As bandwidth gets cheaper, and the tools and utilities we use for content publishing gets easier and easier, the tech industry starts to bring big boy toys into the hands of the masses. For example, streaming video. If you haven’t heard about YouTube by now, you are like so living in web 1.0, as it was one of the latest companies sucked up by Google.
YouTube provides an easy way to upload video files, and embed them in your site, or redistribute them via email links - and that is only scratching on the surface. From a Realtor perspective, the latest craze is getting your pictoral home tour online for video viewing.
There are many services popping up that can do this for you, but why not try it out for yourself? Get some of those creative juices flowing.
As an experiment, I gave it a whirl. Windows XP comes with Microsoft Movie Maker. If it is not installed, you can find it here, amongst other places.
It seems like it has all the tools one needs to make a quick video tour, image importing, transition effects (fade, dissolve, flip, wipe), and image effects (rasterize, add noices) - your imagination is the only bounds on this. 10 minutes later, I made my first tour - you can clearly see why I am a geek and not an artist! A little more patience, a soundtrack and a some creativity, you can start whipping these off for all your tours.
- Enjoy
