Video Production: Editing

How will I put together all the elements to build a product?

Before jumping into video editing with students, you might want to practice the experience using one of the many template-driven online tools for organizing video

Try one of the following online tools:

• Ease History
• Google Search Stories
• Harvest of History
• My Pop Studio
• National Archives: Create a Movie
• Propaganda Filmaker
• Shark Video Mixer
• Subtitling Fun
  • Bombay TV
  • BMovie TV
  • Subtitler
• Turtlepond Projects
  • Miza Video Maker
  • Owen & Mzee Video Maker
  • Winter's Tail Video Maker

Try It: Online Template-Driven Tools
Before jumping into video editing with students, practice the experience using one of the many template-driven online tools for organizing video.

Online Video Production Tools

Many tools can be used to create videos. Go to 50+ Ways to Tell the Dominoe Story to see many examples.

Online Creation and Editing Tools

The YouTube Video Editor allows you to combine, trim, rotate clips, add music and insert transitions.

• Animoto. Create videos using still images, music, video clips, and text.
• Aviary. The Myna web-based audio track mixer lets you mix up to ten tracks to make an audio file.
• Flixtime. Create videos by mixing images, clips, and audio.
• Jaycut. Create and edit your own videos suing this web-based tool.
• Masher. Create a video mash-up
• One True Media
• primaryAccess
• schwup
• Stupeflix. Create videos by combining media elements.
• Viddler. Record through web-cam.
• Xtra Normal. Create animated, narrated movies.
• Zimmer Twins. Create simple, animated video stories using their characters.

Screen Capture Tools

Capture what's happening on your screen to make demonstration videos or tell stories.

• Jing
• ScreenCastle
• Screenr

Download and Conversion Tools

Use tools to download videos for use in class or in video projects.

• TubeChop
• Zamzar

Software Downloads

• Video Spin

Try It: Online Video Production Tools
Many tools can be used to create videos online. There are also tools to capture what is happening on your screen to make demonstration videos or tell stories. Use tools to download videos for use in class or in video projects.

Video Editing Software

Movie Maker is an easy-to-use video editing program provided by Microsoft for Windows XP.

iMovie is a free and easy tool for Macintosh.

Adobe Premiere is great if you can afford to buy software.

Movie Maker Tutorials

• Movie Maker 2 from Microsoft (Step-by-Step instructions)
• Movie Maker 2 from Mighty Coach
• Windows Movie Maker Basics from Vimeo (videos)
• Windows Movie Maker 2 Training from Atomic Learning
• Windows Movie Maker Tutorial from FCPS (PDF)
• Video Tutorials from Tech-Ease

Try It: Video Editing Software
Movie Maker is an easy-to-use video editing program provided by Microsoft for Windows XP. iMovie is a free and easy tool for Macintosh. Adobe Premiere is great if you can afford to buy software. Try a variety of tools and make comparisons

Read my web-based article Editing a Video and Digital Editing.
Read my web-based article High Tech Tools: Video.

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