Video Editing

Create your own videos and DVDs using footage from a video camera, or still images that have been scanned, or shot with a digital camera. Add interest to your video with music and voice-over, then output to VHS or DVD. Here's how to get started:

Call Media Services (Ext. 4920) to schedule the cameras you will need to create your video. We have:

• Video cameras
  • We have digital video cameras (Canon and Panasonic) as well as full-size VHS video cameras for checkout.
• Digital still cameras
  • Sony FD (Stores pictures on a floppy disk)
  • Sony CD (Stores pictures on a CD-R/RW)
  • Sony DSC-V1 (Stores pictures on a memory card)
  • Canon S70 (Stores pictures on a memory card)

Schedule a time to use the multimedia lab to edit your video.

• Call Media Services (Ext. 4920)
• See our policy for using the multimedia lab

Equipment available for video editing includes:

• IMac and G5 computers
• Windows desktop computer
  • All with DVD/CD-R/RW burners
• Combination mini-DV and VHS videocassette recorder
• Analog to digital media converter
  • This is a device which digitizes analog video so it can be edited using computer software, and converts digital video to analog so it can be output to VHS tape.
• Television for use as an external monitor

Edit your video and still images

• Software includes:
• iLife6 suite of software including iMovie, iDVD, iPhoto, iTunes etc.
• Final Cut Studio suite
• Final Cut Express
• Adobe Photoshop CS2 and Photoshop Elements (for image editing)
• Windows machine has:
  • Adobe Premiere Elements
  • Adobe Photoshop Elements

Ask for help as needed
(see blue sidebar for contact information)

 

Slide Scanning

This scanning device digitizes 35mm slides so they can be used in a variety
of ways:

• Powerpoint presentations
• Printing to a color printer
• Web pages
• Multimedia presentations
• Video slideshow
• Stored on CD or DVD

Call Media Services to reserve a time to use the scanner. We are happy to help you get started, and to customize the settings so the resulting image is appropriate for your use.