Monthly Archives: March 2008

OpenFootage.net – Free Open Source Full HD Timelapse & High Resolution Textures

By VideoPro | Published: March 22, 2008
Don’t have a camera that can shoot HD? Need HD stock footage for compression testing or maybe a few high resolution textures for your next project? Look no further than OpenFootage.net. Offering up gorgeous timelapse shots at 1080p, 720p, PAL, and NTSC, all of their content is available for free under a Creative Commons license. [...]
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Vimeo Rocks! 500MB per week of FREE HD Video uploads…

By VideoPro | Published: March 17, 2008
Vimeo is not the newest kid on the block offering free video sharing, but that doesn’t stop them from having some of the coolest features in the neighborhood. I can sum it all up in two letters “HD”, and I mean for real — 1280x720p high-quality Flash Video. Not too many other sites can top [...]
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10 Expert Tips for Encoding Web Video

By VideoPro | Published: March 17, 2008
Keep these tips handy for the next time you encode video. Deinterlace your source video Choose a frame size where the width and height are evenly divisible by 16 Maintain the aspect ratio of your source video Crop any empty space (like letter boxing) and crop/scale to remove edge jaggies around your video Select bitrates [...]
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