Along the lines of ''What are you doing with your software?'' and this little business I have of helping people tell their stories with video, I had a meeting this week with a man who has pancreatic cancer and has not much longer to live. He has been active in our area for over 50 years helping disadvantaged kids find a focus for their life. ...

Sometimes that is what I do. If the audio allows it you have a good idea there.  

Like you, uploading an MP4 to YouTube results in really bad quality for me. I heard an online tip from a guy who said to render a video as MP4, then after it is rendered simply change it's file extension to FLV, then upload the FLV to YouTube. YouTube converts video into whatever format they use (maybe it's FLV) but doing it this way may somehow ...

Thanks Steve. The camera I use is a Sony DCR-VX2100 NTSC. It is a 3-ccd camera, and does very well in low light conditions. I suspect probably most 3-ccd cameras would do a great job. The price was right when I got it a couple of years ago. I have not had an interest in HD at this time... the price and technology has not come to the point where it ...

Jim, I appreciate your enthusiasm for life (and the video). San Diego is our favorite spot away from home. I could sit and watch the surf for hours! Keep up the good work and keep taking good care of that body!

Thank you, Don. I appreciate your comments. Larry

I'm with Don... if you are doing some of the shakiness on purpose I wouldn't do that anymore. However, you have some BEAUTIFUL pictures here, and I've always liked that song! Also, I REALLY like that car! Larry

An interesting niche that is slowly turning (hopefully) into a second career is to help people tell their story. Everyone has one you know. This little clip is part of a three and a half hour DVD made for an Itailian-American family attempting to preserve their stories, traditions, and values. All of the people in this are brothers and sisters and ...

I would like to say ''Amen'' to having more video tracks. I suspect that the newcomers to video publishing and Studio do not see a need for it, but they will quickly become accomplished users and their creativity will be hobbled by not having many video tracks. For example, I put together a video for our high school class reunion. We had 850 ...

I was asked to videotape a military graveside service (which was really a pretty cool event) but it still seemed a little wierd to me. I arrived at the gravesite early enough to ask the soldiers where a good place to stand was so that I could get the most (best) video without having to move around a lot. I also asked them about the order of ...