This week we had to use Screencast-o-matic. I feel that the only good use of screencasting is for tutorials of your computer screen. I know you can use it for creating presentations but the quality of a presentation is much better if you use video editing software. So I used Screencast-o-matic to make a very basic and short tutorial on video editing with Windows Movie Maker.
The reason that I chose Windows Movie Maker is that most Windows computers already come with it installed. Windows Movie Maker is a very basic program that doesn't have very many options so I encourage people who are interested in trying video editing, to try other software. HERE is a link to Video Studio by Corel. They offer a free trial of their software and they have some pretty neat editing options for making videos; you can edit audio to sound the way you want, you can add mutliple layers of pictures and videos, there are more animation/transition options, etc.
I have used video editing software to add slideshow slides and audio together to make high definition presentations. I also like to use it to join my picture and video collections together with music to make home videos and gifts for people.
Have you ever used video editing software? What might you use it for? Is there anything that holds you back from using video editing software? Click HERE and leave any comments you have below.
That is a great blog. I didn't even know most computers had this. I was able to look and realize mine had it. Between this and screencast I love them. That you for the tutorial. I am going to have to try it out. I think this is something that I can use for some work training. I'm going to be developing on this weekend.
ReplyDeleteHey April, This was a terrific blog post! I was unaware of windows movie maker so thanks for sharing and great video tutorial! My middle schooler has a presentation due in her honors English class and after reading your blog and finding our computer had this software, that is the route she is going to go for her project! So thanks, you've just saved us priceless research time!
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