Entries from Manifest Tech Blog tagged with 'Video'
D-Link Wi-Fi Cameras
Video cameras are becoming quite popular for do-it-yourself home security, with "smart home" products like the Ring Doorbell cameras and the Blink Indoor and Outdoor cameras (acquired by Amazon at the end of 2017). These are designed to monitor an...
CyberLink PowerDirector 17 and Director Suite
CyberLink has announced its annual update to the Director suite of video, audio, and photo editing applications (cyberlink.com). This is yet another impressive collection of applications -- designed both to accommodate beginners, and also scaling up with professional-grade features for...
Halloween "Digital Decorations" from AtmosFX
Haloween is happy pumpkins and candy -- but also scary witches and ghosts and creepy crawlies -- oh my! And now you can have them all in your home, with AtmosFX "Digital Decorations" -- animated video vignettes that you can...
CyberLink Director Suite 6 Goes All-In on 360 Video
360-degree video is looking more and more interesting. You can shoot an event with just one camera, and capture the full spherical environment -- for example, a party from the center of the table, or an event from in front...
Pinnacle Studio 21 Ultimate
Corel has shipped Pinnacle Studio 21 Ultimate, the latest version of its consumer-priced video editor with impressively powerful features (see post on the previous version) -- with technology including motion-tracking, multi-cam editing, and support for 3D and 4K and...
Jan Ozer's Encoding Updates from Streaming Media East
Jan Ozer has posted his presentations from this week's Streaming Media East conference. As in previous years, Ozer continues to kindly share his extensive experience and research, providing great updates on the state of video streaming technology, and especially on...
Video Encoding by the Numbers by Jan Ozer
Jan Ozer's new book, Video Encoding by the Numbers: Eliminate the Guesswork from Your Streaming Video, is a wonderful resource for anyone doing video compression, from beginner to advanced. The book packages up Ozer's deep knowledge and experience into a...
360-Degree / VR Video
You're probably familiar with 360-degree panoramic images on the web, from travel sites or when making hotel reservations. You can view a photo on the web page, and then click and drag to slide the view around so you can...
CyberLink PowerDirector 15 Goes 360
CyberLink has released PowerDirector 15, the latest version of its flagship video editor that features impressive technology powering advanced editing features, yet still with a smart design that is approachable even for casual editors. Like the recent new release...
Pinnacle Studio 20 Ultimate
The new Pinnacle Studio 20 has been released, featuring support for editing 360-degree video (aka immersive or spherical or VR videos -- see Wikipedia on 360-degree video, and the YouTube 360° Videos channel). Pinnacle regards this as a first...
AVC, HVEC, and AV1 from Streaming Media East
One big theme of the recent Streaming Media East Conference in New York was AVC vs. HVEC -- The contest to anoint the successor to AVC / H.264 as the next-gen defacto "standard" video format. It turns out that if...
Corel VideoStudio X9
Corel has just released VideoStudio X9, easy video-editing software with impressive power for advanced users. Especially with the addition of multi-cam support, the new VideoStudio has a stunning depth of editing power even in the base "Pro" ($79) version....
Pinnacle Studio 19 - All-In-One Editing
The next entry in our round-up of autumn releases of video editing software is Pinnacle Studio 19. (See also posts on Adobe Premiere Elements 14 and CyberLink PowerDirector 14.) Now owned by Corel, Pinnacle Studio is another long-standing name in...
Adobe Premiere Elements 14
Adobe Premiere Elements 14 is another entry from the autumn collection of new releases of video editing tools (see previous post on CyberLink PowerDirector 14). Adobe offers Premiere Elements bundled with the Photoshop Elements photo editor together for $149,...
CyberLink PowerDirector 14 for Action Cams
September kicks off the traditional season for the annual release of new consumer video editing software, and this year is no exception. First out of the gate is the new CyberLink PowerDirector 14. CyberLink's approach is to provide entry-level versions...
SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD Drives
There's a great new option for video editing on the go -- the SanDisk Extreme line of deliciously-fast portable disk drives. These combine the memory-access transfer rates of solid-state drive (SSD) storage with the SuperSpeed USB 3.x interface. SDD...
Cameo by Vimeo: Video Editing on the iPhone
Vimeo, the online video community hosting site, has released version 2 of its free Cameo video editing app for the iPhone. Yes, Cameo runs on a smartphone -- You can import and trim clips, add titles and soundtracks, and apply...
Be a Webcam Pro -- Jan Ozer's Mastering Webcam and Smartphone Video
We're definitely in the age of video, where you can set up a smartphone and start communicating across the globe -- participating in web conferences and producing your own webinars. But these are not amateur activities, not just point and...
Jan Ozer's Updates on Streaming Media
Jan Ozer returned to the Streaming Media East conference in New York this May and provided his annual update on the latest streaming video technologies and techniques. Ozer has kindly once again made his presentations available for download --...
Corel VideoStudio X8
Corel VideoStudio Pro X8 is targeted as a fast and easy consumer-grade video editor, priced at only $79.99. But this is not dumbed-down editing -- VideoStudio supports 64-bit editing in a traditional timeline, with HD to 4K resolution, Dolby...
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