While the Viewfinder Multimedia Company is able to produce conventional video material we can also offer an alternative. Although not suited to every production the use of still photography with audio can offer production advantages as well as being cost effective. The technique can be seen on the BBC news web site where they are called audio slideshows.

Like the BBC the video is insert into the web page as a Flash Video file that also includes the display for the player. One advantage of Flash video is that the frame rate can be reduced from the usual PAL standard of 25 per second to 12 leading to a reduction in file size. Using still images from a professional digital camera provides high quality pictures that retain that quality after compression. I personally believe that in many cases this method often offers advantages over conventional video for web display.

Today your video is no longer restricted to display on your web site, there are many ways to extend the reach and increase it's impact. The use of hosting sites such as You Tube and using social sites like Facebook to link to your video can significantly widen it's audience.

For examples of still photography used with audio to produce web videos please view the short films from the left-hand menu.