Born in 2003, the popular Metacafé website differs a bit from sites like YouTube and Blip.tv. Rather than a video sharing and hosting site that allows personal and webcam videos, Metacafé touts itself as an entertainment location with an emphasis on short-form, original video made specifically for the interactive internet medium. The idea behind the site is ...…
YouTube may be all the rage, but some online sources rank Blip.tv as the best video sharing site on the web (for example, check out this article in PC World: http://www.pcworld.com/article/136089/top_10_video_sharing_sites.html). Blip.tv seeks to pioneer the “next generation” of video programming by incorporating a stringent set of standards with which its users must comply, by adopting a ...…
Looking for a compact, highly portable, good-quality High-Def-capable camcorder? I like the Kodak Zi8 HD 1080p. This little beauty is pocket size, stands about 8 inches tall and weighs less than a pound and a half, and has a built-in USB port and software that allows you to edit and upload video to YouTube and other video ...…
Using your post-production editing phase to make a video in slow motion can make your footage effective and interesting, but you should beware of over-using the slow motion device. Slow motion clips add drama, convey emotion, and allow the audience to absorb details they would miss at regular speed, but too much slow-mo will just irritate ...…
Have you ever wanted to learn how to make a video game? Lots of avid gamers have the skills and talent needed to build their own games, but don’t know where to start. Surfing around on the web doesn’t help much—a basic search will probably yield so many books and software tutorials that your brain might explode. ...…
Video advertising has greatly increased in popularity over the past few years, to the point where websites that don’t sport video are going to be left in their competitors’ dust. Web video is the hook that holds an Internet surfer’s attention long enough to turn an idle click into a sale. Recent statistics indicate that web video ...…
Are you wondering how to make a video HD to upload to YouTube? You can’t increase the quality of your video from how it was recorded; you can only decrease it—which means you can’t take a regular video and make it HD. When you compress a video file, the video’s picture quality is also compressed. ...…
Green screening (also called chroma key) is a method used in video production to place a subject in a different location without actually going there. The basic principle is to hang a green screen behind your subject (in reality, it can be either green or blue). Your editing software can be told to recognize the color of ...…
Looking to re-grout your bath, build low-cost shelving, or install a garage door opener? Want to stain your deck or buy a snow blower? Tim Carter (aka AsktheBuilder), syndicated news columnist and home construction/remodeling authority extraordinaire, can help. Check out his fantastic website, www.askthebuilder.com, or subscribe to his YouTube channel, http://www.youtube.com/user/AsktheBuilder. Tim’s got tips and instructions for just about ...…
On August 3, 2010, the Los Angeles Times ran a brief article by Jerry Hirsch titled “More teens driving while distracted.” The article highlights a survey co-sponsored by the American Automobile Association and the magazine Seventeen. In May 2010, they polled about 2,000 male and female drivers aged 16 to 19 across the U.S. According to the survey ...…