Adrian's Journal

Singapore Videographer Gains Weight Filming Company Retreat Literally! My tummy grew bigger, pants became tighter. That’s after two weeks on the job. This is the best part of being a Singapore Videographer on a filming assignment for a company retreat. Tea breaks, lunches and dinners! I was trapped in a 5-star hotel on an island resort. There was no where to go, but to eat what the participants ate. Good FOOD! Everyday a new menu. Many dishes I have never even heard of. I like to start with deserts. Plenty of chocolate mousse and creamy pastries. For dinner, there were wines and beers. I am not a good drinker, but it certainly was a good treat. Being well-fed on the job has its reasons. My task was to video the two-week company retreat and produce a 5-minute clip on the very last day. The filming was easy. I just needed to know the program and follow accordingly. It was the video editing that takes takes a lot of effort. I have to deci...

I was at Sentosa Singapore last week for a videography assignment. It was a banquet at a 5-star hotel. The client also hired me to produce a video to be screened on the same night. The hotel was to provide the video projection screen and audio system. The video was played via a laptop. The picture was good. The audio was muffled. This has nothing to do with the laptop. Using headphones, one can hear that the audio was of high quality. However the hotel technician told my client: "The original video sound is no good." THAT PISSED ME OFF. HELLO, I am the producer of the video standing right in front of you and you are a crew of a FIVE-STAR hotel in Sentosa Singapore. GET your audio system fixed before passing comments like that. We are all third parties to the client who is holding the function. PLEASE BE PROFESSIONAL. At the end of the day, after many attempts by the technician to get the muffled audio fixed at his mixer, he still could not get it right. This led me...

Top 10 Royalty-Free Stock Footage Video Sites Stock footage are video footage that is not custom shot for use in a specific video production. Stock footage is of great use as it is far cheaper than shooting a needed scene. Use of stock footage is a cost-effective way to add production values to projects and when artfully done is indistinguishable from the body of the work. “ Royalty-free ” is a type of a stock footage license that provides for the unlimited use of a video footage in any media defined in the licensing terms. “Royalty-free” is the opposite of “rights-managed.” A rights-managed video footage needs a specific license stating the audience and material surrounding the video footage. Here are the Top 10 Royalty-Free Stock Footage Video Sites based on Alexa Traffic Ranking: iStockVideo Alexa Ranking #386 Internet Archive Stock Footage Alexa Ranking #426 Getty Images Footage Alexa Ranking #1,618 Shutter Stock Footage Alexa Ranking #1,96...

7 Surefire Viral Video Rules - 1 Black Hat Here’s a video that teaches you how to make viral videos. The video summarizes everything you need to do to make a video viral. I know they work because I have applied them myself except for Rule #5 which I consider as black hat. Here are the 8 Rules summarized from the video: Rule #1: Make Video With Pass-it-On Effect. Rule #2: Get on Youtube’s MOST VIEWED Page. Rule #3: Title Optimization. Rule #4: Manipulate the Thumbnail. Rule #5: Have a Conversation With Yourself. Rule #6: Release Videos Simultaneously. Rule #7: Tag Optimization Rule #8: Track and Measure How do you make a video with Pass-it-On Effect? Make it Short. Design for remixing. Don’t make an obvious ad. Make it shocking. Make viewers investigate further. Appeal to SEX. What’s the real secret to jumpstart a viral video? Share your video with Bloggers, Forums, MySpace, Facebook, Friends and Email Lists. Remember to tell others t...

Adjusting Audio Level in Ulead VideoStudio 11 - Tutorial There are two methods to adjust audio level in Ulead VideoStudio 11. Below are the step by step tutorials for the two methods. Method One: Using Clip Volume Control Adjusting audio level with Clip Volume Control changes the volume of the entire clip at once. Select a clip in the timeline by clicking on it. Select Clip Volume control in the Options panel. Adjust the Clip Volume control upwards for louder sound. Adjust the Clip Volume control downwards for softer sound. Minimum is 0% which is silent and the maximum is 500%. The original level is 100%. Method Two: Using Volume Rubber Band Adjusting audio level with Volume Rubber Band allows you to change the volume in any part of the clip. Click Audio View. You can now see the audio waveform in the timeline. Click on the video clip which you want the audio adjusted. The volume rubber band is the red horizontal line in the middl...

Ideal DVD Software Introduces DVD Copy Software and iPod/PSP DVD Converters Here are 3 new software released by Ideal DVD Software. Ideal DVD Copy An ideal DVD Copy software to backup your original DVD movie. Key Features of Ideal DVD Copy: True 1:1 DVD Copy without losing any quality - Copy entire DVD to 4.7GB disc or 8.5 GB dual layer disc with 1:1 mode. Copy DVD-9 movie to a 4.7GB disc - Shrink DVD-9 movie to fit on a 4.7GB disc in near perfect quality. Copy main movie only - Remove menus, trailers, unwanted audios and subtitles. Copy selected episodes - Choose episodes you wanted from a TV Show DVD or episodic DVD to copy. Copy DVD-9 movie to two 4.7GB discs - Split a DVD-9 movie to two 4.7GB discs without losing any quality. Copy DVD movie to hard disk - Enjoy it from hard disk without original DVD. You also can burn it to blank DVD later. Remove all the restrictions of DVD - Make r...

Convert Powerpoint to Flash Video Online There is an online alternative to Camtasia ! Also, it is free! If you are looking for ways to convert PowerPoint to video, try authorSTREAM . It does the conversion online without having to download any software. You don’t have to pay for it too. After converting your PowerPoint to video at authorSTREAM, you can share your PowerPoint slideshows by embedding it in your blog, websites, post to YouTube and even put it on iPod. You can convert your Powerpoint presentation complete with animations, timings and audio. Great for marketing presentations, training content and short video reports. Just sign up with your email, upload your PPT file and wait a few minutes for the conversion process Once converted, the video can be shared like a Youtube video. Maybe one day we will see a powerpoint slideshow become a viral video. Here is a sample embedded from the site. To Your Success! Adrian Lee htt...