Shooting Review Videos

There are two ways I recommend to shoot your review videos. Live Camera Review This one can be shot with the relatively new Flip camera. The Flip is the easiest camcorder for shooting quick videos and uploading them to You Tube minutes later.. With the Flip, you merely point and shoot. A big red button on the back is your Record button. Then, flip out the USB on the side and plug it into your PC. The Flip has its own simple editor, which allows you to snip off the ends of your video. Hint: Always shoot a few seconds extra video before you start talking and after you finish. If you can't get a Flip in your country, do what I did to get one sent here - go to eBay. You'll find dealers who sell new Flips at discount prices. Screen Capture Review With digital products, you can also do a quick and easy review with Camtasia (available from TechSmith.com). This software is currently $299, but once you start using it you'll find it's a very good investment. Hint: You can get it for a 30-day free trial to see if it works well for you, before you invest. (I like Camtasia so much, I've bought Ver 3, 4, 5, and 6) When shooting your reviews, remember this: The contents of all products are copyrighted, but you may show short snippets as part of a review. The most effective review is one that gives just enough of a sneak peek to entice the viewer. With the new Camtasia 6, you can process your videos as MP4 - highly recommended for uploading to the Internet, as they are small files and of great quality (all the training videos here are MP4). Re: The Training Videos All the training videos in the Affiliate Center were shot with a Flip camera. Then, they were assembled in Camtasia 6 with an HD-aspect background. The Flip creates AVI video, and these clips were imported into Camtasia and placed as Picture-In-Picture.