Re: TECH help

[Barbara Currier <bacurrier@CHARTER.NET>]

Mary,

You don't specify the platform. If you have Macs, you are in luck.
IMovie should have come with them. That and LOTS of hard drive space
and LOTS of RAM will help you make a very nice movie. I did one this
summer in a class and am very proud of it for a first effort. A
firewire connection speeds up the data transfer from camera to
computer, finished product back to camera, then connect to a VCR and
record on a regular video cassette.

You split your video into scenes, change scene order, add transitions
and effects, add music from CDs or record voice-over, really very
easy and cool. If you mess up, you just go back to your original data
and pick it up again. I'm assuming the camera came with the necessary
connectors.

If you are on PC, you'll have to buy something and hope you have all
the necessary hardware or buy that, too. Maybe you know someone with
a shiny new Mac. :^)

Good Luck,
Barbara


>It's Saturday 2pm. My principal just called, wanting to
>know about our video/editing capability. Please forgive
>this request if it is too vague, or requires more help
>than we deserve.
>She owns a year old video camera. We have new
>computers at school. It's time to tape the reading of our
>Principal's Book of the Month. She wants to make it
>snazzier than a straight video taping. We own no video
>editing equipment. Is there a way to use our computer
>to edit a video (I'm thinking download video, edit, using
>???, then???. I need some help filling in blanks, or
>someone to tell me, you need thousands of dollars of
>equipment/ software.
>Any words of wisdom that I could pass on would be
>welcome. And if anyone can tell me how to get people
>to think of these questions from M-F when I'm at work,
>I'd welcome that advice, too.
>Thanks!
>
>Mary Hickey
>Media Specialist
>Brookdale Elementary
>Macon, GA
>smmccp6@cox.net
>


--
Barbara Adams Currier
K-6 Library Media Teacher
Kirschen/Shackelford Schools
Modesto City Schools

bacurrier@charter.net

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