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TiPb Give Away: 4 FREE Copies of Qik VideoCamera for iPhone!
Feb 7th
Qik VideoCamera [$1.99 - iTunes link] has gotten an update and to celebrate they’re giving away four (4) FREE copies to TiPb readers!
For a quick look at the Qik VideoCamera update — and the give-away — follow along after the break!
If you haven’t yet, check out my first Qik VideoCamera review because we’re only going to focus on the updates here. Finished? Good!
Qik VideoCamera can now be used on 2G, 3G and 3GS. Plus this amazing video application has gotten even more useful — and fun. Qik VideoCamera added new on-screen functions, so it is much easier to choose your effects and enlarge, brighten or increase audio of your videos. This mean you can alter things in real time, with the camera rolling.
You can also now post your videos to facebook, SMS videos to your friends and they’ve added 5 more effects
Sepia
Area Zoom
Twirl
(I feel it is more of a fun house mirror.)
X-ray
Wiper
(My favorite — there is fog on screen and your touch wipes it away!)
Give-away
And now the give away! If you want a FREE copy, just head on over to Twitter and tweet us this shoutout:
“Hey @TiPb, love the new @Qik VideoCamera! Can has? http://bit.ly/bH9eoy”
One entry per tweep. The contest starts now and ends Wednesday, February 10th at 12pm PT. And remember, promo codes require a US iTunes App Store account (Apple’s rule, not ours!) Good luck!
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Quick Review: Qik VideoCamera Video Recording for iPhone 3G
Jan 29th
Qik Video Camera for the iPhone, from Qik [$0.99 - iTunes Link] finally brings 15 frames per second video recording to the iPhone 3G. It also supports zoom, has some fun filters, and adds an easy system for sending your videos via e mail.
For the complete rundown, and pictures of Qik VideoCamera’s effects, stay with us after the break.
As mentioned above, Qik VideoCamera lets the iPhone 3G shoot video at 15 frames per second (FPS) but that’s only when using the default size. It’s basically a trade off. Qik gives you the option of having low video resolution (200×152) and high FPS or high video resolution (400×304) and lower FPS. I usually go for the low video resolution and higher FPS because if the frames are too few the video is too choppy to appreciate.
Qik video has some really fun special effect filters to play with. Like with video quality, however, when you start using a special effect filter the frame rate slows down. Here are some examples of how they look.
Black and White.
Black white and red, which makes any red object show in color and everything else in black and white. While interesting, aside from the novelty I don’t see many real life applications.
As requested here is some video taken using the black, white and red effect with a resolution of 200×152.
Color game, which inverses blue and red (I call it the Avatar effect!)
There are two mirror effects, both vertical and horizontal. These are good for making object suddenly disappear. It can be a lot of fun for the little ones to play with, if you would trust your little one with an iPhone.
Zoom is another nice feature, though I have found that for shooting anything very close it can cause blurring.
One of the other useful additions to this application is the audio and light enhancing controls. Since the iPhone has no external lighting source (plz 4.0!) the addition of brightness control can make those precious moments easier to see in low light settings. The audio boost helps increase the audio track but I usually don’t realize that something is going to be too soft until the event has already occurred.
Qik VideoCamera also allows you to email your videos easily, by choosing which video to email and typing in the email address. The program is also linked to your contacts so you dont have to worry if you have forgotten the address.
All in all, Qik VideoCamera is a very nice app and has a lot of useful and fun effects for saving your life’s special moments. It’s not the same resolution or frame rate as the iPhone 3GS’ built-in video recorder, but for iPhone 3G users who didn’t get that feature, it’s currently the next best thing.
Here is some video without any effects, taken with a resolution of 400×304.
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Quick Review: Qik VideoCamera Video Recording for iPhone 3G
Qik Launches Desktop App for Live Video Sharing
Dec 14th
It’s been a busy couple of weeks for Qik. Last week, the company launched its first official app for the iPhone 3GS, letting users finally livestream from their phones without having to resort to jailbreaking.
Today, Qik is rolling out its invitation-only beta for Qik-in-Touch, a service that brings the Qik experience to your desktop and makes it easy to share videos and interact with your friends and family. Qik-in-Touch is an Adobe Air app, so it runs on Windows, Mac and Linux.
If your mom is like my mom, she probably really wants to be able to watch your live broadcasts, but has a hard time figuring out what time to tune in, where to go, etc.
This is where Qik-in-Touch comes in. The Air app runs in the background and when you go live, your friends and family can watch you instantly and interact with you through chat.
Power Qik users can also use Qik-in-Touch to access their own video collections or to watch what is going on on QikTV.
Qik-in-Touch is in private beta, but you can request an invite by going to http://qik.com/qntbeta.
How do you share live video with your friends and family?
Reviews: adobe AIR, linux
Tags: live video, qik, qik-in-touch
Qik to Live Stream Video from Your iPhone
Dec 10th
Earlier this morning, iPhone owners woke to a wonderful surprise: live video streaming courtesy of Ustream’s Live Broadcaster app. Now we’re learning that Qik, the live-streaming service for mobile devices, has submitted their iPhone version of the application to Apple as well.
In a blog post from earlier today, Qik says, “We have now taken the next step and submitted the Qik application that enables you to share your experience live from your iPhone for approval to App Store.”
As you may know, iPhone users not afraid of jailbreaking their devices have been able to stream live video from their phones for more than a year now. In fact, I’ve been a fan of the company and the service since they released their unapproved version of the application.
Should the new app marry the functionality of the original, Qik iPhone users will be able to broadcast video live from their phones, tap to quickly tweet or post to Facebook, add titles and tags and view comments as they’re created.
If Apple approves Qik’s application — and there’s no obvious reason why it should not — it would suggest that the flood gates to live broadcasting have been opened.
These new live-streaming apps are most certainly an interesting development, especially since they come at a time when Apple is helping AT&T take down Verizon in an advertising war, and AT&T is openly urging iPhone users to cut back on their mobile consumption.
Reviews: App Store, Facebook
Tags: broadcast, iphone application, livestream, qik
LUNCHTIME POLL: What’s Your Favorite Video Sharing Service?
Nov 20th
It’s Friday, people, which means that not only is it Follow Friday, it’s also time for the Lunchtime Poll! Last week we wanted to know about your favorite news reader (or whether you use RSS at all). We’ll have the results for you later today, but let’s get a head start on the new poll: what’s your favorite video sharing service?
We’ll start off with some responses from the staff here at Mashable, and let you fine folks have at it in the comments. Be sure to let us know along with your vote why you chose it as your favorite. We’ll post the results next week to show the zeitgeist from Mashable readers.
Are you in? Let’s roll the question!
What’s your favorite video sharing service?
Mashable Faves
Adam Ostrow: YouTube or Ustream. It’s all about the content.
Pete Cashmore: YouTube.
Sharon Feder: I’m not a power user, but Vimeo is definitely my favorite.
Ben Parr: Viddler, YouTube, and Ustream, depending on the situation.
Christina Warren: Vimeo, because it has the best quality.
Barb Dybwad: I like Qik for mobile, Flickr for short visually-interesting clips, and YouTube for an endless stream of distractions punctuated by hilarious cats.
Tamar Weinberg: YouTube because it actually can process Kodak Zi6 videos (Flickr and Vimeo cannot), but Vimeo has a really awesome GUI.
Image courtesy of iStockphoto, ericsphotography
Reviews: Flickr, Mashable, Vimeo, YouTube, iStockphoto, ustream
Tags: flickr, lunchtime poll, qik, ustream, viddler, video, video sharing, youtube
Qik Bumps Up The Recording Resolution For The Droid
Nov 10th
As the number of Android-powered handsets on the market continues to expand, so do the technical capabilities of the applications that run on the platform. The Droid, for example, is the first handset to introduce video recording at a resolution 720×480 (more than double that of the 320×240 recording found on most other Android handsets), and app makers are already swooping in to take advantage of it.
The first off the bat is the mobile video broadcasting service Qik, who will later tonight be announcing beta support for the increased resolution. Not only is Qik the first to reach such the new resolution on the Droid, but they’re also proudly claiming to be the first of all the mobile streaming services (amongst competitors such as Ustream, Kyte, and Flixwagon) to support such a high resolution in general.
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