What Do the YouTube Changes Mean?

YouTube recently kicked a ton of people and companies out of its partner program.  This program was useful if you wanted to monetize your videos, add external links, or taking advantage of other interactivity...

Officially, the changes were made to fight "bad actors."  People who were abusing the YouTube system and monetizing content they didn't own (a well as other problems.  This blog post explains a lot of it.

I got this email today for one of my pages (not one I use often).

As of today, your channel, rhedpixeltv will no longer have access to monetization tools associated with YPP because it doesn’t meet the new threshold of 4,000 hours of watch time within the past 12 months and 1,000 subscribers. If you meet the new threshold at some point in the future, you'll be automatically re-evaluated for YPP. The reviews typically take 1-2 weeks.

The truth is it sounds scarier than it really is.

What's gone

1. The ability to make money from YouTube advertisements.  This doesn't affect me but does others.
2. The ability to link to your own webpage from a video (a major bummer). But YouTube says they will add this ability soon for all users.

What stays

1. Ability to live stream
2. Ability to brand your channel
3. Ability to use cards and annotations

So this really seems to be a block against people making money of they don't reach a certain tier.  I get it... the economy and overall ad revenue coming into YouTube has changed.  They made some switches to be more profitable.  

This video explains it well:

So the short version... Stay Calm and Stream On.

Here are some useful FAQs — https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/72851#FA

Importing your Lightroom images into ACDSee

Let's explore the process of bringing images in from a Lightroom library into ACDSee. The process is pretty straightforward. Since we've already consolidated our library to a target drive ACDSee makes it easy to bring those files in. 

Importing your Lightroom images into ACDSee from Migrating from Lightroom Classic CC by Richard Harrington

Importing your Lightroom images into On1 Photo RAW

Importing your Lightroom images into On1 Photo RAW from Migrating from Lightroom Classic CC by Richard Harrington

If you need to migrate your library from Lightroom to ON1 Photo RAW, there are some pretty easy ways to do this. Let's explore the different options you have when importing from Lightroom. 

Combining Multiple Photoshop Layers with Statistics

People often enjoy star trail photography, and that works great, but rather than having to do everything in camera, where you take a multiple hour long exposure and you might get it right, I'm going to show you how simple this is to do by just shooting a time lapse sequence. What you can do is easily capture several images over time and then blend them together. Here's how. 

Combining layers with statistics from Learning Photoshop Automation by Richard Harrington

Live Webcasting with Facebook Live

While there are many webinar platforms out there, I want to take a moment just to give you a quick overview of Facebook Live. I'm going to show you how to use it right within Facebook,and then talk about some of the other options that you have. When you're ready to go live on Facebook it's as simple as clicking Live Video. 

An overview of Facebook Live from Running a Professional Webinar by Richard Harrington

Using an Environment Layer for Reflections in After Effects

-An object in 3D Space needs something in order to create color. Now either the object itself needs to have color, but more likely with a 3D environment, you need to remember that color is often what's reflected, so we need to create something in the environment so the 3D object can pick up on colors. To do this, we're going to import some footage and set it to be the environment that the object exists in.

Using an environment layer for reflections from Motion Graphics for Video Editors: Creating Animated Logos by Richard Harrington

Managing Multiple Open Adobe Premiere Pro Projects

If you came to Adobe Premier Pro from Final Cut Pro seven or earlier, there was a feature thatyou may have gotten used that you missed. That was the ability to have multiple projects open at the same time. A lot of folks like to do this so that they can easily browse multiple projects and just move things between bins as needed to quickly access content. Now this type of workflow is supported in Premier Pro as of the 2018 edition. However, it's a little bit complex and I want to walk you through the benefits as well as some of the gotchas.

Managing multiple open projects from Premiere Pro CC 2018 New Features by Richard Harrington

Sharpening Video

All cameras tend to have some softening that happens after the fact. It's not that the lens was out of focus or that you did anything wrong. It's that the compression that's applied to the digital files can lead to a slight loss in detail. Fortunately, there's sharpening. Now, there are many different tools available for sharpening but one of my favorites is a recent addition to the Adobe Lumetri Effect, which is available in both Premiere Pro and After Effects. If we take a look at the clip here, you'll see that this is a shot that's a little bit off. Let's apply the Lumetri Effect,Effect, Color Correction, Lumetri.

Sharpening video from Repairing and Enhancing Video by Richard Harrington

Want a Free Pass to WPPI?

Skylum software, has free passes to WPPI in Las Vegas.  In fact, I will be speaking at their booth.

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This is 3-day expo for Wedding and Portrait Photographers is one of the biggest events of the year in Las Vegas.  We hope to see you will at WPPI in Las Vegas, Feb. 26 - 28, 2018.

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• Wednesday, Feb. 28 10am-3pm

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