1. Developing Web-based Multimedia Projects Bill Huitt Joe Newton

2. The Norm Poor quality microphones Analog taping equipment Slow computers with limited disk space

3. Available on Campus Up-to-date Equipment Computer software Assistance –VSU Library – Rex Devane –College of Education – Mark Swift –Instructional Technology – Danny Smith –Satellite Services – Bill Muntz –VSU TV – Mike Savoie

4. Topics Audio Projects –Types –Microphones Video Projects –Cameras –Other equipment –Taping –Post-production Still Pictures –Film –Digital –Sharing Online Power Point w/Audio Miscellaneous

5. Audio Projects Tape –Convert to wav format –DAT tape recorder Computer –Unbalanced microphone input –Software Streaming –Real Audio –Windows Media Player

6. Microphones Types – Dynamic – Cardiod – Lavalier – Pressure Zone – Shotgun – Wireless Manufacturers – Audio-Technica – Apex – Azden – Sennheiser – Sony

7. Still Pictures Film/Scanning – Easy, relatively cheap – Time consuming – Slides vs pictures

8. Still Pictures Digital – Point and Shoot Most highly rated – Olympus – Canon – Nikon – Sony – Kodak Minimum resolution – 2.1 megapixels

9. Still Pictures Digital – SLR Most highly rated – Nikon – Canon – Olympus – Sony – Fuji – Minolta Minimum resolution – 5.2 megapixels

10. Still Pictures Digital – Requirements Need disk space Need software Need method of organization

11. Sharing Pictures Online Ezprints Ofoto Shutterfly Snapfish Kodak HP

12. Video Cameras Analog – VHS; VHS-C – SVHS – 8mm – Hi8mm

13. Video Cameras Digital – Digital 8 – Digital VHS – Mini DV Consumer Prosumer – MPV/MPEG2

14. Video Cameras The MOST Important Feature – Ability to add additional microphone – Without this feature the quality of web-based applications is significantly diminished

15. Other Video Equipment Unipods & Tripods –Holds camera steady –Unipod useful for tight spaces or when quickly changing locations Extenders – Keeps microphone off camera – Eliminates picking up camera noise

16. Other Video Equipment Microphone Boom –Get mic closer to subject –Can make on inexpensively –Need insulation on handle Headphones – Check sound quality while recording

17. Other Video Equipment XLR Adaptors –Allow use of balanced microphones –Needed if mic to be placed more than 3ft from camera

18. Video Projects Principle of 1/3’s Want to have heads in upper half Limit use of zoom Taping

19. Capturing & Rendering Adobe Premier available in Media Center Video Projects Render into MPEG to put on Video CDs or DVDs Render into Real Media for video streaming Useful to have 2 nd hard drive

20. Producing CDs & DVDs Nero – CD burner Sonic DVD-It – Authoring and burning Video Projects

21. Power Point with Audio Producing – Develop Power Point presentation – Add audio Select “Slide Show”, then “Record Narration” Select “Link Narrations in:” and browse to subdirectory Select “Settings”—44,100mhz, 16bit mono – Can burn to CD

22. Power Point with Audio Streaming  Download “Real Presenter”  If already have audio, Real Presenter will produce streaming file  Can also use Real Presenter to generate audio

23. Screen Capture

24. SMIL

25. Quicktime