Once you’ve found yourself a place to work with Flash, either here in the DMS or at home on your brand new copy of Flash, you need to learn how to use it. Before you can animate or make games, you need to learn how to draw in Flash. Games and animation require characters and […]
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Todd’s Tips: The Best Format for Apple Video Editing Software
Apple video editing software loves .dv files. A .dv file is a fairly uncompressed video format which is commonly found on the Macintosh platform. Despite its size it works seamlessly with both iMovie and Final Cut Pro. By seamlessly I mean that it is not necessary to render your footage in Final Cut Pro and […]
Continue readingDMS Help: Cheap Software for AU Students
If you use a lot of multimedia development software and you don’t know about JourneyEd you have been missing out. JourneyEd offers HUGE discounts on common software to university students. The downside is that your university has to be enrolled in their program. But, for those of you who are AU students, not to worry. […]
Continue readingInteractive Media: Flash, pt 2 – Get Flash
In order to do some work on Flash you’ll actually need Flash. Unfortunately it’s a very expensive program. However, I have a few ways around that for you. All 8 computers in the DMS have Flash installed on them. So you can, of course, come here and use Flash. Not only that, I’m a bit […]
Continue readingInteractive Media: Flash, pt. 1 – Introduction
If you’ve been on the internet at all in the past five years, you’ve used flash. Most of the time it manifests itself as the Flash Player, a plugin for your browser which allows you to view Flash content online. But what if you’re not just interested in viewing Flash content, what if you’re interested […]
Continue readingDMS Help: Media Services Gets an Infusion of Video Production Gear
The merger of many parts of the CTRL with the library has been a huge boon for Media Services. Beginning on Friday, June 17th, Media Services will be circulating a widely increased array of multimedia production equipment: FlipCam Camcorders Flip ultraHD Camcorders Kodak Zi-8 Camcorders Cannon Vixia HD Camcroders Tascam Audio Recorders Microtrack II Audio […]
Continue readingDMS Help: The DMS Welcomes the iGrabber
Geniatech’s iGrabber is one of the more revolutionary gadgets to come to the DMS in a while. The iGrabber is a video capture device which allows users to capture video from camcorders, VHS tapes, DVD titles and TV. Simple to use, it will make class clip-mash up projects simpler than they ever have been. These […]
Continue readingDMS Help: Need to edit and image? Don’t have photoshop?
Not a problem. Just hop on over to Aviary and use their online image editing software, Phoenix. No, really. Basic Photoshop functions in a Flash app. And the quality is outstanding. All you need to do is upload a photo and get right to work. Obviously it doesn’t have all the bells and whistles of […]
Continue readingTodd’s Tips: Best Place for Free Stock Images
Google the term “stock exchange” and the first response that comes up is the New York Stock Exchange. However, the second is NOT the NASDAQ, nor the Nikkei, nor even the London Stock Exchange. It’s a website called stock.xchng, the largest free stock photo site on the web. Seriously. And it really is free. All […]
Continue readingTodd’s Tips: Stock Footage for Free!
Sometimes there’s footage you need that you just can’t get. Suppose you’re making a PSA and need a shot of a woman rollerblading near the beach. Or maybe and airplane taking off. Or a horse and buggy riding by. Well, I have a solution for you: Stock Footage for Free. Stock Footage for Free is […]
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