Category Archives: HOW TO: Capture & Edit Video

DESKTOP & WEB APPS – Composing with Video

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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"

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

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

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

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

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

See: Recording into iMovie or Recording into Windows MovieMaker

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

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

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

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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