Saturday, September 24, 2011

PE2_iMovie

iMovie '11 Essential Training

ScreenShot from my RILS Video

I have really learned a lot by watching the Lynda.com iMovie '11 Essential Training.  I applied what I have learned when I made my RILS video.  First, I recorded each segment using iMovie.  I placed all of the video in the new project by selecting each clip and clicking the add button from the advanced tools bar.  I did not want to appear in my video so I decided to use the "cutaway" feature to insert my photos.  I took a lot of photos and screen shots while implementing my RILS project.  I made a slideshow in iPhoto complete with background music and saved it as a movie.  Then, I imported my slideshow into iMovie.  I selected the slideshow from the events panel and dragged it to the appropriate place in the new project.  I had the advanced tools turned on so the pop menu came up automatically.  I chose the "Cutaway" option.  I did not appear on my video, however, my voice did.  Then I added blank title pages to create enough length in my video so that I could show the entire slideshow.  I inserted a title page at the beginning of the new project.  I also inserted rolling credits at the end.  I used the rolling credits before but could not figure out how to make the credits scroll more slowly.  They flew by so fast that you could barely read them.  I decided to try adding multiple clips and adding just a few words to each to see if that would slow it down.  Sure enough!  It worked!  I previewed my new project to make sure that everything worked properly.  I realized that the background music was too loud so I simply double clicked on the slideshow in the new project, then selected audio, and turned it down to about 9%.  I previewed the video again it was ready to share.  I exported my New Project and uploaded to Viddler and YouTube.  Below is my finished project.



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