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Book Online Video Revolution

Download or read book Online Video Revolution written by J. Cecil and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-06-30 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Online video expert, John Cecil provides a guide to successfully utilizing video in your marketing strategy by outlining tools and techniques for video creation and distribution. Online Video Revolution provides a holistic, metrics-driven approach which has been successful for Canon, Legalzoom, eHarmony and many more.

Book How Video Works

Download or read book How Video Works written by Diana Weynand and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2015-08-14 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How Video Works raises the curtain on how video is created, scanned, transmitted, stored, compressed, encoded, delivered and streamed to its multitude of destinations. In today’s digital world, every content creator—individual as well as network or corporation—must understand the process of how video works in order to deliver not only the best quality video, but a digital video file with the most appropriate specifications for each particular use. This complete guide covers key stages of video development, from image capture to the final stages of delivery and archiving, as well as workflows and new technologies, including Ultra High Definition, metadata, signal monitoring, streaming and managing video files – all presented in an easy to understand way. Whether you are a professional or new video technician discovering the ins and outs of digital distribution, this book has the information you need to succeed. The updated third edition contains: • New sections on image capture as well as streaming and video workflows • A hands-on approach to using digital scopes and monitoring the video signal • Thorough explanations of managing video files, including codecs and wrappers • In-depth coverage of compression, encoding, and metadata • A complete explanation of video and audio standards, including Ultra HD • An overview of video recording and storage formats • A complete glossary of terms for video, audio and broadcast

Book Video Compression for Flash  Apple Devices and Html5

Download or read book Video Compression for Flash Apple Devices and Html5 written by Jan Ozer and published by . This book was released on 2011-08-01 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Video Compression for Flash, Apple Devices and HTML5: Sorenson Media Edition, is a professional reference for producers seeking to distribute video over the Internet and to mobile devices--particularly Apple iDevices. Unlike the retail edition, this version contains specific instruction for using Sorenson Squeeze, Sorenson 360 and Squeeze Server and is designed for those using those tools. Content included in the retail edition that are not included in the Sorenson Media edition include chapters on live production and choosing an online video platforms, as well as instruction on encoding tools like Telestream Episode, the Adobe Media Encoder and Apple Compressor. In this book, you will learn: - The fundamentals of video streaming and compression, including adaptive streaming- H.264 encoding parameters using Sorenson Squeeze- The resolutions and data rates used by US and European media and prominent B2B and B2C sites, so you can configure your streaming video accordingly - How to encode for iTunes distribution to iDevices from iPods to the iPad 2- The critical differences between the key adaptive streaming technologies--including HTTP Live Streaming, Dynamic Streaming and Smooth Streaming--and how to encode for distribution via these techniques- How to accelerate video encoding on multiple-core workstations and LAN clusters- Which streaming file analysis tools provide the most important feedback. - How to create and configure Squeeze presets for producing H.264, VP6, WebM and VC-1 formats- How to upload, encode, manage your content and configure your player in Sorenson 360.- How to operate Squeeze Server, including creating presets, setting up watch folders, managing queues and an introduction to the programming API. About the Author: Jan Ozer has produced and encoded video since the CD-ROM days (1992) and has taught courses in video and streaming production since 1994--most recently at Streaming Media Seminars in New York, San Jose, Los Angeles and London, and for private organizations like Cisco, Lockheed and Johns Hopkins University. Jan was named a Streaming Media All Star in 2010. Jan has written or co-authored 14 books on digital video related topics, including the Hands-On Guide to Flash Video: Web Video and Flash Media Server with Stefan Richter.

Book Handbook of Mobility Data Mining  Volume 1

Download or read book Handbook of Mobility Data Mining Volume 1 written by Haoran Zhang and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2023-01-29 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Handbook of Mobility Data Mining, Volume One: Data Preprocessing and Visualization introduces the fundamental technologies of mobile big data mining (MDM), advanced AI methods, and upper-level applications, helping readers comprehensively understand MDM with a bottom-up approach. The book explains how to preprocess mobile big data, visualize urban mobility, simulate and predict human travel behavior, and assess urban mobility characteristics and their matching performance as conditions and constraints in transport, emergency management, and sustainability development systems. The book contains crucial information for researchers, engineers, operators, administrators, and policymakers seeking greater understanding of current technologies' infra-knowledge structure and limitations. Further, the book introduces how to design MDM platforms that adapt to the evolving mobility environment, new types of transportation, and users based on an integrated solution that utilizes sensing and communication capabilities to tackle significant challenges faced by the MDM field. This volume focuses on how to efficiently pre-process mobile big data to extract and utilize critical feature information of high-dimensional city people flow. The book first provides a conceptual theory and framework, then discusses data sources, trajectory map-matching, noise filtering, trajectory data segmentation, data quality assessment, and more, concluding with a chapter on privacy protection in mobile big data mining. - Introduces the characteristics of different mobility data sources, like GPS, CDR, and sensor-based mobility data - Summarizes existing visualization technologies of the current transportation system into a multi-view frame, covering the perspective of the three leading actors - Provides recommendations for practical open-source tools and libraries for system visualization - Stems from the editor's strong network of global transport authorities and transport companies, providing a solid knowledge structure and data foundation as well as geographical and stakeholder coverage

Book The Essential Guide to Telecommunications

Download or read book The Essential Guide to Telecommunications written by Annabel Z. Dodd and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 2012 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Telecom guide for businesspeople and nontechnical professionals. Updated for cloud services, social media and advanced mobile networks.

Book HTML5 Media

    Book Details:
  • Author : Shelley Powers
  • Publisher : "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
  • Release : 2011-08-15
  • ISBN : 1449304451
  • Pages : 139 pages

Download or read book HTML5 Media written by Shelley Powers and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2011-08-15 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A detailed introduction to presenting audio and video in HTML5, from markup through scripting. It will explain not just placing content in pages but interaction through Javascript APIs, to build media players that could be used cross-browser."--Resource description page.

Book HTML5 Solutions

    Book Details:
  • Author : Marco Casario
  • Publisher : Apress
  • Release : 2011-09-28
  • ISBN : 1430233877
  • Pages : 359 pages

Download or read book HTML5 Solutions written by Marco Casario and published by Apress. This book was released on 2011-09-28 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: HTML5 brings the biggest changes that HTML has seen in years. Web designers and developers now have a whole host of new techniques up their sleeves, from displaying video and audio natively in HTML, to creating realtime graphics directly on a web page without the need for a plugin. But all of these new technologies bring more tags to learn and more avenues for things to go wrong. HTML5 Solutions provides a collection of solutions to all of the most common HTML5 problems. Every solution contains sample code that is production-ready and can be applied to any project.

Book After Effects CC Digital Classroom

Download or read book After Effects CC Digital Classroom written by Jerron Smith and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edit and apply effects for stellar visual and special effects This important resource is like having a personal instructor guiding you through each lesson, while you work at your own pace. Each self-paced lesson lets you discover essential skills and explore the new features and capabilities of Adobe After Effects CC (Creative Cloud). Every lesson is presented in full color with step-by-step instructions. Video tutorials and lesson files on a companion DVD were developed by the same team of professional instructors and After Effects experts who have created many of the official training titles for Adobe Systems. Combines a full-color, step-by-step instructional book along with lesson files and video training from expert instructors Written for After Effects CC, a leading motion graphics and visual effects program that allows users to create and deliver compelling motion graphics and visual effects Demonstrates how to quickly get up to speed using After Effects to create and animate text, images, and video for the web, TV, and digital displays After Effects CC Digital Classroom takes you from the basics through intermediate-level topics, teaching you this complex software in a clear, approachable manner. DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of the e-book file, but are available for download after purchase.

Book HTML5 Advertising

    Book Details:
  • Author : John Percival
  • Publisher : Apress
  • Release : 2013-02-03
  • ISBN : 1430246030
  • Pages : 366 pages

Download or read book HTML5 Advertising written by John Percival and published by Apress. This book was released on 2013-02-03 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Web advertising is changing. What was once a predominantly Flash-based medium is making the switch to HTML5, with the benefit of a plug-in free environment giving a larger audience for ads, and better integration with the page they are featured on. We live in a time where marketers, designers, and developers are confused as to what they can and can’t do on different devices, browsers, and operating systems. What better way to finally make sense of it all, than by stepping through the entire campaign process on your own terms? HTML5 Advertising will educate you on the whole digital advertising process from start to finish, and help you take advantage of new HTML5 features such as canvas, CSS3 animations, DOM events, audio and video, and offline storage. You'll also learn how to get around discrepancies in browser support with JavaScript and polyfills. You will be provided with tips and tricks to better optimize content across screens and make the most successful campaign with the lightest footprint possible, which is especially important when deploying to mobile devices. This book: Takes you through the advertising campaign process with HTML5 from design to delivery Provides in-depth knowledge into the digital advertising landscape and the HTML5 specification Communicates tips and tricks coming from Flash and ActionScript to HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript. HTML5 Advertising equips you with the knowledge to attack cutting-edge, rich media projects with confidence and scale, while also learning the essentials to communicate to internal and external clients. HTML5 is here whether you like it or not, so why not jump in early and head down the path of building the future.

Book Soft Computing and Fuzzy Methodologies in Innovation Management and Sustainability

Download or read book Soft Computing and Fuzzy Methodologies in Innovation Management and Sustainability written by Ernesto León-Castro and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-04-11 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides recent research on soft computing and fuzzy methodologies in innovation management and sustainability. The uncertainty in the business world is increasing. Significant changes are generated unexpectedly, so using fuzzy logic and soft computing methods allows us to create flexible scenarios adaptable to new realities. Within the book, we will find different applications of fuzzy methodologies that can apply to various topics such as sustainability, innovation, tourism, costs, exports, systems administration, among others. The book's main contribution is the applicability of the various methodologies to specific cases, which allows generating a relationship between theory and practice. In addition, it has some bibliometric studies on various topics that give us a visualization of what has happened and where multiple topics are headed. This book is recommended mainly for students who wish to know how the various fuzzy and soft computing tools can be taken to real situations, allowing a better understanding of these and generating new visions of future applicability.

Book Intelligent Image and Video Compression

Download or read book Intelligent Image and Video Compression written by David Bull and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2021-04-07 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intelligent Image and Video Compression: Communicating Pictures, Second Edition explains the requirements, analysis, design and application of a modern video coding system. It draws on the authors' extensive academic and professional experience in this field to deliver a text that is algorithmically rigorous yet accessible, relevant to modern standards and practical. It builds on a thorough grounding in mathematical foundations and visual perception to demonstrate how modern image and video compression methods can be designed to meet the rate-quality performance levels demanded by today's applications and users, in the context of prevailing network constraints. "David Bull and Fan Zhang have written a timely and accessible book on the topic of image and video compression. Compression of visual signals is one of the great technological achievements of modern times, and has made possible the great successes of streaming and social media and digital cinema. Their book, Intelligent Image and Video Compression covers all the salient topics ranging over visual perception, information theory, bandpass transform theory, motion estimation and prediction, lossy and lossless compression, and of course the compression standards from MPEG (ranging from H.261 through the most modern H.266, or VVC) and the open standards VP9 and AV-1. The book is replete with clear explanations and figures, including color where appropriate, making it quite accessible and valuable to the advanced student as well as the expert practitioner. The book offers an excellent glossary and as a bonus, a set of tutorial problems. Highly recommended! --Al Bovik - An approach that combines algorithmic rigor with practical implementation using numerous worked examples - Explains how video compression methods exploit statistical redundancies, natural correlations, and knowledge of human perception to improve performance - Uses contemporary video coding standards (AVC, HEVC and VVC) as a vehicle for explaining block-based compression - Provides broad coverage of important topics such as visual quality assessment and video streaming

Book Connected Services

Download or read book Connected Services written by Paul Golding and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-08-24 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Connected Services is a must-read for telco strategists who need to get up to speed on how the world of software and the web 2. 0 works." —Andreas Constantinou, Research Director, VisionMobile "This book is a must read for those charged with leading innovation in a world of connected services where telco and Internet collide." —Jason Goecke, VP of Innovation, Voxeo Labs This book explains the common underlying technological themes that underpin the new era of connected services in a post Web 2.0 epoch In this book, the author explores the underlying technological themes that underpin the new era of connected services. Furthermore, it explains how the technologies work and what makes each of them significant, for example, the potential for finding new meaning in data in the world of BIG DATA platforms, often referred to as "No-SQL" databases. In addition, it tackles the newest areas of technology such as HTML5, Android, iOS, open source, mash-ups, cloud computing, real-time Web, augmented reality, and more. Finally, the book discusses the opportunities and challenges of a connected world where both machines and people communicate in a pervasive fashion, looking beyond the hype and promise of emerging categories of communication such as the "Internet of Things" and "Real-time Web" to show managers how to understand the potential of the enabling technologies and apply them for meaningful applications in their own world. Key Features: Explores the common and emergent underlying technological themes that underpin the new era of connected services Addresses the newest areas of Internet technology such as web and mobile 2.0, open source, mash-ups, cloud computing, web 3.0, augmented reality, and more Shows the reader how to understand the potential of the enabling technologies and apply them for meaningful applications in their own world Discusses new developments in the technological landscape such as Smartphone proliferation, maturation of Web 2.0, increased convergence between mobile networks and the Internet, and so forth Examines modern software paradigms like Software-as-as-Service (SaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) Explores in detail how Web start-ups really work and what telcos can do to adopt lean and agile methods This book will be an invaluable guide for technical designers and managers, project managers, product managers, CEOs etc. at mobile operators (O2, Vodafone, Orange, T-Mobile, BT), fixed operators, converged operators and their contributory supplier networks (e.g. infrastructure providers). Internet providers (Google, Yahoo, Amazon, eBay, Apple, Facebook), analysts, product managers, developers, architects, consultants, technology investors, analysts, marketing directors, business development directors will also find this book of interest.

Book Video Compression Handbook

Download or read book Video Compression Handbook written by Andy Beach and published by Peachpit Press. This book was released on 2018-06-27 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Video compression is not a new process; however, it is forever evolving. New standards, codecs, and ways of getting the job done are continually being created. Newcomers to video compression and seasoned veterans alike need to know how to harness the tools and use them for specific workflows for broadcast, the Web, Blu-rays, set-top boxes, digital cinema, and mobile devices. Here to guide you through the multitude of formats and confusing array of specifications, Andy Beach and Aaron Owen use a practical, straightforward approach to explaining video compression. After covering the fundamentals of audio and video compression, they explore the current applications for encoding, discuss the common workflows associated with each, and then look at the most common delivery platforms. The book includes examples from the authors’ projects as well as recipes that offer a way to define some of the best practices of video compression today. This invaluable resource gives you: proven techniques for delivering video online, or via disc or other devices. clear, straightforward explanations that cut through the jargon. step-by-step instructions for using a wide variety of encoding tools. workflow tips for performing either stand-alone or batch compressions. insight and advice from top compression professionals sprinkled throughout.

Book Compression for Great Video and Audio

Download or read book Compression for Great Video and Audio written by Ben Waggoner and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2013-02-11 with total page 677 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how to compress video and audio with optimal quality and minimal hassles. Renowned expert Ben Waggoner teaches you to improve the quality of your final content and develop effective workflows. Understand the basic concepts of vision and hearing, apply that knowledge in the context of compression, then move onto practical, applicable information for creating, editing, and compressing the best video and audio, whether you're delivering for the web, DVD, Blu-ray, phones, or beyond. Clear examples of how to make the best choices in real-world projects Covers Mac and Windows products for a complete look at today's compression technologies: all the different tools, codecs, and formats for different kinds of deliverables are described, focusing on how to pick the right options for particular projects, players, and sources Formats Windows Media QuickTime Flash FLV and F4V MPEG-4 and H.264 MPEG-2 Ogg Vorbis and Theora Silverlight and Smooth Streaming Devices iPod and iPhone Zune HD Playstation Portable Playstation 3 Xbox 360 DVD and Blu-ray

Book The Graphic Designer s Guide to Portfolio Design

Download or read book The Graphic Designer s Guide to Portfolio Design written by Debbie Rose Myers and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-09-20 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Landing a job in graphic design or multimedia starts with the creation of a portfolio that showcases a student's best work. With sample portfolios, interviews with leaders in graphic design and advertising industries, and step-by-step instruction for creating professional print and digital portfolios, this book helps students successfully transition from design student to design professional. Now fully updated, it is the only guide to creating job-winning print-based and digital portfolios specifically for graphic designers.

Book Corporate Video Production

Download or read book Corporate Video Production written by Stuart Sweetow and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2016-07-15 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this updated edition of Corporate Video Production, Stuart Sweetow teaches aspiring and seasoned videographers how to make imaginative corporate videos with eye-catching designs, rhythmic editing tricks, and essential scriptwriting and interview techniques. Readers will learn how to shoot on location or in a studio, work with employees-turned-actors, find new clients, and produce online videos and podcasts for corporations, government agencies, and non-profit organizations. Additionally, this new edition has been updated to include discussion questions, chapter summaries, and professional tips, and to cover live webcasting, mobile devices, shooting in 4K, micro-videos, micro-cameras, and storytelling techniques for corporate social responsibility programs. A companion website features downloadable forms and further resources.

Book Advanced Content Delivery  Streaming  and Cloud Services

Download or read book Advanced Content Delivery Streaming and Cloud Services written by Mukaddim Pathan and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-09-19 with total page 517 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While other books on the market provide limited coverage of advanced CDNs and streaming technologies, concentrating solely on the fundamentals, this book provides an up-to-date comprehensive coverage of the state-of-the-art advancements in CDNs, with a special focus on Cloud-based CDNs. The book includes CDN and media streaming basics, performance models, practical applications, and business analysis. It features industry case studies, CDN applications, and open research issues to aid practitioners and researchers, and a market analysis to provide a reference point for commercial entities. The book covers Adaptive Bitrate Streaming (ABR), Content Delivery Cloud (CDC), Web Acceleration, Front End Optimization (FEO), Transparent Caching, Next Generation CDNs, CDN Business Intelligence and more. Provides an in-depth look at Cloud-based CDNs Includes CDN and streaming media basics and tutorials Aimed to instruct systems architects, practitioners, product developers, and researchers Material is divided into introductory subjects, advanced content, and specialist areas