Here is how I do it....
Hi Jon!Gosh, where do I begin! First, thank you! As you may have notice by now, I am pretty good on computers. I have been clicking away on these things now for a couple of years. I am a fast learner..hehehehe Maybe I can help you create your own movies but there is a lot to it! First, you need a digital or analog camera. As many think, it is not true that digital is the only camera that can be used. However, you must have certain software to create your movie. I happen to like Ulead Video. In order to create your own movies, you really need to just jump in there and do them. Then you will learn all the little tricks and such. For instance, when I created my first movie, it took me over 4 days to create!!!! Now, I can make a 60 sec video in about an hour. I know, it sounds like a lot of work. But I put in a lot of cool side effects. If you wish to create a movie and have footage but don't want the bother of creating it your self, I could create it for you. If not, I can provide you with some more tips! It's actually pretty complicated. For instance, if you view my clip, it is a little fuzzy..In order to make it clear, you need to reduce the viewing window of Media player to a smaller size. The reason for this is because I reduced the number of pixels in the movie to keep its size smaller so that your download time is not as long. Also, I create the movies in Media player because everyone has media player on their computers. However, I have back ups of the movies in Quick Time and its full uncompressed version. So, if I view the originals, they are as clear as a bell but very large...about 10 megs. The ones you view are only 2 meg or so.The first step if you want to create your own movies, is to get a good video camera. Then you need to get the software and then you need to learn web design so you can store your videos on the web. However, there are ways around that too. There are places that offer free space. You can store your movies at these links. However, they often only provide you with 2 or 3 megs of free space. Easily, this would only hold one or two movies at best. So, getting your own web space is best. There are many places on the internet you can puchase space. I have purchased unlimited space. Jon, If you have a movie or footage of a movie you want to put up on the board, e mail me at Skipperofthebaybee3@hotmail.com and I will create a movie for you for free as I do for all my sailing friends!!!!let me know!If you are interested in more info, let me know!