Wednesday, May 11, 2005

Web video Tech Tips

Some tech tips for producing flash video for the web to minimize bandwidth, improve quality.

From .... EventDV.Net

1.) limit camera movement
2.) limit background movement
3.) reduce saturation
4.) Crush the blacks and increase the lumiuence
5.) avoid stereo audio
6.) roll off the low frequencies
7.) use stills if possible
8.) Keep it short
9.) use hard cuts us dissolves, no slo-mo or soft focus effects.
10.) tight head shots vs head and shoulders.
11.) For Youtube and Myspace encode in native Flash 5 if possible.