VIDEO SKINS – CREATE EXCITING VIDEOS FREE! #2

Before revealing the technological advancements that have taken place since my own (crude) experiments way back in 2007, I should at least portray the developments I achieved.

The statement (way back in 2007) appears to be derogatory to state, since it spans a mere 12 months, but it shows how fast technology is evolving today.

The concept of creating what I referred to ‘internal visual surrounds’ within the structure of streaming videos, became an obsession. Millions of videos uploaded to hosting sites, all have one thing in common ~ they are presented in boring black squares!

Although being restricted in funding, as I was merely experimenting as an open source theory, I managed to make certain strides in my efforts.

Old cinema style surround.

My initial experiments were centered on creating an old style cinema surround, using curtains as a backdrop.

After taking j peg snapshots of the “Metro” cinema sides, and online news scroller software, I uploaded them to my online workshop (hidden page) on one of my websites.

Careful manipulation of the images, cropping to size ~ 320 wide x 240 pixels high, I was able to create the first internal visual surround and used it to create movie trailer surrounds. This was also reproduced in the color blue.

Choosing a what proved to be a popular movie trailer, I recorded the footage and placed it within the folds of the surrounds.

Realizing the multilingual needs of different languages, I translated the movie trailer synopsis in many languages incorporated within the news scroller.

This proved to be popular amongst viewers from countries other than English speaking, simply because they could now understand the storyline.

Admittedly the Indiana Jones experiment was not as popular as my recording of ‘Fools gold’ which attracted over 90.000 views, possibly because it was an unknown entity and was not a perfect job, but it was a beginning and proved worthwhile.

VIDEO SKINS – CREATE EXCITING VIDEOS FREE!

Future thought’s HAPTICS (INSIDE INFO SKIN).-Myvzine
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Futuristic animation from future thought.
Machine controlling man.
Wrapped in new information skin.
An experimental demo by Myvzine publications.

This amusing animation by (Future thought) is a masterpiece on its own. All credits must go to this outstanding producer whom has created many fascinating animations.

On first viewing, I decided to spice the presentation up even further, by adding a futuristic skin to the surrounding elements of the original video.

Being a perfectionist, I need to increase the size of both the internal visuals and the surrounding skin, but there is enough of it to show the skinning effects.

I should also have cropped the corners to give it a polygon shape, rather than a square.

Video presentation in the form of adding new skins and re-recording, is a new art form that is emerging as an alternative to the accepted norm.

From this point onwards I shall be revealing my earlier (crude) experiments in attempting to create video surrounds that were more appealing to the eye.

Technology has greatly improved my efforts and now it has become so simple, anyone can create stunning visual presentations, valuable in promoting both personal and commercial videos.

Look out for further posts and articles and please make your contributory ideas through comments!

Google domination-rally in Germany-Myvzine publication.

Recently discovered, public domain footage, of the original Google awards ceremony, held in Nuremberg, west Germany, has revealed the truth behind the driving force of Google.

The original concept behind the Google search engine, was to provide an efficient service, without the annoying presence of advertisements on the home page, as other search engines were displaying.

Once popularity was gained, to the extent of becoming the number one search engine, they introduced ‘adwords’, a system which encouraged online marketers to bid for competitive key words, to appear as sponsored links, on the right hand side of their search pages.

This method has made absolute millions for the Google corporation, and continues to grow.

Next up, they introduced ‘adsence’, a method of placing sponsored adverts onto webmasters web pages, enticing surfers to click the links and pay for the products offered by merchants.

The webmasters receive an undisclosed percentage of revenue, paid up by the sponsors, but quite obviously, the lions share goes into the Google coffers.

The 1.65 billion take over of youtube, is peanuts to the corporation, as they have the foresight to realize that online video will increasingly become the main source of advertising revenue.

Radio and television will inevitably die out, to be replaced by online video and movie hosting, so the acquisition of youtube, being the numero uno hosting site, is an excellent deal.

Although, being aware of their methods, one must admire the drive behind the Googleplex machine, and praise them for re-investing into mapping and multilingual systems, which are to the benefit of everyone….especially Google, whom, when the time is right, shall levee a charge on the services.

PS – the translation of the video above was greatly due to ‘Google translate’.

Video marketing – taboo humor part 2.

Imagine this – you discover an unusual product and contact the manufacturer to join their affiliate program.   Then you find an amusing video on the subject and embed it onto your site, permission granted from the video owner, of course (copyright).

It could be a complete website, centering around the product, or a single page which spices up your other content.    Write articles and blogs about the amazing product, all linking to your site.     Search engines love articles, blogs and videos – people love humor – it is a winning formula and a powerful addition to your armory.

Video marketing- taboo humor part 1.

Every day life and the difference between man and woman, is a subject that is often talked about, yet rarely written about. Videos on the subject are even rarer – note – we are not talking of pornography here.

In relation to video marketing and web site construction, it is becoming more essential to embed videos as an attraction for your visitor. If the videos are humorous without being too far over the top, and changed regularly, your visitor may bookmark your site and return.

The video I have chosen to accompany this article is an excellent production, however it does include a few naughty words, so is therefore not suited for family viewing. It also leads up to a video selected for part two of this article.

Here is a quick joke on the subject (posted on Samantha Burn’s blog).

A man in a bar starts trying to impress a lovely young thing, who quickly tires of his advances. “Look,” she says, “I’ll bet you $100 you can’t pee higher up the alley wall than I can. If I win, you pay up and leave the bar. If you win, I’ll pay you, and then blow you right there in the alley.”

Thinking he has a sure win, he agrees, downs the rest of his beer for the extra pressure, then follows the girl and the rest of the bar’s patrons into the alley. The girl demurely drops her panties, then does a handstand, spreads her legs, and shoots a stream of steaming liquid ten feet up the wall. The crowd applauds. The man, realizing he has a tougher challenge than he thought, slowly drops his trousers then pulls his pitiful thing out of this boxers.

The girl, wagging a finger, seals his doom with the gentle statement, “Hey, buddy, no hands!”

How to edit a video-part 6- (timing).

Revisiting the online video editing site (Jumpcut), prompted me to re-edit and re-vamp some old footage using an internal visual surround method.

I rearranged the footage on Jumcut’s timeline and added a techno sound mix, adjusting the audio to match the visuals by sliding, until it was near perfect. When satisfied, I captured the play with Camtasia in a small pixel area (rectangle).

The first capture was rendered as ’space1′. I then loaded 22 stock photos of space pics, resized to fit the display area of ‘Flash slideshow maker’ and created the slideshow as a moving background. With the slideshow activated in the background, I played the video ’space1′ in ‘Winamp’ media player, classic version, as the top layer.

Back on Camtasia, I set the capture size and timed both the layers to activate and made the recording. Having to pause the winamp player twice to coincide with the slideshow, meant that the resulting capture required further editing on the Camtasia timeline.

Being on a personal timer, I quickly spliced out the unwanted footage and as a result, the completed video was produced in under the hour. More time would have created a near 100% production, but as this was only a demo, it was sufficient.

How to edit a video-part 5 – montages

Further points on creating montages.

This video was created using both moving footage and ‘Myspace’ comment images to create the montage part of the production.    This actually shows that you can make montages from any image, as long as the images have been captured as jpegs.

The soundtrack is once again by Nathan Walters – (Romance you).    Chosen for obvious reasons.    A wonderful song deserves decent visuals.    I hope everyone agrees.

How to edit a video-part4-(timelines).

Video editing – Camtasia timeline.

All good video editing suites incorporate time lines within  the software.    There are many suites to chose from, I personally use Camtasia  4.5, but  even free suites  are  available and easy to use.

Please bear with me if you are already proficient with video editing.    This article is intended, not just for complete beginners,  but also to improve  your own skills.

Time lines are an excellent tool for cutting out the um’s and ah’s in visual presentations, that is a subject on its own.    What I would like to discuss here is using time lines in stock footage.

Providing you own or have the permission to use photos, a montage can be created by importing and placing them onto the story board in preferred order and transitioned to effect – more on this another time.

Moving footage – let us say – a series of movie trailers, can be imported and placed on the time line for editing.    Unwanted scenes can be cut out, and more desirable scenes, spliced into the  video construction, simply by  moving the  pointer  across the  time slot  and hitting the scissors.    Practice, practice, practice, is the key to mastering every art, and just like painting on a canvas, if you are unhappy with the cut, you can simply remove the section from the time line and re-import the footage.

As I am currently writing a book on the art, I cannot explain much further here, however, the video I have chosen to accompany this article, shows how a montage and moving footage can be spliced together.

Sometimes the words of a beautiful song can inspire you to create a nice video.    Nathan Walters, is a wonderful singer and the words in ‘Quiet of the night’, moved me to create scenes depicting the sacrifice, our lord, Jesus Christ, made for us.     The video begins with a photo montage, borrowed from a pre-made video.    On watching, the viewer, is satisfied that this is a montage, but at the point after the message -       I am the good shepherd.  The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.  John 10:11, the video transitions into moving footage of the movie – The passion of Christ.    immediately,  the  song  and the visuals , transpire the video into  a notable presentation  that will always be remembered.

How to edit a video-part3-(vulgarity).

Violent, Painful & Controversial – please note – the above video should not be viewed by minors or anyone with  nervous disposition’s.

Continuing in the vein of most popular videos, we have noticed that on many video forum sites, such as vewgle, the most viewed category has been in the Violent, Painful & Controversial section.    Being music and movie buffs, we find it hard to understand – why?

Maybe there are enough music and movie vids on Youtube to satisfy most needs, then people turn to the forums to view the controversial vids, as an escape.

We created the above video as a test.    Disgusting  vomiting  scenes from Monty Python’s  -   Mr Creosote – the brain slicing scene from Silence of the lambs and Travis throwing food around a dinner table in their song – ‘Sing’, were spliced together and dished up for controversy.    It has been suggested that the video could be used as a dietary aid, as after viewing, no normal person would consider eating a meal.

If you wish to view this video, please consider it as an example of what is a popular viewing vehicle.    We do not condone this type of video ourselves – view it with a sense of humor, in the understanding of popular genre.

How to edit a video-Part 2- (viewing types).

Before we get into the nitty gritty of how to edit any video, we should look into viewing popularity. Unfortunately (being a proud father), I have to admit, that ‘SEX’ on the internet is highly viral – excuse the pun.

As we covered in ‘The definitive video jockeys guide’ available freely on the digitalblue2u profile on Youtube. Whilst not delving into pornography – sexy videos, allied to a little humor is very popular, even with the ladies, because it is harmless fun.

Major brewing manufacturers have realized this factor, which has resulted in the advertisements, collated in the video we compiled in December 2007. Complete adsence primed websites, dedicated to funny commercials are flourishing today.

This fact alone – just by adding one or two fun vids onto a website, can keep your visitor amused enough to remain and continue viewing your pages.