| Video is just flying, Google has bought YouTube, | | | | video. |
| advertisers have found video, cameras are shooting | | | | Not only can we film using cameras, we can also |
| higher and higher quality with lower and lower prices | | | | capture video right off the computer screen. This is |
| and now can be operated by just about one button. | | | | great for making training videos, promotional video or |
| Easy videos, basic videos, clip movies, video made | | | | just funny videos. A couple of the most popular are |
| easy no matter how you want to say it is just | | | | CamtasiaStudio and Captivate for the PC, both of |
| getting easier. | | | | which have been around for quite a while. And on the |
| Video hosting platforms are popping up all over the | | | | Mac the newest, and just the most amazing piece of |
| place, names such as MetaCafe, Revver, Vech, | | | | software is Screenflow. There are many others, |
| Viddler, Crackle, Daily Motion, and more. This doesn't | | | | almost to many to count. |
| even include the standards, YouTube, Yahoo Video, | | | | I have been using Screenflow for a while now, and it |
| AOL Video, MySpace, the list goes on and on. Blogs | | | | is what I call a game changer. It only runs on the |
| just about everywhere are playing videos as are | | | | newest Macintosh computers but in my opinion it is |
| cellphones and all kinds of portable devices. And | | | | almost worth buying a Mac for it. And it is only $100. |
| almost all sites are getting into monetization of their | | | | It is that good, and it records two tracks of video at |
| videos. | | | | the same time, what is on the screen and what is |
| Camera for shooting basic video are flooding the | | | | from the onboard camera. Very simple to edit, it is |
| market such as the normal consumer ones like Sony, | | | | just the very best. |
| Cannon and Panasonic and the newest one like the | | | | Want to publicize your products or ideas, how about |
| Flip, the iSight, that comes on every Mac, and every | | | | starting a series and run it on YouTube. Or even |
| digital camera that gets turned into movie mode with | | | | better get a free channel on UStream.TV and |
| the flick of a knob. | | | | broadcast to the world. Whatever you do, remember |
| The video editing software is getting easier and | | | | it is global, and on the web we are all equal. I run |
| easier to use. We have the old standbys, like | | | | How To videos on some of my products they |
| Microsoft Movie Maker for the PC and iMovie for the | | | | appear all over the world for free. They all get views |
| Mac. Added to that and in the $100 range are Sony | | | | and all drive traffic to my sites. |
| Vegas Movie Studio, Pinnacle Studio, Adobe Premier, | | | | So there is no excuse not to get started using video |
| and Roxio. On the Mac we have one of the most | | | | for your business, your blog, your ideas. So as we |
| popular Final Cut, in Express and Pro. I use Final Cut all | | | | said above, easy videos, basic videos, clip movies, |
| the time for my production, it is excellent and it | | | | video made easy no matter how you want to call it, |
| almost like having CBS in your livingroom. Added to | | | | it is an explosion and a moment of change in the |
| these are all kinds of compression, and formatting | | | | world of video. |
| and a million other things you can do to shape your | | | | |