July 1, 2010

Camtasia 7

I recently created a promotional video for a new class that I will teach in Fall 2010. I used Camtasia Studio 7, whereas in the past I used version 5. Nice improvements – active callouts, presets and now using the mp4 technology for the video along with the Flash player.

July 1, 2010

YouTube’s New Video Editing Tool

See:  http://www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?answer=183851

The Video Editor is a free tool in your YouTube Account which allows you to edit various clips and produce an entirely new edited video. Here’s what you can do with the Video Editor:

  • Combine multiple videos you’ve uploaded to create a new longer video
  • Trim at the beginning and / or ending of your videos
  • Add a soundtrack from our AudioSwap library
  • Create new videos without worrying about file formats, and publish the new video to YouTube with one click (no new upload is required)

June 25, 2010

Google Viacom Lawsuit

The Judge sides with Google

Here is a link to an interesting article about the resolution of the lawsuit -

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/24/technology/24google.html?src=tptw

“This is a victory for the Internet and for the people who use it,” said Kent Walker, Google’s general counsel, in an interview. “The decision will let a whole new generation of creators and artists share their work online.”