Category Archives: HOW TO: Capture & Edit Video

DESKTOP & WEB APPS – Composing with Video

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For most video projects, you will need to be able to make basic edits to videos you download or create, including cropping and trimming selections, adding title cards and transitions, …

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GUIDE – Uploading Videos to Web Hosting Sites (aka Exporting in "Web Ready" Video Format)

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WHAT IS “WEB READY” FORMAT? iMovie and Windows MovieMaker are non-linear video editing systems, which means that they allow you to assemble video projects from a variety of media files …

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DESKTOP, WEB & MOBILE APPS – Apply Cartoon Effects to Video and Photos

CATEGORIES: HOW TO: Capture & Edit Video, HOW TO: Find & Edit Images, RESOURCES: Apps for Creating New Media Projects

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Using these apps gives you an easy way to turn photos and video clips into custom content for your projects. DESKTOP APPS Cartoonize Video (for Windows — free trial available) …

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TIPS – Composing and Framing Video Interviews

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NOTE: I originally wrote this material for a Fall 2013 calendar entry, for students who were recording “solo” interviews (as though the interviewer was off camera). But I’ve added info …

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GUIDE – Finding Reusable AUDIO & VIDEO for Digital Composition Projects

CATEGORIES: HOW TO: Capture & Edit Video, PLANNING & DRAFTING New Media Projects

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For the sake of simplicity, I merged the info from this page into the one I originally created for finding reusable images. Follow this link: GUIDE – Finding Images & …

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GUIDE – Making a Live Video Recording for a Blog Entry or Interview

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A video blog entry is pretty much what the name implies: an informal video recording featuring you sharing whatever you would’ve otherwise written about in a blog post. The info …

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TIPS – Camera Angles and Shooting Tips for Digital Storytelling

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ABOUT THIS EXCERPT: The selections below are from the “Camera Techniques” section on this page: Part III Technology, Techniques, and Resources, which is part of Jason Ohler’s web series on …

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WEB RESOURCES – Guides to Video Editing and Production

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Although many of the links below refer specifically to working with live video, you can apply anything you learn about live video to working with images or animation. VIDEO EDITING …

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HOW TO – Export a Web-Ready Video (m4v) Out of QuickTime X

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NOTE: The instructions below were originally a part of this post: How to Make a Screencast with QuickTime X for Mac I decided to post them separately because the process …

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HOW TO – Change your YouTube video settings to "Unlisted"

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If you want to make a video you posted on YouTube visible only to people who have the URL (like our class), you can change the Privacy setting from Public …

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GUIDE – Composing with Video: the Remix

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ABOUT REMIX A remix video conveys an original message using short video clips from a variety of sources, assembled in a way that “repurposes” their original meaning. The most common …

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HOW TO – Record into Windows MovieMaker

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Because you can find so many tutorials on Windows MovieMaker on the web, I don’t have a lot of details here. I recommend that you start by browsing Microsoft’s MovieMaker …

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WEB HOSTS for Publishing Your Videos

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OVERVIEW To embed a video or audiovisual essay you created into a blog post, you will need to upload it to a free video hosting site like YouTube or Vimeo …

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HOW TO – Tutorials on Windows Live Movie Maker 2 for Windows 7

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I don’t have easy access to a computer with Windows 7 and screencasting software, but thankfully lots of tutorials are available online. The 7Tutorials.com site has many useful handouts, including …

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HOW TO – Make a video blog entry with MovieMaker or iMovie

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See: Recording into iMovie or Recording into Windows MovieMaker

HOW TO – Export a shareable video from Windows MovieMaker for XP/Vista

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While you’re working on a project in Movie Maker, you should periodically choose Save from the File menu to save your project file. But when you’re ready to share your …

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HOW TO – Use Windows MovieMaker for XP/Vista to Compose a CDS-Style Digital Story

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MovieMaker for XP and Vista is pretty easy to use as it guides you through the process of adding photos, adding audio, creating title cards, and inserting special effects and …

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TIPS – Working with video clips

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If you’re planning to import video clips into your digital composition project, make sure you have access to the highest quality version of the video clip, saved in a format …

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