Downloading files from a SD card into final cut or onto your computer? There’s a few REALLY IMPORTANT steps to remember! First, your card acts like a hard drive, so its important to first create a back up. The first step is to make a disc image of your ENTIRE card. Open up disk utility […]
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What Do I Use For My Project?
Video+Audio VIXIA: Higher level shooting, on a camcorder, gives you the most manual abilities to work with. Requires you to log and capture, or transcode in FCP X. KODAK Zi8: Easy to use and handle, shoots on HD, and requires some transcoding for editing in FCP 7. FLIP CAM: Easy to use, least manual control […]
Continue readingNew Media Center Software Training Sessions this week:
The New Media Center is located on the lower level of the library past the Technology Services desk, next to Media Services. The NMC conducts open workshops on a variety of topics related to multimedia production. These 30 to 60 minute sessions are open to all AU faculty, staff and students with all levels of […]
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Continue readingEco-Comedy Video Competition Spring 2012 **$1,000 Prize**
Eco-Comedy Video Competition Spring 2012 ** $1,000 Prize ** Sponsored by: Sierra Club and the Center for Environmental Filmmaking The contest is open to anyone who prepares a short, funny video for YouTube, which communicates a clear message about clean energy and/or green jobs. Submissions must:-Be humorous!-Address the issue of clean energy and/or green jobs-Reach […]
Continue readingFilms of Jay Rosenblatt Vol 1 now available in Media Services
Collage films that use educational movies from the 1950s and 1960s, newsreels, Hollywood clips, historical footage, home movies and other found footage to present the subject of the film. These films span the first decade of Rosenblatt’s cinematic career. DVD 8994 Jay Rosenblatt site The Smell of Burning Ants
Continue readingVisiting Filmmaker Series – Spring 2012: Gerry Wurzburg – “Wretches and Jabberers” – Thursday, February 16 from 2:30 – 7:00pm
Gerry Wurzburg – “Wretches and Jabberers” Date: Thursday, February 16, 2012 – 2:30 – 7:00pm Location: Wechsler Theater in the Mary Graydon Center of American University Join us for a Master Class with filmmaker Gerry Wurzburg at 2:30 pm followed by a screening of the documentary “Wretches and Jabberers” and Q&A starting at 5:30 pm. […]
Continue readingNew Media Center Software Training Sessions this week:
The New Media Center is located on the lower level of the library past the Technology Services desk, next to Media Services. The NMC conducts open workshops on a variety of topics related to multimedia production. These 30 to 60 minute sessions are open to all AU faculty, staff and students with all levels of […]
Continue readingHow to Back Up Your Data on Your Mac
Here’s a great little wiki article in the How To section of Wired.com. It talks about backing up your data as a Mac user. It’s extremely important to back up all your data, but most of us don’t learn this or follow through and actually do it until we’ve learned the hard way. The hardest […]
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