Hasta La Creative!

An interesting technology from the Australian Centre for Visual Technology called VideoTrace. You can download the paper describing the technology here

The simple models it generate are perfect for Google Earth 3D models, low poly video games and Michael Gondry film clips.

With the huge coverage multi touch screens, photosyth and other international based technology has been getting lately it’s nice to see some Aussies doing something interesting too.

The next Siggraph is in LA during August with the first Asia Siggraph being held in Singapore in December 08.

Sometimes you need to post a video online and the number of views, favorites and links doesn’t matter. What matters is quality. Youtube’s quality is a low 200kps and your video, let’s say your show reel or beautifully crafted TVC, looks awful in Youtube’s 320×240 blurry vision.

There is an alternative which offers all the community sharing aspects of Youtube but with increased quality. Not only that it supports HD. Upload a 1280×720 clip and Vimeo will auto create a small version (400×300) and allow viewers to watch the full HD footage. Here’s Vimeos HD FAQ which explains more.

Users have the option of turning off HD at any time and load the smaller clip so bandwidth is not an issue.

Click here to see a comparison of videos on both Youtube and Vimeo.