Blog + Video = Vlog Friday, Jan 07, 2005; 2:20 PM http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56562-2005Jan7.html
One gee-whiz product on display last night in the ballroom of the MGM Grand Casino signaled where the personal publishing trend known as blogging is headed. Think video. Think regular Joes and Marys acting like Dan Rather, broadcasting personal video newscasts from their kitchen counters and living room sofas. Vlog It, a new video-creation software program, helps people create a video blog or "vlog" with TV-quality graphics, transitions and titles. Users type in text, picking from pre-designed templates and then talk away in front of their computer or laptop, looking directly at a Web cam attached their monitor. The software records them, compresses and formats the video, and then automatically arranges fancy overlays and transitions. When done, bloggers upload their resulting video file to a blogging Web site. (Click here for a version of this posting that has a photo of Vlog It in action.) "Video blogging is personal version of newscasts, documentaries and even Reality TV," said Mark Randall, founder of Serious Magic (www.seriousmagic.com), the Folsom, Calif. company that created the software. "We try to make you look good." The results were impressive, partly because the company already makes professional video-editing software for the TV industry. The VLog It program goes on sale in four weeks at $100, Randall said. You are a subscribed member of the infowarrior list. Visit www.infowarrior.org for list information or to unsubscribe. This message may be redistributed freely in its entirety. Any and all copyrights appearing in list messages are maintained by their respective owners.
