Common Craft Blog
Major Updates to Our Videos (2 Examples)
By leelefever on April 16, 2008 - 10:23am
A couple of weeks ago, we announced The Common Craft Store. It was a pretty soft roll-out, but was a huge moment for us. Not only did it mark the end of a lot of preparation, but a new business model. So far, so good. Plus, the more-ready-for-prime-time Store will soon be coming to an Internet near you.
A big part of preparing to open the Store was making new versions of each video in both Windows (.wmv) and Mac (.mov) formats. This gave us a chance to make improvements across the library - especially to our first few videos, which has sound and color issues.
The first example is a major update for the "licensed version" of RSS in Plain English video, which is only available in the Store. We recorded a new voice-over and re-edited it to be more efficient and have improved color. The content is nearly identical to the original, free version. Below is the updated, licensed version:
The second example is CFL Light Bulbs in Plain English (formerly New Light Bulbs in Plain English). When we originally published it, it did not contain a warning about mercury and disposing of the bulbs properly. This new version of the video contains a mercury warning. This updated video is now available in both free and licensed versions. Below is the updated, free version:
We're so excited about this new direction. We'll be providing all future Common Craft Show videos in free and licensed versions - and the licensed ones will be displayed in full length in the Store.
Congrats on the grand opening
Just wanted to say congratulations on the store--it's a great idea and will hopefully be a really successful business model too.
I have a suggestion
Why don´t you do some videos showing to micro enterprices how can they use all these new tools? But you don´t finish the video you give like an important point of the tool and then you give your announce of your store...........I don´t know what do you think?
Brilliant
Your videos are brilliant masterpieces of simplicity. Keep 'em coming!
Great!
Congrats on the new store Lee. I am sure that you will be selling to a lot of schools. I sure could of used your videos back in tech class in highschool. Keep up the great work.
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