< GO BACK TECHNICAL FAQ's | CREATIVE FAQ's   Creative FAQ's What Creative FAQ's will cover: Rules for good Pictures: RULE 1: Close-ups communicate! RULE 2: Make eye contact with the camera. RULE 3: Watch the head room. RULE 4: Break the rules! Get creative! Have fun! Rules for good Sound: RULE 1: Be brief! RULE 2: You can always re-record. Pictures: Remember that Seemail messages are a very special form of communication. Your receivers will be looking at your image on their computer screens, and sometimes these screens can be very small. RULE 1: Close-ups communicate! When you’re taking pictures for Seemail messages (or scanning for that matter), get close. Notice the difference in feel of the two images below. Which leads us to ... RULE 2: Make eye contact with the camera. A Seemail message is a very personal communication. You want your recipients to feel like you are communicating directly with them (which, indeed, you are!). Of the two images below, which feels like it’s communicating with you. Okay, so the answer is obvious. But you get the point, right? RULE 3: For pleasing compositions, Watch the head room! Ever seen a TV news show where the cameras drifted up or down, leaving you with an uneasy feeling that something’s not right? Well, the same is true with Seemail images. Too much Too little Of course, creative types will immediately start sending all manner of weirdly composed Seemail messages. Go for it! These are the people who won’t need to move on to: RULE 4: Break the Rules! Get creative! Have Fun! ^back to top Sound: The combination of picture and sound is what makes Seemail messages unique! So don’t blow a great picture by adding lousy sound to it. RULE 1: Be brief! Remember that your Seemail message will be sent with a text e-mail message, where you can ramble as much as you want. But sound takes up a lot more bandwidth than text or picture. This translates into a simple axiom: Longer Sound messages mean longer download times. We here at Seemail, Inc. always keep our voice messages under 15 seconds. RULE 2: You can always re-record. Lots of people get a little nervous when they're recording their voice. One of the best things about Seemail messaging software is that it is so easy to re-record your audio. At the push of one button (record voice) that hemming and hawing message you just recorded is wiped out and replaced by your stellar retake! RULE 3: Break the rules! Get creative! Have fun! ^back to top   HOME | COMPANY | SUPPORT | GOODIES | PRODUCTS | PURCHASE © copyright 2000 Seemail, Inc. all rights reserved.