Fun with Photos

Introduction (5 minutes) Who’s here? What we will cover today-- Picnik Animoto Windows MovieMaker

Timeline Intro 5 minutes (10:00-10:05) Picnik (10:05-10:35) 15 min demo/15 min. to try out Animoto (10:35-11:05) 15 min/15 min Break (11:05-11:10) MovieMaker (11:10-12:00)

Fun with Photos: Picnik Easy and fun way to edit your photos, create posters and announcements. Overview: Upload image Make edits Save or send or upload Crop or resize Add text or other elements Modify colors and other effects Change camera effects

Picnik: Uploading images Computer Flickr myspace FaceBook Picasa Photobucket

Picnik: Editing Images Autofix Rotate or Flip Crop Resize Exposure Colors Sharpen Red eye

Picnik: Get creative Effects and colors Text Shapes Touch-up Frames Advanced (premium feature)

CREATE: Effects: Basics and Camera Black and whitesepia CinemascopeHDRish

CREATE: Effects: Color, Artistic, Misc. TintHeat Map Pencil sketchGooify

CREATE: Text Font options

Animoto Animoto is a friendly program that enables you to create simple videos from your images in just a few steps. You select images and music and Animoto analyzes them to create a unique video. The results are pretty nice and it is very easy. To start, go to Animoto ( Sign in (or register if a new user) Select “Get Started” or “Create Video” Select Video type

Select images Choose the source of your images Upload images from computer Download images from site Organize images

Select Music Choose source of music Animoto’s collection--select genre and piece Create video! Not satisfied? Re-mix

Finding Free Music this is a community music remixing site featuring remixes and samples licensed under Creative Commons licenses. Creative Commons New CC licensed music from worldwide artists looking for exposure; free downloadshttp:// CC licensed free music downloadshttp:// CC licensed free music downlods (French site) Free sound clips to download; not musichttp:// Internet Archive’s audio collectionhttp://

Some Animoto videos on YouTube By and/or about libraries: Library is full of secrets: Library postcards: Teen Open Mic night (Leesburg Public Library): Robert Frost Library staff: School Library Media Centers Rock: (1:09) Around the world: China disaster relief remix: (2:12) Journey to Tibet--remix: (2:45) Snapshot of Dublin: (3:20) New Zealand: (3:12) Iran beauty: Kathmandu: Portraits of India: Church Tour in London: (5:37) Historic places of Pakistan: (4:26) History: World History: History Lesson: a music video: (2:32http:// )History of Baseball: (3:00) Baseball history: (2:35) Pets/animals: Chewbacca and Smokey: Cats I know: dog Murphy: Nina: Monkey maniac: Wednight - remix!2: (1:23)

Windows Movie Maker Overview: What is it? Show sample? Open Windows Movie Maker: review the components First Step: create a collection by importing existing content

Movie Maker Outline 1.Review Movie Maker features—import, edit, finalize 2.Types of content—images, video, audio 3.Collection—form collection from the above content 4.Importing content 5.Project—Editing 6.Storyboard vs. timeline 7.Video may import as multiple files 8.How to combine/split clips

Importing content Images – from your computer, camera, or photo-management/sharing site (e.g. Flickr) Audio – from your computer, CD or online music source Video – from your computer, camera, or online source

What is a collection? Collection A collection contains audio clips, video clips, or pictures that you have imported or captured in Windows Movie Maker. A collection acts as a container for your clips, which are smaller segments of audio and video, and helps you organize the imported or captured content. Collections appear in the Collections pane of Windows Movie Maker. As you import content, you are creating a collection for your project.

Collections Contents pane pane

What is a project? A project contains the arrangement and timing information of audio and video clips, video transitions, video effects, and titles you have added to the storyboard/timeline. A saved project file in Windows Movie Maker has an.mswmm file name extension. By saving your projects, you can open the project file later and begin editing it in Windows Movie Maker from where you last saved. The final movie file is in WMV format. project file

Creating your storyboard Drag and drop images and video clips to the storyboard.

Movie editing Video effects Video transitions Video titles or credits

Video effects On Storyboard, right click on image and select “video effects” or in the task pane, select “view video effects” then click and drag the desired effect to the image. You can add multiple effects for an image. (ex. Sepia tone for my images)

Video transitions Add transitions between frames of your movie On the task pane, select “view video transitions” Click and drag the desired transition effect to the transition placeholder. Experiment to see which effect(s) work(s) best. You may not want to use too many different effects. Note: when images are moved around, transitions are often lost. (ex. “dissolve” in my movie)

Titles and credits Add titles to the beginning or throughout the movie (ex. The Olympic Oath in my sample movie) Credits: at end or beginning of movie.

Audio clips Drag imported audio clips to timeline Audio included in video is automatically displayed on timeline You can mute audio for specified clips; if you want to mute just part of the clip, you need to split the clip.

Refining your edits Use the Timeline to see and edit audio:, to split, trim, and combine clips, to arrange titles, etc.

What is a project? Project A project contains the arrangement and timing information of audio and video clips, video transitions, video effects, and titles you have added to the storyboard/timeline. A saved project file in Windows Movie Maker has an.mswmm file name extension. By saving your projects, you can open the project file later and begin editing it in Windows Movie Maker from where you last saved.project file

What is a Movie? A movie is the final project you save by using the Save Movie Wizard. You can save a movie to your computer or to a recordable CD, send it as an attachment in an message, or save and send it to the Web. The saved movie can be watched in a media player, such as Microsoft Windows Media® Player, or in a Web browser. If you have a DV camera connected to your computer, you can also record your movie to a tape. You and others can then watch the movie on the DV camera or on a TV. Project A project contains the arrangement and timing information of audio and video clips, video transitions, video effects, and titles you have added to the storyboard/timeline. A saved project file in Windows Movie Maker has an.mswmm file name extension. By saving your projects, you can open the project file later and begin editing it in Windows Movie Maker from where you last saved.project file