After browsing around for good sources of music for online videos, I’ve come across two sites that I particularly like:
The Free Music Archive: http://freemusicarchive.org
dig.ccmixter: dig.ccmixter
Always check the requirements for each song you wish to use before uploading it. For more information about using music in media projects, see the Creative Commons website: http://creativecommons.org/
Getting started with video editing is a challenge, but not rocket science. There are several things to consider, including the kinds of videos you want to produce, your budget, the power of your computer, and platform.
With regard to software, for people who are new to editing video, iMovie (Macintosh platform) and Adobe Premiere Elements (Windows) make a lot of sense. They are both relatively inexpensive and easy to learn and use. And they will help you learn video editing concepts.
The hugely popular iPad is a relatively inexpensive way to access digital content, including video, and an IOS version of iMovie runs on the iPad. For some, this may be an easy and affordable way to start learning how to edit video, but the capabilities of the iPad for creating and editing video content are limited. Continue reading ‘Getting started with video editing: software and hardware choices’
In my life I’ve bought several Mac computers, beginning with the SE around 1989. I just loved it. It was portable, had a neat built-in screen, and allowed you to do things like change fonts, do page layout, and some other things that IBM and Microsoft probably hadn’t even thought of, much less developed.
What made it special to me was not just the cool design, but that it was a tool that I could relate to and that helped me imagine (and create) a creative future for myself. I’m typing this on a Mac now… I use it every day. Thanks Steve Jobs, what you did is an inspiration for all of us.
If you are new to the Macintosh, or know someone who is, you may find this guide helpful. Any feedback is of course welcome!
Another great video from Richard Harrington. This one is an hour-long webinar (from Creative Edge) on techniques using Adobe Production Suite applications including Photoshop, After Effects, and Premiere Pro.
This blog (Instructonal Media) is a WordPress.com blog. It is working very well for its purpose. It is very easy to set up a WordPress.com blog (just go to WordPress.com for instructions). The blog will be hosted for free by WordPress at WordPress.com.
However, for more control, and access to many more WordPress themes and plugins, you may at some point want to consider using WordPress.org. Unlike WordPress.com, WordPress.org is not hosted by WordPress. To host the blog you need to maintain it on your own server, or find a vendor that will do WordPress hosting. Lisa Sabin-Wilson (author of the highly-regarded WordPress for Dummies book) suggests a few hosting services to consider. Continue reading ‘Lisa Sabin-Wilson on WordPress.org Hosting’
Adobe After Effects is a powerful motion graphics program. In this video, After Effects expert Rich Harrington shows how to combine still images into a timelapse using After Effects.
Many photographers use photoblogs to promote and market their work and services. Photoblogs can be great sources of information and inspiration for photographers, as well as for anyone who likes to look at beautiful images. This post describes photoblogs and provides some examples. I’ll talk about how to create a photoblog in a future post.
Photoblogs are blogs that are made up primarily of photos. But photoblogs usually includes more than just pictures. (If pictures are the only content you want to publish, it would be easier to use an online photo hosting service like Zenfolio, Smugmug, or Flickr.)
The advantage of a photoblog is that it provides a historical or autobiographical dimension. Text gives context to the images. Often a photoblog resembles a journal or a documentary. Photoblogs are a good way to tell a story with your pictures.
Here are a few photoblogs I have looked at and benefited from. Some of these bloggers are quite well known; others aren’t. Some of the blogs are oriented towards illustrating photography techniques; others are more personal explorations of art and ideas.
A Point of View: Nothing will improve your photography faster or make you look more “creative” than a fresh viewpoint, says photographer Jim Richardson.
from National Geographic at
http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-tips/?source=NavPhoTip
Larry Jordan is a very highly-regarded Final Cut Pro expert and trainer. He recently posted these “10 Tips” to his blog.
