Technical training focused on your business goals

Focused, in-house training gives your staff the competitive edge without interrupting your demanding production schedule.

• Masters Level classes on video formats, encoding and delivery media
  
  
• Create higher quality encoding more efficiently
  
  
• Customized to your unique business and content requirements
  
  
• Saves time and money in travel and work interruptions
  
  
• Free, one-hour follow-up phone consultation for production issues
  
  

Encoding

DVD Production

Sales Force Training

Marketing Seminars

Instructor: Barbara Roeder, M.S.E.E., Technology Consultant

Barbara is an electrical engineer with over 15 years of experience in digital signal processing and media compression. She is a purveyor of information, ready to help your company understand and apply today's technology to meet your business goals.

Masters Level Encoding

Hands-on training with the latest tools for video and audio compression to improve the quality and productivity of your encoding department. This class can be customized to any tools your team needs to prepare media for the Web.

• Capture and editing considerations for video and audio targeted for compression
  
  
• Important preprocessing steps for improving the quality of compressed audio and video signals
  
  
• Choosing parameters and codecs to meet your compression goals and target delivery platforms
  
  
• Tips and tricks you can apply the very next day to your compression projects
  

Streaming Media - The Basics

This seminar will cover the tools and techniques you need to produce video for the Internet. Unravel the mysteries of video and audio compression for the Web and discover the meaning of the alphabet soup of network terminology. Learn who the major players are in this industry, what their product offerings are and take a look at what businesses are doing with web video today. Topics covered include:

• Video and audio quality considerations for capture and compression
  
  
• Network technology for serving streaming media.
  
  
• Technology platforms for streaming media including MPEG-4, QuickTime, Real, and Windows Media
  

This seminar is given at various locations throughout the year, including Streaming Media East and West conferences. Check the upcoming events schedule or contact us to arrange a group seminar in your area.

For more advanced training check out our Tutorials and Recent Articles.

A DVD Primer

An overview seminar that translates technical jargon into customer understanding. Arm your staff with answers to your clients frequently asked questions, allowing them to project an image of expertise while setting reasonable expectations for DVD authoring and encoding.

• Comparing digital media products such as DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, and DVD-RAM
  
  
• Video and audio quality considerations in MPEG encoding for DVD
  
  
• Authoring and premastering interactive DVD projects
  
  
• Copy protection on DVDs
  

DVD Tools and Techniques

DVD authoring options abound in today's market, from one-button recording, to simple menu-driven authoring, all the way to high-end, Hollywood-style production equipment. Price points vary, as do features and ease of integration into your existing video production environment. This workshop is designed to go beyond the marketing hype of the vendors, exploring the technical features of products that can provide businesses with a logical, affordable growth path. If your thinking about starting or upgrading a DVD production facility, you'll want to attend this informational workshop on today's technology for creating DVDs.

These seminars are offered at various locations throughout the year. Please contact us to arrange a session in your area.

Please contact us for other opportunities to meet the needs of your business, staff and customers.

BarbWired --- Your technology training source

• Translate technical jargon into customer understanding
  
  
• Give your staff the answers to your clients frequently asked questions, allowing them to project an image of expertise while setting reasonable expectations.
  
  
• Seminar topics catering to your business: MPEG encoding, DVD production, Streaming Media, Video formats and conversions.