Video Production Resources

Online Options:

Digital Video Cameras

 * How many of you have access to digital video cameras?
 * What kind of camera?

iMovie on the Mac

 * Tutorial via the University of Texas
 * Additional resource here.

Windows Movie Maker for PC
Basic Movie Maker Basic Tutorials on YouTube: And many, many more....
 * Basic Tutorial
 * Part 1
 * Part 2

The Art of Compression and Codecs
The most complicated part of video is the innumerable codecs that are associated with this format.

The short story is, raw video is far too large to publish online so it needs to be both edited and compressed in order for it to be "publishable." Programs such as iMovie and Windows Movie Maker will enable you to save your final product as a compressed video file, which is necessary to make it watchable.

Youtube

 * What is the best format to upload to YouTube?
 * MPEG4 (Divx, Xvid) format
 * 320×240 resolution
 * MP3 audio
 * 30 frames per second
 * YouTube has primitive online editing capabilities, but if the quality may suffer accordingly.

Jumpcut

 * Jumpcut is another web-based service that allowsyou to upload, edit, and share your videos rather easily.

VideoSpin
VideoSpin is a new simple basic editor for PC. Save Flash video or upload directly to YouTube.

Revver

 * Only online storage, no editing.

Blip.tv

 * Only online storage, no editing.

Embedding a YouTube video
Embedding a video from YouTube (or most other online video hosting services) has never been easier. When writing a post or page in your blog look for the little yellow A icon in the visual text editor and click on it.



Next, paste the URL provided by the respective online video service in the dialog box that requests the URL to the video. For certain video sites, the actual URL in the web browser field is not always the correct URL -for example in YouTube you can find the correct URL in the field to the right of the video.
 * (These directions should also prove true for Revver and Blip.tv.)

Using WordTube to Upload and Include Your Video on the Course Blog

 * Course site for demonstration

Additional Video Resources

 * The Internet Archive
 * The Library of Congress American Memory Site
 * And, of course, YouTube!