PowerPoint Tutorial: Using Recolor Commands

If you want to simplify the appearance of an image in your PowerPoint slides, you can recolor it by using a color as a tint. In this tutorial, see how to use the Recolor commands in PowerPoint. Watch more at http://www.lynda.com/PowerPoint-tutor....

This tutorial is a single movie from the PowerPoint: Using Photos and Video Effectively for Great Presentations course by lynda.com author Rich Harrington. The complete course is 2 hours and 21 minutes and explores best practices for using photos and videos in your PowerPoint presentations.

PowerPoint: Using Photos and Video Effectively for Great Presentations table of contents

Introduction
1. Working with Photos
2. Browsing Media
3. Inserting Images Manually
4. Adjusting Images in PowerPoint
5. Masking Photos
6. Working with Transparency
7. Creating Photo-Based Layouts
8. Inserting Video Files
9. Prepping Images and Video Outside of PowerPoint
Conclusion | lynda.com

PowerPoint Tutorial: Image Requirements for Presentations

Explore some things to keep in mind when you're choosing your images for a PowerPoint presentation, in this tutorial. Watch more at http://www.lynda.com/PowerPoint-tutor....

This tutorial is a single movie from the PowerPoint: Using Photos and Video Effectively for Great Presentations course by lynda.com author Rich Harrington. The complete course is 2 hours and 21 minutes and explores best practices for using photos and videos in your PowerPoint presentations.

PowerPoint: Using Photos and Video Effectively for Great Presentations table of contents

Introduction
1. Working with Photos
2. Browsing Media
3. Inserting Images Manually
4. Adjusting Images in PowerPoint
5. Masking Photos
6. Working with Transparency
7. Creating Photo-Based Layouts
8. Inserting Video Files
9. Prepping Images and Video Outside of PowerPoint
Conclusion | lynda.com

PowerPoint Tutorial: How to Compress Pictures

If you want to share your PowerPoint presentation with others, it's important that you keep the file size minimal. In this tutorial, explore one way to do just that: compressing large image files into smaller ones. Watch more at http://www.lynda.com/PowerPoint-tutor....

This tutorial is a single movie from the PowerPoint: Using Photos and Video Effectively for Great Presentations course by lynda.com author Rich Harrington. The complete course is 2 hours and 21 minutes and explores best practices for using photos and videos in your PowerPoint presentations.

PowerPoint: Using Photos and Video Effectively for Great Presentations table of contents

Introduction
1. Working with Photos
2. Browsing Media
3. Inserting Images Manually
4. Adjusting Images in PowerPoint
5. Masking Photos
6. Working with Transparency
7. Creating Photo-Based Layouts
8. Inserting Video Files
9. Prepping Images and Video Outside of PowerPoint
Conclusion | lynda.com

Animating a Chart on a Keynote Slide

In this tutorial, see how to animate a chart on a slide in Keynote for iPad. Watch more at .
 http://www.lynda.com/Keynote-tutorial...

This tutorial is a single movie from the iWork for iPad Essential Training course by lynda.com author Rich Harrington. The complete course is 4 hours and 48 minutes and shows how to use iWork, Apple's office productivity suite, on the iPad.
 

PowerPoint Tutorial: Adjusting an Image within a Crop

In PowerPoint, you can go back and adjust a crop at virtually any point in time. Find out how with expert Rich Harrington, in this tutorial. Watch more at http://www.lynda.com/PowerPoint-tutor....

This tutorial is a single movie from the PowerPoint: Using Photos and Video Effectively for Great Presentations course by lynda.com author Rich Harrington. The complete course is 2 hours and 21 minutes and explores best practices for using photos and videos in your PowerPoint presentations.

PowerPoint: Using Photos and Video Effectively for Great Presentations table of contents:

Introduction
1. Working with Photos
2. Browsing Media
3. Inserting Images Manually
4. Adjusting Images in PowerPoint
5. Masking Photos
6. Working with Transparency
7. Creating Photo-Based Layouts
8. Inserting Video Files
9. Prepping Images and Video Outside of PowerPoint
Conclusion | lynda.com

Controlling a Keynote Presentation with a Remote

In this tutorial, see how to control a presentation with a remote in Keynote for iPad. Watch more at http://www.lynda.com/Keynote-tutorial....

This tutorial is a single movie from the iWork for iPad Essential Training course by lynda.com author Rich Harrington. The complete course is 4 hours and 48 minutes and shows how to use iWork, Apple's office productivity suite, on the iPad.

Monetizing Your Web Video

I recently presented on this topic at a conference for NAB in New York.  There is a lot of information about trends and business in here.

Monetizing Your Web Video from Richard Harrington

There are many different approaches to publishing content online… but without a source for funding you can’t go for very long. In this course successful digital publisher Rich Harrington will walk you through many different options to monetize content. Learn what it takes to sell your content in several online stores, explore sponsorship options, and also learn about companion sales. If you’ve always wanted to get your show or film out there, this class will help you see a return on your hard work. 
 

90% of People Have Only Taken a Photo with a Camera Phone in Their Lifetime?

As I was browsing my Twitter feed… the following infographic popped up.  Keeping in mind that infographics are created by marketing people most often, you have to take these facts with a grain of salt…

The ad (I mean infographic) is for a new Windows model of a smartphone. Fortunately, they do provide sources for their claims (see the bottom of this page).

“90% of People Have Only Taken Photos on a camera Phone vs. a Camera”

This report released earlier this year points out that there are 5.2 Billion mobile phones on the planet for a population of 4.3 Billion users (yes, some people have multiple phones).  83% of all phones have cameras. The survey cites that 90% of all people who take pictures have only done so on a camera phone.

I find this ludicrous.  Maybe 90% of people taking pictures today are using smartphones… although I doubt exclusively. But ever!?!

How Bad Is it Really?

A little quick research will show that traditional camera sales are plummeting. According to Businessweek last year:

Global camera sales are expected to fall 4.3 percent this year to 115.2 million units, according to market researcher IHS. Industrywide camera shipments fell 25 percent in August from a year earlier, according to the Camera & Imaging Products Association in Tokyo. 

Global smartphone camera sales are projected at 1.5 Billion for 2014 — https://www.strategyanalytics.com/default.aspx?mod=reportabstractviewer&a0=8888

So yes, I’d say that smartphones are outselling camera 10 to 1… that doesn’t surprise me.  But I don’t believe that 90% of this planet has never touched a traditional camera in their lifetime.

The Future

With camera phones outselling cameras 10 to 1, how long before we start seeing camera manufacturers becoming  apps?  We’ve already seen companies like Tiffen successfully adapt their traditional filters to digital equivalents.  Can modern camera makers make the leap?

Your comments below please.  Is this the future? Or will craft and quality always exist?

I’ve Never Watched a Video That Couldn’t Benefit From Being Shorter

The primary place video is watched these days is on mobile devices. This means small screens and lots of distractions.  Add in changes in the human attention span, and I can’t emphaize enough to keep the total run time low to avoid viewer fatigue.

Here’s a simple idea: Keep your videos short. It is better to have five 3-minute videos than one 15-minute episode. I try to keep most client videos to less than 10 minutes (in fact less than 5 in almost all cases).

With the rise of the web, videos tend to be consumed during things like work breaks, downtime, and airplane flights. Others will use them during commutes on the morning train or the subway. Think of video as portable, on-demand learning or entertainment.

Here are some strategies to keeping the runtime down:

• Limit the number of topics covered. How may points do you need to make?  I try to stick to one (with a hard limit of three).
• Can the video be split? If a topic runs too long, look to see if you can create shorter segments that stand alone.  This way the viewer can download Part 1 and start watching it while they’re waiting for the rest to download or be released. There’s nothing wrong with multiple parts.
• Get a fresh opinion.  Show the video to other people and note when they first look away from their screen or at their watch. That’s when they started to get bored.

Shorter is better…. 

Keynote Tutorial: Animating images

It can be hard to keep your audience engaged during a presentation, but don't worry; Keynote offers you a way to spice things up: animating your images. Find out how to animate images in Keynote in this tutorial. Watch more athttp://www.lynda.com/Keynote-tutorial....

This tutorial is a single movie from the Keynote: From Outline to Presentation course presented by lynda.com author Rich Harrington. The complete course is 2 hours and 10 minutes and shows how to build and deliver a great Keynote presentation.