User:Torley Linden/Vidtut process/it

Ecco come i miei video tutorial raggiungono il mondo. Uno sguardo dietro le scene , passo-a-passo:

Registrare

Per la grezza registrazione inworld uso Camtasia oppure FRAPS. Di solito :
- Setto la risoluzione dello schermo di Second Life a 1024x768 Sizer — la cui dimensione di solito è 1032x802 .
- Scalo la UI di SL a 1.200.
- Set audio volumes.(settare il volume audio)
- Uso i DivX codec settandoli cosi'(variabile):
Oppure, se il video consiste sopratutto di pagine web (al di fuori di SL), immagini "piatte" , utilizzo il lossless cattura schermo codec di TechSmith's.
Quando le registrazioni sono state eseguite, raccolgo il materiale grezzo in una cartella che rinomino secondo il titolo del tutorial.

Produzione

Carico la "bozza Video Tutorial " in Sony Vegas, che contiene cosi' la traccia di base. (Continua a essere rivista nel tempo.)

Trascino-e-rilascio le clips del film nella traccia principale del fim. Ritaglio le parti finali e le transizioni come desidero.

Trascino le clicps del film in Sony Sound Forge, uso Batch Converter per esportare la versione "(MASTER)" in mono WAV che è a volume più alto e riduce il rumore.

Trascino i WAVS di nuovo dentro Vegas nella traccia audio "MASTER" , in-sincronia con il video.

Aggiusto le parti iniziali finali per l'adattamento.

Uso "Video Event Pan/Crop" nei punti adeguati della sequenza temporale per zoomare sugli elementi della UI. Io preferisco zoom smussati con 1-secondo di intervallo.

Ctrl-drag to copy text media template to appropriate places in timeline and customize it. (Sometimes I customize start + end titles at this point too.)

Reword captions as I go along. Stretch text media if some needs to last longer. Other settings, like Placement, can also be changed to provide optimum visibility without impairing other stuff.

Add MP3 music (often one of my own solo piano compositions so I don't have to worry about licensing) to the -18 dB (I found this provides a good balance, audible without being too intrusive) audio track.

Fade and trim ends as appropriate.

Add some extra gloss (transition effects) — I like to experiment, sometimes obviously, sometimes more subtle, with different techniques in each vid.

Re-watch vid to make sure everything's in its right place. Polish anything else stray I find.

Encoding

Render vid to "QuickTime 7" with these settings:
- Project tab:
  Video rendering quality: Best
- Video tab:
  - Quality: 100% (near lossless)
- Streaming:
  - Optimization: Fast Start

When the render's done, open in QuickTime Player and export with these settings (NOTE: I switched from "Main" to "Baseline" profile because the latter works on iPods, and have since boosted video bitrate to 1152 kbps):

Upload to YouTube

Free streaming, cheap 'n' cheerful. I'm trying out TubeMogul.

Fill out Video Upload form thusly:
- Title = "- Second Life Video TuTORial" or "- SL TuTORial" (if tip title is too long), preceded by specific title.
- Description =
More info @ http://torley.com/vidtuts

Friendly greetings! You can learn Second Life in a fun and fast fashion! The enthusiastic Torley is your host, taking you on a tour through tips, tricks, and techniques that'll increase your confidence and make you smile. :) Whether you're a newcomer or longtime Resident, your inworld experience will benefit from these video tutorials.

Like this? Share it with your friends & family!

Click the Subscribe button to be notified of new vidtuts!

"VIRTUAL KNOWLEDGE, REAL RESULTS."
- Video Category = "Education" or "Howto & Style
- Tags = secondlife second life video tutorial tip trick game world 3d online virtual avatar screencast help machinima love sl (in the future, I may want to vary these further).
Click "Upload a video", select the MP4, and upload it. Video usually goes live several minutes later.
Update the "Torley's Second Life Video Tutorials" playlist, reprioritizing the new addition as "1" so it shows up on top.

Upload to Amazon S3

These are the high-quality downloadable versions.

Use S3Fox and drag-and-drop the MP4 into the uploader.
Right-click the "vidtuts" folder, select "Edit ACL", enable Read for all (green checkmarks), check "Apply to subfolders" (useful for multiple vidtut uploads), then click "OK".

Update the Second Life Podcast

Add a new item with Feed Editor, duplicating a previous entry and editing these fields:
- Required Fields
  - Title
  - Pub Date
- Optional Fields
  - GUID (same as "Enclosure URL")
  - Enclosure URL
- iTunes Fields
  - Duration
Ping it.

Blog about it

Open up template, craft blog post in Windows Live Writer, and if it's a TotW, set it to publish in the future on Thursday.
Include supplemental pictures, word explanations, and other relevant content addendum that didn't make it into the video. Related resources links always a plus.
Test pre-published link to assure quality.

Showcase it

Log into blog-like tool.
Copy-and-paste earlier blog posting into WLW (to strip font irregularies), then into this, and publish it. NOTE: This tool can't publish in advance yet, so this is done nearer to the time or shortly after the aforementioned blog post appears.
Check for any significant content inconsistencies, most notably that embedded videos don't work, so I'll need to replace them with links like this:

WATCH THE VIDEO

<img height="16" src="http://torley.s3.amazonaws.com/Getvidtut.png" width="16" align="absMiddle" border="0"></a><strong><a href="http://vidtuts.s3.amazonaws.com/****">WATCH VIDEO</a></strong>

Wikify it

Update Video Tutorials with the newest, most likely a new "#" under all the previous TotWs.

Add it to inworld movie player

Go to Watermelinden Land and edit the script in the following format:

[TITLE], [URL]

Afterwards

While uploading's happening, work on accompanying blog post or fill in other info that could usefully be multitasked.

Shortly after uploading's done, I sometimes watch the vid to make sure things turned out alright, then I post to the blog or otherwise further communicate about my new vidtut.

Embrace incoming feedback from my beloved community and use lovely ideas to fuel future vidtuts .

The above is subject to iteration, but hopefully provides a wealth of insights into how I do what I do. :)

Additional questions

Can I/how do I localize your video tutorials?

The answer is almost certainly "YES!" as my educational materials are freely available for modification — keep in mind legal entities which are the property of Linden Lab/Second Life need to be respected so check out our Brand Center, but you can feel free to dub over my voice with your own voiceover. Please do let me know if you mod my vidtuts, simply because I want to celebrate what you've done!

That being said, the process is generally pretty simple:

Download a MP4 from the Video Tutorials page (not one of the low-quality YouTube Flash video version).
Open it in your video NLE (non-linear editor). As mentioned above, I use Sony Vegas and you can look at more options.
Delete the existing audio track and record your own, then align it to fit. This may be as easy as recording your voiceover while playing the video. If you can use audio effects, I highly recommend using some noise reduction and a limiter to boost your overall presence.
Export the video, preferably using the settings above for minimal degradation and compatibility — crisp quality you can play inworld is awesome!

Yes, I do have the original "master" copies without subtitles, but they're very big (many gigabytes) and awkward to upload. I guess I could re-export some vids without subtitles but this, too, is time-consuming. If anyone has any advice as to how I can be more efficient about making these available or if you just have a sheer interest, write to torley at lindenlab dot com

You can also download the "whoosh + dingding" sound effect I use at the beginning and end. (They're modified versions of Ryan Linden's original teleport + Instant Message sounds.)

If you want to use my piano music, it's under a CreativeCommons ShareAlike-Attribution License. Download it here.