Educators | Pixorial, Inc. Photos to movies: How to transform images into a motion picture. When reviewing photos using the LCD on the back of my camera, it's fun to keep the navigation button held down and let the camera quickly zip through all the images. Especially since I frequently shoot in burst mode—holding the shutter button to shoot several shots in succession—the effect is like watching a stop-motion animation movie. So on my daughter's birthday, I thought, why not do that on the Mac? Instead of pulling out just the handful of really good photos, I'd combine them all to make a movie that resembled the experience of scanning all those shots on the camera.
Here's how to do it. 1. 2. 3. 4. You might be tempted to change the Photo Duration setting here, too, but don't bother. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Or, feel free to adjust any of the frames manually. When you play the movie, it's just like what you experience when shuttling through the shots on your camera. 10 Ways to Create Videos Without Installing Software. Creating videos used to require that you own expensive equipment and software. Fortunately, that is no longer the case. In fact, now there are many tools you can use to create videos online. Here is a collection of some of my favorite tools for creating videos online.
WeVideo is a collaborative online video creation tool. Masher is a great, free, tool for creating video mash-ups. Animoto makes it possible to quickly create a video using still images, music, and text. Flixtime is a video creation service that is quite similar to Animoto. Photo Peach is a service that allows you to quickly and easily create an audio slideshow, with captions, from images in your Flickr, Picassa, or Facebook account. The Zimmer Twins is a neat site for introducing elementary school students to making simple animated video stories. Screenr is a very simple, easy-to-use tool for creating screencast videos. Youtube Partner Program. Improve Your Skills Exclusive development programs, video equipment and other tools help YouTube partners improve their production quality and distribution skills. Build Larger Audiences A slate of additional promotional tools—both on and off of YouTube—help partners build their brands and fan base. Earn More Money Through an array of ad formats, partners are able to find new ways to monetize their content to build larger careers.
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Partner Program Policies YouTube provides our partners with a unique platform that has enormous reach in the U.S. and globally. Program Policy Guidelines The most important ground rule is to respect YouTube’s Terms of Service and AdSense Agreement . Flip Video Camera and iMovie. Helping Students Make Better Movies on iPad (or any device) I’m gearing up for a film festival at the end of the month that celebrates the incredible talents and vision of the students in my community. The films are created by students in what is often an in-depth process.
Starting with nothing more than an idea, students write story boards, scripts, choose film techniques, act, record, edit, process and polish until they have a video that depicts nothing less than the vision they started with. I’ve had many teachers ask how to help students make great films, so below is a series of activities that may help you during the process. Of course, the basis for a great film is a great story. I won’t be covering how to write good stories in this post, but in the future I will share some resources that I have found useful. For now, the focus is on the film technique and technical side of making a great movie. There is a nice video on filming techniques. Possible Activity: List 7 Camera Techniques that caught your attention.