Looking for step-by-step instructions for prepping (i.e. compressing) HD video files from Final Cut Express for YouTube? If so, you’ll find the answers you need in this great video tutorial by BIGlittleBROTHER. Very friendly, super informative and, apparently, works for iMovie ‘08 projects as well.
I have to give a super BIG thanks to BIGlittleBROTHER for this one! He really helped me get rolling with Final Cut Express (see last post), and his approach to explaining allowed me to adapt his methods to suite my specific needs.
No wonder his tutorial has gotten 46 thousand views!
Over the past couple weeks I’ve been committed to bringing in 2010 with my RSS feeds in order. That is to say, I want my Google Reader experience to be a great experience, efficiently delivering me a world of smartly filtered (but not too filtered) information I can quickly scan for facts, ideas and inspiration about photographic learning, the industry and all of the things that indirectly feed into my photographic thinking. (That would be everything.)
One thing that has really helped is that I realized that I want my RSS reading experience to relate to my business and learning goals for 2010, so I started by creating folders that relate to these goals. For example, I labeled one of my Google Reader folders “Photography 101″ to suck in content from learning sites. I labeled another one “Journalism 101,” which is for improving my journalism skills, which is different than my “News” folder, which is where I find the daily journalism that matters to me most.
Click the RSS feed link.
As I started to get organized, I turned to a few creative professionals to ask their advice for best practices using RSS feeds. I’ve gotten some insights, but it seems that figuring out good RSS feed reading habits is a bit like figuring out how some people, in the Old Days, were able to digest scores of newspapers and magazines: It is personalized experience that takes time to develop and that can be difficult to share.
Think of RSS Feeds Analogously
Given this, if your RSS feeds are out of control (or — gasp! — you don’t even have any) I think the most valuable suggestion I can share is an analogy:
• Think of your RSS feed reader like your pre-digital mailbox. Each feed is like a newspaper or magazines that you have subscribed to. Each post within each feed is like print article. Prioritize and skim accordingly.
Click "Subscribe" in your reader.
Using this analogy, Web surfing is like browsing a bookstore without a clear goal: fun, sometimes insightful, not the best use of fact-gathering time.
If there’s one thing that’s better than quality online Photoshop video training, it’s FREE quality online Photoshop video training. And if there’s one thing better than that, it’s when it’s FUN!
If you don’t know about TUTCAST Video Training, check out “CS4: Virtual Weight Loss,” which is posted on YouTube—and which will like suck you into the world of TUTCAST-produced gems.
In six minutes you’ll see the magical power of the Liquify tool in action, and get some tips for using the Patch tool, all while appreciating Howard’s fun and powerfully enlightening tutorial.
There is simply no Photoshop instructor in the world like the tormented, hilarious Donnie Hoyle. In his “You Suck at Photoshop” video series Donnie provides tutorials on a wide range of Photoshop tools while whining and sniffling about his life, which seems to be crumbling further apart with each new episode.
Many of the “You Suck at Photoshop” episodes bring tears to my eyes—even as Donnie insults me and calls his wife (and her lover) names that I cannot print here due to AC Blog’s family-friendly nature.
