Actually you should really just leap ahead and marry it. It’s amazing. One of the most frustrating things about video work is conversion between one format and another. This typically comes up when you’ve finished your project. You export it, make a DVD and then someone says, “You should put it on the web/your website/YouTube.” […]
Continue readingI Am Jack’s Calvin And Hobbes
The internet has long been abuzz about the connections between “Calvin And Hobbes” and “Fight club,” but he’s a great video mash-up of the two.
Continue readingFix Shaky Video in iMovie ’09
Yes, you read that right, “fix shaky video.” One of the hardest things about doing video assignments for class can be shooting your video. Interviews are easy because you’re likely sitting and (maybe) resting the camera on something steady. But when you need other footage there’s a good chance that you’re shooting handheld. This is […]
Continue readingSave Some Time – Automate your Photoshop Tasks
Have you ever been in a situation where you have a bunch of photos on which you need only to make basic alterations? Has it ever frustrated you that you have to sit there and do each one individually? Yeah. Me too. But now you don’t have to. Use Photoshop’s Automate command to have the […]
Continue readingGet Savvy on Dreamweaver – Jazz up Your Assignment
Dreamweaver is one of the most useful of Adobe’s applications. It can allow you to visualize all sorts of code and layouts before you publish your site. It comes with a number of templates for common website layouts. It will even write code for you. One thing that Dreamweaver is no so good at is […]
Continue readingTodd’s Tips: Take Your DVDs to the Next Level
One of the easiest ways to put the movie you’ve made onto a playable DVD (as opposed to a file saved on a disc) is to use iDVD. Which is admittedly a fine way to make a dvd for class. But, suppose you want to make a DVD that has your project and your contact […]
Continue readingTitling in iMovie HD
It’s true that iMovie HD is one of the simplest video editing programs to use, but some folks still have problems with it. That isn’t to say that there are just some among us who are simply media illiterate… Ok, maybe some folks do have problems, but I think that’s less because they aren’t “wired” […]
Continue readingExporting from iMovie (08 or 09) to YouTube
It seems increasingly popular for professors at AU to assign video projects to their classes. One professor even explained to me that after the final they have a mini-film festival of all the videos the students had done as projects. Another professor explained an assignment he gives where he asks his students to put their […]
Continue readingAre there any special effects in iMovie HD?
Oh yeah, there are lots. Check this video out from an intrepid editor: A lot of the stuff you see here are actually not special effects from the iMovie HD program and are just simple editing tricks you can do in iMovie. For example, when the character vanishes completely @ 0:37, it’s simply a matter […]
Continue readingStudent, Faculty, and Staff Picks!
Nominate a video from the Media Services collection to be highlighted on our new Student, Staff, and Faculty Picks page. Come into Media Services and grab a nomination slip right by the door. Write down the title of one of your favorites from our collection and the reason you are nominating it. Thoughtful responses will […]
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