Movie Information
Important things first. The first thing you need to do is to create your movie. Go shoot and edit some video. After that you need to upload your video to the web so Linkubator can get to it. Fill out the field below with the location of your movie (it should begin with http://
). The location given should be a permanent location. If you move the movie from this location the movie generated by Linkubator will stop working, and you'll need to recreate it from scratch.
Any movie that the Quicktime Player plays will do.
Movie Location:
Linkubator needs to know the size of your movie to create appropriate space for it. Otherwise you'll end up with a Player window that is larger than your movie, or the Player window will be too small, and people won't be able to see all of your movie.
Movie dimensions:
240x180 pixels
320x240 pixels
640x480 pixels
Add a Bug
A bug is a small image that is placed on top of your video. It will link back to your blog entry. Think of it as the network logo on your TV. Except that your viewers will be able to click this bug to get to your website.
Find an image you would like to use as your bug, and upload it to the web. This doesn't need to be a permanent location. Your image will be embedded in the movie created, and you can delete the uploaded image later without it affecting your movie. You should choose a small image. Both in physical size (you don't want to hide your video) and in file size. Linkubator will not read images over 15 kilobytes.
What kind of bug do you want? There are two ‘stock’ bugs, or you can specify your own image.
Next you want to specify where you want your viewers to end up when they click the bug. Usually this will be the permanent location of your blog entry.
Link Destination:
Linkubator will place the bug in the corner you specify below.
Bug Position:
Top Left
Top Right
Bottom Right
Bottom Left
If you have a title screen at the beginning of your movie you might not want you bug to appear until the movie actually begins. Linkubator will delay the bug's entrance by the amount of seconds you specify below.
Don't show bug until seconds after movie has started.