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Gretchen's Desktop Video Blog October 2007 Archive

By Gretchen Siegchrist, About.com Guide to Desktop Video

Halloween Pets on Parade

Wednesday October 31, 2007
I like dressing up for Halloween, but I've never been great about getting really creative costumes. Some people, though, not only make super original costumes for themselves, they get ... Read More

Download a Scare

Tuesday October 30, 2007
One year in high school I decided to have some friends over on Halloween night to watch scary movies. Unfortunately, I'm not very good at planning ahead, so by ... Read More

Vocabulary Quiz: Make the Most of Your Editing

Friday October 26, 2007
When you're editing video, you can do it the simple way by dragging, dropping and rearranging clips. Or, you can get more complicated and push your video editing software ... Read More

Archiving Your Video Projects

Thursday October 25, 2007
When I first started making and editing videos, I only saved my finished projects on DVD. I figured, that was the way I would watch them, so that was ... Read More

All Video Types Accepted

Tuesday October 23, 2007
Sharkle is one of the least discriminatory video sharing web sites I've seen. Sure, most sites are accepting, allowing users to upload pretty much any "clean" video, regardless of ... Read More

Halloween in Salem

Monday October 22, 2007
I live in Massachusetts, and I've visited Salem, where the witch trials took place. However, the city I saw in July was a lot different than the one shown ... Read More

Vocabulary Quiz: What Does That Stand For?

Friday October 19, 2007
In the world of digital video, it's easy to find yourself in an alphabet soup of acronyms. How much do you know about the ABCs of video? Take ... Read More

The Time/Space Continuum Has Been Breached

Thursday October 18, 2007
There are few times when the iMovie Warp Out video transition is useful, but a Halloween horror movie is one of them. Is there a better way to represent ... Read More

A Place for Big Videos

Tuesday October 16, 2007
Nelsok offers many features to make it stand out among the other online video sharing web sites. For one thing, users can upload videos as big as 200 MB. ... Read More

A Monster Mash-Up

Monday October 15, 2007
Monster Mash is my favorite holiday-themed song. Sure, Christmas carols are all right, but nothing beats Bobby "Boris" Pickett's biggest (only?) hit. Listening to the song is fun, but watching ... Read More

Vocabulary Quiz: A Disc is a Disk is a Frisbee

Friday October 12, 2007
There was a time when different forms of media looked different; there was no confusing a vinyl record for an 8-track, or a cassette tape for a VHS tape. ... Read More

It Was a Dark and Stormy Night...

Thursday October 11, 2007
With modern editing software, you can create the mood of a horror movie even if your footage was shot on a bright sunny day. iMovie video effects like Lightning, Rain and ... Read More

Earn Money at Metacafe

Tuesday October 9, 2007
At Metacafe, it pays to be popular. When you upload to this video sharing web site, you'll receive $5 for every 1000 times your video is watched. Sure, that's not ... Read More

Watching the Leaves Change

Monday October 8, 2007
If you're not lucky enough to live in New England or one of the other great fall foliage parts of the US, you don't have to miss out on the ... Read More

Vocabulary Quiz: What Does That Button Do?

Friday October 5, 2007
How well do you know your camcorder? Take this vocabulary quiz and find out how much you know about the parts of your video camera and what they do. How do you ... Read More

Put Your Single Socks to Use

Thursday October 4, 2007
It's October, and about the time when you bring out the winter wardrobe and put the shorts in storage. If in the process you find a fuzzy winter sock ... Read More

Quick Uploads With Zippy Video

Tuesday October 2, 2007
The name says it all. When you don't even have to sign up for an account, you can upload videos in a zip. And with file size limited to 20 ... Read More
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