Web - Video Crossroads

Web Video Crossroads User Group is an Adobe User Group and Special Interest Group of the Orange County Multimedia Association (OCMMA)

User Group Mgrs: Mike McGready and Ivan Taylor

Location: NOCCCD School of Continuing Education, Room 132   1830 W. Romneya Drive Anaheim, CA 92801

Web – Video Crossroads: May 09, 2013
Web – Video Crossroads: April 11, 2013
Web – Video Crossroads: March 14, 2013
Web – Video Crossroads: January 10, 2013
Web – Video Crossroads: December 13, 2012
Duel of Video Editors: Premiere Pro CS6 vs. Final Cut Pro X
Web – Video Crossroads: October 11, 2012
Web – Video Crossroads: September 13, 2012
Web - Video Crossroads - Thursday, August 9
Web - Video Crossroads - Thursday, July 12
Web - Video Crossroads - Thursday, June 14

3rd Anniversary Perspective
Entry posted on Feb 19 by Mike McGready , tagged Video,Rich Internet Apps,Mobile,Event,Design

Calling the Lost and Found! We just had a great meeting celebrating the 3 Year Anniversary of the Web – Video Crossroads. Apparently, a hickup in the last couple of weeks knocked that meeting off of our list of past meetings. Thankfully, that wonderful event is carefully preserved on our website (occma.org), our Meetup and our Facebook page. You will find a fabulous photo album of each on the last two sites. If you missed the meeting or attended it online, visit one of those photo albums to get a taste of the specialness of the event. A multitude of fine people have contributed to the quality and enjoyment of these 3 years. Thank you to all! I can't wait to see what is in store for the coming 12 months.

Looking Ahead in 2012
Entry posted on Jan 16 by Mike McGready , tagged Video,Rich Internet Apps,News,Mobile,Development

I've said before that if you design for today, your are behind before you start. Like a surfer straining to see over an approaching wave to size up the swell beyond it, we can make better decisions if we have some perspective on the future. We may not have the ability to shape the future like Steve Jobs but we can plan for what we know is coming and even make a best guess beyond that. Here's some of what I see in my crystal ball.

The Economy

The economy will still suck but it will suck a little less. Best to concentrate on how to get a bigger slice of the pie 'cause the pie ain't gettin' any bigger. If you lack a marketing budget, look through your notes on my presentation about guerrilla marketing at last March's Web – Video Crossroads meeting. Come to think of it, what did I do with my notes?!

Marketing

Social Network related marketing is just getting started. That doesn't mean placing an ad on Facebook or Twitter. Rather, establishing a social network site that provides desired information as part of an overall campaign to be valued by clients and build your rep. If you missed Marcelo Lewin's presentation at last Thursday's Web – Video Crossroads meeting, I highly recommend you go to his website and buy his onDemand version. Hugely informative!

The Cloud

Jack and the Beanstalk introduced us to what goes on in the cloud. Today, much of what we do is in the cloud. Our music is in the cloud (iTunes). Some of our documents (Google Docs) are kept there. In the future, we will spend even more time there. Get used to it. Adobe has their Creative Cloud where several new Touch Apps live. Of course, all of our emails and downloads have passed through the cloud ever since Al Gore invented the internet.

Smartphones

iOS(iPhone) and Android devices will continue to dominate with Windows growing to respectable numbers. RIM (Blackberry) devices will continue to slide. Adobe's software (Flash, Flex, Dreamweaver) that allows mere mortals to develop once for the most popular operating systems is a marvelous investment.

Tablets

iPad2 sales have zoomed and the Motorola Xoom has not. The Kindle Fire is doing well and should have a great 2012. The iPad has totally revolutionized the magazine world. I haven't paid much attention to Adobe's Digital Publishing Suite but it is becoming the standard platform for publishing and monetizing digital publications. It was used to develop 14 of the top 20 apps in the Apple Newstand.

Laptops

Thin, light ultraBooks are the non-Apple response to the market losses which have gone to the iPad. They have the full processing power of a traditional laptop but prices are much higher than tablets. With 75 models being available by the end of the year, the industry is betting on great sales. Maybe.

Web and Mobile

The opportunity I have recognized for some time will continue through 2012. Websites need to be friendlier for those viewing on smartphones and tablets. Dreamweaver's integration of PhoneGap and jQuery will allow me to take on this type of project with very powerful tools. Last week, Adobe PhoneGap was named a 2012 Technology of the Year Award recipient by IDG’s InfoWorld Test Center! I also see an ever expanding opportunity for reaching potential clients with helpful, timely, location-aware information on their mobile devices. Every week I see another article about companies trying out things new things...like google wallet or PayPal for retail store transactions. Augmented reality apps have a ton of potential. However, Near Field Communication (NFC), which has been in the trial mode for years, seems to require too much up front cost for devices to be worth the risk. Apps like those that provide product info via a smartphone's camera scanning barcodes seem to get the job done in a friendly manner and the consumer has already footed the bill for the device.

Flash

As demand for Flash based web projects has been drying up, its utility for creating mobile apps has ramped up. With the number of iOS apps and Android apps over a half million each, you may be tempted to think that, "everything that can be invented has been invented." However, I think the next great app is just over the ridge.

Television

Features: A year or two down the line, expect 4K TVs and OLED screens (super thin) to be commonly available but at a premium. 3D will become a standard feature.

Trends: Steve Jobs never put a Blu-ray drive in an Apple product. One of the reasons for this is his belief that as internet bandwidth increased, 1080p and greater resolution could be delivered electronically through iTunes, AppleTV and others. More and more game consoles (PS3, Wii, XBOX360) and other players (TiVo, WD, Roku, etc.) are being allowed to deliver high definition programming from the web to your HDTV. Producing TV programs for online-only delivery has become big business and will continue to grow. At the same time, viewing TV programs on a device other than a TV is growing like a weed. The Super Bowl will be broadcast online for the first time this year. Additionally, it will be available on mobile devices served by Verizon. This is definitely a sign of things to come! Sales of TVs will trend downward as viewing on other devices trends upward.

Videography

The trend for using HDSLR cameras to shoot video has become commonplace. A gillion new camera models are being introduced to tap this market. Feature choices are on the upswing and price points are heading downward. The longer you can wait, the more you will be able to buy for the buck. Currently, the popular camera at the low end of the professional videographer market seems to be the Canon 60D. With a basic Canon 18-135 lens it sells for about $800 and gets excellent results. At the high end, the RED Scarlet camera started shipping in production quantities last month. It shoots 4K motion capture (they don't call it video) suitable for a high budget Hollywood production or professional quality stills for a magazine cover and sells for $9,750 before lenses. That is insanely cheap for what it can do.

Conclusion

It will be a challenging year but I expect we will have some fun along the way. Please add your comments related to your seer thoughts.

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Photos of Debut Meeting of the Web – Video Crossroads
Photo posted on Feb 12 by Mike McGready

<p>Great turnout for first meeting. View the <a title="Web &ndash; Video Crossroads Debut Meeting Photo Album" href="http://www.meetup.com/Orange-County-MultiMedia-Association/photos/?op=delete&amp;photoId=13064740&amp;photoAlbumId=825446#13064707" target="_blank">photo album</a>.</p>

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