February 13, 2005

Flash Video Capering at MXDU - "It's not the flash part that is hard"

In 2 more days I'm off to Sydney to go and present about Flash video. I'm seriously excited about this and can't wait to get there. Here's the snippet on what I'm going to talk about:

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As I'm sure you can tell, Flash video is quickly becoming (if it hasn't already) the most popular medium to get video out onto the web lately. The reason, as I'm sure you know, is that it's not just video when it's in Flash, it's now a new experience as you have interaction and power over what you can do with that video in your web site or application. Now, whether you are going to put your video into Flash or not there are some basics that are required to know so you can make the web experience a bit better for the user.

In this session I'm going to cover most of the basics of shooting, importing, editing, and rendering the video that you plan to put up. Combining that with tips and tricks for chroma keying, captioning, and adding other effects to get a better experience for your buck along with the final encoding so you don't make your users wait around until the cows come home for it to buffer.

You will also see the basic 3 ways to get video into Flash (coded straight in Flash, Dreamweaver Video Extension, and Flash Communication Server), though I do consider this the easiest part of the whole process, so we'll keep this part to the minimum. Then to top it all off, I'll go over a couple of examples pointing out things that could have been improved and where to take the project from there if you wanted to get it to the next level.

If you are interested in more than just importing video into Flash and are keen to see the details on pre-deployment, then this session is for you.

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My last presentation (3 of them) at MAX in Taipei was on FCS so I'm really glad that I've been given a chance to talk about something else. Flash video rules, but it's not just the Flash part of it really. So many people want to make really cool stuff with Flash and MM makes it looks so easy. I was actually asked by a friend that if they buy the video kit for DW, can they make videos like the ones on MM's site really easily. Well.. we all know the answer to that one, so that's what I'm going to concentrate on this time.

It's not the Flash part that is hard, it's the preparation before getting it into flash. Although I will try to steer the session around getting video ready for the web, I think most people have that part figured out as there are a lot of articles on the web about that, and all the MM people have covered that stuff over and over again.

Anyways, if you see me before I see you please come and say hi. I'll most likely be the guy toting around a laptop and video camera for the MXDU super secret project we have planned :)

Posted by Graeme at February 13, 2005 10:19 PM
　



Comments

Can't make it to MXDU but would love a copy of your video talk - your video work mimicing the Macromedia site was way cool and I would appreciate knowing more of the ins and outs of how you put it together

Thanks

Posted by: Chris Bizzell at February 15, 2005 04:25 AM

Got your mail, thanks. Followed the trail here, so I thought I'd drop a line this side.

Sounds pretty big dude. Watch out for those Auzzie girls, mate. They'll eat you alive.

Good luck.

Brad

Posted by: Brad at February 16, 2005 06:28 AM

I was at MXDU and found your session VERY helpful, thanks Graeme.

Posted by: Malcolm at February 20, 2005 06:10 AM

Chris,

I'll putting up some stuff pretty quick! I meant to actually video tape the whole thing but forgot to turn the camera on for recording... *sigh*

Brad,

Thanks dude. It was a heck of a lot of fun. I'll tell you all about it in an email later.

Malcolm,

I'm glad you found the session helpful! You're very welcome. Please let me know if you have any questions on it though. I'll try to post the notes and files within the next couple of days.

Posted by: Graeme Bull at February 21, 2005 10:14 AM