Cape Town, South Africa, is getting ready for spring… and naturally we asked Dumi Sakuinje what’s planned at Monkey Valley Resort for the new season, starting 1 September 2010?
Check out the brief projection below, recorded on a sunny but pretty windy afternoon – with nothing but the last few feet left on a NIKON Coolpix P90 digital camera – high up at Monkey Valley Resort’s gem, the “Crowned Eagle”, on what’s to be expected in terms of September Entertainment at the beautiful beach resort.
This little movie was edited in Camtasia Studio Pro with no really efficient tool to eliminate the background noise the amazingly sensitive microphone of the digital camera had captured. It is only 1 minute 35 seconds long and was produced in High Definition for YouTube. . . where it’s currently loading. It will take a couple of hours with our slow Internet connections… but here come some interesting details for those interested in movie productions for online presentations and YouTube.
Monkey Valley Resort in September
As we are still testing the best conversion and production formats, my experience with “Monkey Valley Resort in September” was the following:
My NIKON Coolpix P90 is normally set to produce digital photos in 3000 x 4000 size. I did not change these settings to 16:9 for instance. I kept all 3×4.
Camtasia Studio Pro
When starting a new project in Camtasia Studio Pro we are asked to select our format preferences.
As I plan to load the movie in HD to YouTube, I selected 1280 x 720 – which immediately reduced the original images on my Camtasia editing screen, leaving me with a large black frame around the picture.
Once the clip was edited, I published it with my personal settings – which again are YouTube/HD, meaning 1280 x 720.
The result was the display you see in the top picture here. Length: 1:35 min, 30frames per second, 214 MB.
Hmmm… I found this pretty heavy for a tiny clip like this… but I remembered that in a previous discussion it was mentioned that the whole black frame counts in terms of ‘weight’ – at least, that’s what I had understood.
Accordingly, I decided to experiment and try another version:
I did not touch the edited movie, but changed the initial settings in Camtasia to the original size I filmed it, 640 x 360 (4×3). . . but then chose the same format for YouTube/HD, meaning 1280 x 720. Being aware that I changed the 4×3 to a 16:9 … I just wanted to see the result. One never knows unless one tries… and this is not the end of the story yet :)
However, now I got double the weight: 452 MB, same time 1:35 min and 30 frames per second.
What I like here is that the picture will be seen at maximal height as demonstrated on the second screenshot above, the way Camtasia plays the movie straight after publishing.
Of course, I’d prefer to have it lighter … without losing any quality. Maybe I will get there in the next shot. . .
23% loaded… 253 minutes remaining on YouTube – duhh… what would I do with 10 minutes???
Cape Town, South Africa, is getting ready for spring… and naturally we asked Dumi Sakuinje what’s planned at Monkey Valley Resort for the new season, starting 1 September 2010?
Check out the brief projection below, recorded on a sunny but pretty windy afternoon – with nothing but the last few feet left on a NIKON Coolpix P90 digital camera – high up at Monkey Valley Resort’s gem, the “Crowned Eagle”, on what’s to be expected in terms of September Entertainment at the beautiful beach resort.
This little movie was edited in Camtasia Studio Pro with no really efficient tool to eliminate the background noise the amazingly sensitive microphone of the digital camera had captured. It is only 1 minute 35 seconds long and was produced in High Definition for YouTube. . . where it’s currently loading. It will take a couple of hours with our slow Internet connections… but here come some interesting details for those interested in movie productions for online presentations and YouTube.
Monkey Valley Resort in September
As we are still testing the best conversion and production formats, my experience with “Monkey Valley Resort in September” was the following:
My NIKON Coolpix P90 is normally set to produce digital photos in 3000 x 4000 size. I did not change these settings to 16:9 for instance. I kept all 3×4.
Camtasia Studio Pro
When starting a new project in Camtasia Studio Pro we are asked to select our format preferences.
As I plan to load the movie in HD to YouTube, I selected 1280 x 720 – which immediately reduced the original images on my Camtasia editing screen, leaving me with a large black frame around the picture.
Once the clip was edited, I published it with my personal settings – which again are YouTube/HD, meaning 1280 x 720.
The result was the display you see in the top picture here. Length: 1:35 min, 30frames per second, 214 MB.
Hmmm… I found this pretty heavy for a tiny clip like this… but I remembered that in a previous discussion it was mentioned that the whole black frame counts in terms of ‘weight’ – at least, that’s what I had understood.
Accordingly, I decided to experiment and try another version:
I did not touch the edited movie, but changed the initial settings in Camtasia to the original size I filmed it, 640 x 360 (4×3). . . but then chose the same format for YouTube/HD, meaning 1280 x 720. Being aware that I changed the 4×3 to a 16:9 … I just wanted to see the result. One never knows unless one tries… and this is not the end of the story yet :)
However, now I got double the weight: 452 MB, same time 1:35 min and 30 frames per second.
What I like here is that the picture will be seen at maximal height as demonstrated on the second screenshot above, the way Camtasia plays the movie straight after publishing.
Of course, I’d prefer to have it lighter … without losing any quality. Maybe I will get there in the next shot. . .
23% loaded… 253 minutes remaining on YouTube – duhh… what would I do with 10 minutes???
Best Food in Noordhoek on YouTube – this came as a wonderful surprise and is best watched in HD … so if you have a slow line, as we in Noordhoek do - just download the 8 minutes movie first and watch in one go, it’s well worth it… click on the YouTube video further down.
Best Food in Noordhoek on YouTube
While “Best Food in Noordhoek” on YouTube is a sneak-preview for the brand-new and soon to be published Monkey Valley Resort website – on Semiomantics Evolution with Semiomantics Web Design by Bianca Gubalke – it is a fast and elegant adaption to what today’s Internet audience wants: large, high quality images and other kinds of media, eg. videos … and no time lost: people see what they get and get it with one mouse-click.
The new and revolutionary website was reviewd by one of the most highly respected Publishing Networks online:
Monkey Valley Resort New Online Experience CLICK HERE.
Best Food in Noordhoek on Google
Best Food in Noordhoek on Google Top 10 just about 20 minutes later… meanwhile 2 positions – namely 4 and 5 – have been captured.
But let’s see where we can still go with our Semiomantics XO Ferrari paired with excellent Semiomantics Web Design and smart Online Publishing!
And yes… we’ll soon get back to the Bees… for the time being they collect “food” in form of pollen, nectar and what else Nature provides…
I love Franck Dangereux’s Food and the Foodbarn in Noordhoek… but even Honey Bees with little eyes should really discover his magnificent creations on a plate – an absolute visual delight!
Semiomantics Publishing
That’s Semiomantics Publishing – in Best Food in Noordhoek lingo: the proof is in the malva pudding!
Hypothetically, my hungry spiffy Honey Bee would have found “Best Food in Noordhoek” on Google Top 10 and – while restaurants and foodbarns with boring, microscopic images – even with a top world-class chef like Franck Dangereux – doesn’t attract it but a fellow FAT and satisfied bumble bee on the most promising, nectar-dripping, bright pink flower does – she’s off to my secret garden, spreading in good and efficient B-networking style the “Best Food in Noordhoek” News! Facebook hasn’t seen anything like it. . . :)
Best Food in Noordhoek on Google Top 10
One shot – 5 minutes: my article a few minutes ago on “Best Food in Noordhoek” shot up to position 7 on Google Top 10 – ahead of about 63,400 search returns! That’s Semiomantics XO Style in a B-Line !!!
I will quickly publish this so the time factor is not even questioned…
What would a Bee type into Google when looking for the “Best Food in Noordhoek”?
Pollen?
Nectar?
Flowers?
Lucerne?
Eucalyptus?
Best Food for Bees in Noordhoek… to define it more, perhaps? Or:
Best Food for Honey Bees in Noordhoek?
If it’s a spiffy Bee with a mega urgent need… it would be in a great hurry and simply type: “Best Food in Noordhoek” … and then zoom off to the most promising place it finds on Google Top 10.
That’s called a … virtual B-Line… and Bees are champions at that :)
Best Food in Noordhoek – here comes da Bee!!!!!!!!!!!
While the Alan Marriott Extreme Hypnosis Show on Saturday 24th July was not quite a “Monkey Valley Resort Workshop”, the venue is regularly used for Workshops and Conferences by large Corporates and small Businesses alike. The natural environment is ideal to focus on productivity and let the creative muscles unwind to. . . perform!
Monkey Valley Resort Events on Google
Talking of performance: here is the screenshot of yesterday’s article “Monkey Valley Resort Events” on Google… position number ONE with one shot… and it hasn’t changed even… have a look:
The fact is that we even have more than the number one position – our Website Publishing Network occupied 8 of the top 20 spots shortly after posting yesterday.
Today, I will go for “Workshops”… :)
Website Publishing
Website Publishing is an Art and a Must if you start or run a Business.
Of course, you can just go and set up a free WordPress Blog at no cost almost.It’s a great start….
But you very probably won’t reach the visibility you want and absolutely need if you target traffic, meaning customers and readers in any form and shape. In that sense, being on page 10 or 100 or 10 million on Google is like not being there at all. It’s like you write the coolest book of all times, the guaranteed bestseller . . . IFFFF someone would discover AND read it.
In Internet terms, if you’re no visible on Google Top 10 or 20 max… you don’t exist… you won’t be read.
If you are serious about setting up your business online, investing in a good, efficient and Search Engine oriented Script like Semiomantics – customized and optimized by one of the few Semiomantics experts out there - is money well spent and simply good common sense. Sure, it has its price. There are many licenses included that need to be paid and there is a lot of work and thought before we get the results only Semiomantics Blogs can show. However, ultimately, you will save money, time and lots of frustration – and you are never alone! Semiomantics experts get together almost daily and discuss and integrate new forward thinking and customer-oriented website developments and advanced technologies on the Internet. You’d get a whole ‘think-tank’ with your Script. Frankly, that’s priceless…
Contact me anytime or check the Semiomantics Scripts in my WP Best eSHOP HERE.
Monkey Valley Resort Events presents Hypnotist Alan Marriott
As the FIFA Soccer World Cup madness in South Africa drifts into the past, Monkey Valley Resort Events Manager Darren Byrne kicked off a fun & entertainment goal by presenting International Stage Hypnotist and “Man of the Mind” – Dr. Alan Marriott – on Saturday, 24th July 2010.
Monkey Valley Resort Events presents Hypnotist Alan Marriott
“Monkey Valley Resorts Events presents Hypnotist Alan Marriott” ran like a wave through Noordhoek, South Africa, and its surroundings… and the warm and cosy Conference Room at Monkey Valley Resort – all under thatched roof and low light projecting magic shadows over the wooden panels – was packed with a vibrant audience… And the owls hooed softly in the old milkwoods as the full moon appeared…
Not sure how the wood-fired pizza tasted as Alan Marriott drove that enormous solid nail through that mind of his . . . :)
Good News: he will be back! Don’t miss a great hour of Fun, Entertainment… and Wisdom beyond the Jokes!
Hypnotist Alan Marriott on Google Top 10
Following yesterday’s brief post, I am monitoring results of “Hypnotist Alan Marriott” on Google Top 10 – so where are we?
On the screenshot below you see that we captured 3 positions of the 10 available on page ONE on Google – that’s the Power of Semiomantics Web Design with smart Website Publishing!
We’ll be back with more soon. . .
Author: Bianca Gubalke, Art, Media, Publishing.
Co-Founder of YORGOO, YCADEMY and Semiomantics.
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Alan Marriott – International Stage Hypnotist who calls himself “Man of the Mind” – filmed at Monkey Valley Resort, Noordhoek South Africa, on Saturday, 24th July 2010.
Please click on the Video further down to see a 2 minute clip from material I shot with my Digital Camera with very low light conditions and blasting sound, all edited on Camtasia Pro 7 until I get more RAM to be operational with Adobe Premiere Pro! Without a couple of additional GB nothing moves there. . . duh!
Alan Marriott at Monkey Valley Resort
If you don’t get there by clicking on the YouTube Video “Hypnotist Alan Marriott at Monkey Valley Resort” try again HERE.
Alan Marriot, the Entertainer, mesmerized his audience with his “extreme hypnosis”, telepathy, manipulation of the mind… and he made us laugh as you see and hear in the short video above.
Beyond the jokes, however, hides a thoughtful and caring personality… a qualified hypno-therapist who helps people to get rid of addictions and pains.
Digital Media Design
Digital Media Design is what counts on the Internet today and we have to get ready for it!
Me shooting a movie clip with a digital camera is already ‘something’… but I am amazed at the quality.
Next is the conversion, especially when it comes to HD formats. Download times are a pain in countries with slow connections and there it’s best to first download the entire movie and then watch it without buffering. I always have to do this… as a rule – and it’s very, very annoying with tutorials… and I wish Adobe could make an effort to get that into ‘lighter’ shape as we really suffer down here.
With my website back up since about an hour after a temperamental migration to larger servers due to higher streaming capacities, I am happy to be back with a post!
I will have to catch up with a couple of articles that got lost in the roll-back. However, Internet lines incredibly slow and sticky today again; one wonders what’s going on out there . . .
Creating a modern Web Design for a client in today’s media-oriented virtual world means: Pictures! Pictures! Pictures!
Always carry a digital camera with you as – besides improving your photographic skills as a non-professional photographer – you just never know when your photographic Artwork is required. With good Digital Cameras within anyone’s reach we see many perhaps not excellent photos but certainly a quality we have never seen so widely spread.
Celebrating a special time at the relatively new Bistro Sixteen82 last week was just one of those occasions… and I will be back soon with more pictures! The architecture, the style… everything is just totally captivating and deserves some Website Publishing… although the website of Steenberg Vineyards itself needs to catch up big time! Please click on the (compressed) image for better viewing!
Bistro Sixteen82 – Black & White or Color?
Bistro Sixteen82 in Black & White or in Color… that’s the question, especially if you like the fine lines, volumes and light & shadow plays revealed without color interference.
However, there’s an incredible Artwork on this picture that needs color – especially the red and the green… representing white grapes and red grapes. . . the essence of a vineyard… and the story behind all of this will betold soon :)
Yes, I did posterize the colors a bit; I plan something specific with the exquisite originals; patience!
More on Steenberg Vineyards soon . . .
Author: Bianca Gubalke, Art, Media, Publishing.
Co-Founder of YORGOO, YCADEMY and Semiomantics.
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Today – as beautiful singer Shakira arrived in South Africa – and as I listened to her WAKA WAKA for the 2010 Fifa Official World Cup Kickoff Concert – the fever grabbed me too!
Africa always does it!
Just watch the movie on its original site – CLICK THE PICTURE – and see an explosion of Joy and Rhythm by anyone, old or young!!! Feel it… see it on their faces, in their eyes, smiles, flying hair… their spontaneous yet flowing movements where Heaven and Nature fuse and nothing exists but music and dance!
WAKA WAKA … this is my Africa!
And what a generous and indicative gesture to have a non-South African sing the official opening song when all heavens will break lose in Johannesburg and Cape Town on Friday, 11th June 2010, at 4 pm!
Don’t count on me being anywhere else but… right there! Right where all the little flags are heading in one big wave right now – feel it! It’s HERE!
WAKA WAKA!
No matter who you are – rich or poor, white or green or black or gold, fat or thin, educated or not – once South Africans start singing and dancing time stands still… it becomes pure Energy in Unision, Joy, Speed and total Abandon…
I’ve lived it so many times… be it as a child on the farm, be it at Nelson Mandela’s inauguration as the new President of South Africa, be it at Cape Town Jazz Festivals or just simply underground, where music and rhythm crept through thick smoke and night and day fused into one – MAGIC!
2010 FIFA Official World Cup Kickoff Concert
Hugh Masekela
While this is the 2010 FIFA Official World Cup Kickoff Concert, there are many other brilliant performers, one of which I remember from his simply goosebump-raising performance at the Jazz Festival a few years back: Hugh Masekela!
I can’t wait to get THAT music under my skin again… the Soccer World Cup may be the trigger – but THIS is the true soul of AFRICA!
Miriam Makeba - Mama Africa
Remembering Miriam Makeba – Mama Africa
I wish Miriam Makeba could be here with us – she surely is in thoughts… and she too would have danced THE dance!
May everyone visiting South Africa for this first ever big event in Africa and experiencing the unique Vibe of the Rainbow Nation for the first time open up their heart and capture some magic memories. . .
Author: Bianca Gubalke, Art, Media, Publishing.
Co-Founder of YORGOO, YCADEMY and Semiomantics.
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