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Video Creation and Editing

If a picture says a thousand words, video speaks millions... Welcome to the Video Creation and Editing section of Providence College's ITDP web site. Here you'll find a collection of video help files developed at Providence College that will ground you in the basics of creating, capturing and editing video for your instruction.

There are four ways that we create and edit video here at Providence College.


1. Capture Video from DVDs and VHS tapes	Obtain brief clips from VHS tapes and DVDs for instructional purposes.	ATI's TV application (comes with ATI's video capture boards.


2. Capture Video from your Digital Video Camera	Obtain clips of unlimited length from digital video cameras, for instructional purposes.	Adobe's Premiere Elements


3. Create Video from your Graphics	Creating a narrated video from photographs.	Microsoft's Photo Story 3

	Online Tutorials Photo Story Samples Photo Story Tutorial Tutorial Basics PhotoStory Basics Begin a Photo Story Story 1. Import and Arrange Your Graphics 2. Add Titles and Captions 3. Narrate and Customize Motion 4. Add Background Music 5. Save and Export your Video Feedback

4. Capture Video from Computer Screens	Capturing, narrating, and editing video from images, animations, and videos on your computer screen.	TechSmith's Camtasia 3

Adobe Premiere Elements Video Capture and Editing


Did You Know? You can get "zoom and pan" effects in Premiere? Use the "Ken Burns" effect! See a sample here...
Intro with Directions		00:01 ITDP
Using Premiere to Make a Video from PowerPoint Slides		04:48 ITDP
Using the Zoom In and Zoom Out settings on the Premiere Timeline		02:06 ITDP

Photo Story 3

Making videos from your graphics...

Photo Story 3 Sample Videos

	Using Photo Story to Make a "Zoom and Pan" Video	04:48 ITDP
	Manassas Sample	15:48 ITDP
	"How Ken Burns Discovered Pan and Zoom" -- not quite a documentary	3:14 Microsoft
	Ann Norton's "Children of War"	06:09 Ann Norton
	How the Tour de France was Photographed	1:48 Microsoft
	911 Retrospective Turn volume up a bit...	7:34 ITDP

Creating Instructional Videos Using Photostory 3

The following is a 30-minute tutorial on how to use Photostory 3 to create instructional videos for your courses. You can review the entire tutorial all at once, or piecemeal across time. When you exit the tutorial part way through, the software will bookmark where you finished, and then ask you when you return if you want to continue where you left off. Alternatively, you can access any specific part of the tutorial by clicking on the links below.

As with all our tutorials, you'll need the Flash Player (note sidebar to the right for more info).

Photo Story Tutorial Need an overview of how to use our instructional software? Check this out...
	Review the Entire Tutorial This tutorial will take approximately 30 minutes to complete. Alternatively, you can clcik on any of the specific skills below to find out more about those particular functions.	30:00
Tutorial Basics
	Introduction to the Tutorial Brief Intro to the tutorial; contact info for the ITDP.	00:45


	Goals of this Tutorial Eight things you will learn upon completion of this tutorial.	00:25
	Tutorial Length 30 minutes, approximately.	00:04
	Using ALT-TAB to Toggle You can use ALT-TAB key combination to toggle between this tutorial and Photo Story.	00:30
Photo Story Basics
	What Is Photo Story? What does it do? How does it do it?	00:17
	Where Do You Get Photo Story? From Microsoft -- and it's free!	00:05
	Where Do You Find Samples? Also from Microsoft -- a number of sample videos produced by amateurs and professionals alike.	00:16
	Where Can You Download It? Again, from Microsoft. Did we mention that it's free?	00:15
	Graphics Used In this Project We used graphics from dozens of sources; all were of the fall of the World Trade Towers on September 11, 2001. The final product of this project will be a brief 7-minute video, a requiem for the fallen for the fourth anniversary of the event. A zipped copy of the graphics can be obtained here, in case you want to develop something comparable.	00:20
	Overview of the Entire Process Check this out to see the entire process in a nutshell.	03:45
Begin a Photo Story Story
	Open Photo Story in Windows XP You've got to start somewhere...	00:30
	Begin a Photo Story Story A critical step...	00:30
Step 1: Import and Arrange Your Graphics
	Step 1: Import, Arrange Pictures These are your "raw materials..."	00:15
	Using the "Import and Arrange" Screen Let's you get all you pictures at once...	00:41
	Import your Pictures Simple three-step process...	00:25
	Find your Pictures on your Hard Drive You know where they are, right?	00:35
	Select and Open Files Bring them all into Photo Story at once...	00:30
	Choose Pictures from the Timeline You can alter the sequence of the pictures, delete some, and add others to the thumbnails on the Photo Story timeline.	00:30
	Change the Graphic Order You have total control over the sequence of the graphics; simply left-click on a thumbnail and move it to a different place on the timeline...	00:20
	Add Titles to Your Images You can also add titles and/or captions to each of your other pictures.	00:20
	Delete Unwanted Graphics Don't want some of those graphics in your video? Just select the thumbnail and press the Delete key.	00:20
	Remove Black Borders Some of your graphics -- particularly those in portrait mode -- may have black borders to either side of the graphic. These are easily removed by Photo Story.	00:20
	Add a Transition Effect PhotoStory adds subtle transitions effects as your video moves from one graphic to the next; you can alter these if you choose...	00:47
	Edit a Graphic You can remove red eye, rotate graphics, alter the color composition, and brighten or darken graphics in Photo Story.	00:47
	Rotate your Graphics Sometimes you just have to spin them around...	00:35
	Crop your Graphics For many graphics, less is more; here's how to rid yourself of those unwanted pixels...	00:40
	Fix Graphics Automatically PhotoStory does a good job correcting contrast, color values, and repairing "red eye."	00:36
	Save Your File ...before you lose it!	00:45
Step 2: Add Titles and Captions
	Step 2: Add Titles, Captions You can place text directly on top of a graphic; the text and graphic both appear in your video.	00:15
	Add a Title Screen Start your video off with a title overlaying the first graphic.	00:20
	Alter Text Attributes More on altering your text...	00:20
	Alter Font and Text Attributes Alter your text by changing the font you're using...	00:35
	Alter the Placement of the Title You can choose how the title is justified on your graphic: left, center, right.	00:15
	Alter the Placement of the Title You can also place the text at the bottom, center, or top of the graphic.	00:20
	Add a Graphic Effect You can change to look and feel of any single graphic, or change them all at once. Want sepia tone instead of color? Water color instead of sharp image? Get funky...	00:22
Step 3: Narrate and Customize Motion
	Step 3: Narrate and Customize Motion Now that your graphics are all set, it's time to turn your attention to adding narration and selecting the types of visual effects you want.	00:30
	"Narrate your Picture" Screen If you choose to do so, you can narrate one or more -- or all -- of your graphics using this screen.	00:35
	Adjust your Microphone Before you narrate, check your microphone!	00:55
	Narrate your Picture Now that your microphone's working, it's time to speak...	00:45
	Customize Zoom and Pan Motion You can zoom in and out and pan across -- or not.	00:30
	Preview your Video Test out your video on a preliminary basis; edit accordingly...	00:50
	Customize your Zoom Settings I Basics on zooming...	00:55
	Customize your Zoom Settings II More on zooming...	00:40
	Customize your Zoom Settings III Advanced zooming!	00:20
	Customize your Pan Effects You can move across the graphic as well; specify a "start image" and an "end image" and Photo Story handles the rest of the process for you...	01:31
Step 4: Add Background Music
	Step 4: Add Background Music There are two ways of adding music: importing an existing music file, or making a musical score through Photo Story.	00:50
	Open a Pre-existing Music File If you have some music you'd like to use, you need only import it into Photo Story.	00:50
	Create your Own Music You can use Photo Story to create your own musical score; the profgram will fade the piece in and out, based on the length of your video. Surpringly, the results can sound quite good!	01:02
Step 5: Save and Export your Photo Story Video
	Step 5: Save your Photo Story Story Now that you've completed all the graphics and audio work, it's time to export your project into video format...	00:40
	Save a Video for Playback Choose the Save your video for playback on the computer option.	00:15
	Name your Video As you save your video, you'll need to give it a name...	00:30
	Choose a Video Size 800x 600 usually works quite well; if your video "stutters" then try 640x480.	00:40
	Save and Export your Video Finally! Your video's been exported and ready for final review... Congrats!	00:50
	Review your Video Let's take a look at your work...	00:20
	Exit Photo Story Time to say bye!	00:20

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Using Video Help

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Things to know about using these video help files...

The majority of the files placed on or linked to this page are Flash files; compared to other types of video or animation files, these tend to be small in size. Thus, they should run fine on the PC network ar at home via cable modem access. If you are relying on telephone dial-up, you will probably find that they run very slowly.

To play the videos, you'll need the most recent version of the Flash player. The player is free and, once installed, automatically plugs into Microsoft Explorer and Netscape. Chances are, you already have this plug-in installed on your machine. If you get an error message when attempting to play the videos to the right, you'll need to get the player from this page at Macromedia.com. It's free and only takes about 30 seconds to install; you'll only need to do this once.

If you need help, contact the ITDP Office.

If you find a broken link, please report it to the ITDP Office.

Video Creation and Editing

Adobe Premiere Elements Video Capture and Editing

Photo Story 3

Photo Story 3 Sample Videos

Creating Instructional Videos Using Photostory 3

Photo Story Tutorial

Tutorial Basics

Photo Story Basics

Begin a Photo Story Story

Step 1: Import and Arrange Your Graphics

Step 2: Add Titles and Captions

Step 3: Narrate and Customize Motion

Step 4: Add Background Music

Step 5: Save and Export your Photo Story Video