Here is a helpful video by Scott Skibell of MacScreencasting.com about adding green screen to video screencasts: http://www.macscreencasting.com/green-screen-video-in-screencasts.html
Here is a link to Wikipedia’s page on “chromakey” which says: “Chroma keying is a technique for mixing two images or frames together in which a color (or a small color range) from one image is removed (or made transparent), revealing another image behind it. This technique is also referred to as color keying, colour-separation overlay (CSO; primarily by the BBC[1]), greenscreen, and bluescreen.”
Here is a great Wall Street Journal article by Richard Greenwald that is well worth reading with practical advice for success:
Excerpt:
“(Very successful consultants often) teach—whether at a regional business college, through university continuing-education programs or through workshops given by professional associations.
At first, it sounds counterintuitive to train others to do what you do. After all, you’re creating more competition for yourself in the very community in which you work. But teaching offers four big positives for consultants.
First, it provides some income, though admittedly not much. Second, it’s a way to network, because sometimes students can become clients or lead to clients. Third, the teaching looks good on a résumé, giving consultants credibility in the marketplace and a way to stand out from the crowd. And fourth, if you’re going to teach somebody the latest skills, you better have those skills yourself. So teaching forces consultants to stay current and sharp themselves.”
Read the whole article: “How to Succeed in the Age of Going Solo – Anybody can become a consultant. But not everybody does it well. Here’s what you need to know to thrive”
Jason Del Rey gives four tips for how to advertise on Facebook in this Inc. Magazine article.
1. Choose your target
2. Test, test — and test some more
3. Do your own tracking
4. Make your ads pop
Cluebert.com has identified their list of the “10 Most Useful Online Tools Ever!,” with a paragraph or two about each of them.
Here is a list of the 10 tools they cite:
- Google as Calculator, Unit Conversion, Currency Conversion and Translator
- Ta-Da List
- Creative Commons Search
- Clipart.com
- Dafont and What The Font
- Down For Everyone or Just Me?
- Pandora
- Vector Magic
- Cachefly
- Carbonite
Bonus: Iron Key
From the NY Times article “Closing the Deal at the Virtual Checkout Counter”:
“In online stores, it is much easier for shoppers to fill their virtual shopping carts — and much easier for them to get distracted by an e-mail message or comparison shopping on other sites. Then there are the design flaws and technical glitches that can get in the way of closing a sale.
These problems have been around since online shopping was invented, but they have taken on more urgency in the last year as consumer spending has shriveled. So e-commerce companies are trying a variety of techniques to push shoppers through the virtual checkout line.”
Two firms the article mentions are http://www.trialpay.com/ and http://www.criteo.com/
Read the whole article here.
From VentureBeat, reported by Paul Boutin:
“For many bloggers, finding and uploading images for their posts are a pain in the neck. WordPress.com, the free blogging site that claims 7.5 million users, has added a way for its users to embed images … from PicApp’s free, legal, real-time library. PicApp includes Getty Images and Corbis among its licensed sources.
Technically, WordPress has added what’s called an embed code for PicApp. To insert a PicApp photo, bloggers copy the embed code from PicApp’s photo catalog and paste it into their WordPress post. It’s a lot less work than Googling for an image and then uploading it into WordPress yourself.
Besides being easy to use, PicApp images are legally safe for use even on commercial sites … PicApp warns that putting Steve’s photo into an ad, or using him as a fake promoter, would be a violation of terms of use.”
Thank you VentureBeat !
