Installation was simple - nothing to do on my end, although I would like it if Microsoft allowed you to select the drive for installing. Maybe a future feature. We designed a Partner Program that helps multi-platform video creators become self-employed doing what they love. From popular to professional. Collab is helping social media creators launch their creative. Shop B&H for our huge, in-stock inventory of Professional Video Teleprompters from top brands like Prompter People, Listec Teleprompters, Autocue/QTV and Mirror Image. Discover the Latest Gadget News, Gadget Tips, and Cool Gadgets for Every Occasion. LVC-526 EZPrompt Teleprompting Program INCLUDES: EZPrompt Software for Windows Instruction Manual Accessories to consider. GOOGLE Chromecast (2015 Model): Allows you to stream shows, movies, music, sports and games to your TV; compatible with most Apple iOS and Android phones and tablets, Mac and Windows laptops and Chromebooks. Yes, it’s bad on purpose. Feel free to print this out and share it. The file isn’t copy-protected, so you are able to share the digital version, but if you buy this from Amazon by clicking here, 100% of my share of. What is a Teleprompter, and How Does it Work? I was watching webcam videos (including some of mine) and became annoyed by people always looking at their monitor, and not at the camera. It’s very distracting! I had earlier made a bracket to hold my webcam in the center of the screen, but that approach is not optimal, so I finally decided to build a proper teleprompter. A teleprompter is actually a very simple device: it uses a (so- called) one- way mirror to reflect scrolling text, while the camera shoots right through it. But is seems almost like magic when you can see the text so well, and the camera doesn’t see it at all! The secret is that it must be very dark on the camera side of the mirror, just like those dark observation rooms next to interrogation rooms with the mirror between them. What’s not so simple is making that special mirror glass: an extremely thin layer of aluminum is applied, atom by atom, in an expensive industrial process called thin- film sputtering. The result is that teleprompters tend to be quite expensive, with the special glass and commercial TV monitor making up most of the cost. But with the proliferation of laptops and tablet computers, which many people already have, adding the special glass, and a simple frame to hold it in position, has made homemade teleprompters a reality. Indeed, I made one for just over $1. And the best part is, you can read your script and look straight at the camera, thus improving your delivery by making eye- contact (as it were) with the viewers. Another interesting development is that the top- end web- cams now support full HD video, with hardware compression in the camera, and they will take very nice HD video indeed. Not as capable or flexible as a $2. HD camera, to be sure, but actually quite excellent for the $1. In other words, we’ve never had it so good, when it comes to video. But making better video is about more than just snazzy hardware. It takes a lot of study and practice! And the more you can do like the pros do it, the better it will be. One of these “pro- ish” things is learning to both write, and read, a script, and for that, you need a teleprompter. There’s just no way around it. Things to not try. The first question is the mirror: to buy the “real” stuff, at nearly $1. It works, but since both sides are equally reflective from both sides, it makes a double- image that’s sure to make you rub your eyes a lot. What about something transparent, reflective, and very thin, like Saran wrap tightly stretched on a frame? That might work, but it would be very delicate, and any wrinkle would surely distort the video. I researched window films for two months. Most of them are tinted, being designed to block light and UV, and though reflective are not suitable to shooting video through. I did find one window film with the right specs—7. VLT) and 2. 0% visible light reflectance (VLR)—called Century Nova 7. I contacted three of them for a sample, and could not even get a response. It may also be possible to sorta make your own thin- film aluminized glass, without the expensive sputtering process. I’ve made colloidal silver before, and the inside of the glass jar took on a bit of an iridescent sheen, but the trouble with electroplating glass is that takes a long time, and also that it oxidizes and turns dark, as unprotected silver always will. Just like good ol’ photo film. So in the final analysis, if you want a real teleprompter, just get real teleprompter glass! The rest is easy. Photos and Notes. The Tripod Table. Note: release the lift spring,remove the drive belt, and turn the pulley by hand. Flat- bar mounted on poly cutting board using 1. Mounted on a fairly heavy- duty camera tripod. Top view of tripod platform. Version 1: Foam- core Frame. Parts and Tools. Two 9 . This is a Dell D6. Note that I have reduced the prompterwindow’s opacity here, so can see the camera preview window behind the prompter text. The foam- core is plenty strong enough to safely hold that expensive piece of glass,but I’m just not happy with the overall appearance—it looks too much like a cardboard box! I’m using an Auto. Hot. Key scriptcalled opacity. Close- up with no opacity. The blue parenthesis are the LEDs on the camera, andyou can also see a little reflection from the camera. If you shine a flashlight, you can see the camera through themirror—remember, it’s 7. Simple camera mount. My webcam has tripod threads, but it would almost as easy tomount one that doesn’t, using Velcro inside the back. With a lot of light, you can see the camera, but the text is still perfectly readable. So there ya have it! Version 1. Version 2: Acrylic Frame. Break through with the lightest possible pressure,and back it up with hardwood, or you’ll surely crack the acrylic. Mount camera on back. Stick the back on. Not gonna work with that 2! Note the upside- down window chrome; the prompter text is vertically flipped. Setting it up the other way puts the window chrome right- side- up, but backwards,so the prompter text needs to be horizontally flipped. That sure looks better than foam- core! Video. Better in HD 7.
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