HD quality on YouTube? *Now in 16×9!*

Uploaded this HD version of the Intel – Touch of Genius.  Using the extension &fmt=22 at the end of the URL you get very good looking video.  Appears the new 16×9 player won’t embed however.  Click on this link to see the 16×9 version on YouTube.

I just created my first plugin!

With all the hard work done by Alex Gollner from the Editing Organized blog.  He makes it very simple to cut and paste the code and create a new generator for Final Cut Pro.  In this case the example is white.  

How many times to find yourself selecting Matte>Color and changing the color to white?  There’s no way to change the default color but this handy little trick creates a whole new generator with the color white.  In the past I’ve just imported a frame of white I created in Photoshop.  Follow his very simple instructions here. I think I’ll make one for black too!

Convert 16×9 to 4×3 using MPEG Streamclip

Here’s a quick little tip to make those pesky 16×9 files you get and turn them into nice 4×3 files so they can live harmoniously in your 4×3 DVD Studio Pro project.  Just make sure to select the setting in the crop area as noted below and presto!  Your 16×9 file will now be a letterboxed 4×3 file.

Pull Color Schemes from Web or Any File

 

Here is a great tool for pulling color schemes from any website, or image on the web or any file you have stored locally.

Choose Image

First choose the url or load your own image. This site will create a myriad of different color schemes from the image, or you can choose from a selection of available colors pulled from the image.

Samples All Colors in Image

The site also manages the schemes created into a searchable database, so you can look for schemes that are “blue” or remind you of the “desert” or are tagged as “Obama’s Ears”.

Color Schemes

 Check it out at http://www.colr.org/.

Why does QuickTime report a different resolution?

Jon Chappell over at Digital Rebellion and whose RSS feed is on the right side of our blog, clearly explains this interesting question.  Read and see the whys and hows.