Creating Videos In the Classroom: Common Craft Style December 19th, 2013 / Comments: 0 Creating videos for teaching subjects can be a great way to explain complex subjects succinctly in a style that can be watched over and over again. Your free Educators Pro Account allows you to import your own audio files and add voice overs to videos. This opens up a lot of opportunities to incorporate technology in the classroom. There are a few styles that utilize voice overs to make creative and interesting videos. Today we’d love to tell you… › read more
What does spicy bean dip have to do with video sharing? October 16th, 2013 / Comments: 0 At the risk of making you hungry, visualize the following scenario: You arrive at a friend’s BBQ, and are immediately greeted by a massive spread of food. It’s all there: the grilled meat, chips, four varieties of nicely chilled beer, desserts – the works. You have your own addition as well: some spicy bean dip for guests to munch on. You’re a picky eater, but there’s plenty here to choose from. Time to chow down. Such is the beauty… › read more
Set Your Videos Free: 3 Ways to Upload October 14th, 2013 / Comments: 0 Here at Pixorial, it’s our mission to liberate your videos from the stuffy confines of computers and mobile devices. Once they’re in our safe and secure cloud, you can share them with anyone, anywhere – or even edit the videos online using Movie Creator. Here are three fast and easy ways to upload your videos. (If you don’t already have a Pixorial account, sign up for free here). From a file on your computer Let’s say you’ve just recorded… › read more
Kids Say the Darndnest Things: How to make a Great Father’s Day Video June 12th, 2013 / Comments: 0 Want to create an outside-the-box surprise for the father of your children? Here’s a great idea, courtesy of NPR: interview your kids about what makes a great dad, then combine the best answers for a wonderful video. Ready? Let’s get started. 1.) Start by interviewing your kids about their dad, and capturing their responses with your phone. Get creative with your questions and watch the fun responses flow. Within minutes you’ll have plenty of great footage. 2.) Next, it’s time… › read more
MobileMe users: Meet your new video home in the cloud August 6th, 2012 / Comments: 0 As of last week, Apple has discontinued MobileMe iDisk, iWeb Publishing and Gallery. Everything that’s been uploaded to these online print and video galleries will no longer be available. We understand that this is a huge bummer for anyone who uploaded large files through their MobileMe account…but if you’re looking to relocate your video files, we have a quick and easy solution for you! With Pixorial, you can upload or digitize any video, in any format. Once uploaded to… › read more
Infinite Possibilities: Creative Commons and Video July 29th, 2012 / Comments: 0 Want to get creative with your video projects? Check out Creative Commons. You might’ve heard of Creative Commons, or “CC”, before. It’s a version of copyright for the digital age – a world where everyone and anyone can be a creator. It can be applied to music, words, video – pretty much anything that would be subject to normal copyrights. The difference is that it gives creators an easy way to license their work for use by others –… › read more
Is Your Smartphone Filled to the Brim? July 6th, 2012 / Comments: 0 Maxed-out storage – it’s the bane of our modern existence. No matter how many Gigs of memory manufacturers add to their devices, the dreaded “you are out of storage” warning seems to appear at the worst possible time – like when you have a priceless moment you want to record. You know the drill. After fiddling around frantically for a few precious seconds, you find some photos or videos that you’re okay with trashing. Then, you hit record again,… › read more
How to put your iPhone or iPad videos into Google Drive May 11th, 2012 / Comments: 0 One of the great things about Google Drive is that you can sync up files, effortlessly, in the cloud. Now, harnessing the power of our free iOS mobile app, you can automatically sync the videos that you’ve taken with your iPhone or iPad – not only to your Pixorial library, but also to your Drive. Again, it’s completely automatic and ridiculously easy. We’ll take care of everything in the background. Here’s how it works: 1.) Download our iOS app… › read more
