I ran across this post from SocialMediaExaminer and thought it was well worth sharing. It gives some great resources for live video with multiple talking heads. As a mac user I have had this ability for sometime using iChat. The only problem was that not everyone had a mac. This levels the playing field and gets the job done.
Here is an additional post that goes into further depth concerning this topic.
I also found a great tutorial video from MonkeySee.com concerning basic video tips and tricks. I was especially interested in the basic lighting video. Lighting always seems to be a problem, this helps to get people started in the right direction. It is basic, but useful.
I just found this via Facebook and thought that maybe someone else out there may enjoy this as well. It claims to stream full episodes of Star Trek OS at Watch Star Trek Online. Let me know what you think?
Here is a really cool video that a friend just sent to me. I love anything to do with military jets. Here is the original link with comments for Lap Around the Boat. Check it out, it is pretty frickin’ cool.
Here are some great tips for doing videos and making them the best they can be. Check this out to help you get your videos out. Check out Video Tips from Social Media Examiner and let me know what you think?
They have some great tips that will help get you get to where you want to go.
Ok, I just found a very cool screen casting app on a Mashable post called Screenr. For those of you who are already aware of this, forgive me. This is really huge and works great for on the fly screencasts. It integrates with Twitter and the quality is awesome. Checkout Screenr and let me know what you think?
Here is a great example of taking the social media message, and the message of the client, to the next level. Watch the video below to see how you could integrate this into your business videos. Make sure to check out Social Media TV Example for more info from the Socialnomics Blog.
Here is a great little tutorial video called Creating Video on your iPhone by Blue Melnick. This video shows how to take video that you have taken with your iPhone, edit it on your iPhone, and then distribute it to youtube and beyond. Great tips and pointers here. Make sure to check out his site as well!
Here is a great post, 32 Lessons for Online Video, that I found this morning. Now I can’t say that being hyperactive and working 22 hour days is my idea of success. There are several nuggets that can be pulled out of this post and used to be successful. I know that there are things that I need to implement into my strategy. I hope you find this useful and usable. Let me know what you think?
I recently stumbled over a video that will change my video workflow. I have from time to time tried to put Quicktime movies into Final cut only to get “the red line of death” above the clip in the multitrack editing window. I have run across other formats that do the same thing. Essentially what is happening is that Final Cut wants to render these files before you can do anything with them. The only problem is that it can take anywhere from several minutes to several hours to render these files. Then as soon as you want to cut or splice or do anything with the clip, Final Cut asks you to re-render the file. It blows!
This clip shares a method and some software to help with this issue. Check out How To Use The Zi8 With Final Cut Express on Youtube. Very informative video. The freeware MPEG Streamclip from Squared 5 software works awesome! This video post uses this method to convert files so they need no rendering in Final Cut from the Kodak Zi8 camera, but I think this will work great for all those other clips that just don’t want to cooperate as well.
Ok, so I got this link from Robert Grant today and after watching it I thought I would share it with you. I work with video and have found that people just are freaked out by video and the thought of using it to promote their businesses. So check out Video Boss – video get more money than anything and let me know what you think about using video.
Most people that I deal with are freaked out by what they think are the enormous cost of cameras, microphones, editing software, workstations, and technical know-how. They do not have a ton of time to develop and implement new marketing strategies. Not only is video simple, but it can be done quickly with stock programs that you most likely already have on your existing computer.
