An awful lot of videos are not watched more than 10 or 20 seconds. Lack of professional polish is a major reason. The first thing the audience sees must look awesome. A video intro or logo animation also known as a "logo sting" can do the job. Hollywood has been using...
Post Production
Sony Catalyst Production Suite Editing 4K HD color, Cross Platform
Edit in 4K HD color, Cross Platform Streamlines the file path from camera to post Sony's Catalyst Production Suite is a brand new editing suite created from the ground up. It's entirely different from Sony Vegas. This one is cross-platform - Mac and Windows and is...
Great 4K TVs under $800
4K TV describes any TV display technology with a total pixel count which is 4 times the final resolution that you’d find in ordinary Full HD TVs It need not have exactly 4,000 or more pixels horizontally. In fact most 4K TVs have a resolution of 3,840 x 2,160 while...
OS X Better Than Windows For Video Editing?
This Video May Surprise You Which is Faster OS X or Windows? There's more to the story than simply the speed of the operating system for video editing, rendering and more, but this test did a good job of equalizing the variables to make it a valid test comparing just...
Windows 10 and Video Producers
If you are running Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 8.1, Microsoft will begin automatically sending a free upgrade to Windows 10 via Windows Update starting January 2016. The default will be to automatically upgrade so unless you are vigilant, you will end up with...
Amazon S3 and CloudFront For Video
Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) is an online file storage web service which is very large and fast. Clients include NASDAQ, the stock market exchange, and Netflix among others. Amazon Web Services enables Netflix to quickly deploy thousands of servers and terabytes...
The Video Thumbnail
This is the still photo (ostensibly from the video) that is shown with the title and description in Google and other searches. On YouTube, you will often see what appears to be a bare-breasted woman in the small video thumbnail. This leads some to watch the video, not...
SEO for Video
Whether you do any search engine optimization (SEO) for your client's video or not, it is worth understanding how to get more attention for a video. Search Engine Optimization or SEO is the process of affecting the visibility of a website, web page, or video in a...
Promoting Videos & Streaming Video
Producing a great video is only half the battle. The target audience must find that video. Some obvious ways to promote the video include linking to it in newsletters, websites, and printed materials. An email signature could include a short enticing title and link to...
Commission An Animator
For many video projects it may be smarter to commission an animator and manage the job rather than doing it yourself. You can find animators online through sites such as https://www.upwork.com/ . But there are some real advantages to working with a local animator in...
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