Live Streaming is all the rage and will be for the future. However there is more to live streaming then just hooking up a camera and uploading to Face Book. Why not give Video To Life Productions a call to find out how much more your live stream can be with professional video equipment and graphics to turn your live stream into a TV production!

For those looking for Video Capture Cards I have compiled a current list as of April 30, 2020 of what is in stock.
http://videotolifeproductions.com/capture.pdf 

Seems the United states in behind on protecting IP rights and I worry whether we will pay more for movies now that production companies not only have to spend so much money on protecting their systems but there is added cost if they now have to pay out ransom money to hijackers.

http://www.doddlenews.com/news-room/disneys-pirates-of-the-caribbean-held-captive-by-hackers/

I found this video about composition and I think it has been very well done and for those who have never heard about Gestalt Theory, this is what it teaches.

003 Composition (Gestalt teaches this bolder colored text stands out)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPRAH7AKMWw

After the death of yet another printer used by VTLP I learned some things that might be of help to others using CIS inks. I received an “end of the life printer head error” that went away and shortly later got an “end of life ink pad” error. The printer just cleaned the heads so much it filled the ink pads inside the printer that catch extra ink.

It would seem to me that  I could replace the ink pads as they only cost twenty dollars, however; it was reaching the “end of the print head” so spending any more money and time would be foolish.

Here is the takeaway of what I learned, the printer repair shop said if you use CIS inks they are runnier and you create a lot more drainage from head cleanings. This, of course, ends your print head life faster. Since buying brand ink would be more expensive, I would still use CIS inks but follow these recommendations: Continue reading

So I’m reading this review by Kevin P McAuliffe about New blue Titler Pro 4 and he says,

“Avid Media Composer editors are in an interesting time right now. We are editors without titling, assuming we’re working in larger than HD projects. As we know, the Title Tool and Marquee have not been updated yet, so we’re looking for alternatives.”

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Finally HTML5 for muse. Now we can add flash animation not only to our web sites but also have it play on mobile  devices.

An example of how to add the .oam files to Dreamweaver and Muse is below.

https://helpx.adobe.com/dreamweaver/how-to/export-oam-files-animate-website.html