Resources for Information Product Producers from Ghost Leg Media
Jul 30 2008
No doubt about it – You Tube is a great way to drive traffic to your web site, increase visibility for your videos, and save on bandwidth. But, as a quick look at any You Tube video will confirm, when it comes to quality, You Tube is still several generations behind. You Tube has many [...]
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Jul 22 2008
The latest version of WordPress, v2.6, was released about a week ago. It has several useful new features. My favorites are the saved revisions, image captions (hooray!), the new Plugin interface, and the ability to make multiple selections (Shift-Click) when managing posts. There are other very cool improvements that don’t fit with my current workflow. [...]
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Jun 24 2008
One of the many advantages of subscribing to Bill Myers’ web site, Bill Myers Online, (aside from Bill’s constant help and insight) is Bill’s willingness to find and share bargains on the best hardware and software for product producers. For instance, he recently pointed to a one day sale for the Canon HV30 at Newegg [...]
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Jun 20 2008
SnagIt v9 from TechSmith has been released to generally rave reviews. However, if you are already a happy SnagIt user, I’d recommend you try before you buy, even though TechSmith is offering a generous upgrade price to early adopters. I upgraded immediately (to save $5.00), and I must admit, I’m mildly unhappy that I did. [...]
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May 29 2008
If you enjoy using a video camera, you already know that good editing software is as important as a good camcorder. But which editing software should you choose? Many folks, when starting out, use Windows Movie Maker – and it has some pretty cool features for a free editing package. But as you gain experience, [...]
May 17 2008
Using the best tool for the job will almost always save time and money – but there are jobs that pop up only once or twice a year and you may not want to invest in an application to deal with those problems. I believe any product developer or online seller will benefit from owning [...]
Feb 09 2008
Today’s Give Away of the Day offering is a photo enlarging program called Reshade. According to the developer: Reshade helps you enlarge images without losing quality. Quickly and easily resize images using the automatic settings or get in full control and manually tweak the results to perfection. Having the most advanced features of any resizing [...]
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Jan 26 2008
After years – decades! – of using Paint Shop Pro, I finally switched over to Adobe Photoshop Elements 6. I am astonished at how powerful this program is! Do yourself a favor – if you are still limping along with old photo editing software – try Adobe Photoshop Elements 6
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Jan 13 2008
Give Away of the Day is offering Skypecap today, Jan 13, 2008, only. The developers say, “SkypeCap is the complete resource for capturing and recording Skype audio and video sessions in real time.” Although there are lots of other applications that record Skype calls, if you use Skype for podcasting or want to record webcasts [...]
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Jan 07 2008
As promised – here are the download links to the programs we discussed on the OSI Rockstars webinar today: Camtasia & Snag It www.techsmith.com Color Cop http://colorcop.net/ Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ MS Publisher http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/publisher/FX100487821033.aspx Vista Print www.vistaprint.com Queensboro http://www.queensboro.com/web/exec/index.php Mind Manager 7 http://www.mindjet.com True Box Shot http://www.trueboxshot.com/ FLV PLAYERS JW Flash Player http://www.jeroenwijering.com/?item=JW_FLV_Player AFC Embeddable FLV Player [...]
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Jan 04 2008
The full edition of Sony Vegas is one of the most powerful video editing programs available. It is also quite expensive. List price is $585.00. But here’s a completely legitimate way to get Vegas 6 for just $79.00 from B&H Photo. Then, you can either stay at Vegas 6 and you’ll have saved over $500.00 [...]
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Dec 14 2007
For a limited time, you can get a free copy of DviX Pro. Go here for the Windows version or here to download the Mac version Enter your email address and the registration number will be mailed to you. That’s it! Another great offer from another company that believes its product is so good, if [...]
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Nov 25 2007
Fry’s is offering a $60.00 rebate on Sony Movie Studio This makes it free after the rebate. You can’t ask for better than that! http://shop2.outpost.com/product/5287667
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Nov 23 2007
TechSmith’s super fabulous give away continues with a free copy of version 7 (current version is 8.2) of Snag-It. This is the very best screen capture utility, bar none. If you ever need to do screen caps, you need Snag-It. Plus, Snag-It has a simple screen recorder built in as well. You won’t get all [...]
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Sep 25 2007
If you are interested in the Flash Encoder or Flash Player discussed in today’s webinar, you can find them here: Riva Flash Encoder – http://www.rivavx.com/?encoder AFCompnents Embedded Flash Player – http://www.afcomponents.com/blog/?p=14 If you would like more info about using these tools – take a look at the Beyond You Tube Training CD – http://www.ghostleg.com/beyondyoutube.htm
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