Here is my thought for the evening. With Youtube and a couple of other sites out there I figure why not use their services to host all your video for your site and save on bandwidth costs. I am curious to see how this works since all you are doing is linking via your website as opposed to hosting the video yourself. In this day and age Youtube is so accepted that I don't see any negative aspects of Youtube branding on your own business site.
Please chime in on this one and let me know what your thoughts.
DougO
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I did this with another course I taught where students created a video. It works well. The only problem is I didn't have full control of the videos, since the students did the posting. I linked to some on the course Web site and a couple students pulled their videos off the Web.
I use Photobucket.com (free!) for a lot of my photos now, I really like this option. Especially for blogging - I upload the pics to Photobucket, and they supply me with the code to put it in my blog. I have found though, that you really need to size your photo in Photoshop first, then upload it. I've had trouble resizing in Photobucket, using their tools. I like the idea of storing video elsewhere also. Just think, you can make a commercial for your site, then post it on YouTube, then in your blogs, etc. Perhaps it will catch on :)
Great response. Don, perhaps for the next class you create a class youtube page where all the students and you have access. This way you have control over the vid content.
Supermom,
Generally what size do you like to resize your photos for your blogs. Just trying to get a general size that looks good.
I love this blog!
Somewhere in the 300 px range - I let photoshop keep it looking good (you know, I put in the height at around 250/300, then it fills in the width). Sometimes, you have to go back and tweak things though. I put a picture on my blogger profile, and the first time, it was huge. I had to do it twice. I like it best when websites tell you exactly how many pixels. Also, I keep the zoon at 100% in photoshop so I know exactly what it will look like. Ah, I always go on and on, don't I? Sorry about that.
Thanks for the tip supermom. I'll keep those #'s in mind.
The standard pixels per inch for Web images is 72ppi. When you set your resolution at that size the images display on the Web at the size you set them in Photoshop or your favorite photo editing app. Otherwise the size will change unpredictably. Some online photo services will help make these adjustments automatically.
Wait, do you mean 72 DPI? I was talking about actual pixel size, length and width. Not resolution.
And in fact, I reconsidered, and I think the 150 to 180 range is better - this is about 1.5 inches. I think Don is referring to DPI - which is how pixelly or clear your image looks.
I think we've veered very far from the video topic :)
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