10-8

CRT Mtg. 10/8/10

Present: Tedd, Dee, Chai, Trish, Dan, Lara, Doug


 * __iMovie Tutorial__**:
 * www.apple.com/findouthow/movies: tutorial videos. Can smooth out jumpy video: 15-20 minutes to stabilize clip.
 * www.kenstone.net: has great links on iMovie '09.
 * Dee Ching: assignment to Gr. 5-6 kids to make own personal iMovie: allows them to play around w/ software. This worked well for SS Lab School w/ faculty, as well.
 * New iMovie: it's like iTunes. Projects are like playlists: pointers to where original movie files are.
 * Doug: imported a lot of raw footage into iMovie. Precision trimmer allows adjustment, extension.
 * Bottom layer: drag clips there to build. Middle section
 * Swap feature icon (double arrows) for hard-core iMovieHD users: makes layout similar.
 * Tedd: Make sure you quit HD before saving project in iMovie '09, else footage moves to trash.
 * Highly suggested that we teach kids to use '09. This year, Gr. 8 still residually using HD, but Gr. 7 and below use '09.
 * Candace Cheever: doing book trailer project. Mt. w/ DK to get trained in iMovie '09.
 * Chronicling project: See http://crtseminars.wikispaces.com/Chronicle. Lists ways to document: Keynote, Screen Recording using Quicktime Player, Video (iMovie). Also has bulleted pointers.
 * Can create new event to hold desired footage. No good way to individually label clips. Can color-correct, a la iPhoto.
 * Dee: Question re: Audio: ducking on '09: brings one audio track down, and the other priority. (DK: no manual ability to adjust: suggests doing in Garage Band).
 * Tedd: David Polk says use Garage Band for audio and export to iMovie.
 * Doug: can drag clips on top of each other, and it provides options, e.g. cutaway.
 * Green Screen: video of subject can be dragged into another scene.
 * Orange line indicates what footage already used.
 * Can mark clips as Favorites and then see only selection of "favorite" clips
 * On iMovie, click "Show Advanced Tools" in Preferences.
 * If stills imported, auto-applies Ken Burns effect.
 * Try marking out video sections that seem good, drag, try Cutaway.
 * Can rotate, crop (effect is like a zoom) video.
 * Dan/Doug: assisting Sci. dept. w/ stuff they want documented.
 * Limit footage amt. b/c harder to view and edit.
 * Tedd: would like a template for a simple project, say 30 secs of intro+1 minute of activity.