Release countdown 26 8月 2011 by Muvizu_Admin in Updates It's fast approaching that time when we unleash an update on Muvizu users. True, we had originally aimed for August 30, but now we've settled on September 5 as a more likely date. As we've said before, the main thrust of this release is the user interface. We've ripped out pretty much all of the old one entirely and rewritten it in C#, largely to give us the flexibility to extend its functionality as and when required to add yet more features. Just to give you a flavour of it, here's a screen-grab of the UI in action: Elsewhere, you may be interested to know that we'll be attacking this website in the not-too-distant future. We aim to make it easier to use and a better place for you to showcase your work. We also want to provide you with advice on how to ensure maximum viewings of your videos on YouTube; it has to be said that nearly everyone gets a fail with respect to providing content descriptions and tags - without which many fine clips will never be found by their target audience. In other news, I'd like to draw your attention to this forum thread - http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1141-machinima-expo-2011-now-accepting-submissions.aspx - which, as the url suggests, is all about a prize competition at this year's MachinExpo, or MachinExpo 2011 as it is more properly known. Read about the event here. In a similarly competitive vein, you may be pleased to know that AMD, the chip-maker rolling out its Fusion APUs - as mentioned in this forum post a little while ago - has rather generously offered us a Fusion-powered laptop as first prize in a competition to be announced at the time of our next release. So far, we're toying with the idea of asking for 10-second clips on any subject you fancy, but anyone who'd like to make another suggestion may do so by commenting on this article. Finally, one of our investors has been bleating on and on about how great it would be to see news/political satire clips being made with Muvizu. Come on, guys, step up to the mark, it's actually quite a good idea and the right clip at the right time could easily go viral (ahem, especially with the right tags and a full description). Perhaps we can come up with an incentive such as a modest weekly prize for the worthiest bit of satire. Any suggestions, again, welcome as comments to this item. Help me out here, this old spuffer isn't getting any younger but he is getting louder and louder. That's all for now and for those of you south of Hadrian's Wall we wish you a lovely late-August Bank Holiday. Best regards, The Muvizu team
26 8月 2011 by Muvizu_Admin in Updates It's fast approaching that time when we unleash an update on Muvizu users. True, we had originally aimed for August 30, but now we've settled on September 5 as a more likely date. As we've said before, the main thrust of this release is the user interface. We've ripped out pretty much all of the old one entirely and rewritten it in C#, largely to give us the flexibility to extend its functionality as and when required to add yet more features. Just to give you a flavour of it, here's a screen-grab of the UI in action: Elsewhere, you may be interested to know that we'll be attacking this website in the not-too-distant future. We aim to make it easier to use and a better place for you to showcase your work. We also want to provide you with advice on how to ensure maximum viewings of your videos on YouTube; it has to be said that nearly everyone gets a fail with respect to providing content descriptions and tags - without which many fine clips will never be found by their target audience. In other news, I'd like to draw your attention to this forum thread - http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1141-machinima-expo-2011-now-accepting-submissions.aspx - which, as the url suggests, is all about a prize competition at this year's MachinExpo, or MachinExpo 2011 as it is more properly known. Read about the event here. In a similarly competitive vein, you may be pleased to know that AMD, the chip-maker rolling out its Fusion APUs - as mentioned in this forum post a little while ago - has rather generously offered us a Fusion-powered laptop as first prize in a competition to be announced at the time of our next release. So far, we're toying with the idea of asking for 10-second clips on any subject you fancy, but anyone who'd like to make another suggestion may do so by commenting on this article. Finally, one of our investors has been bleating on and on about how great it would be to see news/political satire clips being made with Muvizu. Come on, guys, step up to the mark, it's actually quite a good idea and the right clip at the right time could easily go viral (ahem, especially with the right tags and a full description). Perhaps we can come up with an incentive such as a modest weekly prize for the worthiest bit of satire. Any suggestions, again, welcome as comments to this item. Help me out here, this old spuffer isn't getting any younger but he is getting louder and louder. That's all for now and for those of you south of Hadrian's Wall we wish you a lovely late-August Bank Holiday. Best regards, The Muvizu team
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