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Share your unique Christmas videos in no trouble
Posted on December 27th, 2009 6 commentsThis article provides essential information on video conversion to help you get your Christmas videos ready for share without troubles.
People are busy working most of the year until Christmas makes the great time for them to relax and rejoice. On Christmas holiday, families usually unite to celebrate the peaceful and delightful festival. There are lots of unforgettable memories: sing the carol, enjoy the feast, play games and exchange gifts. The smiles, laughter and greetings can compose a very touchable video to pass down the Christmas spirit till the next Christmas holiday. If you have the most joyous Christmas moment recorded, don’t hesitate to share it with others. Isn’t it great to tell your unique Christmas stories to as many people as you can, when you will be introduced to their own?
Well, it could take you some efforts to convert your Christmas videos for share, but with our little help you will get in no trouble with video converting.
Why should the video be converted?
Converting video does not change the content of the video, but the nature of the video data. It is often necessary to convert video to be compatible with some programs or devices, for the reason that very few programs and devices could provide interface for all types of video formats. Besides, the raw video from camcorder is so large in file size that it is quite inconvenient or even crippled for share.
What is the type of video format used by your camcorder?
Many home camcorders use DV-AVI or MPEG-2 TS format to store the video data. The video files are easily located on the camcorder’s SD memory stick with the file extension of AVI or TS.
What is the type of video format to be used for share?
This depends on the request of the destined website, program or device. Online video sites like YouTube and Google Video require FLV format videos from the uploader. DVD burning software like Nero Burning Rom indicates VOB format to be the best input option. Portable media players like iPod, iPhone and PSP will ask for MP4 format videos while Zune has a preference for WMV format.
Is there any change necessary to the original videos?
Yes. Video share involves more than just the change of format encoding. One needs to look into codec parameters to come out with the best output for share. The codec parameters control the nature of the output video. Bit rate, video resolution, frame rate and aspect ratio are the most concerned parameters. Devices like iPod and iPhone usually guarantee best video performance of the videos that match their specific physical resolution. For iPhone, its physical resolution is 480*320. If the video resolution of the camcorder is 1600*1200, iPhone will definitely fail to play the video until it is resized to 480*320 or lower.
Is there any handy resources to help me walk through the technical terms?
Yes. For more information on codec parameters, you can refer to this detail codec parameter explanation. We also have a handy video converter that has preset optimal parameters for many practical circumstances including those mentioned above. It is very easy to get started, though it is also designed for advanced users with a number of codec parameter and effect customizations.
Christmas is behind us. Can I ask for a Christmas gift from you?
Sure. The best Christmas gift from us is our sound products with a pleasant Christmas discount. You are free to claim one from our Christmas discount page before the activity ends on January 1st.
Video conversion is very easily done after all. Have you got a picture of how to do it yet?
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How to make a Christmas countdown e-card for Christmas Eve surprise
Posted on December 24th, 2009 8 commentsSend a sealed Christmas e-card with countdown on it can be a good Christmas Eve surprise. In this extension topic on making Christmas flash e-cards, you will learn how to wonderful Christmas countdown e-card for Christmas Eve. The process is easy and fast.
Christmas Eve is a silent night. Most people fall asleep with sweet dreams, but some people are just too excited for the coming Christmas and Christmas gifts to get in bed. So they usually watch Christmas movies or surf the internet on their PCs or laptops to pass time. If you happen to know one of your friends is going to stay up on Christmas Eve, you can catch the opportunity to send him/her a sweet Christmas surprise. With a special Christmas e-card which is set to open right at the moment when Christmas enters the world, it is sure that your Christmas greeting is the first one he/she sees on Christmas day. Doesn’t that sound great? And what I am going to talk about today is how to make a Christmas countdown e-card for Christmas Eve.
Get started with the Christmas countdown e-card
First, download our Christmas countdown e-card source FLA file. To view and edit the source file, you should have Adobe Flash CS4 installed. The appearance of the Christmas countdown e-card looks as below. I boost the running of countdown so you can quickly preview the overall effect of the card. Refresh the page to get a fresh countdown.
Remember what I have told you in a previous post? You don’t really need to make a Christmas flash e-card from scratch. It is also ingenious and creative when you just change the elements displayed in the Christmas e-card. If you can’t catch my point here, that post is a better check out.
Apart from the elements, you can change the countdown mechanism: end the countdown earlier or postpone it, make it count faster or slower. By altering the countdown parameters, you can actually set any time as the endpoint of the countdown but the default one, 00:00:00 on December 25. So you wouldn’t get frustrated when your friend suddenly decides to sleep earlier. Let me tell you the way to do it easy and fast.
Altering countdown parameters
Return to the stage level as you first open the source file. Locate and select the first frame of the uppest layer. You may find it at the top left corner of the timeline with a small "a" tag on it. The tag indicates there are codes and parameters that are called "ActionScript" in the frame. Select the frame and press "F9" key to call out the "Action Panel", the editor for the codes and parameters.
Take the following code for example:var thentime:Date=new Date(2009,11,25,0,0,0);//represents the start of Christmas day
This line is responsible for the input of countdown destination, as it has been set to 00:00:00 on December 25, 2009. The month figure could be a little confusion, because the ActionScript numbers month from 0 to 11. So "11" here is actually representing December.
var timer:Timer=new Timer(500);//how fast it ticks, 500 = 1 sec
This line controls how frequent the countdown ticks. You can simply change the parameter for bigger than 500 to slow it, or otherwise to quicken it.
There are several more lines in which you can change the numeral parameters safely for your own sake. Explanations are given to each of those lines behind double slashes "//". If you are an advanced user of Adobe Flash CS4, feel free to modify anything in the source file.
Here are additional font resources which are used in the Christmas countdown e-card demo. Use them to spice up your Christmas e-card in no time. Download the Christmas font resource package.
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Before Christmas: Last minute Christmas card survival tips
Posted on December 23rd, 2009 7 comments
It must be very late to send a Christmas card now since Christmas is just two days ahead of us. However, don’t get frustrated. You can employ Christmas e-cards as a survival tool. Someone says Christmas e-card is not as sensational as traditional Christmas cards. That’s not true. There are a number of reasons for you to send Christmas e-cards:
- It delivers much faster, and you can confidently send it in the last minute before Christmas.
- It is versatile in expressing your Christmas greetings, whether it is an affectionate music video or a funny naughty prank, it is all up to you.
- It is environmental friendly and fit for long time preservation without running any color
After all, making a good Christmas e-card needs no less elbow grease than making a traditional card. We present links here to tip you onto a successful shortcut.
Gather up resources for molding your Christmas e-card. Do you have photos, video clips and music that you and your families or friends cherish together? They are the symbol to your personal Christmas e-card.
Write an affective Christmas greeting. Try to be unique. You can base your greetings on his/her funny stories, favorite pet phrases/poems or important moments of the year. Or you would like to thank him/her for everything they have given you. Be true to the blessing expression and avoid empty rhetoric. Here are some Christmas greeting templates that might help you think faster.
Use instant Christmas e-cards from some free and funny Christmas e-card page like this. This is a good approach, but I don’t want to recommend you to use one for you very dear one. It worth all the efforts to make your own Christmas flash e-card if there is shortcut for it.
Send the Christmas e-card via your email agent. If it is the first time you send a Christmas e-card through an email agent, be sure to experiment before sending the e-card mail. Many online email services like MSN hotmail and Gmail allow users to send emails back into their own inbox. It is the very important final step to make sure you are not doing everything so hard just in vain.
There is one secure way to ensure that your recipient can always read your Christmas e-card, despite his/her system’s lack of flash playback support. It is to use an SWF to video converter to turn your Christmas e-card from SWF to AVI, MPEG or other compatible formats. You may also send your Christmas e-card in 3GP format directly to his/her Blackberry or in MP4 format to his/her iPhone. It would be a great surprise for them to catch your Christmas e-card on the go.In the end, the truth is, you can send very special and unique Christmas e-cards as you can do with traditional Christmas cards. Traditional Christmas cards will be weathered away by time flow, but Christmas e-cards won’t. So spend as much effort as you can on making your own Christmas e-card which would be cherished for a life long.
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Surviving tips for Christmas gifts for last minute Christmas holiday shoppers
Posted on December 21st, 2009 12 commentsGetting hysterical as Christmas is nearby and you have yet to prepare suitable Christmas gifts for your lover, families and friends? In this case, we lead you to meet the coolest Christmas gift candidates to help you survive Christmas gift exchange.
There is not much time left for Christmas shopping from now. If you didn’t accomplish your goal in the earlier Christmas discount periods, maybe you were stuck in between the decisions on what Christmas gift is most suitable for your recipient. Well, there are always options for making a universally acceptable Christmas gift and help you survive Christmas gift exchange. I am talking about Christmas gifts that do not fall into the stereotype or humble categories. Actually, they are leading the coolest fashion around the globe. Surely they can make a sweet candy to whoever you are going to gift with. Let’s check them out and give an end to your dilemma.
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Music and Media players
Apple’s iPod has been solidly remembered by the folks every Christmas. Its wide product line accommodates rich options for all levels of Christmas gifts and presents. With the introduction of the latest model of iPod Touch and iPod Nano G5, the glory of the famous music player glows dramatically. The sleek appearance, the rich entertainment capacity (Video, Game, FM…) and huge memory capacity (8GB to 64GB) of iPod Touch and iPod Nano G5 constitute the essential factors of recommended buy as gifts for this Christmas holiday.
The iPod Touch is now at $274.99, holding the position as the most popular music player. Get a powerful iPod Touch video converter to make Non-MP4 videos play on iPod Touch.
Apple’s iPod Nano G5 is probably the coolest icon in this Christmas season. You can visit our early post on Christmas gift tips on choosing a colored iPod Nano G5. Starting from today, the world’s largest retailer Wal-Mart is selling the $150 Nano for $145 with a $50 iTunes gift card. (The same Nano is $134 at Amazon without a gift card.) You can get a powerful iPod Nano G5 video converter to make Non-MP4 videos play on iPod Nano G5.
Microsoft Zune is a strong competitor for Apple’s iPod and we see the dedicated efforts the software giant has instilled in its only portable media player. Similar to Apple’s iPod, Zune offers a larger touchable OLED screen, the unique capacity to share video and music through a Wi-Fi spot and Microsoft gaming experience. Despite the lack of Apple App Store’s counterpart, Microsoft Zune is a good recommended buy as a desired Christmas present.
The cost of the Zune starts from $219 according to specifications. Get a powerful Zune video converter to make Zune a more powerful video player.-
Video Game Consoles
Sony Play Station 2&3 (PS2/3) and Play Station Portable (PSP) have long been the striking game consoles for advanced game players. As Christmas discount prevails, they could also make good Christmas presents to your friends who are new to the video game world.
Play Station Portable (PSP) 3000 enjoys Skype functionality and a couple of new upgrades from PSP 2000. It costs only $169.99 at present. With a powerful PSP 3000 video converter, you can view all kinds of movies on the go.
PlayStation Portable (PSP) Go, the smallest, most portable PSP yet is now for sale at $239.99. In addition, you can get a powerful PSP Go video converter to turn any videos you want to play on your PSP Go easy and fast.
Play Station (PS) 3 Slim is the latest PlayStation model and the latest price is $299.99. This advanced game console can also be powerful video console. With a powerful PS3 Slim video converter, you can get any videos to play on the console easy and fast.
Microsoft Xbox 360 is also a powerful video game console on the other side of the coin. It is an amazingly versatile Christmas gift and now underselling at $399.99 with Modern Warfare 2 bundled. Get a powerful Xbox 360 video converter to facilitate playback of any video format on Xbox 360.
Nintendo Wii and DS game console introduce fresh and exciting gaming experience. They are excellent versatile Christmas gifts for those who are looking for interesting sport gaming entertainments.
The Nintendo Wii possesses an amazing collection of games to be played on it with great fun for just $199. You can get a powerful Nintendo Wii video converter to enjoy any video playback on Nintendo Wii as well.
The Nintendo DSi can make a super-cool Christmas gift for teens and tweens for $169.99. With a powerful Nintendo DSi video converter, you can easily enjoy any video playback on Nintendo DSi.
eBook Readers, Cameras, Netbooks and many more cool digital gadgets are beyond this post but should be in your mind within minutes. For most of these gadgets, Christmas season is the best time for the best buy. Catching the Christmas discount can save you up to 40% cost. Should you need tips on Christmas gift card making, we think you might be interested in the posts below:
- Best resources for making and writing your personal Christmas cards
- Send short and meaningful Christmas poems to extend your sincere and deep Christmas feelings
- Nice and funny Christmas greeting templates for personal Christmas cards
May you survive the Christmas gift exchange and Merry Christmas in advance!
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60 more beautiful Christmas pictures and creative Christmas designs
Posted on December 17th, 2009 4 commentsMore great, beautiful, creative, exotic and free Christmas pictures, photos, wallpapers for your PC desktop, Christmas card designs and Christmas entertainments.
Christmas holiday is just a week away from now. Soon people will hold cheerful parties to celebrate Christmas, enjoy a big delicious Christmas feast under the beautiful decorated Christmas tree and exchange warm Christmas blessings beside the fireplace. Maybe now you would like some wonderful Christmas sight pictures to soothe your sore eyes and add to the festive spirit. Here we are, a heavy and lengthy scroll of Christmas pleasant scenic pictures and photos presenting the exotic and beautiful winter places on your screen. Some of them are fantastic designs of cute and pretty Christmas symbols and elements.
This is a great collection of excellent and creative Christmas designs and photos. For those who want a splendid Christmas PC desktop to blend their festive mood and who are urgent to craft last minute Christmas cards, these are perfect resources to halve your efforts and double your results.
Most of these beautiful Christmas pictures and photos have links to their original site with 1600*1200 or larger resolutions. Click through the title or the image itself to get the magnificient downloads.
Beautiful Christmas Design Wallpapers
Festive Christmas Wreath and Bells
Christmas Candles in the Window
Beautiful Christmas Winter Pictures, Photos, Wallpapers
Winter Sunset in the Smokey Mountains
Frozen Winter in British Columbia
Krokskogen, Norway in Large and Dual Monitors
Tervo, Finland for Large and Dual Monitors
Decorated Christmas Tree for Most Sizes
Argentina Snowcapped Mountains for Extra Large Monitors
Greenland Mystery for Extra Large and Dual Monitors
Winter Landscape for Dual, Triple and Quad Monitors
Winter Sunset for Extra Large and Dual Monitors
Winter Landscape for Extra Large and Dual Monitors
More Wonderful Christmas Winter Snow Wallpapers
