Google has realised that video is a great way of communicating. The issue they tackle in this short video on YouTube is privacy.
There has been a lot of rumors about what kind of information Google stores about us when we search. And I guess the biggest sceptics will just call this video a smoke screen. But it makes sense and is exactly what most websites store anyway.
The difference now is that Google will start to anonymise their logs a bit when they are 18 months old. Maybe you heard this already, but here is a video explaining this, made by Google. Not only is it good information, but also a good example of how to communicate in the simplest way and get your message across.
I love the combination of internet and video and I will be looking for more examples that can serve as ideas for anyone that want to put video online. There will also be some articles in the future about how to get maximum quality on your video. Watch this space!
Do you have any examples of great online video communication? Make a comment with a link!
Do you try to keep a finger on the pulse of your favorite blogs and websites? Do you spend a lot of time clicking your way around to the same websites every day? Then RSS is the right thing for you. No idea what I am talking about? Well, I was going to write something very clever about this and then I stumbled across someone that had done it already. Lee LeFever from Common Craft did it in a very cool way. So here is that video. Enjoy both the content and the style!
My choice of rss reader at the moment is GreatNews , but I am happy to try out new ones whenever I come across them. I think that a tool like this is invaluable for people that work in the tv and film business as it allows us to stay on top of what is happening in our fields of interest. You find the links to add this blog in the right column or in the address bar of your web browser.
When you want to embed animation and graphics into moving images in a believeable way, you have two main choices. Either use a computer controlled camera rig, or buy horribly expensive software. Until Andersson Technologies came along.
Their software, SynthEyes, will set you back only USD 399 and runs on both Mac and Windows. Not too long ago they released a new version with many improvements. One of the improvements is a stabilizer that promises to do a correct stabilization of your footage. According to their website:
The hallmark of incorrect stabilization is that, though the point of interest remains stable, the corners of the image appear to be doing some very strange things, moving in and out. This is the result of 2-D stabilization, or 3-D stabilization with an incorrect field of view.
They then explain why
The underlying problem is that 2-D stabilization changes the image in a way that no real camera can. When you shift an image, it is not the same as pointing a real camera in a different direction
and explaines more about how they solve it.
The software has been used in a long list of movies, commercials and tv-programs all over the world. If you need to place a building into footage shot from a helicopter or any other moving images, I think you should have a closer look at this. You do not need to get a mortgage to buy it!
