Topic - Online Video & editing
Right of Publicity with Online Video – Questions Answered!
Recently we’ve had some readers asking questions about my recent interview with attorney Mark Rosenberg on “right of publicity” video issues with online video marketing. Questions such as: How can you get permission from large crowds to be in a video? Is the business or venue owner’s consent enough or not? How can patrons be made aware of video recording on the premises, that protects yourself? I asked Mark for a follow-up interview to these questions, and now you can read all of his answers here!
ScreenFlow 2.0 Stream from Mac, Publish to YouTube
Much like Procaster does for a hoard of live streaming, video-blogging, PC users, ScreenFlow 2.0 now gives the gift of video screen capture to the mass of Macheads in the world. The newest version of the screen capturing software gives easy access to YouTube publishing, advanced editing and more.
Apple’s New Final Cut Studio – Quick Overview
After some time and impatient waiting on behalf of many Mac-based video editing professionals, the newest version of Final Cut Studio was realsead out in the wild last week. The studio packages up six great applications (Final Cut Pro 7, Soundtrack Pro 3, Color 1.5, DVD Studio Pro 4, Motion 4 and Compressor 3.5) that should allow you to do an endless variety of video editing including both sights and sounds.
Kaltura Launches Free Open Source Online Video Platform
Kaltura has been rambling around the net for some time now but just only recently announced the launch of their full Community Edition which is a free, open source and self-hosted online video platform. This is a big day for all of those that want a do-it-yourself solution for video hosting.
Intangible Values of Online Video – Beyond Monetization
D2DVD recently blogged about whether or not online video has some sort of value not based in money. While many of us equate popularity and views with value ,some of us might have forgotten about a great deal of other avenues that might be considered to have value for the creators. Sure retail sales tracking and ad revenue are valuable, but what else is there?
How to Fix Aspect Ratio on Youtube Videos
Long, long ago, YouTube was 4:3 only. Then the age of widescreen came and so they changed everything to 16:9. This left many videos in a square peg oblong hole situation (as in the video just doesn’t fit the player window properly). So here are a few ways that you can change the aspect ratio on your YouTube videos and NOT have to re-upload.
Quicktime to have Built in YouTube Support
If you’re an iPhone user you already know you can watch your favorite YouTube videos on it via the app. However, if you’re a Quicktime user you’ve always had to do your encoding and video editing and then go either to YouTube’s page or use another application to upload your videos.
iPhone 3Gs Mobile Video Capabilities – Recording, Editing, Publishing & Streaming?
In the past, we covered mobile video apps for the iPhone 3G and we’ve talked about the iPhone’s built-in support for HD video. For those of you that are unaware, Apple is working on new software for the iPhone (version 3.0) which is expected to be released this summer. According to many articles we’ve been reading and screenshots that we’ve seen, the new iPhone 3.0 promises several enhancements specifically with regard to mobile video.
Sorenson Squeeze 5 in Avid Technology Editing Suite
Sorenson Media today announced that Sorenson Squeeze 5 is being shipped with the latest versions of Avid Technology Inc.’s suite of video editing applications, including Avid Media Composer (v 3.5), Symphony (v 3.5) and NewsCutter (v 7.5) software. Sorenson Squeeze 5 enables independent editors, producers and filmmakers who use Avid video editing software to easily deliver video in all of the most popular video formats, with advanced encoding options and superior results.
All in One Video Plugin For Wordpress – Upload, Host, Edit, and More
Kaltura has recently released version 2.1 of its Wordpress plugin, the All in one Video Pack. This plugin for Wordpress 2.5 or higher allows you to do a great deal of things with Wordpress and rich media including the ability to upload or import a video into your post. You can even record it straight from your webcam to the post if you so wish.
Open Source Video Module for Drupal – New from Kaltura
Kaltura, an open-source video publishing platform, just launched an open source video module for Drupal, a leading open source Content Management Platform used by more than a million sites. This new module, dubbed, “Kaltura’s All in One” enables Drupal site-builders to easily add video and rich-media functionality to their Drupal sites.
The module is comes with 10GB of free hosting and streaming that can be later upgraded. It was designed specifically for Drupal and seamlessly integrates with several key Drupal features and modules, including CCK, Views, cron, tags and taxonomy, and user permissions. The module is currently compatible with Drupal 6 (a Drupal 5 compatible version will be available soon).
Public domain video footage for online video marketing
If you’re looking for some new creative ideas on buzz marketing with online video, check out the Internet Archive, a virtual digital library of public domain (i.e., free) video content. While its primarily used for research and educational purposes, some companies are drawing from its inventory to create new movie clips for entertainment pieces associated with their own brand.
