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NTEN and SalesForce Screencast: Learnings About the Interview/Documentary Approach

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

One thing I learned just two weeks ago from a phone call to the TechSmith tech support guy is that the.wmv files from Ready/Talk can be run through microsoft media encoder - so they could be pulled into Camtasia and edited. However, the idea of editing a long file in Camtasia does not sound appealing to me.).

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What's a Watt Stopper? My First FLIP Camera Experiment

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I am also fooling around with Camtasia Studio to see what the more advanced editing features are. See 3 Video Guide: This step-by-by video guide goes from the picture to the techniques of story telling and into editing and marketing. Not sure if I did something to cause this or not. Here's some resources. FLIP Camera.

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Need Some Inspiration To Video Blog? Look no further.

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

They are using FLIP Cameras and Camtasia editing software to product a series of videos of their deep field work in Africa. See 3 Video Guide: This step-by-by video guide goes from the picture to the techniques of story telling and into editing and marketing. Video Guides for Nonprofits. The camera comes with some editing software.

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The importance of professional development in the nonprofit sector

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I was able to develop dynamic, innovative, and knowledgeable courses using e-learning tools such as Articulate, Camtasia, Microsoft Office, and worked with graphic artist to develop custom interactive multimedia instruction (IMI). Looking for nonprofit professional development opportunities? The Nonprofit Management Institute is for you!

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Using Web Conferencing Software To Create A Screencast

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The father of screencasting, Jon Udell , who of course is a technical expert in everything, uses this technique -- the screencast interview or talk show. He invites an expert in a particular software or technique and they are on a conference call together to look at and discuss what is on the screen. Does he edit in Camtasia?

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Quick Tips for Improving Screencasts

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

So, the technique I ended up with was to capture the window and use zoom/pan in editing process. Now, I'm curious to go back and make a screencast in Camtasia using auto pan and see what the difference might be. When I first started to record, I don't think I used auto pan and tried to do it manually and it was totally klutzy.

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Learning Journal: Experimenting With Adding Music to Web Videos

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The next technique that I am exploring in my screencasting/videocasting skill set is the addition of music. Technique: -add music to opening title and ending title -trim the music to fit the opening/ending title - and make sure it ends on a resolved cadence -fade in and fade out. I've resisted adding music for three stupid reasons: 1.

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