For my in-class presentation, I spoke about Audacity and Cyberlink PowerDirector Express.  Below is an outline of what I spoke about in class, and a link to my PowerPoint presentation.

https://campus.fsu.edu/bbcswebdav/users/jms04aa/public/musictechslide.pptx

Audacity & cyberlink director express

(open myspace, google “compare sony soundforge and audacity”

open my documents)

(play sasq)

audacity

similar to sony sound forge

open up audacity, looks similar

user review

http://www.blog-relations.com/2005/11/21/sony-sound-forge/

audacity can do it!

PLUS…multi tracks!

Open source

plug-ins

…always new effects and sounds

VST plug-ins, “Video Server Technology”

makes seamless cutting possible

[play squirrel nut zippers]

[play chupacabra]

cyberlink powerdirector express

make your own videos

make a slideshow

use home videos, look professional

use videos from youtube

drag and drop, WYSIWYG

multi tracks

video/pictures, music, microphone, titles

edit video

cut clips

do it by cursor, or entering the time, up to hundredth of a second

optimize picture quality

change the contrast, brighten colors

copy and paste clips

drag and drop on video track, each file still says separate for more editing

video effects

how do you get from one picture/video to another?

comes with video effects

fire, film clips moving, fading, peeling page, etc.

[play dr. madsen video]

sound

mute video tracks

drawback:can only mute the whole track

voiceover

add music

clip the music right on there!

Can also use cursor, or enter specific times

[play OGs]

colorboards

text

its own track

different fonts, sizes, colors

text effects

just appear, swirl around, slide in

drawback: cannot make 3 dimensional letters, I use photoshop

comes with pictures, short videos, music

playback in movie viewer

save for later

drawback: file must be on your computer, doesn’t save video clip

produce your movie!

File, disc

Avi, mpeg1, mpeg2

video size, space on your computer, with pie chart

can put the video into flash to compress

uses for cyberlink

music therapy videos; hospice life review, classroom year review, etc.

clip music for videos

videos for music education, or for your students’ recitals

[play big balls]

For more info, an interview, and a CLEARER video, click here.