Digital video competition
An exciting new reader competition
We want to know what the
Community Eye Health Journal means to
you and how it has changed the way you
work. Readers are invited to submit a short
digital video clip showing how you use the
journal: how it has improved your work, how
patients have benefited, or how you use it to
teach others. First prize is Clinical
Ophthalmology by J Kanski
(kindly donated by
Elsevier), worth £128. 
The
winning clips will be
published on the
Community Eye Health
Journal website and in
the next edition of the
journal update CD.
In order to qualify, send your digital video
on CD or DVD, or upload it onto YouTube
(www.youtube.com) and send us the link
by email. Please use only video file formats
accepted by YouTube and include your
name, contact details, and a short
description of the video in your package or
email. Deadline: 1 August 2010. Maximum length: Two minutes. Patient
permission: If your video shows any patients, you must get their written permission and
include this in your entry (Consent form, PDF 35Kb). Send to: The
Community Eye Health Journal, International
Centre for Eye Health, London School of
Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel
Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK, or email editor@cehjournal.org
Help from YouTube on making your video
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Making and optimising your video: www.youtube.com/t/howto_makevideo
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Getting started with YouTube: how to create and manage a YouTube account, how to upload video and many more resources. www.google.com/support/youtube/
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YouTube Handbook: tips about shooting, editing, uploading to YouTube and even some special effects. www.youtube.com/t/yt_handbook_produce
- Optimizing your video uploads: www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?answer=132460&cbid=1njwjtffewlyy&src=cb&lev=index
- Mobile Phones: how to create video on your mobile phone and upload it to YouTube. www.youtube.com/mobile and www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/topic.py?topic=16553
Best formats for uploading video to YouTube
YouTube can accept almost any video format for upload, but the following settings will be best for most videos:
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Video Format: H.264, MPEG-2 or MPEG-4 preferred
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Aspect Ratio: Native aspect ratio without letterboxing (e.g. 4:3, 16:9)
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Resolution: 640 x 360 (16:9) or 480 x 360 (4:3) recommended
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Audio Format: MP3 or AAC preferred
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Frames per second: 30
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Maximum length: 2-3 minutes
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Maximum file size: 1Gb