Category Archives: Video Production

Screen recording/Screencasting Tips

Posted on August 5, 2016 by Tony Moreno

Screenflow is great app for screen recording/screencasting, but this grab bag of tips can be applied to any screen recording scenario (there’s loads of free screencast software on the web as well). Quicktime can also do screen recording.

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Tool Talk – Adapter: a three-in-one media conversion tool

Posted on March 22, 2016 by Joe Janiga

There are many media file types that exist for images, audio, and video. A file type that works in one situation make may not work in another. For example, an upload that you need to make might take .png files … finish reading Tool Talk – Adapter: a three-in-one media conversion tool

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Shoot a film with our new iPad filmmaking case!

Posted on December 7, 2015 by Joe Janiga

As an instructional technologist for performing arts my job is multifaceted. One of the aspect of my job is to look for emerging technologies that could be relevant to education within the performing arts; another aspect is to look for … finish reading Shoot a film with our new iPad filmmaking case!

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Zombie: a video paper; a nontraditional treatment of a traditional assignment

Posted on October 27, 2015 by Joe Janiga

The idea: or, how one thing leads to another Last spring, a student named Hannah came to my office with questions about overlaying animation on video to explain movement in a visually narrative way. She wanted to analyze a video … finish reading Zombie: a video paper; a nontraditional treatment of a traditional assignment

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Pan to Zoom in iMovie and Final Cut Pro X

Posted on June 11, 2015 by Joe Janiga

In my last post I talked about zooming into and cropping an entire video clip in iMovie and Final Cut Pro X (FCPX).  Another approach to this is to use zoom as an effect to “crop” into your image while panning in … finish reading Pan to Zoom in iMovie and Final Cut Pro X

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Software zooming in iMovie and Final Cut Pro X

Posted on April 15, 2015 by Joe Janiga

In my iPad post regarding video creation on the iPad, I hinted at using software to zoom instead of using the digital zoom available on the iPad. This is because the iPad (and iPhone) use digital zoom and not optical … finish reading Software zooming in iMovie and Final Cut Pro X

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