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18 Best Video Editing Software For Free Download (Windows) Video editing sometimes become very money consuming due to need of expensive video editing softwares, large disk space and computer with high performance graphics. That’s the reason, some time before, we listed ” 10 Best And Free Online Video Editing Software” that allows you to work within the browser to cut and edit videos without having too much knowledge of video editing. But what when you don’t have any access to the internet or your internet connection is slow which doesn’t allow you to open these free online editing services? In this situation, many video editing software comes in rescue that are available to you for free download. Yes, there are lots of free video editing softwares that are available on the internet but all of them are not good to use.

So, have a look on WebSeasoning’s compilation of Free Video Editing Software – 19 Best Video Editors for Windows. 1) LightWorks : Its a power packed video editing tool, which has all the capabilities of making a real movie. It takes a Guild: Episode 7 EDU Machinima Fest. Knowclue - Machinima Through Multiple Lenses. Knowclue-Machinima - Resources. Lawyer Response SLEDcc 2008 Machinima Festival ArchiveTUTORIALKnowclue's Machinima Tips & TricksLighting for a Machinima Production in Second LifeKnowclue'spick for MAC : Real Time CaptureiShowU (basic - what I use with Students)IShowU HD (pro)Stomp (codec converter) Other Screen Capture Tools: MAC:Screenflow - free trial, buy for $99Snapz Pro X - rendering time is an issue because it occurs after you are done filming, file sizes are quite largeDual Platform:Jing (free) dual platform 5 min. capture limitJing (pro)WindowsFrapsCamtasia iShowU Settings - Some Clues: The following settings are what my students & I have found to be the most efficient for the classroom.

Presets: The "World of Warcraft" setting captures at a slightly slower rate (25 fpm) which is better for capturing animation. Storage: Check out other preference options, such as storage. Workshops NECC 2009 Workshop: Educator's ToolboxAtlantis Rising Media Literacy New Media Literacies Machinima SLEDcc 2008 Machinima Festival. Machinima Resources for Educators. SL Machinima. Janine "Iris Ophelia" Hawkins' ongoing review of gaming and virtual world style It's been a little while since we checked in with Second Life mini doc-maker Draxtor Despres, but that isn't to say he hasn't been busy.

The latest episode of his series of mixed-reality resident profiles, The Drax Fles: World Makers, went up recently, and features yet another incredibly interesting creator that many of us may never have heard of. Zach Barkley makes magic in SL. Literally. Scripted, particle-powered spells and mystical effects for fantasy roleplay... Or just for showing off. All in all this episode is an interesting look at a niche that may not spring to mind when you think about Second Life content creation. You can catch up on The Drax Files: World Makers over on Youtube, and if you need an even bigger Drax fix don't forget to check out the weekly Drax Files Radio Hour podcast. Machinima. WindLight settings. From Second Life Wiki Resident-created WindLight settings Made WindLight settings you wanna share? Add 'em here! (And feel free to use Torley's guide below as a template for your own installation instructions.) 'Mesc's Sunglasses' - 11 skies which look awesome with shadows (download links on the page are broken and the site the sets are supposed to be on has a real bad rating).

Torley's WindLight Settings I (Torley) have popularly been asked to share the very same settings I've used in so many WindLight-powered snapshots. Version 3 released (August 2009) with more skies and sorted categories! Want more previews? Important to know If you've installed previous versions of Torley's WindLight Settings, you should DELETE THEM ALL before installing Version 3.

Installation First, quit the Second Life Viewer. Unzip torleys-windlight-settings-3.zip. These are the usual install directories, yours may look different but similar: Windows XP Windows Vista and 7 Mac Linux How to use Login to Second Life. MediaWiki. Perl treebuilder - Google Search. 2013 Video: Machinima as a growth industry. Machinima. Making Machinima. The future of mainstream machinima films: A panel discussion inside Second Life.

Not all players are the same! Join GamesBeat's Dean Takahashi for a free webinar on April 29th that will explore why players leave Free to Play games and how you can change this. Sign up here. The future of machinima, or making films using video game graphics engines, looks promising. That was the conclusion of a panel on the machinima film market moderated by Internet media specialist and filmmaker Pooky Amsterdam (pictured virtually above, second from left).

I participated in the panel (my avatar is on the far left) on the Realistic Market for Machinima inside the virtual world of Second Life, which was the host to the fifth annual Machinima Expo 2012 conference. Other panelists included Don McCloud, CEO of digital ad agency Mobile Integrated Marketing; machinima filmmaker Paul Marino; About.com games journalist Warren Schultz; and Games for Change community manager Jeff Ramos. “As a tool for advertising,” said McCloud, “[machinima] is fantastic. Check out the video below. Realistic Market for Machinimaon The Machinima Expo. Picture-in-Picture (PIP) A Picture-in-Picture (PIP) is an additional video clip (usually a Web camera recording) that plays embedded into the main video or next to the main video. You can add video or image files onto the PIP track on the Timeline. PIP Preview When you add a clip onto the PIP track, the Select PIP Preview dialog box determines how to display the clips: as an embedded video or as a side-by-side video.

The PIP preview option determines the settings available for editing; it is not a production option. To change the PIP preview, select View > Toggle PIP Preview Placement or press <CTRL + F8>. Preview the PIP Track on Top of the Video Track (Embedded) The PIP appears in the lower right corner of the main video as shown in the image below. Preview the PIP Track As a Floating Window The PIP appears in a floating window separate from the main video. To undock the PIP window and move it to a new location, click the undock button. Show or Hide PIP To hide the PIP, make a selection on the Timeline. Machinima Resources for Educators. Machinima Revisited. Knowclue - home. Knowclue-Machinima - home. Machinima Resources for Educators « Machinima 4 Educators. Machinima. Art of Machinima – Part 1 – Technical Software « I am no expert at making machinima, but after having collaborated with JellyBean Madison on over 30 machinima videos during a two year period, I do feel competent enough to at least put together a little advice for some of the up and comers who think they might like to try their luck directing their own machinima feature in SecondLife.

I think that the method of machinima can be divided into two segments: technical and artistic. This post is going to focus on the technical software requirements. I am going to start by sharing the very first video I ever set up, filmed and edited in SL, which was done in November of 2007. I remember being shocked when Sine Wave contacted me about wanting to use it on their website, and they also sent it on to a lot of the dancers which they recruited to do Mo-Cap for them as an example of what they were trying to accomplish. I filmed this the first month that windlight became accessible so everybody was still ooo’ing and awww’ing over the sky and water. Art of Machinima – Part 2 – Getting Started « So in my last post I covered the basics of some starter software to give the foundation you need to film machinima.

Now that you have your software it is time to start filming! Obviously you will want to play around with some different shots before you take on a big budget epic production. The easiest thing to film and make look romantic is a scripted couples dance. Basically you find one good angle, some nice lighting, and then just let the camera roll.

But before you begin there are a few commands that you need to know to hide the UI and your huds from showing in the shot. There are some definite pros and cons to filming machinima in SL. I think that with this much info you are ready to go give it a go. With that I am going to debut for you our latest machinima project – Want. I was just made aware of another great resource from the Rev’s very own Luth Brodie which can be found here. Like this: Like Loading... SL « 1. Windlight I was thinking last night before I went to bed pissy with the sound of cloppity clinkity prim boots this girl was annoying me with, that my Rez Day is coming up. Woah! The big 5 years of SLife. What better way to reflect on my SLifetime than poll plurk for the Best & Worst SL additions over the years.

We all know that even though we rarely give credit to the Lindens, that LL does improve upon itself with the help of it’s most talented residents. Let’s start with the Best First in no particular date order of introduction. 1. 2. 2. 3. 3. 4. 4. 5. 5. As always people will find something they hate even with the many things that they love. I now present you with some of the Worst of SL additions, not all completely LL’s fault: 1. 1. 2. 2. 3. 3. 4. 4. 5. 5. What are your thoughts? SL Machinima Pro Tutorial: The Basics - Part 2 - Machinima Artists Guild. SL Machinima Pro Tutorial: The Basics - Part 2. [New post] Follow Me! ~An Ode to Code ~ The Movie by Natascha Randt & Karima Hoisan - kjaerolsen - Gmail.

Tech-Ease: Video Tutorials. The Sun - Second Life Machinima. Machinima Open Studio Project. Machinima Open Studio Project. 59 Tips for Creating Engaging Screencasts. Lighting and shadows. Overview Enabling lighting and shadows in the Second Life Viewer enables you to display: High quality real-time shadows.Full dynamic lighting for an infinite number of local light sources.Special effects such as ambient occlusion and depth of field.

Sky and water environments appear and function the same regardless of whether lighting and shadows are enabled. Prerequisites This feature requires an OpenGL 3.0-capable graphics card, such as Nvidia GeForce 8600 and 8800, GTX 2xx, or Radeon HD 4xxxx. If your graphics card cannot support the feature, then it is disabled by default, and you cannot enable it. Graphics preferences settings To enable or change your lighting and shadows settings: Choose Me > Preferences.Click the Graphics tab.Click Advanced.Check Atmospheric shaders (under Shaders) and Hardware skinning (under Avatar Rendering). When Atmospheric shaders is enabled, if your system supports it, you can then enable: Lighting and ShadowsAmbient OcclusionShadows Shadows Receiving shadows None Focus.

Sintel - Third Open Movie by Blender Foundation. Second Life Lights. Machinima Best Practices. Animating Stories. I have been playing with story animation tools for a long time, learning from colleagues’ blogs and links on Twitter. Recent posts include Burcu Akyol’s 4-3-2-1 Action! Online Tools For Making Movies in the Language Classroom and Shelly Terrell’s presentation on Digital Storytelling which includes some excellent ideas. Here are a few additional ones, which you can use with technology as well as without technology.

Animations “Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement.” (from Wikipedia) If ‘rapid’ is a pre-condition, then I guess some of my examples aren’t real animations, but mere illustrations but I have decided to use the term ‘animating’ in the sense of ‘breathing life into a narrative’ by creating a picture story board with Web 2.0 or conventional tools. Here is my trainees’ lovely animation; Red Riding Hood and the wolf are movable characters: Reading Listening Writing Speaking N.B.

Kapitzvirt. SL Machinima. SL Photography. SL uploads images according to a set of rules. Your uploaded image will ALWAYS be resized to a combination of the following numbers of pixels: 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024. In other words if you are uploading an image which is 700 x 300 pixels, SL will resize to the nearest matches in the list, in this case 512 x 256. SL will convert your picture to jpeg2000 format when you upload it so I save my edited pictures in png format as this doesn't degrade the image.

In many cases uploaded images will appear squashed or stretched. That's easily fixed in SL by putting the image on a prim which matches the original proportions of your picture. Profile pictures in the 2nd Life tab of your profile have a fixed proportion of 4x3 so your images should be resized to this proportion before uploading eg 400 x 300 pixels, 800 x 600 etc. For the best results, bigger images will give the best quality. The biggest image which Firestorm will upload is 2048 x 2048 pixels. Example. LEA | MAC: Media Arts Center of the LEA: Linden Endowment For The Arts. Knowclue - Machina What.

Marianne Malmstrom aka Knowclue The Elisabeth Morrow SchoolBest electronic cigarette and electronic cigarette review and e cigarette reviewsBest electronic cigarette and electronic cigarette review and e cigarette reviewsBest electronic cigarette and electronic cigarette review and e cigarette reviews Wednesday, 6/30/2010, 12:00pm–1:00pm, CCC Korbel Ballroom 1AMachinima, video created using 3D virtual environments, was originally developed by gamers but is emerging as a promising classroom tool for developing the NETS. Recommended by ISTE's SIGVEPresentation Purpose & Objectives As educators, we are increasingly aware of the importance of video as a 21st century tool. We understand students need to express themselves as articulately and eloquently in multimedia as they do in written words.

However, the reality of making movies in school can be complicated. Limited space, tight schedules and absenteeism are only a few of the obstacles. METIRI Group The Partnership for 21st Century Skills. MachinimaFestival - home. Increase graphics detail beyond Preferences. Flycam. From Second Life Wiki How do I enable Joystick Flycam? In Second Life 1.20 and newer where it became a formally supported feature, View menu > Joystick Flycam (Alt-Shift-F). To customize settings, go to Edit menu > Preferences > Input & Camera tab and click Joystick Setup. In order versions (like 1.9.1), Advanced menu > Joystick Flycam. Press Esc to leave Flycam mode. How do I use Flycam with the 3DConnexion SpaceNavigator? See the SpaceNavigator page. Instructions SpaceNavigator Defaults The following instructions were graciously provided by Runitai Linden and edited by Torley Linden.

"I tested on a logitech cordless rumblepad 2 (PS2 controller clone) and got some great shots, but with only 4 axes, I couldn't move straight up or down. Joystick Flycam offers 6 degrees of freedom that you can bind to various actions: Y-Axis - Move camera up/down X-Axis - Move camera left/right Z-Axis - Move camera forward/backward Yaw - Turn left/right Pitch - Look up/down Roll - Bank left/right Zoom In/Out. Category:Machinima. How-to Alt-Zoom Camera | mooMoney on Blip. SpaceNavigator. From Second Life Wiki What is it? The 3DConnexion SpaceNavigator is a 3D mouse with 6 degrees of freedom which can be used in conjunction with Second Life's Joystick Flycam. It's officially supported from version 1.20 and up. How do I make it work? Install the drivers and calibrate.

Linux Linux users may need to do the following. Uninstall any 3Dconnexion company supplied Linux drivers as they conflict with the one built into the kernel. Related resources Consult the official documentation (obvious yet true). Bugs Experiencing a bug? Machinevo. Cross-media Storytelling by Lisbeth Frolunde on Prezi. How to easily boost viewer performance -Second Life TuTORial. Smooth Camera Movements for Machinima in Second Life - Second Life Machinima Artists Guild. Learn the Lag Meter - Second Life Video TuTORial. Boost performance with Graphics Preferences. MachinimaFestival - 2008 Notation.

MachinimaFestival - 2008 Archive. Knowclue - Machinima Through Multiple Lenses. Avalonlearning / Machinima - Recording in Second Life. Knowclue-Machinima - Resources. Machinima in Education | Gridjumper's Blog. Machinima in Education | Gridjumper's Blog. Resources for Courses - Anthony R. Curtis, Ph.D., Professor, Mass Communications Department, University of North Carolina at Pembroke.

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The University of Western Australia in Second Life: The Pillars of UWA (Educational Machinima) Uni wa (uwainsl) på Twitter... The University of Western Australia in Second Life. The 48 Hour Film Project: Machinima. Audio Guide - TreetWiki. Scissores. The Official Website for Tony Dyson. The 48 Hour Film Project. Machinevo [licensed for non-commercial use only] / MachinEVO. Avalonlearning / Machinima - Recording in Second Life. 3/7/2012, Camtasia Studio Tutorial. Landingpage | Just another WordPress site. Station Next - Machinima --How To in Second Life. Google investere i Machinima. An overview - Making Machinima - Machinima Toolkit. Machinima - modul. Treet Archives | Virtual Television for Virtual Worlds. Submitting show ideas - TreetWiki. The Actors Sandbox - Tutorial: Sites. Create_Engaging_Screencasts%281%29. Machinima Open Online Course. Machinima Tutorial - How to Setup Fraps, Recording Tutorial and Overview.

ACMI Generator. MachinimUWA V: Spiral Silverstar's 'Seeking Wisdom in the Stars' Machinima Open Online Course - June 4 to 18, 2012 - AVALON. Machinima as a Teaching and Learning Tool | Gridjumper's Blog. Machinima films. Be epic learn how to make machinimas from scratch in five weeks.