August, 2011

• 30 August

  Color Correction in Premiere Pro

  Here’s a tutorial on perfecting video quality in Adobe Premiere Pro CS 3 with the following agenda. The tutorial is from a training product that has been discontinued and uses an older version of Premiere Pro, though the functionality has not meaningfully changed since then, so the knowledge should transfer.  If you’d like to follow along with the action in …

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• 30 August

  Free Videos: Overview of the Adobe Media Encoder Workflow

  I just released a 3 hour workshop entitled Producing Great Video with the Adobe Media Encoder CS 5.5. It was produced by Video2Brain, and you can view course details here. I produced three short videos to answer questions you may have about the workshop. They are: – What does the workshop cover? – Adobe Media Encoder is easy to use. …

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• 25 August

  Ozer Book Selected as Compression Textbook by Portland Community College

  Just a quick note that Video Compression for Flash, Apple Devices and HTML5 has been adapted for Seth Bloombaum’s streaming course at Portland (Oregon) Community College. (MM236 in the Multimedia Program.) In his note to me letting me know, Seth commented, “I’m really very enthusiastic about the the new book. IMHO it’s been a long time since there was a …

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• 1 August

  Configuring Windows Workstation for Premiere Pro CS5.5

  This article is the first of a series on configuring your Windows workstation for producing with Adobe CS 5.5. The focus of this particular article is buying a single CPU vs. dual CPU system for producing with Premiere Pro and Adobe Media Encoder. I’ll also cover whether it makes sense to enable or disable HTT (hyper-threaded technology) when available on …

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July, 2011

• 30 July

  Power to the Patent Trolls

  In April 2011, the Department of Justice began investigating the MPEG Licensing Association (MPEG LA) to learn whether or not the group is unfairly trying to damage Google’s competitive prospects with the WebM video format. But maybe MPEG LA would be doing us all a favor by damaging WebM. That’s my take, anyway. Here’s the rationale. In February, MPEG LA …

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• 30 July

  Potential Patent Claims Mount Against Google’s WebM

  In a story for Streaming Media Magazine, I asked patent licensing authority MPEG-LA whether any claims had emerged against the VP8 video codec used Google’s WebM. As you recall, MPEG-LA announced a call for patents “essential” to VP8 in March 2011. Apparently, there have been 12 patents found to be essential to Google’s WebM technology by MPEG-LA’s patent experts. The …

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• 25 July

  Epub Version of Video Compression for Flash, Apple Devices and HTML5 now UNavailable

  UPDATE I just got this notice from Lulu. Upon closer inspection of your work, our Quality Review specialists found that your book does not meet the eBook Retail Distribution Guidelines. REASON: Your ebook has been rejected for formatting issues. The images and/or text in your file are blurry or not formatted properly., Your ebook (cover, description or content) cannot contain …

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• 23 July

  Lighting for Streaming Tutorials Released

  I produced a DVD in 2008 called Critical Skills for Streaming Producers, in conjunction with Streaming Media Magazine. The product is now out of date and off the market, but some of the videos included with the tutorial still have some real value. In particular, the five videos relating to lighting for streaming are still pretty useful. So, I’ve decided …

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• 23 July

  Secure streaming, digital watermarking and Content ID

  It’s frustrating when you get an email from a reader that you don’t know the answer to. Here’s one from an overseas streamer who is releasing very topical videos on their site, and despite using RTMPE+ token authorization, suffered massive piracy. Here are the questions, which I only partially responded to. I am looking for suggestions before and after the …

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• 19 July

  MediaPlatform WebCaster Rich Media Conferencing Systems

  I reviewed MediaPlatform’s WebCaster product for Streaming Media Magazine and loved it. Here’s the intro; check out the full review here. Webcasts are a great tool for acquiring and retaining customers. They’re also great for training and communicating to both employees and partners. If you’re considering presenting webcasts for any of these reasons, MediaPlatform, Inc.’s WebCaster should be on your …

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