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Better YouTube HD Output

Happy? Yessssss! Finally got some YouTube output I don’t have to be ashamed of. For some time I was wondering about all those guys who could produce quality YouTube HD clips while mine drowned in blurs and other negative effects due to YouTube compression.

Quality is a matter of money

As so often online: your look is a matter of money! Sure, as a surfer you can access all those goodies and enjoy great info and media files for free. When however you wish to put up your own stuff for grab, things change. Your pictures need to be in Photoshop quality and your videos need to be HD encoded to match the quality your competitors produce.

Another 250 bucks down the road I finally can feel like an Internet astronaut as well and dispose of my hi-tech, high-end cockpit for editing comfortably HD stuff. Sure, I could continue to produce the “normal” stuff and remain a victim of YouTube’s compression. The problem however, is simple: most Internet surfers dispose of high resolution screens and are able to see the difference.  And my problem is obvious: I am selling great web design and media services which need to be brought to potential customers in an eye catching way.

An image is worth a 1000 words but a lousy image’s value is 4 letters according to Nikos Advertizopoulos … how right he is again!

Of course a new space rocket is a great thing, but you need to learn how to fly it. My first tests and exercises are getting there slowly and I am in for more. My first worry is the output quality on YouTube and other free junk sites which usually compress away the quality of hours of work.

My YouTube rocks now

Have a look at my recent YouTubes: the latest Astir Beach picture show and Global The Brand; you can watch them in 720 p HD and go for full screen and it still is a pleasure. And I can still step up the quality by one tick to 1080 p.

See Astir beach on YouTube in HD full screen HERE

Look at the smashing HD output of Global The Brand HERE

Here is a screen-shot of a full screen Astir Slide on YouTube:

The screen-shot is an 80% quality jpg output from Photoshop of the YouTube full-screen view on my monitor.

How to achieve better Media on YouTube?

The most cost effective way to achieve the above and also to improve your editing knowledge: join Ycademy. Ycademy is a non-profit online learning program where participants contribute to a pool with a monthly fee of $30 to access and to make available the most advanced technology and services online.

Oh, by the way, there is also loads of knowledge being made available at live calls, trainings and seminars. Useless to tell you that I have learned it all at Ycademy :-).

The upcoming March Seminar of Ycademy builds a smashing flash site with participants. The Program in April will be focused on basic media design and includes all the know-how and tools needed to produce high quality YouTubes amongst others. An Ycademy Seminar is worth more than 1000 words and more importantly … more than 1000 Bucks!

For insiders only as there is no promo for Ycademy but you can contact Bianca at bianca(at)ycademy.com.

Author: Yorgo Nestoridis, Media Marketing & Publishing, Founder of YORGOO Publishing, YORGOO Press and Semiomantics. If you enjoyed reading the above, please consider following future tips and strategies by RSS reader, Email delivery, or Kindle subscription.

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