This video was compiled for a special friend on Valentine’s Day. The montage consists of photographs from the 1980’s. All the images were digitally restored in Adobe Photoshop. Any imperfections such as color, dust, scratches, damage, and composition were corrected to ensure the highest possible video quality. We even removed unwanted objects and people from the photographs to maintain the right focus.
How about celebrate a special occasion with a video montage?
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Input • Items To Get You Started
If you are interested in your own photo or video montage, then here are a few things to consider:
Images • Send us any digital images that you would like to include in your video. We recommend sending high resolution images above 5 mega pixels if possible.
Photographs • Normal prints can also be used. We offer a digital scanning service, and photo restoration of all your prints. You can send them to us by registered mail or courier, and we will return them to you by registered mail or courier. Details of our digital photo restoration services can be found here.
Videos • Clips from videos could also be used in the montage. Send over your video files (we prefer Dropbox), and specify the time-stamps (start and stop times) that you would like to include in the montage. We recommend high definition (1920×1080 pixels or 1280×720) for best results.
Messaging • Would you like each image to contain a message, speech bubble or tagline? Or maybe you would like us to suggest generic taglines for your photos?
Website • Is there a web address – or more than one – you would you like mentioned in the video? Let us know.
Names • Will your video be dedicated to a company, club, or association. Maybe it’s for a friend, partner or family member. We can include their details on the video if you want.
Tags • Do you want to use tags (metadata) to promote your video montage? These are important for Search Engine Optimization (SEO), so that your video can be discovered on the internet. We also offer this as part of our service, if you need help in this area.
Hashtags • Do you want to use any popular #hashtags to promote your montage over social media? If you can’t think of any, we also offer this as part of our service.
Output • What We’ll Deliver to You
Theme • Talk to us about the theme you would like your video to use – For example, retro, modern, earthy, technological, animated, abstract, space, romantic, wedding, birthday, anniversary, movie trailer, night club, seasonal, etc.? You decide.
Type • 2D or 3D video? And would you like the video to loop – meaning that the beginning of the video and the end will match perfectly?
Length • The length of a montage video is typically one to four minutes. This typically depends on the number of images you have. Calculate at least three seconds for each image, and roughly a ten second intro, and ten second outro. That will give you a general idea of the timing. In the end, you decide how long you your video should be.
Format • Do you want an .mp4, .mkv, or .avi container? What about H.264, or H.265 encoding? Too technical for you? Don’t worry about that. We’ll make sure your video is compatible with the widest range of players.
Audio • Do you want background music? We can match the tempo and mood to the theme you choose.
Delivery • Your final video will be sent to you via Dropbox.
Turnaround • This depends on the project workload, complexity, and our available resources at the time of your request. Typically we deliver the video in six to sixteen working days.
Hosting • You could host your video on YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion, or your own chosen hosting site. Then link the video to your website, social media page, or email correspondence.
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If you are interested in creating your own company promotional videos, contact us today for a quote: g@eurostartups.tech.
Additional Projects
Here are quick links to some of our other videos and motion graphics projects:
In this promo video for a leading Canadian Real Estate company, we animated Royal LePage’s logo by taking their gate element into a video that pans in front of a beautiful mansion. We convey a feeling of wealth, success, and approachability. As the gates opens we spin to reveal their lead sales representative, Paul Thurlow and the corporate logo as well
Here’s an exciting pair of videos we created for the Natural Landscaping Group. The intro and outro were both created in Cinema 4D and will serve as bookmarks to various promotional videos in their website and social media activities.
We went with a metallic 3D look, revealing the logo as it emerges from a reflective floor. We also used a camera pan to partially circle, giving the video a nice cinematic effect. This transitions seamlessly to their 2D logo and fades to taglines, “Inspire Passion” and “Get Inspired”. In the outro we display their website “NaturalLandscapingGroup.com“, with slight spacing so it’s easier to read. The music adds an upbeat and motivational feel as they transition to and from the corporate videos.
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Would you like to take your corporate image to a new level, using motion graphics?
How about a Vine video to bring some wowfactor to your branding?
Or maybe a captivating introduction for your company’s Facebook, LinkedIn, or YouTube channel?
If you’re interested in creating your own company promotional video, contact us today for a quote: g@eurostartups.tech.
Additional Projects
Here are quick links to some of our other videos and motion graphics projects:
This is a new company promotional video we created for dusildesign.com. Several images and videos were submitted as visuals, including landscape designs, photos, and on-site videos. Throughout the production process we agreed on the messages and taglines that highlight the unique expertise of Alica Dusil’s residential landscape design company.
In this project we decided to use traditional building materials as the backdrop: concrete, wood, and bricks. We animated the floral design elements to bring an artistic feel and represented the artistic creativity of the Alica”s company. Rain and droplets were were added to bring a garden and earthy feel, as the images are dropped into frame. This video highlights the beauty of professional landscape design and its creative artistry of form and function.
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Interested in your own company promo video to spice up your website?
Need an exciting video that can loop continuously at an exhibition, conference, or speaking event?
Want to catch the attention of new clients with jaw dropping video effects, while staying within your budget?
If you’re interested in creating your own company promotional video, contact us today for a quote: g@eurostartups.tech.
Additional Projects
Here are quick links to some of our other videos and motion graphics projects:
We worked on the video design with the President of Natural Landscape Inc., Dave Maciulis C.L.D., and agreed on the overall look and feel. Dave wanted both an intro and outro, to bookend their video production initiatives. After receiving the Outdoor Lifestyle logo in Adobe Illustrator (.ai format), we separated the individual elements so they could extruded and animated separately. The logo fly-in establishes a dramatic effect as it settles into frame. We then fade to the company’s tagline and web address. The background music adds a sense of grace to the overall composition.
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Do you want to showcase your company in a way that your audience has never experienced before?
Do you want to achieve Hollywood quality to your videos within a corporate budget?
Do you want your marketing content to be extraordinary beside your competitors?
If you’re interested in creating your own company promotional video, contact us today for a quote: g@eurostartups.tech.
Additional Projects
Here are quick links to some of our other videos and motion graphics projects:
This is our latest company promo project, prepared for dusildesign.com. In this project we created a looping video by animating the different elements of the Dusil Design logo. Throughout the year it will be used in exhibitions, on the company’s website, and on promotional materials emailed to clients. Future videos will also contain this logo segment as an outro.
A vector version of the logo was not available when we began production, so the logo was recreated from scratch in Adobe After Effects. We managed to source the original font which helped maintain a high quality, since it avoided converting the bit-mapped text to a vector image. With all elements created – ring, disc, leaf, text and underline – we proceeded with the layout, animation, lighting, and timing. A 3D theme and metallic look for the ring created a suitable dramatic effect. Much of the production effort was spent experimenting with different ideas and seeing if it looked good after it was rendered. We delivered the draft to the owner Alica Dusil, and after receiving her feedback we had two more iterations before reaching this final product. We hope you like it.
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Do you want to tell a story, but are tired of using PowerPoint?
Do you want your presentations to be breathtaking and impressive?
Do you want an impressive video for your audience to showcase your capabilities?
If you’re interested in creating your own company promotional video, contact us today for a quote: g@eurostartups.tech.
Additional Projects
Here are quick links to some of our other videos and motion graphics projects:
After six months of focusing on my private blog, gabrieldusil.com, we finally have exciting and new content for Generation Digital Video fans, here at dusil.com.
This is our first post in a series of motion graphics projects we’ve been working on since the middle of 2015. This first one is a logo reveal video created for our client in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. We worked with the general manager, Derek Moorse, to create the conceptual outline, collaborating over Skype to design the look and feel of the promo. His elevator production company’s home page can be found at niagarabelco.com.
“Gabriel Dusil did an absolutely amazing job creating our logo reveal video. He captured how we wanted to look and feel. He asked a few intelligent questions when we first started the discussion, then before I thought he’d even be starting the work he was sending me drafts for review. I had no negative feedback, very impressive and a notch above our current marketing, and still he polished it up and improved it. Its a powerful tool, motion graphics. A must have for this day and age marketing. Thanks Gabriel, awesome work.”
• Derek Moorse, General Manager, Niagara Belco
Promotional Video Production
The concept behind this video encompassed a traditional elevator theme, with a clean and elegant approach. We obtained Niagara Belco’s logo in vector format (adobe illustrator .ai), then separated it into individual elements so that we could animate them individually. Leave a comment below if you like the final product.
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Do you want your logo animated in an impressive video?
Are you interested in promoting your company with new and exciting visual content?
Would you like to attract new clients using a new and dynamic approach to marketing?
If you’re interested in creating your own company promotional video, contact us today for a quote: g@eurostartups.tech.
The entertainment and computing industries differ in what is referred to as the two-foot versus ten-foot experience[i]: Users that are two feet away are typing away at their keyboard in front of their computers. When they’re ten feet away they’re watching movies or television. What if there was a new type of experience, based on an evolved viewing habit? What about a lean-back-feet-up experience, where the viewer is five feet from the screen? There are a growing number of users watching entertainment from tablets, mobiles, and computers. Some of those users don’t even have pay-TV anymore. They’re called cord-cutters[ii]. Display manufacturers haven’t yet targeted their products to fit the needs of these consumers. These are people that use their computer display like a TV, computer, and a communication platform – all in one. This is a missed opportunity. Let’s break down why. But before I get into it, let me explain my own setup. I don’t have a traditional living room where a TV sits at the epicenter and a sofa across from it. My living room consists of a computer and a monitor. It’s both my workplace and my place of entertainment. I have a relatively large 30″ monitor, so watching movies ten feet away on the sofa isn’t too bad, but it’s not ideal. I want to upgrade. But the product that I’m looking for doesn’t exist. I’m looking for a display that accommodates a five-foot experience – I want a 48” 4K monitor at 21:9 display aspect ratio[iii].
Why 4K?
Why should you invest in a 4K television if there’s no content? It’s the classic chicken and egg dilemma: Buy a 4K TV and wait for content, or wait for content first. Computer users don’t see it that way. They don’t see 4K technology as a TV but as a monitor. So what’s the difference? If the display is a TV, then it’s an entertainment vehicle. When consumers buy a TV with new technology such as HD, 3D, or 4K, they expect to use those features immediately. In the mid-2000s HD movies were promoted around the same time as HD televisions. Blu- ray discs began shipping in June 2006[iv], roughly the time that 1080p monitors were released. Despite only a few titles, there were enough of them to enticed early adopters. With 4K it’s different. There are no Blu-Ray 4K discs, there are no 4K movies for consumers, and TV stations aren’t broadcasting in 4K yet. Lacking content makes it seem like 4K has come to market too early. I write extensively about the readiness of 4K, “Building a Case for 4K, Ultra High Definition Video” [https://mykoddi.com/dusilcom/2013/07/15/building-a-case-for-4k-ultra-high-definition-video/]. From an entertainment perspective, the release of 4K TVs looks like an industryfail.
Figure i – Monitors are Windows to Applications & Services
On the flip side, computer enthusiasts strive for the fastest PCs, better efficiency, and greater productivity. For these users, a higher display resolution means more desktop real-estate – more windows, widgets, and icons. Higher resolutions beyond HD – some that are as high as UHD resolutions – are found already in monitors, tablets, and laptops. None of those consumers are complaining about the content. If the display is a monitor, then the argument about content is moot. As a monitor, the display is an interface to social media, games, productivity, videos, music, and communications (see Figure i). The big picture (pun intended) is that the computer monitor provides a window to connectivity, interactivity, and content – all in one.
Why 21:9?
Consumers have been primed for wider displays over many decades – from 4:3 in the middle of the last century, to the popularity of 16:9 at the tail end of the century. Wider screens eventually migrated from the cinema to the home. Today many movie lovers prefer the wider 21:9 screen[v] because it feels more immersive. With a large enough screen the movie begins to wrap around the viewer[vi]. Samsung’s curve[vii] strategy in their larger flat-screen displays capitalizes on that trend. For manufacturers, 21:9 is still quite new. Some displays are beginning to emerge at this aspect ratio, but haven’t yet grabbed enough consumer attention. This may be due to the fact that 21:9 is associated mainly with motion pictures. Case in point – In my video collection consists of around 40% of movies that were filmed at 2.35:1. 50% of them used 16:9 (or 1.85:1), and the remaining 10% – mainly older movies are in 4:3[viii]. So even in cinema, 21:9 doesn’t represent the overwhelming majority – at least in my collection. In television, nearly all programs are filmed in 16:9 displays, so this aspect ratio will likely remain the dominant champion in display technology for the majority of consumers. A UHD screen has a resolution of 3840×2160 – also called 2160p screens (taken from the 1080p nomenclature of HD TVs). A 21:9 screens could use a resolution of 3840×1648 UHD[ix]. This would result in an aspect ratio of 2.33:1, so movies filmed in 2.35:1 CinemaScope[x], or 2.39:1 would fit nicely.
Why 5-Feet?
Selling the notion of a five-foot experience requires an assessment of screen size versus viewing angle. There are varying opinions on what is considered comfortable to the viewer. SMPTE[xi] recommends no more than 30° horizontal from the viewer’s eyes to either side of the screen. Some retailers and manufacturers recommend anywhere between 28° and 36°[xii]. THX, on the other hand, considers a viewing angle as high as 40° (Figure ii).
Table 1 – Maximum Screen Size for a 40? Horizontal viewing angle
When working two feet away on my 30” monitor, this results in a massive 55° viewing angle. I’m far exceeding the THX recommendation. But it’s not a problem. When I’m working on my computer my eyes are not trying to see the whole screen. I only need to focus on one desktop window at a time (such as when I’m typing this article). For computer users, their eyes only need to concentrate on the window that’s open, which only takes up part of the desktop. Therefore screen that exceeds the THX recommendation for home theatres, doesn’t apply to computer users. Still, it may explain why desktop display manufacturers are reluctant to make computer monitors larger than 34”. Table 1 shows the largest screen that could be accommodated if a 40° viewing angle is maintained at each distance. Leaning five feet back suggests a screen size of up to 48″. At 10 feet away, a much larger 95″ screen could grace the living room. Screen sizes are already approaching and surpassing 100”. Anything over 100″ is compelling for enthusiasts with larger living rooms or custom home theatres. 21:9 also helps with the vertical viewing angle. THX recommends that viewers should not tilt their eyes more than 15° from the horizontal[xiii]. As screens get larger, the vertically narrower 21:9 displays offer a more comfortable viewing angle.
Figure ii – 2 foot, 5-foot, & 10-foot viewing experiences
Want Versus Need
If 21:9 takes off, it will likely remain a niche product. Even as a niche play, it’s still a great differentiator for display manufacturers. Companies such as Panasonic, Samsung, and LG are getting squeezed on margins, as prices continue to decline. Even 4K displays will succumb to tight margins as the market matures. Inevitably the market will be taken over by manufacturers that can tolerate thinner margins at the expense of higher volumes. The need to differentiate will be paramount. If manufacturers are listening, here are a few specifications for guidance:
There is a growing segment of society who watch their entertainment via computer. These users are willing to invest in 4K without complaining about the lack of content. Regardless, 4K movies and TV shows will likely trickle to market as we approach the end of the decade. The entertainment industry already sits on a vast library of 4K movies that were digitized years ago, for their Blu-ray release. It’s just a matter of time before consumers get to experience them. In the meantime, there’s no reason to wait.
• Synopsis
• Consumers complain that there is no content available to justify the purchase of a 4K TV. But many users already enjoy 4K on their tablets, computers, and laptops. None of them are complaining. At 2 feet away 4K is a display, and at 10 feet away it’s a TV. What if there is a new viewing experience that converges 4K into a single gateway to everything that is gaming, entertainment, and computing? There is a missed opportunity for screen manufacturers – It’s a 4K 21:9 monitor that addresses an evolved viewing experience. The 5-foot viewing experience is the next evolution in display technology.
Gabriel Dusil was recently the Chief Marketing & Corporate Strategy Officer at Visual Unity, with a mandate to advance the company’s portfolio into next-generation solutions and expand the company’s global presence. Before joining Visual Unity, Gabriel was the VP of Sales & Marketing at Cognitive Security, and Director of Alliances at SecureWorks, responsible for partners in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). Previously, Gabriel worked at VeriSign & Motorola in a combination of senior marketing & sales roles. Gabriel obtained a degree in Engineering Physics from McMaster University, in Canada and has advanced knowledge in Online Video Solutions, Cloud Computing, Security as a Service (SaaS), Identity & Access Management (IAM), and Managed Security Services (MSS).
Gabriel Dusil was recently the Chief Marketing & Corporate Strategy Officer at Visual Unity, with a mandate to advance the company’s portfolio into next-generation solutions and expand the company’s global presence. Before joining Visual Unity, Gabriel was the VP of Sales & Marketing at Cognitive Security, and Director of Alliances at SecureWorks, responsible for partners in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). Previously, Gabriel worked at VeriSign & Motorola in a combination of senior marketing & sales roles. Gabriel obtained a degree in Engineering Physics from McMaster University, in Canada and has advanced knowledge in Online Video Solutions, Cloud Computing, Security as a Service (SaaS), Identity & Access Management (IAM), and Managed Security Services (MSS).