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How was this video done?

by firstdrum
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I've got a 2 year old version of camtasia but have been seeing some very nice videos lately that I think must have been done with another tool. John Reese just did an example of what I'm talking about for his new pre launch: Opportunity.com - Build the ultimate money making online business!

You have to opt in on that page to see the video or if you pm me, I can give you the address but didn't want to post it here out of respect to him as he's trying to get your email address before you see it.

His video was so well done that it has me asking what tools he used to make it. I've got a project I'd like to do along these lines and would appreciate any help you all would care to give in pointing me in the right direction. Thanks!
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  • Profile picture of the author johnnykeatth
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    • Profile picture of the author firstdrum
      Originally Posted by johnnykeatth View Post

      Is this actually your video and your clever way of marketing it? :p
      No although I know that's been tried in the past here. That's why I tried to warn you up front what this was. Just trying to get an answer to my questions and really liked the quality. I've seen a few others at this level but John's video was really well done. I'm guessing he used something else along with the actual video software to do everything he did here.
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  • Profile picture of the author Steve Robertson
    There have been other threads recently where people asked how John's videos were done. I remember one where John himself answered and explained that he has a staff on salary who create his videos.

    I haven't opted in to see this one, but most of John's videos make use of a lot of motion graphics. You can create this from scratch with tools such as After Effects or Apple's Motion. But starting from scratch takes a LOT of time. When you are paying a skilled video editor to do this work, that translates into a high cost.

    On the other hand, if you try to learn to do it yourself, you're in for many, many unpaid hours of study and practice.

    Steve Robertson

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    • Profile picture of the author PeteNY
      More importantly to the tools, it's the design sense of the people who created it. Very simple, but keeps your interest. Noice!

      Here's John Reese's post from another thread on how it was done...

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      For the Opportunity.com video I wrote the script and then recorded audio only in our studio. Then our Director Of New Media and motion graphics expert created the animation to go along with the audio. The majority of the animation was created from scratch using Illustrator and Photoshop and then tied together using Adobe After Effects.

      This video was actually created in only about one day. We had to rush it a bit. My full-time guy that created it actually has done work on major commercials and other projects for TV and movie studios. So just a 'heads up' as After Effects isn't just something you can learn in a few days and then start producing animation like that. It's pretty complex stuff. (I don't even understand it!)
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  • Profile picture of the author Nick Brighton
    Two words - After Effects. Adobe's video editing premier suite. Costs about $1500 for the software, and a lot of time to master.

    It's fun to watch, but not essential by any means. I think John makes good use of it in his branding, but the cost of software/learning curve/outsourcing justification would have to be pretty strong to follow suite in my opinion.
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    • Profile picture of the author Digital Storm
      Originally Posted by Nick Brighton View Post

      Two words - After Effects. Adobe's video editing premier suite. Costs about $1500 for the software, and a lot of time to master.

      It's fun to watch, but not essential by any means. I think John makes good use of it in his branding, but the cost of software/learning curve/outsourcing justification would have to be pretty strong to follow suite in my opinion.
      I like John Reese quite a bit but it is easy for him to do that kinda stuff with a fulltime staff since he is a gazillionaire!

      Money makes most things easier... but hell, he earned it so props to him!

      Robert
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      • Profile picture of the author malfumos
        The video was nice but the problem is that it haven't supplied testimonies,and proof of earnings by each members of it. And it doesn't showed up that it verified by equifax.
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  • Profile picture of the author Norma Holt
    Nice video John and interesting thread. But really anyone can see the professional standard behind it and not many would be interested in paying experts to do it. Besides you need a lot of knowledge to come up with the total package.

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