Macintosh was the first platform to make video editing straightforward, although Windows has since caught up to a large extent. Still, iMovie is arguably the best free video editing software available because of the frequent updates that are implemented. Here are the steps you will [...]
Video blogging is 100% about perspective. That could mean your perspective as a human living on this crazy planet. It could also be your shooting perspective – where you point the camera, for how long, at what moment, etc. But there are limits to the frame. The frame being the amount of image your camera [...]
Video blogging is not difficult but keeping a few video tips in mind will help make you the best video blogger you can be! First, what type of video blog do you plan on keeping? A video blog might mean you speaking directly to your camera about a topic of you are passionate about. Or [...]
Keeping a video blog requires precisely the right camera for the job. Find out which are the best cameras for vlogging and which to avoid.
It is not absolutely necessary to purchase video diary software, but 0n the other hand these tools can be very helpful in terms of organization. If you’ve kept a video diary for awhile you know that organizing all those videos of varying lengths can be a bit of a challenge. I talk about this in [...]
Have you ever become stuck in front of your video camera and had absolutely nothing to say? Just about everyone has sat in front of their camcorder at some point and not had a single journaling (or vlogging) idea occur to them. Guess what? There is always something to say! Sometimes these instances of putty mind [...]
I was speaking with my friend Sandy about her art journal the other day. For Sandy, art journaling provides an opportunity to keep track of what’s going on in her life using a multi-layered approach. It can be writing, doodles, pasted in photos, old tickets, or on one page she showed me, her handprint – [...]
There are numerous ways you can make a portable green screen. Most of the methods I’ve seen involve using PVC pipe and green screen fabric. There is nothing wrong with this method (and it is probably the best for outdoor use) but I wanted to show you another option. Of course you could just buy [...]
The other night I was playing with an old Sony HDV camera that I own. I had completely forgotten that it is a so called ‘night vision camcorder’ – in other words it can see in the dark. The way this actually works is that the camcorder has a small infrared light that is beamed [...]
The first question might be ‘what is a blog’? According to wikipedia, “a blog is a personal journal published on the World Wide Web consisting of discrete entries (i.e. posts) typically displayed in reverse chronological order so the most recent post appears first.” Expanding on that definition, the broad, simple (and relatively safe) answer is that [...]
If you have the urge to escape the flat-lands and keep your video blog or journal in 3D, there is likely a 3d camcorder that will meet your needs. With each passing month new models appear and it becomes easier…and cheaper to try out 3D. From big name brands such as Fujifilm, Panasonic and Sony [...]
If you keep a video blog it will happen eventually. You will need to convert video. (Insert SCARY MUSIC here.) The Xilisoft Video converter is software that converts video. Whether you want to move video to your Google Phone, iPhone or an iPad this software can probably do the job. But is it worth it? Following [...]
Many find that keeping a diary on video is quicker and more spontaneous than keeping a written journal or diary. There is an immediate outlet for thoughts and feelings with the added bonus that your diary is in living, breathing color. Unless you are an extremely fast typist you can almost surely speak more quickly [...]
There are several cheap ways you can make a home green (or blue screen). I chose to make a green screen. No it’s not because it’s my favorite color – I prefer blue. There has long been a rumor that with digital video it is easier to ‘key out’ green (i.e. remove the green background which is the whole point) compared to blue. I haven’t exhaustively researched this, but it does seem like green has become more popular.
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