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Another great Photo Story – from Cindy of Easy Auction Photography fame. Not selling anything in this one. Just enjoying a day at Useless Bay with the dogs

Tags: cindy shebley, Easy Auction Photography, PhotoStory

Some folks have trouble uploading Photo Story WMV’s to You Tube. This has something (no telling what!) to do with certain versions of the Windows Media 9 codec. You’ll know you have the problem if you upload your WMV and You Tube takes an unusually long time to process the file. Finally, at the end [...]

Tags: papa john, PhotoStory, You Tube

As you probably know, the speed with which 35 mm movie film passes through the camera’s gate is measured in Frames Per Second. With film, this is a literal measurement. Every properly calibrated movie camera and projector moves the film at precisely this speed, and any movie can be played on any projector – as [...]

Tags: definitions, frame rate, tutorials

Do you want to add video to your blog, eBay listings, web site – even iPhones and iPods? Ghost Leg Media has produced a series of CDs and DVDs that will show you how to do just that. They are easy to follow, step by step How To videos, aimed at sellers, not at computer [...]

Tags: cindy shebley, PhotoStory, tutorials, video production

Here’s another great use of video on eBay Go watch the video – I can’t think of a way to convey this much information in a short description! UPDATE FOR DOG OWNERS: Although this particular auction has ended, the item is still for sale in the seller’s eBay store. Just follow the links from the [...]

Tags: OSI Rock Stars, Video

Folks who attended the free four part webinar have asked for more information on using Photo Story 3. So we’ve put together a DVD tutorial called Everyone’s Guide to Photo Story 3. It should start shipping on Oct 22. The regular price will be $14.95. If you buy it directly through Ghost Leg, you’ll get [...]

Tags: PhotoStory, You Tube

The speed with which data is transmitted is measured in bits, and is known as the bit rate. In general, the higher the bit rate, the higher the quality. Video can be encoded in two ways – with a constant bit rate (CBR) or with a variable bit rate (VBR). Constant Bit Rate is frequently [...]

Tags: bit rate, definitions, tutorials

Video uses some uncommon words to describe common practices, some common words to describe uncommon practices, and some just plain indecipherable jargon. Let’s start defining some of these terms. Once the jargon is demystified, video becomes a much friendlier medium. CODEC Codec is a contraction of compress/decompress Video files are very large. A 30 minute [...]

Tags: codec, definitions, tutorials