Video Formats for Cell Phones
Recently, Pyramid Research released a report that mobile video usage is expected to rise at annual compound growth rate of 28% over the next five years. At this rate, by 2014 more than 500 million users worldwide will subscribe to a mobile TV service. The popularity of Mobile TV...
How to use video compression and choose the right video codec for uploading video to Youtube and other video sharing sites.
Standard and Widescreen, what's the Diff? A Primer on Aspect Ratios
With widescreen fast becoming the default format, what's the best way to convert your traditional 4:3 images for widescreen viewing? The aspect ratio is the width of a picture in relationship to its height. "Normal" television images were in the 4:3 ratio (also sometimes expressed as 4x3), which means...
Composition Tips for 16:9
Shooting for widescreen doesn't mean just shooting wider. It's how to creatively get your entire subject in frame and what will be lost if viewed on a 4:3 aspect ratio TV. The width of the movie film between the sprocket holes initially determined the aspect ratio (horizontal to vertical)...
Take Your 8mm Film to Digital
Make sure your priceless family treasures don't get left behind. Here are some tips to turn your twentieth century celluloid into twenty-first century ones and zeros. My family has long been one filled with motion picture enthusiasts. Recently while picking through a trunk in the attic of the family estate,...
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How to Transfer 8mm, 16mm, 35mm or 65mm Film to Video Tape or DVD
It's important, more now than ever, to take advantage of preserving your movie treasures. Every day that goes by is a day that degrades your celluloid movie memories. Now that DVD is an affordable option, it's time to do that film to video transfer. It's an easy process, but...
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