Finding Media Objects Website

I just realized that until now I have neglected to add a link from this blog to the Finding Media Objects blog/website.   The Finding Media Objects blog contains links to many sources of digital media, as well as links to many sites that discuss important issues related to using and reusing media, such as copyright, public domain, creative commons, etc.

I have now added a link to this site on the Instructional Media blogroll (in the right sidebar).  The url is:  http://findingmediaobjects.wordpress.com

 

Audacity audio editing tutorial

A good introduction to  audio editing with Audacity by Andrew Mercer (for beginners) .

 

Audio Editing using Quicktime Pro

This short video demonstrates how to do simple edits to an audio file using Quicktime Pro.

 

Night Sky Timelapse

Here is a short timelapse video I shot of the night sky in October. using a Canon 50D camera.  I like it even though there it has a few problems… most notably, the focusing is slightly off.  I’ll discuss how this happened, and other issues related to timelapse and night photography  in a future post.

The music is by Greendjohn at jamendo.com.

 

Ken Burns Discusses the “Ken Burns Effect”

In this video recorded in 2007, Ken Burns talks about his use of still images in movies, and about Apple’s “Ken Burns Effect.” (The “Ken Burns Effect” is a feature in iMovie.)

 

Timelapse

Created using a Canon 50D camera… more info to follow.

 

The Olympus PEN Story

The Olympus PEN, which started out as a half-frame* film camera in 1959, is celebrating its 50th anniversary.  It now digital, and has many of the features of a digital SLR (single lens reflex) camera, but is much more compact since it doesn’t have a mirror for the viewfinder.  (For those of you familiar with rangefinder film cameras of old, it is similar to a rangefinder camera.)

Olympus has put together a really cool (and, I think, artistically beautiful in its way) video promoting the new digital PEN camera. According to Olympus they shot 60,000 still images in creating this video. I just had to share this with someone, so here it is.

* A “half frame” 35mm camera used negatives that were half the size of a 35mm negative (18 x 24 mm instead of 24 x 36).

 

Using the iMovie Event Library

This short video demonstrates use of the iMovie Event Library to access your iMovie events (captured footage).

 

Creating Videos Using Photo To Movie

Photo To Movie (http://www.lqgraphics.com/software/phototomovie.php) is a great, inexpensive, cross-platform software program that you can use to create videos from still images.  For this purpose it is much easier and quicker than iMovie (or for that matter, Final Cut Pro).   Photo To Movie exports to Quicktime  format, which is Apple’s video format and is compatible with both iMovie and Final Cut. So you can easily incorporate your  Photo To Movie video into one of these programs if you wish.

The following is an example I created with a folder of images (exported out of Adobe Lightroom). Photo To Movie is a cool  program!

 

Using Powerpoint to create posters

Sometime ago I posted a couple of video tutorials to my YouTube channel about creating posters using Powerpoint.  It occurs to me I should have also  posted them to my blog… so here they are.