Post Production

How To Get an Awesome Video Opening for $15

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...

Great 4K TVs under $800

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...

Windows 10 and Video Producers

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...

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...

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...