Using VisualHub to convert files to MP4 Format
Creating a Movie with iMovie 06
Creating a Movie using iMovie 2006
Setting Up
1. To open iMovie double click on the magnifying glass at the top right corner of your Mac. Type “iMovie” in the spotlight search bar and double click on the program you would like to open.
A window will appear, as shown:
2. Click on the icon for Create a New Project
A window will open asking where you would like to create this project.
3. Type the name of your project, select where to save it at and click “Create.”
A window will appear, as shown:
Creating Your Film
1. Click on the video camera icon and select “Built-in iSight.”
In the screen you should see yourself. The camera on a Macintosh is the black square at the top of your screen. To the left of it is the microphone. Make sure you are looking at the camera and speaking loudly enough for the microphone to pick up the voice.
2. To begin recording, Click on “Record with iSight.”
3. To stop recording click on “Record with iSight,” or push the spacebar on your keyboard.
4. After recording, your video will appear in the clips area.
Importing Clips
1. Click “File” in iMovie and select “Import” from the drop-down menu.
2. Choose what videos and pictures you want to import into iMovie.
3. Select what you would like to import click open.
Clips that you import into iMovie will appear in the clips grid as shown
4. Once you decided on the clips you would like to use in your movie drag them from the clips grid into the clip time line.
Editing Your iMovie
Above the drag clips area there are two buttons that show different types of viewing options.
1. Add and arrange video clips in the clips viewer on the left.
2. Adjust audio and video timing
in the timeline viewer on the right.
You will see a toolbar in
the bottom left of your screen that will allow you to edit and add effects to
your video.
Exporting your iMovie
1. Click on “File” at the top of your screen in iMovie.
2. Select “Export”
A window will appear, as shown:
3. Click “Share,” at the bottom right corner of the window.
A Save window, like the one below, will appear.
4. Name your project in the “Save As” field and select a save location.
5. Click “Save.”QuickTime will
compress your video and save it to the selected location.
Creating a Movie with iMovie '08
Creating a Movie using iMovie 08
Finding Videos
There are several different ways to get videos for your movie. You can use your own personal videos or you can import them from the Internet using TubeTV
TubeTV is a freeware program that allows you to find, download and convert online flash videos to a playback mode.
1. Open TubeTV using the search feature in the top left corner of your computer screen.
2. In the provided URL field, type www.youtube.com.
3. When the youtube browser appears, type keywords in for videos you are looking for into the search field. (i.e. “what is Boolean searching”)
2. In the provided URL field, type www.youtube.com.
3. When the youtube browser appears, type keywords in for videos you are looking for into the search field. (i.e. “what is Boolean searching”)
4. When you find the video you would like to use, click the “Download movie” button in the upper right corner of the YouTube window.
5. A download window, as shown, will appear. This window will show you the progress of your download
Your video will automatically be converted for iPod. This progress bar will appear right below the download status bar.
6. To locate your downloaded video, click on the search feature, shaped like a magnifying glass, to the right of your progress bar. The default Save location is “Downloads.”
Photo Booth is standard Mac software that allows you to take pictures and video from your desktop.
1. Open Photo Booth by locating it at the bottom of your desktop or by using the search feature in the upper right corner of your desktop.
2. When Photo Booth opens, a camera screen, like the screen on a digital camera, should appear with your face in it.
3. Toward the bottom left, you will see three buttons. Make sure the third of the three is selected.
Photo Booth is standard Mac software that allows you to take pictures and video from your desktop.
1. Open Photo Booth by locating it at the bottom of your desktop or by using the search feature in the upper right corner of your desktop.
2. When Photo Booth opens, a camera screen, like the screen on a digital camera, should appear with your face in it.
3. Toward the bottom left, you will see three buttons. Make sure the third of the three is selected.
4. To make your video, click on the red recording button directly below the picture screen. This activates the video recorder and gives you a three second delay before recording starts.
Clicking the “Effects” button, toward the lower right area of the window, will offer you 24 different ways to add special effects to your video. This step is optional.
5. You will want to then export your video so you can find it later. To do this, click “File,” at the top of your screen, and select “Export.” A window, like the one below, will appear.
6. Name your video in the “Save As” field.
7. Select “Desktop” in the “Where” field.
8. Then click “Save.”
You can also import personal video from digital or desktop cameras with a firewire.
Creating your video with iMovie
Importing Your Videos
1. Open iMovie 08.
2. Click on “File” at the top of your screen and select “Import Movie” from the drop-down.
3. Find the videos you wish to import from the desktop and click “Import” in the lower right corner of the search window.
You will see that your video has been imported into iMovie and broken into 5 second long thumbnails.
Editing Your Videos
To play your imported video in real time, bring your cursor to the beginning of the first thumbnail and press the space bar on your keyboard. The spacebar will also stop your video.
You can also skim and review clips by dragging the mouse over them.
1. When you find the sections of video you would like to keep for your movie, highlight them by clicking where you would like them to start and dragging to where you would like them to end.
2.
Click on and hold your selected video and drag it into the
project section of the iMovie screen, labeled “Drag media here to create a new
project.”
3. To add more video to your movie project, repeat step 2 and 3, dragging your second selection to the right of the first.
4. When you have all of your clips in the project field, rearrange them how you would like. To delete sections, highlight them and hit the delete key on your keyboard.
Sharing Your Movie
Your movie project will be automatically stored in the Project Library in iMovie.
1. To save your movie to the desktop, click “Share,” at the top of your screen and select “Export Movie.”
Under “Share,” you can also export your movie to iTunes, YouTube, Media Browser or Web Mac Gallery
2. An export screen, like the one below, will appear. Name your project in the “Export As” field
3. Select “Desktop” in the “Where” field and click "Export."
Viewing Your Movie
1. Right click on your movie on the desktop.
2. Drag your cursor over “Open With” and select “Quicktime Player.”
A play window, like the one below,
will appear with your video. Press
the “Play” button in the middle bottom of the screen to view your movie.
Connecting to FPAMediaServer using SFTP on a Mac
What is SFTP?
SFTP is a secure encrypted version of the file transfer protocol. The software on the Mac to connect using SFTP is Cyberduck.
Cyberduck is available as a free download from http://www.cyberduck.ch
Directions for using Cyberduck
| 1. Launch Cyberduck from the Applications Folder |  |
2. Choose "Open Connection" from File Menu
3. Fill in the proper information for your connection. If you are connecting to the fpamediaserver, use the path shown below with your username at the end. This will log you directly into your folder on the server.
4. You may see a screen asking about Host Keys. Choose Allow or Always.
5. If you filled in the proper path, you should see your folder on the server. If you are planning on using the fpamediaserver as a place to put webpages, put the files inside the Sites Folder.
Quicktime Streaming Troubleshooting
Streaming video and audio content at WCU is distributed via a Quicktime Streaming Server. In order for you to view this type of streaming media you will need to have the Quicktime Player, or Quicktime Pro installed on your machine. The Quicktime software is available for download from Apple's Quicktime Download page.
Installation Issues
You can confirm that you have Quicktime properly installed by visiting Apple's Quicktime Troubleshooting page at http://www.apple.com/quicktime/troubleshooting/ and that you are able to view streaming content. Please visit this page first before attempting any other troubleshooting steps. It may take some time for the page to load and determine if your installation is OK.
Connection Speed Settings
The Quicktime Player or Quicktime Plugin will often default to the "Automatic" setting, which generally tends to stream the lowest quality version of the video. Open Quicktime Preferences and then under 'Connection Speed' or 'Streaming Speed' choose the one that matches closest to the speed of your internet connection.Firewalls and QuickTime Streaming Media
QuickTime streams are typically transported via the RTP/RTSP protocol, many firewalls (including the Windows XP Service Pack 2 firewall) block these protocols. Follow these steps to unblock these ports if necessary.
Personal Firewalls
Should you wish to open your firewall to the RTP/RTSP protocols, you need to do the following:
Open port 554 for RTSP/TCP dataOpen ports 6970 through 6999 (inclusive) for RTP/UDP data.
Windows Firewall
These port settings can be changed in 'Control Panel > Security Center', at the bottom of this dialogue box, select 'Windows Firewall' from the 'Manage Security Settings'.Click on the 'Exceptions' tab, and continue to select 'Add Port'. Proceed to add the ports and port information specific to QuickTime as listed above.
Windows Firewall (alternate solution)
Grant the applications being used an exception to the firewall rules. In the same location as above, click on the 'Exceptions' tab. Click 'Add Program', and choose your web browser from the list of applications. You may also wish to add Quicktime as well. Hardware Firewalls (such as Linksys or D-Link)
Contact the device manufacturer or documentation for information on how to enable streaming for your local network. Alternately, see HTTP Cloaking below.Corporate Firewalls
Many companies have policy restrictions on streaming video. You should contact your network administrator if you have any questions or problems.
Using an HP Scanjet 7650 for OCR in the sandbox
The Windows PC that was attached to the Document Scanner in the Faculty Sandbox has been replaced with a new 24" iMac. Here are the procedures for using the document scanner with this new iMac.
How to Use the Document Scanner with Automatic Feed Attachment
- Make sure scanner is turned on by clicking the powerbutton on the far left of the scanner control area.
- Place your originals face up in the feeder as illustrated on the feeder
- Press the Scan Text button on the far left side of the buttons, just right of the power button.
- When you press this button, the software will automatically launch and you will be asked to choose a destination. Click OK.
- Choose Preferences from the HP Scan Pro menu:
- If your documents are double sided, click the check box next to Scan Both Sides when using duplex feeder. If the originals are one sided, uncheck this box. Click OK.
- Choose what you want to scan to: A good option is Microsoft Word. Then click the accept button.
- The scanner will pull in your document and scan it, when it reaches the end, it will ask if there are any more pages to be scanned. OCR (optical character recognition) will then be performed and the document will be opened in whatever program you selected in step 7.
Test Analysis Documents
These are the documents you will need to review while listening to the Test Analysis Podcast episode.
Please download this file and unzip it to access the Word and Excel documents you will need to review.
Andy Cline Installation
Andy Cline is a graduate student in the Fine Art Program at WCU. Here is someone looking at his installation piece, that was being streamed live in Second Life.
