Just in case you have not read my post on how I somehow failed in making my first video in Bob Stewart's group of guinea pigs and how I wondered why I was the only little guinea pig in this experiment who did not get it, you can read it here.

On Monday, Brad Andersohn called me to work out the issues I was having. We were on the phone for 2 hours. Where we left on in the last post is that my screen was coming up black when I uploaded the video to Mixpo, which is the online video place we are using for this experiment. I am glad that so many of you read the post because if even one of you runs into this problem you will know how to fix it without throwing your flip video camera out of the window. Please make sure that before you start using your Flip Video camera that you read Brad Andersohn's tutorial step by step guide on how to use the camera.

And FYI, I am blonde but I did not leave the lens cover on the camera because the camera does not have a lens cover!

First let me give you my review of the Flip Video camera itself, now that I can use it and have been using it to take video of different places and people.

The Flip Video Camera:

Positives +

• Light as a feather! I love how light this camera is. Absolutely amazing. I don't get tired carrying it around.

• Battery Operated! Make sure to keep extra AA batteries with you. It only takes 2 batteries. How convenient is that!

• Nice Case and carrying handle come with it. You can put it on your wrist.

• Very Cute, Stylish and Appealing! Like people will say, gee, I want one of those!

• Quality Images! I am absolutely stunned at how great the images come out. You will impress your sellers!

• Compact, yet has all you need. This is probably the best feature. You don't have to lug around a bunch of stuff.

• USB pop out! WOW! I love that little USB. You just flick it and it pops out and you plug it in your USB port of your computer. How simple is that!

Negatives -

• Red Button is temperamental. Sometimes I have to press a couple of times to start or stop the video. Hard To Read Directions! Hey, send the magnifying glass along with the instructions!

• No download instructions with the teeny tiny manual! This is the point frustration and the source we found of my black screen.

• The text in the little tiny instruction guide that comes with the camera is TOO small to read. They need to send a magnifying glass with it. I have an issue with product development when they don't take Baby Boomers in to consideration.

So all in all, the positives far outweigh the negatives. IT IS A KEEPER!


I can feel right now that this is going to get very addicting. I am already taking it with me looking around for things to shoot. I don't always take my Sony Camcorder with me even though it is very small and since the video is right on DVDs, well, I have not gotten around to finalizing all the DVDs and so they just sit there and don't get enjoyed. With the Flip Video Nestor and I have already sat down to watch video I took of my son today right on our computer! It was SO easy.

Now what was the problem? Pay attention to this because all computers are different and funny things can happen. The first rule is that when you plug your camera into your computer for the first time do not walk away from your computer like I did! Stay there to make sure your software downloads! I got up to do something thinking the software would just download itself and for some computers that would be the case but mine decided not to install the software that day and since I had not seen any directions regarding downloading the software I did not know if there was going to be an icon or what. So make sure that when you put that USB port into your computer and it does not download the software, go to your MY COMPUTER and click on the Flip Video Icon and download the software ALL THE WAY.

When Brad and I were working on this we just went to the file with the videos in it to add them to Mixpo and when we did all of that, the video was still audio and NO video. Since I was going to be using the Mixpo software we did not realize that we still would need the Flip Video software! But sometimes things don't make sense. After I downloaded the Flip Video software, we saw the images! When you go to MY COMPUTER and click on Flip Video, make sure you click on the READ ME file and read it! There are only 10 very short steps in that read me guide so it won't take long to read.

I have two videos that I did and am now editing them in Mixpo. But I will not post them here on this post since they are Keyword rich videos for us to get Google juice and some more listings. I will post them on another post so be sure to keep your eyes attached to my blog so you can see the finished product.

Mixpo is the coolest video software I have seen and worked with. There are so many things you can do with Mixpo. You don't ever have to be in your own video if you do not want to be. You also have a huge library of images, movies and stills that you are allowed to use in your production. The most important thing that you can do with Mixpo is you can use links right in the video itself so someone can click on the video and be taken to wherever you say they are going to go. No other software can do that. I will post more about what you can do with Mixpo later.

So remember the lesson learned: Make sure you download the entire software for Flip Video and make sure it is on your computer before you add your movie files!!!

Katerina Gasset, CIPS, Realtor ®, Business and Life Coach, Speaker and Author. Reach Katerina at: 561-753-0135

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