There are zillions of videos and tutorials on the web about Adobe’s products. While many of these can be useful and some of them even dead accurate, why go to the barrel for an apple when you can get it off the tree. Here’s the tree: Adobe’s Design Center Video Workshop. The workshop includes tutorials on 47 […]
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DMS Help – Simple CSS Tutorial
Lately we’ve had some requests for CSS help here in Media Services. Apparently there are some classes here that have their students hand code CSS for various projects. Moreover, for anyone in the web design, communications or journalism worlds, it’s good to have some idea of what CSS is and what it can do. This […]
Continue readingTodd’s Tips – Extracting Audio in iMovie
Let’s say, for example, you have to do a project about campus. You get a FlipCam from Media Services and you shoot some video. You record some voice-over and you’re ready to put your video together. But, when you look over your footage you find that the audio from the footage you shot of campus […]
Continue readingDMS Help – Shooting Video for iMovie
Using the right tools to edit your video is important, but even more important is capturing the best video possible, even before you start editing. A good editor can make a good movie from bad footage, but with good footage, he or she can make something great. In this short video tutorial, you can learn […]
Continue readingDMS Help – Video Formats in iMovieHD
One of the most complex aspects of video production is the wide variety of video, audio and image formats floating around the Internet. As a result, one of the most common forms of frustration associated with video assignments is often expressed as “Why won’t it take my video!?” Well, here’s a solution. In this […]
Continue readingDMS Help – Broadcast Yourself and Podcast with Audacity
Need to create a podcast for a class? Think your opinion on something (or everything) needs to be heard by the masses? Well, here’s how… This series of free videos will show you how to use Audacity to record, edit and export your podcast. It’s never been as easy as this to learn how to […]
Continue readingDMS Help – Record and Edit Audio with Audacity
Ever wanted to make you own podcast? Have all this amazing stuff on your computer that you’ve recorded, but have no idea how to edit it? Well, here’s your chance. Download the free audio editing software Audacity (for Mac and PC) and start broadcasting yourself. Got it already and don’t know how to use it? […]
Continue readingTodd’s Tips – See Audio Waveforms in the Final Cut Pro Timeline
Often times when editing you want to see the audio waveforms in the audio tracks (as pictured to the right). This can allow an editor to more easily edit to audio and is particularly useful when creating music videos. Final Cut Pro’s default setup is NOT to show these waveforms on the audio tracks. However, […]
Continue readingDMS Help – Make A DVD with iDVD: Simple Tutorial
Need to make a DVD of your media project? Don’t know how? Try iDVD and learn to use it with this tutorial from Apple. This tutorial came out when the program was originally released. It combines text instructions with a short video for each step of the tutorial (navigated via the box-menu on the right […]
Continue readingDMS Help – Getting Started with iMovie HD
iMovie HD tutorial from Apple! If you need to learn how to get started with iMovie HD for a class project, this is for you. This came out when the program was originally released. It combines text instructions with a short video for each step of the tutorial (navigated via the box-menu on the right […]
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