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The Flip Video camcorder is amazingly easy to use – and it takes pretty good video. For online use, it’s hard to beat. Here’s a short demo that will give you an idea of exactly how effortless it really is. Get the Flash Player to see this content.

Tags: camcorder, flip, You Tube

Here’s a quick tutorial that demonstrates how to use Quick 3D Cover and Photoshop Elements to create eye catching title cards for your You Tube videos. Click on the Play button below to start the video. Get the Flash Player to see this content.

Tags: photoshop elements, titles, You Tube

I finally broke down and ordered a Flip Camcorder Ultra. UPS says it should arrive on April 1. I recently read that the Flip is the #1 selling camcorder in the US – and I’m not surprised. Although you can buy a “real” camcorder for about the same amount of money, it’s hard to beat [...]

Tags: flip camcorder, Video, You Tube

The latest B&H Photo and Video Newsletter includes some very helpful tutorials. If you’ve been experimenting with using video on the web, through services such as YouTube, take a look at this tutorial on optimizing video for online viewing. It explains codecs and compression, and it looks at 3 different software packages. The discussion of [...]

Tags: b&h photo, final cut, tutorials, You Tube

Camcorderinfo.com picked the Flip Cam as the most innovative camcorder of 2007. But the Flip wasn’t the only tiny, USB camcorder on the market. RCA’s Small Wonder camcorder is very similar – and it is on sale at Buy.com for $89.00 At less than 4.5″ tall and 2.5″ wide, this tiny camera weighs just 0.22 [...]

Tags: flip camcorder, small wonder, Video, You Tube

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

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

All You Tube, all the time…. Here’s the breakdown of Video Sites’ ratings for June 2007 from WebOptimizer Click the picture for a full size view. If you combine You Tube and Google Video (both owned by Google), that’s almost 70 MILLION viewers. The next closest competitor is AOL with under 16 Million – not [...]

Tags: ratings, You Tube

We had a question at the final Monday night webinar about saving finished Photo Story movies to your PC. The actual “Save” process isn’t very intuitive. In fact, Microsoft seems to have thrown out the familiar steps and user interface for no good reason. But you can save both the project and the finished Photo [...]

Tags: cindy shebley, OSI Rock Stars, PhotoStory, tutorials, webinar, You Tube

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

Tags: cindy shebley, flash, Janelle Elms, OSI Rock Stars, podcast, product creation, Software, tutorial, webinar, You Tube