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Edelman‐IDidn’tKnowHowtoDoThat!TipsforUsingDigitalVideo(8/24/14)1

I Didn’t Know How to Do That!

TipsforUsingDigitalVideo

LarryEdelmanlarry.ed[email protected]

Thisbriefhandoutlistssomeusefultasksassociatedwithdigitalvideoalongwithlinkstofreeandlow‐cost

solutions.Thedetailed40‐pageresourceguide,UsingDigitalVideoinEarlyCareandEducationandEarly

Interventionprovidesmoredetailedinformation.

FrequentlyAskedQuestions

HowDoI….? PCorMac SampleFreeandLow‐CostWaystoDoIt

Performbasiceditingtasks(join

multipleclips,trim,cutandpaste,

etc.)

PC/Mac MPEGStreamclip(free)

PC/Mac QuickTime7Pro($29.99)

Mac iMovie(free,comesequippedonMacs)

PC WindowsMovieMaker(free)

Makevideofilesizessmaller

(compress)

PC/Mac

MPEGStreamclip(free)

MPEGStreamclipTutorial(free)

Watchavarietyofvideoformatsin

oneplayer

PC/Mac VLCMediaPlayer(free)

EnableQuickTimePlayertobeableto

playmorevideoformats

Mac Perian–actsoon,it’sgoingaway!(free)

Convertfileformats(transcode)

PC/Mac MPEGStreamclip(free)

PC/Mac QuickTime7Pro($29.99)

Convertvideostoformatsspecifically

optimizedforAppleandAndroid

devices

PC/Mac Handbrake(free)

PC/Mac QuickTime7Pro($29.99)

Mac SmartConverter(free)

“Rip”videosfromDVDstoDesktop PC/Mac Handbrake(free)

ConvertPPTtoaMovie

PC/Mac

InPPTonaPC:File>SaveAs>WindowsMediaVideo

InPPTonaMac:File>SaveAsMovie(savesasQuickTime )

WorkingwithYouTube

HowDoI….? PCorMac FreeWaystoDoIt

DownloadaYouTubeVideo PC/Mac VideoDownloadHelperforFirefox(free)

PC/Mac

Read“HowtodownloadYouTubevideos”(Note:becareful

downloadingappstodoth isbecausesomeapplicationssay

theyarereputable,butinstallotherappsormalware)

Downloadtheaudiotrackofavideo PC/Mac YouTubemp3(free)

EditandmanageyourYouTube

Videos

PC/Mac Read“Editandmanageyourvideos”(free)

FrequentlyAskedQuestions

HowDoI….? PCorMac SampleFreeandLow‐CostWaystoDoIt

EditVideosinYouTube PC/Mac YouTubeVideoEditor(free)

Addcaptionfilesortranscriptsto

YouTubevideos

PC/Mac Read“Addcaptions”(free)

Addfreemusictoyourvideos PC/Mac Read“FreemusicforyourvideosinAudioLibrary”(free)

StreamaliveeventonYouTube PC/Mac YouTubeLive(free)

Comparehowfastyouarestreaming

YouTubevideos

PC/Mac TubeVideoSpeed History(free)

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ImportantNotesonDownloadingandInstallingSoftwareonyourComputer( especially“free”apps):

 Alwaysusevirusprotectionsoftwareandadandspywaredetectionprograms(e.g.AdAware,SpyBlaster)on

yourcomputer.AskyourITDepartmentstaffwhattheyrecommend.

 Whenyoudownloadanapplicationthatisunfamiliar,itisoftenprudenttochoose“save,”ratherthan“run”.

 Sometimes“free”softwareisofferedforfreebecausethemakeroftheapplicationistrulyabelieverinopen

contentand

makestheapplicationavailableatnocostasapublicservice.Butothertimes,themakerisusing

theapplicationtomakeaprofitinotherways.Somefreeappmakerschargeothersoftwaremakersto

encourageyoutoinstalltheirsoftware(e.g.,toolbars).Sowheninstallingfreeapps,

besuretoreadevery

screenthatappearsduringtheinstallationprocesscarefully–keepinmindthattoavoidinstallingsoftware

thatyoudon’twantyoumightneedtoeithercheckoruncheckabox.

AShortListofiTunesAppsforWorkingwithVideo

Therearemorethan900,000appsinApple’sAppStore,includinghundredsifnotthousandsofappsdesignedto

helpusworkwithvideo.BelowareafewimportantfunctionsthatweshouldbeabletodowithouriPadvideo

files.Withthem,I’velistedafewfreeorlow

costappsthatI’vetriedoutandthathaveworkedforme.Notethat

notallappshavebeenoptimizedforIOS7yet.

HowDoIDoThisonaniPad?

FreeandLow‐CostApps

Performbasiceditingtasks(joinmultipleclips,

trim,cutandpaste,etc.)

iMovie($4.99)

PinnacleStudio($12.99)

Makevideofilesizessmaller(compress) VideoCompressor(free)

VideoSlimmer($2.99)

Squishy(free)

Transferlargefilestoanycomputerwithout

compressingthem

Wi‐FiPhotoTransfer(free)

Playvideofilesinmostformatswithout

needingtoconvertthem

PlayerExtremeHD(free)

Suggestedcitation:Edelman,L.(2014).IDidn’tKnowHowtoDoThat!

TipsforUsingDigitalVideo.Denver:Author–Self‐publishedworkshophandout.