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Download Sample Chapters of Mastering Webcam Book

Thanks for your interest in Mastering Webcam and Smartphone Video: How to Look and Sound Great in Webinars and Videoconferences. Click the book on your left to download the sample chapters. The download contains two chapters: • The Quick Start chapter, the first in the book, which identifies five quick ways to up the video and audio quality of your …

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Choosing the Number of Renditions and Encoding Sets

I recently received an email inquiry that asked, “on average for multiple devices, how many different renditions/encoding sets do you recommend?” The answer was complex enough that I figured I would answer it in a blog post.  There are multiple interlocking considerations, as you would suspect. Let’s start with Quality and Compatibility. Quality and Compatibility  1. The starting point for …

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Video Production Resources for Live Event Production

I recently received an email asking about resources for video and webinar production. I sent off a list of video, audio, and lighting related resources, so I thought I would expand upon that in three blog posts. This first is on video-related resources for streaming production.  Choosing Cameras and Lighting for Single-Speaker Webinars (1): I actually presented this as a webinar, …

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