Have you ever felt like this when you finish a video? Felt like you’re carrying the corpse of your dead idea? Editing can obviously be a big part of making a good video, but before you ever even get to the editing suite, there’s a lot you can do to make your video amazing. You […]
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DMS Help – iMovie ’09 Tutorials from Apple
As we add iMovie ‘o9 to our repertoire of software in the Digital Media Studio it becomes clear that we have a serious lack of tutorials available for iMovie ’09. So here are some, direct from the source. Check out these video tutorials from Apple on using iMovie ’09.
Continue readingTodd’s Tips – iTunes: Learn Anything, the Digital Way
I think it’s time we take a slight digression from media-related posts and take a broader view of the world. When I was last applying for jobs I was asked in an interview how I learned so many programming languages. (I am fluent in Action Script 3.0, Java, C, C++, Objective C, Python, PHP, HTML, […]
Continue readingDMS Help – iLife Fun with Alex: iMovie 09 Tutorials
While we here in Media Services encourage the use of iMovie HD (’06) due to its simplified workflow, we will soon be adding iMovie ’09 to our repertoire, though we will also hold on to iMovie HD for those of you purists out there. We are making this addition so that we will have the […]
Continue readingTodd’s Tips – Color Palettes for Your Graphics Projects
When I’m doing graphics one of the things I find most difficult is choosing a proper color palate. And that’s where this site (ColourLovers) comes in. The site has over 1 million color palates online and they are searchable by matching colors, theme, mood, even season or trend. If you need a good palate, this […]
Continue readingTodd’s Tips – Best Free Stock Photo Site Ever
One of the most difficult things about professional media production can be obtaining good quality images for your work. Stock.xchng is one of the best places to get free stock photos. And, the vast majority of the nearly 400,000 free photos is that they come with wide open usage licenses. Most only require photographer credit. […]
Continue readingDMS User Work – Makeup Contest Submission
This past weekend a Kogod student came into the Digital Media Studio with almost no experience making videos. She could do great makeup though. She’d found a makeup contest and wanted to create a video as an entry submission. She came to us, borrowed a Kodak Zi-8 hd camcorder and shot her video. Then she […]
Continue readingDMS Help – Professional FX in After Effects
After Effects is capable of a lot of amazing effects. A great way to snazz up your students films is to add professional looking special effects. Here’s a list of 30 amazing special effects video tutorials you can add to your films with a bit of clever After Effects work.
Continue readingDMS Help – After Effects Effects
Sometimes you just need some flare… Here are some After Effects tutorials that can show you how to create awesome effects in Adobe’s motion graphics suite. And, after you’re done playing with those you should check out the rest of the website; there are a lot of other neat tutorials for other animation and motion […]
Continue readingDMS Help: Need iMovie? Speak Spanish?
Here’s an excellent tutorial on iMovie HD in Spanish, just in case you’re a bit more comfortable doing technical stuff in your native language: http://vimeo.com/1464480
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