digital videos
Design
Photoshop.com Hosts Videos Up To 2GB In Size
7:00AM Adam Pash | Today, online photo editor Photoshop.com announced that they’re now allowing users to upload and share videos up to 2GB in size. More »
Design
Create Custom Screensavers From Your Videos Or Photos
6:00AM Adam Pash | Video tutorial weblog Tinkernut demonstrates how to create custom screensavers from your own collection of digital photos or videos. You’ll need to download a couple of free apps to get started—namely Format Factory and WG-Screensaver Creator—and then it’s simply a matter of plugging in the media you want to convert. Granted, most operating systems have a screensaver-from-folder feature for rolling your own photo screensavers, but this method does video and gives you more control over what you see. How To Create A Screensaver [Tinkernut] More »
Work
MakeInstantPlayer Converts Videos to Executables
4:00AM Adam Pash | Windows only: Free application MakeInstantPlayer converts any video file into an EXE file complete with the player and codecs needed to play it. If you’ve ever shared a video with a non-tech-savvy friend just to get reports back that they couldn’t get it to play, this application offers a simple solution: Just run your video through MakeInstantPlayer and send the resulting EXE instead (which in my test is about 5 MB bigger than the original). Your friend can simply run the EXE—which bundles the MPlayer media player and everything else they need to play back the file—and start watching. It may not be an application you’ll use every day, but under the right circumstances, this clever app might be just what you need. MakeInstantPlayer [via Hackosis] More »Save and Playback YouTube Videos on Your iPhone or iTouch with MXTube
10:00AM Adam Pash | iPhone/iPod touch only: The MXTube application searches and saves YouTube videos directly to your iPhone or iPod touch so you can play them back at any time, whether you’ve got an active internet connection or not. I gave it a try this morning and it works exactly as advertised and looks great. The only drawback is that it doesn’t integrate with your iPod videos, but given time, I suppose anything’s possible. And now that we know you’ll have to wait another three months before you see any official third-party application support from Apple, we’ll just have to keep enjoying killer third-party apps the old-fashioned way—through a jailbroken iPhone via Installer.app. [via TUAW] More »
