Glenn Ward

Adobe Premiere Pro – Highlighting title text in time to a voice over

glennmward — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:27:39 +0000

This was a request I had recently for a presentation style video. We shot voice overs in the studio and the request was to highlight certain keywords in a paragraph of text in time to the voice over. This is a simple concept but there is an inefficient and an efficient way of going about [...]

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Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:00:00 PST

Everyday Timesavers: Video - Encode Your Videos Faster on Ad
Adobe Video Evangelist Jason Levine shows you how the Adobe Media Encoder CS4 can take a single Premiere Pro timeline and quickly export it out to multiple sources and formats.

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Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 PST

Adobe Premiere Pro - The difference between Track Volume and
If you are used to using Final Cut Pro you will no doubt prefer to control your audio channels in the timeline rather than on the effects tab. At first this appear difficult if you use the button to the left of the timeline depicted here you shall reveal further controls in Adobe Premiere Pro.

Adobe Premiere Pro – The difference between Track Volume and Clip Volume

glennmward — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:59:31 +0000

If you are used to using Final Cut Pro you will no doubt prefer to control your audio channels in the timeline rather than on the effects tab. At first this appear difficult if you use the button to the left of the timeline depicted here you shall reveal further controls in Adobe Premiere Pro. This [...]

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Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 PST

Adobe Encore - End Action Not Set
This another really simple error that encore throws up every time you check your build unless you manually set it. This error is merely asking what the DVD should do once it has played the video track.
Adobe Encore - Title Remote Not Set - The answer is here!
No doubt you have come across this error many a time when you test your build in Adobe Encore especially if you have sent the project from Premiere Pro via Adobe dynamic link. This is merely the option to select what happens when the viewer presses the menu button on their remote control.

Adobe Encore – End Action Not Set

glennmward — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:27:26 +0000

This another really simple error that encore throws up every time you check your build unless you manually set it. This error is merely asking what the DVD should do once it has played the video track. Use the dropdown, End Action to select how it should act, often it will be just Stop or return [...]

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Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:00:00 PST

Apple Apps Store leads for mobile but market still open
Usage of mobile application markets in the UK. Apple obviously leads the way but with many new app stores being launched and Apple's relatively small market share of mobiles in the UK, the market is wide open

Adobe Encore – Title Remote Not Set – The answer is here!

glennmward — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:25:52 +0000

No doubt you have come across this error many a time when you test your build in Adobe Encore especially if you have sent the project from Premiere Pro via Adobe dynamic link. This is merely the option to select what happens when the viewer presses the menu button on their remote control. If your [...]

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Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:00:00 PST

Review - Findaproperty iPhone App
Since I was planning another possible relocation, this time from London to Brighton it seemed perfect timing that the findaproperty popped into the iTunes app store.For a property app that searches a database of listings this app has a few nice touches that even eBay could learn from. The functionality and usability is well thought out and 15..
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Review – Findaproperty iPhone App

glennmward — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:15:32 +0000

Since I was planning another possible relocation, this time from London to Brighton it seemed perfect timing that the findaproperty popped into the iTunes app store. For a property app that searches a database of listings this app has a few nice touches that even eBay could learn from. The functionality and usability is well thought [...]

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Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 PST

2010 Tech developments: keep it simple
A thought peice on why simplicity is the key to new technologies gaining widespread appeal

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Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:00:00 PST

Promising signs for 3D TV.. but not this year
A topical article on what consumers think of 3D TV and what the barriers to take up are
The iPhone paves the way for a successful 'tablet PC' market
Interesting view on how the iPhone already educated consumers on what they would use the iPad for.

Review – Sony Dream Machine ICF-CL75IP iPhone alarm clock radio with 7 inch display

glennmward — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 10:17:11 +0000

This Christmas I asked Santa for a new clock radio with an iPhone dock built in. My old one was perfectly alright but since it was built for the iPod it no longer charged my phone which had become quite annoying. My eldest sister rose to the challenge and being partial to my gadgets, [...]

The import photos, pictures, images, camera, role from your iPhone Mystery – Transfer NOT using iTunes but Image Capture

glennmward — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:41:14 +0000

This subject is not documented much so i thought I’d explain how to quickly import pictures from your camera role on your iPhone. The obvious thing would be to use iTunes to transfer your photos to your laptop but this is not the case. You can set up in iTunes to sync a folder on your [...]

Favourite and most used iPhone Apps for January

glennmward — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:16:24 +0000

First for this month, the NB TotalFit App has knocked the Mapmyrun of the top spot for fitness Apps with more functionality on the free app some of which MapMyRun a charging for. The big one for this month is the introduction of the Amazon Kindle, see my Amazon Kindle review. This a simple App but [...]

AVCHD Video Recording Time / File Size testing

glennmward — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:51:41 +0000

AVCHD – MPEG4 – AVC/H.264 XP AVC – High Quality VBR, avaerage of 17Mbps The manual says, Approximate recording time 900 minutes on a 120GB HD My test 10 minute file = 1.28 GB on disk SP AVC – Normal Quality VBR, avaerage of 12Mbps The manual says, Approximate recording time 1260 minutes on a 120GB HD My test 10 minute file = 892.1 MB [...]

Using Camtasia to Screen Capture / Record Video Tutorials

glennmward — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:15:53 +0000

Despite pushing for Adobe Captivate we have installed Camtasia on the edit suites at work for screen capture and tutorial recording. I’m not disappointed though it does the job! Firstly, the majority of recording the company will need to shoot will be on PC based software so we have bought the PC version and installed VMWare [...]