If you use Camtasia you will love version 8
Camtasia has been the standard for screen recording for many years. In case you don’t know Camtasia is a tool used my many Internet Marketers and other fields to create screen playbacks and voice overs. Just set up what you want to record, such as a demo or presentation, record , edit, and distribute. It gained in popularity by marketing; giving a free trial of the fully working software to show ease of use. What has improved vastly of initial releases in this version is the editing capabilitites and the recording handling. Older versions could slow down your system when recording video. This one is better. Also there are many new editing features such as being able to drag and drop directly in the recording canvas and add in hyperlinks, great fro marketers on YouTube.
Take a look below at the features.
Review: Camtasia Studio 8 raises the bar on interactive video creation
“If you watch a YouTube video explaining how to edit in Photoshop, write in Word, or do anything else in a program, that video was very likely created with Camtasia Record, the original core function of Camtasia Studio. Capturing and showing screen …”
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2025498/review-camtasia-studio-8-raises-the-bar-on-interactive-video-creation.html
The article above gives a detailed review of al the new features. Check it out.
Free App Fuses Art and Video Creation on Smart Phone
Below is some information on an App that can be used to create small videos on you phone. These can then have captions and animations including photios taken with the camera to complete the movie. The App is free to download.
App Fuses Art and Video Creation – Animates Memories
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I am not affliated to this product so it is for your information and choice to look at.
$600 000 invested in PowToon . Video Creation Software on the rise.
Animation platform PowToon have started something that is interesting investors. This might be a way to get your videos noticed more. The investment shows that some are having faith in this method. You create your own animations and interact with the audience. This article below explains more.
DIY Animation Platform PowToon Grabs $600K For Its Video Creation Software
"PowToon, an animation platform that lets anyone build marketing videos on the fly, is announcing it has raised $600,000 in outside funding. The investment doesn't come from traditional VC backing, but rather from Startup Minds, a newer L.A.-based …"
http://techcrunch.com/2012/12/14/diy-animation-platform-powtoon-grabs-600k-for-its-video-creation-software/
Hope this helps & have fun with the platform
This is Video Gaming but it could have on Marketing
Video Gaming is very popoular and has cross overs with Creating Videos and Video Marketing. As you can see Microsoft have tighened up on the rules to target use on content created by users in games. The impact for maeketers will be if they use video channels such as You Tube to advertise. They may be stepping over the rules. Read the article below and see if there are any issues that may impact you.
Microsoft game usage rules bar users from profiting on created content
"Microsoft has detailed a number of new rules regarding the practice of using its gameplay video, audio and screens in the creation of fan-made content. Halo 4 Screenshot On the condition that users follow the company's Game Content Usage Rules …"
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/372474/microsoft-game-usage-rules-bar-users-from-profiting-on-created-content/
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It seems as if to "protect" consumers is becoming a by word to censoring and control. I may not be in this case but it can quite easily get that way. What ever happened to "Caveat Emptor", buyer beware? People must learn to rely on their own judgement an not just legislation.
IS VIDEO CREATION AND SHARING ON YOUR CELL PHONE A WASTE OF BRAIN CELLS?
Everywhere you go these days your path is interupted by someone walking at negative mph zig zagging and messing with their phones. Maybe it is because they have become engrossed in some new feature or have just go a new video shared by someone they know. The information below may be able to give some clues.
PTCH – MUSIC VIDEO CREATION AND SHARING ON YOUR CELL PHONE
"Do you remember the days of actually carrying a camera if you wanted to take photos? Developing film at the local Hannaford — any New Englanders out there will know — or Rite Aid? The world before Facebook and effortless, sometimes too effortless, …"
http://www.baeblemusic.com/musicblog/8-2-2012/Ptch—Music-Video-Creation-and-Sharing-on-Your-Cell-Phone.html
Who know wat will be next? Maybe Virtual Reality? Avatar on the move? ….
Social video creation and sharing Ideas.
This may be of interest if you like going to big events on creating instant videos on the go. This app will alllow you to use your phone and upload to a server to mix and create videos that are matched to the local area and nearby users.
An iPhone app for real social video creation and sharing | KurzweilAI
“(Credit: Vyclone) What if you could instantly mash up, remix, and share videos with people on other social networks? That’s the kind of experience that.www.kurzweilai.net/an-iphone-app-for-real-social-video-creati…”
http://www.kurzweilai.net/an-iphone-app-for-real-social-video-creation-and-sharing
There are many ideas , both commercial and private, that could be leveraged off the app. See the video below as well to get an idea of the type of services that can be worked with.
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YouTube Video Creation Marketplace. Is is the best place for small Business Video Marketing?
Video Creation for Video Marketing has sometimes been difficult for the small Business. Many lack the skills to create videos and create professional marketing campaigns. The article below shows how YouTube is trying to tap into this potentially lucrative market. The article is an interview with YouTube Group Product Manager Baljeet Singh about Video Creation Marketplace.
How Does YouTube's Video Creation Marketplace Work? Our Interview with …
"Last week at VidCon, YouTube introduced Video Creation Marketplace, which allows brands to pick established YouTube stars and use them to create or star in.ReelSEO Online Video News"
http://www.reelseo.com/youtube-video-creation-marketplace/
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Do you agree with this? Some may say it is yet another step away from the pre Goolgle YouTube phylosophy and another example of an attempt to own the Internet. Only time will tell.
Digital Video Editing Software
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Are you seriously looking to buy digital video editing software? If yes, you aren’t alone. Many people, especially online entrepreneurs are realizing the importance of video advertising. That is why video editing has become a trendy business right now. Even those who are no t doing any business online want to edit videos for weddings, family gatherings and memorable occasions. For that reason , editing videos can be a task for everyone . Those who want to join filming industry cannot escape it. The work of a digital editing program is making videos or movies look more real.
They help you create a video clip that your friends, family and yourself can enjoy viewing. In case you want to upload some videos to your personal website, then you aim to show them to your web visitors. You would hate to share ? useless or boring video, of course. As you can see, it is now easier than ever to edit whatever you capture with a digital camera. There is one big consideration that one must make when looking for the best digital video editing software. This is whether certain software is compatible with your PC.
You should pick a product that can allow you to import many media files, such as Zwel-Stein. Note that there are many other options at your disposal and some of them are freeware. Do you know what this means? It means that these are free editing programs. A few of them are very complex and demand that you have good skills in editing. If you want PC software options, know that you have many of them and you need only to be sure of your video editing need.
Those who use Linux have plenty of choices in the open source category. Some of the available systems can work on Mac or PC ?? well. There are some that are exclusive for Linux users. Mac editing programs that are free for everyone are few, including Jashaka. The best way to learn what is best for you is reading reviews. Many previous users spare enough of their time to write a product review. This is currently the best way to know if a product not only works well, but also if it is real. If you decide to buy, then you cannot afford to b? careless. Don’t rush to buy the first software application that supports your Linux, Mac hardware.
Conduct ? thorough research so you can find out if such aan item is worth your time or money. Follow similar steps with free open source software programs for digital video editing. Honestly, you cannot be sorry or regret anything after buying ? product you understand properly. As long as you know your editing need, there is a product for you. Whether digital video editing software is for sale or it is free of charge, do make sure it can solve your current problems. Get yourself ? program that can handle daily editing workloads, if it is available.
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Video Editing Equipment
Video editing has become ? very important part of life. Most specifically, ? web master cannot ignore it now that video online marketing is very trendy. To succeed in this form of marketing, you require video editing equipment. Finding one is not a problem because you can do the shopping online. The biggest challenge you are likely to experience is making the best choice. Most first time buyers experience some difficulties that you can prevent. If you are looking to buy any equipment, chances are that you want ? computer software program.
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This is latest technology and it is diverse. In other words, there are very many programs meant for editing videos and movies. Before you can choose any of them, try evaluating your needs. You will most likely consider the following basic requirements. A camera comes first because you need to do filming to make videos. If you are not ? professional in photography, all you require is a good camera, HD style if possible. These are available on the Internet especially at Amazon, and they do not cost ? lot of money.
Well, if you will be filming yourself, a camcorder seems to be the best choice you have. As soon you get ? perfect camera, then you have to get ? laptop or a computer. Do not get just any machine. A powerful ?t?le is much more likely to support your video editing works for ? long time. With ? camera and ? computer, you can go to the next step. This involves choosing the best video editing software program available today. There are both open source and software programs for sale.
In addition there are simple products meant for beginners and other complex styles for professional’s. Therefore, you have to be sure of your abilities. Further, you have to identify your editing needs. Do you film ? lot and so you have lots of editing work to do a ? daily basis? Probably you own a company which you have created website for and want to upload videos to it. In short, you have to analyze your needs first before you can choose a program. Another thing you cannot rule out at this point would be proper research. It can reveal top video editing equipment producers available today. Are you wondering how?
People who were once in your position are kind enough to write product reviews. Y?ur only job is reading them carefully before you can spend any money. Even free editing software items are not necessarily without problems. The only way to find out their nature is from reading other peoples stories. As you might discover in your search, big companies such as Microsoft have free movie-making programs.
There are other giants in the same industry that your research will reveal to you. What you will be doing with the video editing equipment of your choice is cutting, pasting, saving, and burning files to DVDs and so no. You require a computer video edit controler as well. It functions by controlling playback and it as well records VCRs through a unique protocol. The only thing you have to ensure is that this controller is compatible with every other device
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How to convert AVI to WMW
Video Converters are need these days if you want to make use of the many varied editing and Video creation tools and techniques. To get your videos on sites such as YouTube these skils will have to be mastered. Below is a freely available article which gives an overview that you can build on.
With so many different video files available today, there is going to be an instance when you need to convert one format to another in order to enjoy the presentation. AVI has been around for some time, while WMW is newer and not as well known. Here is some information you need to know.
What is AVI and WMW?
Both AVI and WMW are Microsoft formats. They are used to save audio and video clips into a specified format that can be shared and played. AVI is a format that will work on the Windows Media Player and many of the more popular plug-in media players on the market today.
By contrast, WMW is not used as often and tends to work only on newer versions of the Windows Media Player. This means someone who is using a multimedia player that does not support WMW or has an older version of WMP will not be able to make use of a WMW file.
Why Would I Want To Convert an AVI file to WMW?
The main reason may be that your player seems to like a WMW file better than other formats. Perhaps you just prefer to keep all your video clips in one format, and WMW is your format of choice. However, unless there are some sort of technological restraints, there is really no value to using one format over the other, in terms of quality.
How Do I Go About Converting a File From AVI To WMW?
The easiest method for the novice is to purchase conversion software that will convert one multimedia format into a different one. As with all software, make sure that the product is compatible with the resources on your hard drive, and the operating system you use. Also double check to make sure your media player will support viewing of a WMW file before you do anything else.
Does Conversion Software Cost A Lot?
Actually, no. In fact, a quick look around the Internet may provide you with some basic downloadable software that will convert one media format to a different one. Make sure that the software will manage the conversion you have in mind before downloading. If you can’t find free software that will convert AVI to WMW, then a trip to the local computer store will provide you with several options.
This article has only just covered the basics of what to to . There are many other conversions you will need if you work on the internet and have your own site or word press blog. The conversion software will in many cases be able to handle these conversions. Other Blog entries will go into this in more depth. I hope this has given you a feel for the task and you can do more guided research.
How to Edit Internet Marketing Videos When you have Vista
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Have you seen the videos made online to put on your website
Making videos using tools such as windows movie maker or windows live movie maker can be done for free. However, if you have Vista, be sure the the program works OK. If you have changed any permissions you may encounter issues such as not being able to create the movie.
Video Editing Free Tools
There are usually two applications on the PC as stated above, Movie maker and Live movie maker. Live looks more “modern” but can be more temperamental. Movie maker is more error tolerant , especially when using 64 bit Vista. There is also Jing for smaller videos and this has a paid version. It seems to work OK with Vista. Another option for PowerPoint style videos is Animoto. Camstudio is also anther option. Many of the other free options may have issues with Vista. You can check them out yourself , but from experience I can say some of the older ones will have permission issues and will not work well with Vista.
Video Editing paid options
For paid applications the main standard is Camtasia. You can get a free trial for 30 days to see if it is right for you. They have a very strong support structure so can help with most technical issues. With Vista 64 bit you may encounter some issues depending on the user profile set up in Vista. On one machine I set up the only way I could get it run was to use the “full” administrator rights. There are others such as NCH Debut. Debut has a free option you can use and is split into several modules. For a basic record and edit system it will be less than half the cost of Camtasia but will have fewr features such as editing and enhancement features . It works well with Vista.
Editing Methods
For most of the video editing systems, especially the free ones the movie will have to be in a format that can be read by the software. For recording Camtasia and Debut will use an internal format to record.
Once you a recording you can do many things. You can add a soundtrack and put it into you movie by using drag and drop features. You can also cut out parts of the movie (trim & split), you can add other movies into you main one. Special transitions such as fading in and out of sequences, annotations and titles can also be added. Once you have what you want the movie is then “rendered”. This creates a complete movie in a format such as avi. With more expensive systems it is possible to output something that can be directly uploaded to your website or YouTube style sites. For the cheaper or free ones you will generally need to have Video Converter tool to change the format to “flv”,mp4 or Swf. Free software such as Format Factory can do this for you . Playback free software such as VLC can also do this.
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About the iPod Video Player, an add on to an Innovative Device
The well known iPod is a the main portable digital media player.Instigated by Steve Jobs and manufactured by Apple Computers. The standard iPod stores media on a built in hard drive while the smaller iPod Shuffle and iPod nano use flash memory. The iPod has progessed to being the world’s best selling digital audio player since its launch in 2001.
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IPods can play many formats including MP3, WAV, AAC/M4A, Protected AAC, AIFF, Audible audio book and Apple Lossless audio file formats. The fifth generation iPod can now play m4v and mp4 video files. With this addition, the iPod has become a complete multimedia player.
The iPod was created by Apple to work with the iTunes media library software, which manages the music libraries on the users’s computer and on their iPod. To engage people and help them , users may also set a rating of up to five stars on any song. This will allow them to remember which ones they like or guage the ones that have the best quality.
Some models also have games such as Parachute where the player controls a turret and attempts to shoot down paratroopers and the helicopters. This game is similar to the Apple II version of the game Sabotage by Mark Allen. Another example is the evergreen solitaire, a simple card game that resembles the Windows solitaire card game. There are others such as Music Quiz which plays a portion of a random song and the player must identify it from a list of five. The faster the player names the correct song, the higher his score will be. No record is kept of the score and there is no limit to the amount of songs played. This type of interaction is possible because of the capabilities of the video playing enhancements in the fifth generation iPod.
Previously the iPod video could only support MP4 and Mpeg4 video formats. So for older IPods if you want to load other formatted videos to you have to convert the videos before transferring them to the IPod.This should not be a problem since there are many video converters and software solutions available on the internet for download. Many are free.
Apple will continue to udate and upgrade to cater for market needs.They want to maintain a number one position. This means innovations will be produced to facilitate a widening variety of media file formats.
It is now a simple job to transfer files and videos from your office computer to your home computer and vice versa or to any storage device , phone , pc etc. The advances made mean you are able to share your videos and movies with many people with amazing ease.
You can have your favorite music videos of your best loved artists with you anytime and anywhere. You can also load your favorite movies or your home movies as well. Take it with you to family reunions, parties and gatherings with old friends.
If you like to have a bigger view you can plug it into a television and see it in a larger screen. With the right accessories, you can elevate the performance and capabilities of your iPod video. Hook it up with a special AV cable to your TV for a bigger view or you can hook it up in your car for recharging the .The iPod can also be linked into the audio system of your car. Some cars have accessories that allow you do do this very easily. To listen to the audio of your movies better, you can plug them as well to a portable iPod speaker. Not only one person would be able to listen to the audio of your videos.
The iPod video, is an example of Apples premiere product being kept up to date an continually relevant to a changing world.
Converting video with a Free tool
If you have ever tried to use free tools to make videos using things like Camstudio, Windows Movie Maker and many others you will sometimes encounter some issues. Windows has a good movie recorder in Windows Movie Maker and Windows Live Movie Maker. They record fine and can be edited fine. However, the format they produce when you have finished is normally an “avi” format. This format gives a good quality playback but is very large in size. This means you will have problems uploading to a website and getting it to play. In this format you will have to let someone download it to their computer to play.
To get a video to play on a website it has to be in format that works with a player such as JV player or flowplayer. These products are designed to take your video and play it in the website much as you would with a YouTube video. The can be fine tuned to show different features such as a playback bar and different colored backgrounds. You can also add your own pictures a the starting pint of the video which show when it is not playing. They work on WordPress blogs and on normal html/php web sites. The current main formats the videos need to be in are “flv” , “mp4” and “swf” . “Html 5” is also coming into play which will change this. Swf is also known as shockwave and when generated with the right tool can play on its own and be uploaded to a website as an all-inclusive package. The other formats can be uploaded as single files to work with Flowplayer or JV player.
For getting the videos into the right format you will need to use a file converter. Some tools include some basic conversions. The popular VLC product that plays back videos has the capability to convert files. It is a little more complex to do than just point and click but will work.
Another tool is Format Factory. For conversion this tool is very easy to use. You select what format you want the output to be in, select the file you want to convert, then press start. You can make more complex fine tuning with this tool such as the quality of the output , the size of the screen, sound quality, etc. The tool also has the capability to split or join files together.
There are many other similar tools that can be found using the search engines and these are all free to use. If you want to use a paid version Camtasia has the capability of outputting the files in a web friendly format but you will need to pay around $300 for it.