Micro Digital Video
Using your micro stock skills can extract valuable images from the digital video medium. Using creativity can mark some ground in the video editing space for your future career path. Creating transitions between video clips and slideshow frames that illustrate concepts or keep the viewer interested can have strategic value in the marketplace. Image files that are slices of video have special attributes and editing needs.
As customers and individuals, humans of our generations are trained to watch the screen for what comes next. A surprising, amusing, or thought provoking image can snap bored or inattentive viewers to attention and make them wonder what they missed. But getting that great image can be difficult from frame capture. Video that moves very fast can interleaf key images together.
Frame captures from custom software like DiVx and others can generate a full color thumbnail of the actual frame at a certain point in the video (truly micro stock!) or allow for direct screen print to file bitmap manipulation. The bitmap manipulation works well because due to photography values any image decreased in scale with the same amount of color information becomes a much more densely packed (resolute) image file.
Using video slicing software like Premiere, Videowave, Realproducer, or other highly advanced editors has advantages and disadvantages. Likely the film “stock” already has been slanted or skewed to a certain color filter or grain range to complement the film. Video effects likes fades or “rolling credits” can add a movement dimension to a frame capture that adds to its photographic impact and creative value.
Extracting frames and timing durations for sldieshows can be valuable in making up a Youtube fanvid or mini-tutorial. The character image of avatar in a series of videos can also be a scaled and prepared still. Such stills can also be used for work or humor value. I saw a “Kenobi ‘08″ sticker on a car this weekend. The mockup image of Ben Obi Wan Kenobi taking the Oath of office could be a real attention getter in any portfolio.
Capturing narration for a self documentary, tutorial, or travel video can be assisted by practicng with a  frame slideshow imitative of the video you will be using. This puts a lot less tax on the system and allows practice before incorporating the video layer recording. When choosing formats for a media delivery, a slideshow with narration will require less storage and bandwidth to display than video.
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