With no need for a crew or specialist editing knowledge, WebClip2Go allows teachers to take their classroom content – exactly as it is – and use their existing PowerPoint slides to create professional grade video.
It’s a matter of mere minutes, but the result is an asset that allows students to engage with study in their own way, at their own pace, from wherever they want.
Veenendaal, The Netherlands _ 9 May, 2022
WebClip2Go – an innovative new video production system – today announces that it will introduce a new hardware package which will yet further enhance the functionality of the system and the quality of the video it can output. These hardware enhancements include an upgrade to a CORE i9 CPU and the addition of an NVIDIA RTX series graphics card. These enhancements will allow the system to process and record up to four 4k inputs in order to generate a final composite 4K output. Existing customers who are part of the upgrade and support scheme will be able to have their license moved to the new hardware setup at cost.
WebClip2Go represents a unique piece of software which fundamentally rethinks the way that video production is undertaken, but ships as a full solution, including the hardware upon which the system runs, and the auxiliary components required for customers to setup their own in-house (mini-)studio, complete with lights, cameras, microphones, teleprompter and green screen. The new higher-end hardware offering will see users able to leverage the full potential of the system, which has always maintained resolution independence, but until now has been practically limited by hardware to one 4K input (plus other full HD input channels) when delivering rendered output in real-time.
And it is this real-time rendering which is key to the WebClip2Go proposition. Essentially, with WebClip2Go the workflow process associated with traditional production is reversed. An easy-to-use GUI allows for the creation of professional-level ‘templates’ – including all the transitions, animations, titles, colour grading, sound FX, and animated elements that you would expect. A user can usually get up to speed with the concept after only a few hours of training.
Those seeking to create a video then merely need to load one of these templates and deliver straight to camera. The teleprompter feeds the script and template components to the presenter, who records in real-time and obtains an immediately rendered output. The process completely eliminates the need for a crew, editing, post-production, or time consuming rendering, and can thus be achieved by one person in a matter of minutes.
Moreover, with the addition of complimentary components such as the live switching or PowerPoint modules, non-experts can set up their desired template flow – or trigger it in real-time – with no system expertise needed. WebClip2Go thus democratizes video production, putting the ability to create professional grade video in the hands of a whole host of industry sectors and markets who would normally find the costs and expense of traditional video production entirely prohibitive. WebClip2Go’s predominant customer-based has mainly been that of education providers, online retail and corporate organisations seeking to diversify their communications with Webinars, chatshows and product explanation videos, but realistically, the potentially applications of the system are practically limitless.
Speaking of the new hardware package, CEO of WebClip2Go Gerrit Bulten said: “WebClip2Go has always been resolution independent; we built that into the software right from Day One. But of course that theoretical ability to handle resolutions of any size needs to be matched by the realistic ability of the hardware. Fortunately, as both CPU and GPU technologies continue to evolve and the costs associated with them continue to come down, we’re now able to offer a competitively-priced setup which leverages full value from the incredible potential of the WebClip2Go program”.
He continued: “In many ways it has always felt counter-intuitive to add higher-end offerings (such as this new hardware package, or our Ultimate Chromakey extension) to our product range, since the ‘standard’ WebClip2Go system already produces such remarkable results; granting users with no AV or broadcast experience the ability to generate professional-grade video. But with these enhanced offerings, we move into territory that starts to rival broadcast-specific applications, demonstrating just how wide-reaching the potential of WebClip2Go is”.
Further information on WebClip2go and its products is available at https://webclip2go.com/
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About WebClip2Go
WebClip2Go offers high quality video production tools that aim to revolutionize the way in which content is created, drive down the cost of creation, and make professional-level video production more accessible to all. As an offshoot of Burst video – broadcast and AV integration specialists for 30 years – WebClip2Go brings the innovation of a start-up with the expertise and wisdom of an established player. By fundamentally changing the workflow associated with traditional video production, and scaling back equipment needs to the point that production can be achieved with one man, one system and one camera (or multiple cameras), WebClip2Go is democratizing the process of producing professional quality video – with application across fields as diverse as education, corporate, fashion, retail. Be it a product or instructional video, informative or education content, or entertainment. No crew, no piles of gear, no fuss. Just broadcast quality video. Fast. And lots of it.
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Fluffy bunnies at the wheel
Let’s think of progress as a steamroller. In essence, progress is coming, whether you like it or not. You have two options; you can stand there stubbornly and let it run you over, or you can jump on board and lend a hand in shaping the direction it follows.
Now don’t get us wrong – at WebClip2Go we’re very lovely, so we have no intention of going around deliberately running people over. We’re a steamroller piloted by fluffy bunnies who are really committed to pushing the industry forward, and being friendly, inspiring and helpful in all of our actions. We want to encourage everybody to get on the steamroller with us – there’s plenty of room. But make no mistake, we’ve got our hand firmly on the wheel.
Progress for all
There are of course different definitions of progress. One is the idea of ‘democratisation’ – taking something beneficial and extending it to the maximum amount of people, removing barriers to its use and enjoyment. This was our original intent with WebClip2Go: making video production tools that everybody could have access to, not merely the privileged few who had access to the physical and knowledge resources which were traditionally needed. We wanted to make the barrier to entry in the field of video production much lower.
And we really did. What we developed was something that practically anybody could use, with only a few hours’ training, with a tiny amount of space and a modest budget.
The net result is that rather than being the preserve of professional editors who charge extortionate prices for the services, a video can now be made by a teacher, by a company seeking to broaden their marketing reach, or by a small business owner seeking to give a better representation of their product online (in fact, forget ‘small’ business owners – even the major retailers could benefit from the cost savings associated with realistically setting customer expectations through video – check out our case study on the issue of business costs and returns).
Progress begets progress
A funny thing happened whilst we were looking to achieve this kind of ‘democratisation’ progress though. To make it accessible to everyone, we realized that we’d have to turn the very nature of video production and editing on its head. Throw out the rulebook and start again. Approach the problem with an entirely new set of eyes.
And in doing so, we realized we hadn’t just made the idea of video production better (in the sense of more accessible) for the masses: we’d made it fundamentally better. Full stop. Because what we’d engaged in wasn’t just an incremental type of progress, we’d undertaken a foundational revolution.
And what we realized from that is that even for those heavily invested and ingrained in the ‘traditional’ way of doing things, our revolutionary approach offered a meaningful alternative to video production that in many cases would actually carry more benefits than the ‘old ways’.
Because the thing about WebClip2Go is that it isn’t just more intuitive, there are elements of it that are actually far more efficient than the normal way of doing things. By turning the process on its head (literally reversing the order of operations – something we talk about more here), we open up the ability to ‘batch create’ videos – ones that tend to have standardized and repeated elements, such as the news, or sports. This has immense potential for so many components of the broadcast market; including – but by no means limited to – smaller regional channels and off-site productions that can’t necessarily justify the expense of a full OB setup.
Ride with it
And so, we thought – well, how far can we push this kind of progress? That’s what has motivated some of our more recent product developments; including our recent announcement relating to the integration of Ultimatte 12 add-on functionality. This development means that those operating right at the top of the video production game can now benefit from the WebClip2Go way of doing things, whilst retaining all of the detail-orientated tools that are key to broadcast-level production.
This evolution of WebClip2Go wasn’t necessarily initially what we’d envisioned. We thought we were bringing video to the lower end of the video production market, and we’d leave the upper end of the broadcast market to their mystical, sacred ways that mere mortals were excluded from.
But that’s the thing, when you realise that you’ve got progress on your hands – you’ve just got to get steamrolling. And we can see the broadcast market standing just down the road. We hope they’re ready to jump on up and join us, because we sure don’t want to run them over.