Apps: Vine & 8mm

Have you been hearing about short little 6 second videos? Have you noticed videos of your friends that look like they came out of a time machine from another era? There are two apps that are currently all the rage to those who like to use social media and make videos. They are Vine and […]

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RedEye on the Streets

From one of RedEye’s former employees…Shout out to Chris10 Hill aka CCHill! BTW if you haven’t seen her on stage, check out one of her concerts, or buy one of her CDs! www.iamcchill.com   

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A Layperson’s Lesson Four: First Try on Photoshop

For a long time, I’ve heard of the many fantastic functions that Adobe Photoshop provides, it was not until last week that I got my hands on it and began to really learn how to use it for myself. I was assigned to make a series of slates that would be put into a video several times. […]

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Kids to Parks Day – RedEye, NPT & The NFL Players Association – Let's Move!

National Kids to Parks Day – May 18, 2013 RedEye was pleased to play a role in this years National Park Trust’s, National Kids to Parks Day.  Really it is a national day of get outside and stomp around your local parks!  Because let’s face it we all spend too much time inside face down […]

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A new television landscape

I read a while back an article from the The Washington Post, about an interesting change to the the television landscape.  A new company, AEREO is now offering an internet “sports package” of programing for  $10/month+  So for those of you who no longer have cable in the house and are using your internet connections coupled with […]

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A Layperson’s Lesson Three: How to be BOTH the editor and audience

I’ve been watching BET’s Lift Every Voice Episodes for the past few weeks while I am cutting down the shows for the dot com website. Yet at first, I didn’t really have a sense for what subtle things needed to be removed from the segments except for the obvious parts.  Therefore, most of the time, […]

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A Layperson’s Lesson Two: Formats and Codecs

I find myself diving deeper into the world of formats. I have learned about .jpg and .psds and .pct or .png or .bmp but now I face a new problem: what are these .mov, .avi, and .wmv, and which should I choose.  I used to think it depends on what computer system I use: .mov […]

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A Good Excuse to be a Computer Potato?!

I get to watch television for a living!  (How awesome!)   My mom used to nag at me about how unhealthy it was when I finished reading the Lord of the Ring series in 3 days, sitting at the desk day and night except time for meals and bathroom. Yet this time, I had a […]

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Tips To Make A Newsletter A Successful Marketing Tool
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I always feel a newsletter counts as a kind of freebie, a company or organization uses to promote their products or services as it tries to convey their missions and visions across to the Markets, Audience, and Publics (MAPs). And it is more powerful than other freebies (like tissue papers, lanyards, and T-shirts) because it […]

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