The Gadgets Page

Now that the iPhone 3GS has a video camera, I have been using it FAR more than I used to use my normal camera. It is not as good of a video camera as my Panasonic Lumix was, but it’s ALWAYS with me, so I’m more apt to take video with it. I’m really reluctant to upload my videos to YouTube without some sort of credit for my work (i.e. my name and the URL to my website).

Happily, Michael Verdi came to my rescue. The fantastic author of the book, Secrets of Videoblogging, Michael has figured out a cool way to add a closing credits video all without connecting to your home computer. He even posted a mini-tutorial on Flickr showing how to do it:

The iPhone app that he uses to edit video is called ReelDirector [iTunes Link] made by the people at NexVio. Unfortunately, it only allows you to work with videos in the Camera Roll, but Michael Verdi found a way to work around that as well.

He uses Ecamm Network’s PhoneView to add a movie that he has created to the iPhone’s Camera Roll. The software does a lot more than just allow you to add a movie to the camera roll. You can download and view your call history, save your SMS logs and use your iPhone in Disk Mode.

By using these two software products, Michael Verdi has been able to add credits to his videos that he uploads with his iPhone without having to edit video on his computer at home. He has gone totally mobile. Here is a quick example of video editing and adding a final credit to a video done completely on his iPhone.

If you don’t mind boring credits, ReelDirector does a fair job adding them. I filmed this video with my iPhone, edited it with ReelDirector and used their built in credits.

Thanks again, Michael, for explaining all of this so simply and making video blogging easier for us all.