Connecting Panasonic HD Video Camera via HDMI to Macbook Air using Thunderbolt via BlackMagic UltraStudio 3D

Connecting Panasonic HD Video Camera via HDMI to Macbook Air using Thunderbolt via BlackMagic UltraStudio 3D and live streaming on Ustream via Telestream Wirecast 4.


Image: Telestream Wirecast 4: HDMI via UltraStudio 3D

CABLE CONNECTIONS
Panasonic camera > HDMI > UltraStudio 3D > Thunderbolt Cable > Thunderbolt Monitor > MacBook Air

This gets tricky if you have just one setting wrong. I've had this working, then moved to a remote location, and couldn't get my camera to be recognized. In the end, it's a matter of standardizing on your settings and procedures. A checklist might be a good idea.

First of all you need to make sure that the Macbook Air sees the Blackmagic Ultrastudio 3D box.



Note: I'm using this box to test until the new Intensity Extreme ships. I'll also be interested in learning more about the Intensity Shuttle.

You can quickly check that by going into the APPLE Menu > System Preferences > Other: Black Magic Design

It's important to get the "Set input" field to match your video input, in this case "HDMI Video & HDMI Audio".


Image: System Preferences Display

If you've got something wrong, the display won't even let you change the settings. That's a basic connection issue. In my case it might have been the Thunderbolt cable. I replaced a generic one with an Apple Thunderbolt cable and it worked.

But only after I also matched the setting on for the camera type.

You do that in Wirecast under the SOURCES > Show Sources Settings... menu item.

Here's the setting in Wirecast I changed:


Wirecast Source Settings, a photo by stevegarfield on Flickr.

Next up is the Processing menu.

I'm still looking into how to set this up to take advantage of the processing on the UltraStudio 3D to reduce processing load on the Macbook Air.



Updates will follow. This is a living blog post. Comments and discussion appreciated.

Disclosure: http://CMP.LY/4 ;-)

Update:

Looking into saving a local high quality video file while streaming.

My friend Phil Campbell was nice enough to have posted the setting he uses on flickr:


Image: Wirecast 4 Local Video Settings

Update II:


Video walkthrough of the physical connections and a quick look at my Wirecast 4 Multi-Camera setup.

I recorded this with Wirecast 4 in 'Save to Disk' mode. It's a very cool way to produce a multi camera video with live switching.

Interested in video?

Check out my book, Get Seen:

Setting Up a Fund Raising Page on Causes.com: Hit a Home Run for Allie Lundy and Support Pediatric Brain Tumor Research | causes.com

Hit a Home Run for Allie Lundy and Support Pediatric Brain Tumor Research | causes.com, a photo by stevegarfield on Flickr.

A good friend's daughter Allison recently passed away, and her father asked me to set up a page where we could do two things:

1. Display a video of Allison and Red Sox player David Ortiz. "It's a powerful video."
2. Put up a link to support Dana Farber's research into Pediatric Cancer.

I could have put up a static web page, but thought that it would be better to post the video to a page that included social media sharing and tracking.

SETTING UP A FUNDRAISING PAGE
I hadn't set anything up like this before, but on the same day that I was looking into it, I received an email from another friend, Beth Kanter, asking me to support Planned Parenthood, Komen Can Kiss My Mammagram. Beth is an expert at helping nonprofit use "social media to power change." She Her friend was using causes.com to power her the campaign, so that's what I used.

Note: You can read more about Beth's campaign here: Komen Kan Kiss My Mammagram, PinActivism, and Newsjacking for a Cause

My final page is called: Hit a Home Run For Allie Lundy to Support Pediatric Brain Tumor Research. [Image Above ]

There are a lot of great things about using causes.com.

I could choose a custom banner color. Allison's favorite color was pink, so I used that.

Next I could embed the video and add a description with links. The video post encourages viewers to share via Facebook and twitter, and also keeps track of views, and allows comments.

As more people view the page, if they are Facebook users, which lots of people are, you start seeing their faces as they visit and choose actions.

It's nice to see.

A very different experience than what you see on a static web page.

DONATE


The donate page is fairly simple. In set up mode, you can choose which charity you want your donation to go to. There are two things missing though from this specific Dana Farber donation page.

- The ability to make the donation a Tribute or Memorial
- The ability to Direct Your Gift to Support a Specific area

Here's what the donation form at the Dana Farber site looks like.


Image: Make A Gift - Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Here's the ability to designate an area:


Image: Dana Farber Direct My Gift To Support Pediatric Brain Tumor Research

I spoke with both Dana Farber and Causes.com to see if these functions can be added.

DESIGNATION
The designation of an area can be done by the charity adding Custom Fundraising Projects on causes.com. That's something they are looking at doing. It's simple.

TRIBUTE or MEMORIAL
As for adding a Tribute or Memorial field, that is something that causes.com has to do on their side and they are looking into it.

CUSTOMER SUPPORT
I was extremely happy with the support I received from causes.com. Sydney was great and opened up a Skype video chat with me and shared her desktop to clarify a few things.

OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
After setting up the page Beth told me about two other sites that do similar things, Razoo and Crowdrise.

Looking at their donation pages I see that each has the ability to capture additional donation information.


Image: Razoo Donation Page


Image: Crowdrise Donation Page

I'll have to take a look at those others.

PINTEREST
Beth is also experimenting with “Pinactivism”by starting a Pinterest board to keep track of images of her PLanned Parenthood fundraising efforts.

I decided to do a similar thing with Pinterest and share the Allison and David Ortiz video, both on Pinterest and on a similar site for video only, Chill. On each post I link back to the causes.com page.


Image: Allison Lundy and Red Sox player David Ortiz Video on Pinterest


Image: Allison Lundy and Red Sox player David Ortiz Video on Chill

I think these are visually interesting sites for posting and curating videos. Check them out too.

SHORT LINKS
The causes.com URL to Allison's page looks like this:

http://www.causes.com/causes/650856-hit-a-home-run-for-allie-lundy-and-support-pediatric-brain-tumor-research/actions

You can also use a shortened version:

http://www.causes.com/causes/650856

That's better, but still hard to remember and share.

So I used the link shortening service bit.ly to make a short URL:

http://bit.ly/AllisonLundy

I didn't realize, when I made it, that bit.ly links are case sensitive. So I made another:

http://bit.ly/allisonlundy

YOUR EXPERIENCE?
What's your experience with online fundraising solutions?

Also, please visit Alison's page: Hit a Home Run For Allie Lundy to Support Pediatric Brain Tumor Research, watch the video, and consider a donation.

Thanks.

[Video] Phone Innovators: Official 2012 Best Buy Game Day Commercial

"I created the ability to share video."

Who said that?

Let's ask on twitter:

@twelpforce Who said, "I created the ability to share video?" [Video] Phone Innovators: bit.ly/yDkMJL

— Steve Garfield (@stevegarfield) February 6, 2012

via LYBIO.net with updates and added links:

[Philippe Kahn (March 16, 1952)] Source: LYBIO.net
Hi, I’m Philippe Kahn and I created the camera phone.

[Raymond "Ray" Kurzweil (February 12, 1948)]
I’m Ray Kurzweil, I gave your words a voice.


Video: Ray Kurzweil

[Daniel Henderson]
I created the ability to share video.

An entrepreneur, inventor, and sculptor, Daniel A. Henderson has been granted 26 U.S. patents covering telecommunication systems and devices, most notably for picture and video messaging to wireless devices.

Video: Daniel Henderson

[Chris Barton and Avery Wang] - Shazam
We turn your smart phone into a musical genius.


Video: Chris Barton and Avery Wang

[Jim McKelvey] - Square
And I turned it into a bank.

Mobile Payments Start-Up Square Raises $100 Million

[Kevin Systrom] Instagram
I created insta-gram.

[Neil Papworth] - Text Messaging
I created the first text message.


Video: Neil Papworth

[Paul Bettner & David Bettner] Source: LYBIO.net
We created Words With Friends

Update:

The Best Buy twelpforce comes through with a link to a video that includes lower thirds graphics identifying each person.



Would have been nice to have seen this earlier. The YouTube video needs a link to this.

Disappointed in Patriot James Ihedigbo calling UMass 'Zoo Mass'

So disappointed in you calling UMass Zoo Mass. #brandbowl, a photo by stevegarfield on Flickr.

I was shocked when I head James Ihedigbo call UMass 'Zoo Mass' on the Super Bowl broadcast.

I'm an alumni alumnus of UMass and for years we've tried to removed the tag 'Zoo Mass' from the school.

I'd thought we did.

It's not funny.

When I was at UMass I studied and went to parties. When friends came up for the weekend, we'd show them the BEST  TIME EVER by taking them around to all the best parties.   Then they'd go home and tell EVERYONE that UMass was such a fun party school.

That's how the label Zoo Mass gets propogated.

What they didn't see was that when they left, I'd be in the library studying every day and night.

Bad Feelings
James Ihedigbo gave me a bad feeling at the start of the broadcast.

I hope he appologises.

But he probably won't.

He's done it before.

[Video] Audi 2012 Game Day Commercial - Vampire Party

I liked this ad enough to pause it on my TiVo, take a photo of the LED headlights, and tweet it out.

Audi LED Headlights #brandbowl Like. instagr.am/p/oghTv/

— Steve Garfield (@stevegarfield) February 5, 2012

Image: Audi LED Headlights. Courtesy Audi.



Audi Vampire Super Bowl Commercial: LED Headlights Ruin Vampire Party In Ad

With "The Killing Moon" by Echo & the Bunnymen providing the soundtrack, this Audi ad promises "Daylight, now in headlight," and concludes with the hashtag #SoLongVampires.

Update - Audi LED Technology:



These LED headlights are really interesting.

If Audi puts as much creative thought into the rest of their cars then Audi is a brand to consider.

Report Twitter Spammer CamryEffect5

Report Spammer CamryEffect5, a photo by stevegarfield on Flickr.

Toyota takes to spamming Twitter for Camry Super Bowl ‘promotion’

Toyota responds:

shandspencer
We apologize to anyone in the Twitterverse who received an unwanted @reply over the past few days. We were excited to share the message of our Camry Effect campaign in a new way and it was never our intention to displease anyone.
We’ve certainly learned from this experience and have suspended the accounts effective immediately to avoid any additional issues.
Kimberley Gardiner, National Digital Marketing & Social Media Manager, Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A. Inc.

Go Pats! #brandbowl cc @bostonglobe #gronking #patriots

Go Pats! #brandbowl cc @bostonglobe #gronking #patriots, a photo by stevegarfield on Flickr.

[Video] Lauren Gray - American Idol 11 - St. Louis

Interview: Lauren Gray

EW.com: Did 'American Idol' want us to think Lauren Gray is the next Carrie Underwood?

Yes.

See the full list of who's headed to Hollywood on American #Idol

Who was your favorite?

Facebook Campaign to Bring Top Chef to Boston

Facebook Campaign to Bring Top Chef to Boston, a screenshot of the Top Chef Facebook Page by stevegarfield on Flickr.

My Post on Facebook, on the Top Chef Page:
Facebook Campaign to Bring Top Chef to Boston

LIKE this page You Gotta Try Boston:
You Gotta Try Boston

Twitter too:
https://twitter.com/#!/UGottaTryBoston/

And Pinterest:
http://pinterest.com/ugottatryboston

Eventbrite Needs to Add Native Twitter Support

Just saw this tweet from Jeff Pulver about a State of NOW / #140conf cocktail party at SXSW:

Attending #SXSW/Interactive? Friends are invited to attend State of NOW / #140conf cocktail party on Mar 9th. RSVP: 140confsxsw.eventbrite.com

— Jeff Keni Pulver (@jeffpulver) February 1, 2012

I clicked over to register and see that eventbrite has still not added native support for twitter names.

The list of attendees looks like this:

Kristin Dziadul, Marketing Analyst, Backupify
twitter name: kristinedziadul

Tim Street, Vice President , Mobile Video
twitter name: 1timstreet

Andy Fruchter, Head of Business Development, Shaker
twitter name: @andrewfruchter

Chad Smith, Mobile Developer, SHS
twitter name: http://twitter.com/chadsmith

Only the twitter name with the full URL is clickable.

TWITTER NAME NOT STANDARD
When you set up an event with eventbrite, "twitter name" is not a standard field. You need to create a custom field to capture twitter names.


Image: Custom field to capture twitter name

When you add a custom field for twitter name, people will enter either:

- Their twitter name
- Their Twitter name preceded by an @
- The full URL of their twitter name

When these names get displayed as seen in the example above, only the twitter name with the full URL is clickable.

WORK AROUND
If you are an event organizer, add instructions on how to enter twitter name, so people will add the complete URL.

EX: Twitter Name (ex: http://twitter.com/stevegarfield)

NEW FEATURE SUGGESTION
I've suggested to eventbrite that they make 'twitter name' a standard field, allowing registrants to enter their name, and then having the system display it as a clickable link back to their twitter page.

It would also be nice if there was a 'follow' button on the registration list so people could just click to follow anyone they'd like.

Do you agree?

[Video] Steve Garfield Facebook Timeline Movie Maker Movie

I used the default settings on Facebook's Timeline Movie Maker and didn't change anything.. Really nice job.

The movie SHARE feature needs an export option. When I shared the link initially, it seems that it reassembled the movie, when people clicked on the link.

So I used ScreenFlow (evaluation copy) to screen capture the video and upload to Facebook.

Seen in this video:
Lan Bui, Bre Pettis, Steve Woolf, Thomas Edwards, Zadi Diaz, Andy Carvin, Chuck Olsen, Mildred Garfield, MC Hammer, Michael P Wright, Casey McKinnon, Clintus McGintus and Hermione Way.

Also posted to YouTube.

[Video] G+ Video Hangout with the President - 2012

What I saw:

Watching (buffering) @BarackObama ta (buffering) ith people on G+ (buffering) … kick off G+ conversation (buffering)…

— Steve Garfield (@stevegarfield) January 30, 2012

What did you see? What was your experience?

Quickly Copy a Website URL into an Email with Shift+CMD+I on Mac

lifehacker has a neat tip in this post today: Quickly Copy a Website URL into an Email with Cmd+Shift+I on Mac.

I use this tip all the time, but I don't use the keyboard command.

I just go to the menu:

FILE > Mail Link to this page


Image: File Menu item Mail Link to this page 'Shift+CMD+I'

Note:

The correct designation of the shortcut, as displayed in the menu item is, Shift+CMD+I.

[Video] Faces from the First Lady's Guest Box: Instagram's Mike Krieger

Instagram photo of Mike Krieger with Michelle Obama

How to Make Your Mac Email Signature Clickable

I saw that @AmberMac was looking for good examples of email signatures. I sent her mine as a bad example.

Email Signature Before:

She just wrote an article about how to make your email signature better, The 2-Minute Move That Will Elevate Your Personal Brand.

Here's how you can make your Mac email signature clickable and look like this:

Email Signature After:

Image: Email Signature Improved

--Steve
Web | Twitter | G+

Learn how to put video on the web: Get Seen

Join us on the 1st Sunday of the month at Boston Media Makers

When I first tried to do this, I just put standard HTML code in the signature file of my email. That didn't work.

You have to use the Mac email options to set this up.

Here's how.

Go into MAIL > PREFERENCES.

Click SIGNATURES.

Make a new one or edit and existing one.

Then, in the body of the signature, type in the text that you want to have as a link.

SELECT the text, RIGHT CLICK on it and choose, LINK > ADD LINK...


Image: Add Link... menu

Then PASTE IN or TYPE IN a link.


Image: Adding a Link

CLICK OK.

Close out of the window and you are done.

[Video] Interview - Steve Garfield – Online Video Pioneer

Steve Garfield - Online Video Pioneer from Viafoura on Vimeo.

via [ VP Digital ]

Allison Lundy 2011

Allison Lundy 2011, a photo by stevegarfield on Flickr.

Hopkinton fifth-grader remembered for kindness, athleticism, grace

Dunkin Donunts foursquare photo checkins

Dunkin Donunts foursquare photo checkins, a photo by stevegarfield on Flickr.

I take it on as a challenge to try to take a different creative photo every time I check into a Dunkin Donuts via Instagram on Foursquare.

Check out
my Dunkin Donuts foursquare Instagram photo checkins

Boston MegaTweetUp at Microsoft NERD Center - Boston.com

Boston MegaTweetUp at Microsoft NERD Center - Boston.com, a photo by stevegarfield on Flickr.

Great #MegaTweetUp photos

QR Code Example for Boston Globe Articles

Yes. I still subscribe to the Boston Globe newspaper and have it delivered to my house. I love it. It's something I've been doing for years, as has my family.



SHARING WITH SOCIAL MEDIA
One thing that's difficult is sharing the print articles that I read, with my online friends on social media. What I usually end up doing is going to twitter to see if someone else has already tweeted out a link to the story. Then I follow the link to make sure it's not spam. Then I go back and usually RT that tweet.

Sometimes when I don't find the article, I search for it online, then tweet it out.

USING QR CODES
It would be a lot easier if I could just use a QR code to share the article from my phone.

Here's what I imagine it would look like.

QR Code Example for Boston Globe Articles, a photo by stevegarfield on Flickr.

QR code for the URL of the Boston Globe Editorial,
Shut up, they explained by Jeff Jacoby:
http://b.globe.com/shut-they-explained

This would be a great way to encourage sharing of Boston Globe articles from the newspaper. Put a QR code on selected articles so that you could scan in the QR code and be taken directly to the article online to enable easy sharing to Social Media sites like twitter, Facebook and G+.


Image Mashup: What a QR Code would look like on the Boston Globe Editorial Page

Watch 4 out of 8 Oscar Best Picture Nominees Online at Amazon.com

Oscar Nominees: Watch The Films Online Right Now:

Thankfully, there's one fewer Best Picture nominee this year. Why thankfully? Well, if you're like me (and many of you are in this respect), you haven't been to the movies in a really long time. And now you have just over 30 days to catch up on these nine contenders. These days, though, that doesn't mean you need to make several trips to the local movie theatre. We can experience these cinematic delights (legally) right in the comfort of our homes thanks to online movie-streaming services. Here we've gathered seven such services to show you where you can watch the Best Picture nominees right now. As of today, your best bet is to head over to Amazon.

Image courtesy of PC MAG.

Ali Fedotowsky Tweets It: Emily Maynard to be the next Bachelorette

Just saw this tweet from Ali to Emily:

@EmilyMaynard Congratulations girlie!!! You are going to be so great :) Can't wait to watch you on your journey to find love!

— Ali Fedotowsky (@AliFedotowsky) January 24, 2012

Confirmed by NY Daily News:

Emily Maynard confirmed as the next 'Bachelorette,' will be first single mom on the reality show

More:

Chris Harrison talks Emily Maynard as the Bachelorette:

Though we’ve known sweet, Southern single mom Emily Maynard would be the next Bachelorette for a week, host Chris Harrison, who officially announced it on Good Morning America this morning, assures us it was only a done deal today.

...and tweets the news:

It's official @EmilyMaynard is our #BacheloretteI couldn't be more excited!

— Chris Harrison (@chrisbharrison) January 24, 2012

Emily tweets that her being chosen as the next Bachelorette it's all part of God's plan:

Romans 8:28

— Emily Maynard (@EmilyMaynard) January 19, 2012

I guess God needs something else to do now that Tim Tebow isn't playing football.

Next season on the Bachelorette: "Everything happens for a reason."

Social Media and Video Mini-tweetup at #MegaTweetUp 1/24/12

Social Media and Video Mini-tweetup at #MegaTweetUp 6-7 PM with Steve Garfield, Mike Proulx and Erik Qualman

It's going to be an open Q & A session.

See you there!

My Video:

[Video] #MegaTweetup 12/16/2010 featuring @karminmusic bit.ly/f83LDy

— Steve Garfield (@stevegarfield) January 24, 2012

#TVNext Testing the Live Stream for 2/27/12

#TVNext 2/27/12, a set on Flickr.

Learn More: TV Next

Hill Holliday's second annual TVnext summit is a daylong event that brings together top industry luminaries who are defining television's future.

Social Media for Lead Generation: Experts Weigh In

Social Media for Lead Generation: Experts Weigh In, a photo by stevegarfield on Flickr.

"Social Media Is People"

Read more: Social Media for Lead Generation: Experts Weigh In

Today was pretty awesome

Today was pretty awesome, a photo by stevegarfield on Flickr.

Buying a Car with the help of Google+ Video Hangouts

[Video] President Obama sings Al Green: Let's stay together in 2012

President Obama - Let's Stay Together:


Direct link to President Obama, "I'm So in love with you." :08 Apollo Theatre, New York, January 19, 2012

Al Green - Let's Stay Together:


Direct link to Al Green, "I'm so in love with you" :48 Apollo Hall of Fame Concert , New York, 1993.

[Image] Awesome #americanidol video edit

[Image] Awesome #americanidol video edit, a photo by stevegarfield on Flickr.

Did you notice how the prior shot showed the judges walking, then it switched to seeing them in the camera lens, then bad to them walking. So cool. Watching in TiVo let's you pause and replay all the nice editing going on this season.

My Samuel Adams Beer for the Crowd Craft Project

My Samuel Adams Beer for the Crowd Craft Project, a photo by stevegarfield on Flickr.

I just created my ideal ale. You can let Samuel Adams know what would be in your perfect brew! shar.es/WP4uC