Ok, I admit it. We have been holding back... not from our clients but from our competition. You are here because we could not contain our enthusiasm and keep a secret (obviously) and got you so curious about the web video strategies, tools, resources, and blow by blow techniques we are going to reveal that you did not want to risk missing a minute of it. When will we reveal all you ask? May 2008... :-) Update: We will definitely release this package this month. I have been doing a little extra research and development of a couple tools and other strategies we will be including... call me a perfectionist but please forgive us for the delay. I promise the wait will be worth it. So, in order for you to get priority notification as to when the tsunami of video optimization strategies and secrets will be released just opt-in to the announcement list: Teaser No. 1 Below are three examples of what I am calling "method 1" for "maxing out" the highest possible quality you can get from video you upload to youtube:
Teaser No. 2 Below is an example of what I am calling "Method 2" for optimizing video quality for videos you upload to youtube:
Teaser No. 3 Below is an example of "Method 1" applied to screen capture video uploaded to youtube... The first video is one I recorded specifically so that you could compare the image quality of my video to the second video from Bill Myers sharing his own video optimization method that does not work anywhere near as good as my own "Method 1..."
Now normally Bill Myers shares some pretty great stuff... but everything he teaches about "getting great results with youtube" in the second video above that you compared to my example is completely wrong. He falls for the same mistake that a lot of people make and thinks that for some reason WMV gives "great results" when in fact WMV gives some of the worst results you can get on Youtube... but that is not the only mistake he makes...: So why are my videos so clear and NOT blurry like so many other screen capture videos on Youtube? It is because I used our secret "Method 1" to encode all my videos and not the crummy methods that Bill Myers and so many other "Youtube Optimization" experts suggest. The cool thing about these strategies is that when using "Method 1" and "Method 2" there are other tweaks that you can use that we also share that can help improve your videos depending on the type of video, the content, etc. Teaser No. 4 I believe that once people get a hold of this next secret they will use their own hosting less and less for public tutorial style and screen capture videos... The following is an example of large dimension video hosted on Youtube without being ruined by their transcoder... You simply have to see it to believe it so... click here to see an amazingly clear screen capture 640x480 video hosted on Youtube (opens in modal pop). Check it out... I dare you! Compare that example to any screen capture video hosted on youtube displayed at those dimentions and I guarantee you will not find another example that looks so good anywhere... until you also start using this strategy ;-) You could rack your brain all day and all night for many days and nights on this one... but why do that when we will show you exactly how to achive the same results... even at larger dimentions! The power I see in the secret behind Teaser No. 4 is: A. You can get great image quality on youtube even at dimensions of 800x600! Note: Teaser No. 4 strategy is specifically for embedding videos on your own site because these videos stay at their true dimensions on the Youtube server... however they look great in full screen on Youtube as an added benefit.
That's all the "Teasers" for now... more coming soon! Thanks for your support! Sincerely, Josh Anderson and Scott Lundergan P.S. A note from Josh on the release date: I must apologize for making all you wait on this one. I have been suffering from multi-project syndrome and spent the last week finishing up another project at www.triggerplayers.com - Optimize is next in the schedule for finishing which means it now gets my 100% attention until I have all the content loaded up for you for public release. Please accept my apologies for making you suffer ;-) |
