Searching Google News is different from just searching Google. Occasionally I do a Google News search for "video production" which sometimes yields interesting stories. Try "video production" but add your town or city. When I did that search for Providence, RI I...
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Blackmagic ATEM Mini Pro HDMI Live Stream Switcher
This Blackmagic Switcher has cut the price $100 which is 17%. HDMI Video Inputs - 4 x HDMI type A, 10-bit HD switchable. 2 channel embedded audio. Total Audio Inputs - 2 x 3.5mm stereo mini jack. Direct recording to USB flash disks in H.264 Direct streaming via...
Seeing Is Believing
Should you choose Multiple Monitors, Head Tracking or VR in Simulation Programs? One challenge in sim programs is that one screen only gives you the view straight ahead. There are times when you need to see to your right or left. A truck simmer must see if anything is...
How To Animate Your Photos
The idea of creating a deepfake where you change a photograph of a person's face into a realistic video has been done with several techniques. Now there are a couple apps that use AI to animate any photo in a couple minutes. This YouTube video demonstrates how to do...
Computer Reset Brings Peace and Happiness
Video producers make heavy use of computers. More than most, you probably install and uninstall all kinds of helper programs. You may also fill hard drives, then after a time erase them and fill them again. This is all true in my business. It doesn't take long for the...
Wildlife Cameras Record Surprising Visitors
Wildlife Cameras also known as Trail Cameras can open a fascinating world of rarely seen wildlife. Is someone raiding the lettuce in your garden? Catch them with a wildlife camera. Even if you don't live in the country, suburban areas attract surprising amounts of...
10-Second Video Sells For $6 Mil. Discover Non-Fungible Tokens
Non-fungible tokens may change everything. Art collector Pablo Rodriguez-Fraile paid nearly $67,000 for a 10-second video artwork. He could have watched it online for free. He sold it recently for $6.6 Million. A video artist who goes by the name Beeple created that...
VHS Resurgence
The VHS format is obsolete. Nevertheless, there are vast libraries of films and TV shows on VHS that are unavailable elsewhere. There is a big nostalgia factor even though the last VCR was manufactured in 2006. There is also a surprising market for prerecorded VHS...
Feel Good TV Stories
"Alex Trebek's wardrobe donated to help Americans in need" "Louisiana sanitation workers help police find missing girl" "Amanda Gorman recites powerful original poem at Super Bowl LV" These are just a few of the "Uplift Stories" from CBS news. The TV networks use...
5 Second Super Bowl Ad
Reddit, the message board, says they couldn't afford a super bowl ad so they bought five seconds. Other companies spent millions on ambitious TV commercials made for advertising’s biggest day of the year. Reddit’s tiny ad was made in less than a week and connected...
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