On Feb 20, 2008, at 11:17 AM, Darcy James Argue wrote:
Hi Matt,
Good luck with this.
RE: video size, what you actually need to do is to zoom in on the
areas of interest so that people can see what you are doing. I
looked at your Drum Hits video and it wasn't really possible to see
what was going on on the actual staves. Plus, about 90% of your
video screen real estate was completely wasted (empty space below
the two staves in Scroll View). When you make these videos, you need
to zoom way in so only the relevant parts of the screen are visible.
You may need to move the camera along with the cursor in some cases.
For audio quality, for internet video, you probably only really need
a Snowball USB Mic. But what you *really* need is a script. You
can't just record the audio and video off-the-cuff -- you need to
plan out the most efficient way to convey the information you are
trying to convey. Making good instructional videos is difficult and
you can't just wing it.
Matt,
There is good material here, and I appreciate the work that has gone
into it. But, this is a recording - not a conversation, and the
verbal tics become annoying and distracting. On any kind of
professional level (and if you are selling this, as I think you would
like to, and probably should), you need a script that allows you to
avoid the verbal fillers that interfere with the content of the spoken
information. So, I am in agreement with Darcy about this and about
the size and framing of the video information.
Good luck,
Chuck
Check out the CommonCraft video series ("Explanations in Plain
English") on YouTube -- they are a terrific model:
http://www.youtube.com/user/leelefever
Cheers,
- Darcy
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On 20 Feb 2008, at 1:37 PM, Matthew Voogt wrote:
Hi Everyone!
Thanks for the great feedback. I can agree with the fact that the
audio is a bit not so great. This was a student project that I
finished up this year (I go to Berklee College of Music). And I'm
actually looking for a grant from the school to get some funding so
that I can buy some of the audio recording stuff I need to make
higher
quality. As for the video quality. I encoded at a rate that I thought
would be ok for people with slow and fast connections. So There had
to
be a compromise. If you are viewing on a 30" screen, yeah it is going
to be a bit fuzzy.
We are also trying to work on some search capabilities as well.
As for it not being free... well there are 75 tutorials up and about
75% of them are up free of charge :) We are trying to test the market
and see if people would like to buy subscriptions or DVDs more.
-Matt
On 2/20/08, dhbailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
dc wrote:
Matthew Voogt écrit:
It is a website that is totally free and offers video tutorials
about
anything and everything related to Finale. Check it out... let
me know
what you think.
Where one reads:
What [sic] to see all those locke0d [sic] videos?! A one time
fee will
give you access to all the content on thefinaleschool.com
Is this what you call "totally free"?
Dennis
The web-site is free -- viewing all the content costs money. :-)
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