Just wanted y'all to know: In addition to this here HTML version of dekeBytes, there's a new video version of dekeBytes as well. One's up now, and another goes up tomorrow. The movies are short, between 3 and 5 minutes, so the learning-to-time ratio is up there in the stratosphere. And my pals at lynda.com have added zooms, which let us focus in on important details instead of staying wide the whole time. You'll see.
Amazon.com is hosting 'em on its Creative Suite 3 page. So check it.
Small disclaimer: The movies are Windows Media (WMV) files. Not my favorite format, but the best choice given Amazon's constraints. Things should work automatically on a PC inside Microsoft's dreadful designed-by-monkeys Windows Media Player. On the Mac, I'm told you can view the movies in the much superior QuickTime using the flip4mac WMV codec or the more versatile Perian component . Haven't tried it myself, so write with successes or failures. Both are free-toe-licious--by which I mean, just free actually.
The video blog is solid new-in-CS3 stuff for now. Given that, let me know if there's something specific you're curious about. Assuming it's in my sphere of knowledge, I'll try to work it in. For example, don't ask me why your dog's teeth are so wiggly. I'm not a dog dentist, so I'd be like, "Gosh, dunno." But secretly, I'd be wondering, like loose-tooth wiggly, or undulating-squid wiggly? For a proper diagnosis, I think I'd have to know that.
Kind of makes you want to go watch my video blog, huh? Well, get going!
For a whole book-load of hands-on Deke tutorials complete with more accompanying video goodness, look for his new book Adobe Photoshop CS3 One-on-One coming next month from O'Reilly. You can also check out more of Deke's videos at online training center lynda.com.
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I have a DV cable to transfer movies from my DV sony camera to my computer. My problem is that at work, none of my PC's laptops have the right port (4 pin) to use the cable. Does anyone knows of an adaptor to use with a DV cable on an USB port.
Thanks!
What an interesting way to get people interested in reading! Book trailers are like movie trailers, but for books! You can find them all over the internet now, but here is a site that's featuring them on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/booktrailers
What about WMV is inherently incongruous with photo editing?
Are you kidding me a WMV movie on photo editing, do you know who your audience are? Shame on you and Amazon.
It's also worth mentioning NicePlayer, which is a good alternative to the Quicktime player in that it'll play full-screen video. It's based on Quicktime technology and will use the flip4mac codec for WMV (as the Perian codec set doesn't include support for WMV/VC-1):
http://niceplayer.sourceforge.net/