muvee Reveal is a software program designed to help luddites transform simple home movies into more professional-looking videos. The software touts the ability to apply professional templates, add music voiceover and captions, and share on YouTube or Facebook with ease. muvee Reveal also supports HD video for the growing HD crowd of home video cameras. [click to continue…]
Didn’t catch the iPad keynote? Here’s a hilarious condensed version that sums up what Steve Jobs and the other Apple cronies think about the new gadget, all pulled from the iPad keynote.
Corel just announced its VideoStudio Pro X3 software for consumer video editing. The new software retails for $100 and gives you the basics video editing, and allows you to dip into Blu-ray movie burning for you HDTV. Corel is bragging about its speedy rendering times, so you won’t have to go eat lunch and take a nap or two while your videos render. Part of the improvements are due to the additional support for multi-core processors and GPU accelaration. Check availability on Amazon.com.
Boxee Box, unveiled at CES 2010, is a “box” of sorts that will allow end users to connect to their social networks and stream video right from their recliner in on a huge HD screen. Easily connect to the internet with Boxee Box and watch what you want to when you want to, whether it be TV show, movies and videos or checking in with friends on Facebook and Twitter. [click to continue…]
LaCie has announced a USB 3.0 external hard drive that offers 2 drive and RAID configuration options. The new USB 3.0 drive will be available in capacities up to 4TB. The USB 3.0 standard will permit speeds up to 275MB/s burst read transfer speed.
Desi, a black guy, and Wanda, a white woman, apparently work at some consumer electronics store. They are testing the face tracking feature of the HP webcam and arrive at the conclusion that it will not recognize or track black faces.
Just check out the video for yourself. Something fishy is definitely going on here.
HP has seen this video and thinks it may be due to the lack of foreground lighting and low contrast on Desi’s face:
We believe that the camera might have difficulty “seeing” contrast in conditions where there is insufficient foreground lighting. While we work on this, take a look here for more information on the impact of lighting on facial tracking software, and how to optimize your webcam experience: http://bit.ly/7HsZHD