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Your Web Toolbox: Getting Started in OOE13*
Here are things you should organize on the web to be prepared for OOE13
Register for OOE13: We need you to sign up and add your blog feed to the system.
Blog / RSS Feed Open participants can use any blogging platform as long as it provides an RSS feed (we recommend WordPress) . You will need to figure out if you will provide a feed for all your OOE13 content or by identify your OOE13 work by category/tag within your blog.
Suggested blogging platforms include:
Self Hosted WordPress on your own domain http://wordpress.org/
Hosted WordPress http://wordpress.com/
Blogger http://blogger.com/
Tumblr http://tumblr.com/
TypePad http://typepad.com/
Edublogger http://edublogs.org/
Try namecheck to see what domains as well as social media user names are possible.
Set up a Twitter account http://twitter.com/ ( #OOE13 group)
Set up a Google+ account http://accounts.google.com/ (Here is the Google + group for OOE13 participants)
* Click here for more detailed instructions on setting up your OOE13 blog, Google + and Twitter accounts.
Avatar It is recommended as you are creating numerous accounts for this program to use the same image file and username to represent you on all the sites we use. This typically is a fine of square dimensions, at least 100px by 100px. Once you choose an image, please register it with the gravatar site http://gravatar.com/ using the email address you will use for this program (this is a service that uses this avatar on many sites without you needing to upload it).
The Web Creators’ Toolbox
Here are some optional resources available on the web for work in visual, audio, and video editing which you may find useful as you advance your skills in OOE13. (This list: adapted by Janet Webster from Jim Groom’s ds106 )
Other Optional Social Media / Web Site Accounts flickr (photos) http://flickr.com/ SoundCloud (audio) http://soundcloud.com/ YouTube (video) http://youtube.com/ Mozilla Webmaker’s https://webmaker.org/
Other Optional Social Media / Web Site Accounts
flickr (photos) http://flickr.com/
SoundCloud (audio) http://soundcloud.com/
YouTube (video) http://youtube.com/
Mozilla Webmaker’s https://webmaker.org/
Multipurpose Tools
Online Converter http://www.online-convert.com/ provides free conversion between almost any file format
Zamzar http://www.zamzar.com another powerful file conversion tool
What The Font for identifying text styles used in existing content http://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/
How to do a screen capture on any device http://take-a-screenshot.org/
Build Your Own Adobe Creative Suite with Free and Cheap Software (LifeHacker) http://lifehacker.com/5976725/build-your-own-adobe-creative-suite-with-free-and-cheap-software
Finding Media
50+ Web 2.0 Ways to Tell a Story: Finding Media tons of sources for all media types http://50ways.wikispaces.com/StoryMedia
Creative Commons Search http://search.creativecommons.org/
Images
flickr creative commons search http://flickr.com/creativecommons
Compflight http://compfight.com
Tin Eye Multicolor search (finds creative commons flickr images based on colors and color combinations) http://labs.tineye.com/multicolr
flickrStorm http://www.zoo-m.com/flickr-storm/
flickrcc http://flickrcc.bluemountains.net/
Image Editing
Commercial
Photoshop (30 day trials available)
Photoshop Elements (cheaper)
Open Source/Free
GIMP http://www.gimp.org/
Paint.net (windows) http://www.getpaint.net/
Inskape (vector based like Illustrator) http://inkscape.org/
Bulkr -use to download flickr photos, yours or via a search http://clipyourphotos.com/bulkr
Web Based
ImgOps – provides a suite of image tools can operate on any image via its URL http://imgops.com/
PicMonkey http://www.picmonkey.com/
Photoshop Express (free) http://www.photoshop.com/tools/expresseditor?wf=editor
pixlr http://pixlr.com/
fotoflexer http://fotoflexer.com/
fotor (does HDR and collages as well) http://www.fotor.com/
Drawing Commercial
Open Source
Draw/to http://draw.to/
Scribbler 2 http://www.zefrank.com/scribbler/scribblertoo/
SketchPad http://mudcu.be/sketchpad/
Flamepainter http://www.escapemotions.com/experiments/flame/#top
Viscosity http://windowseat.ca/viscosity/
Diagram.ly (flow charts) http://www.diagram.ly/
Gliffy (flow charts) http://gliffy.com/
Audio Editing
Transom.org – all about audio astorytelling from NPR Radio http://transom.org/
Foley Sounds http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OONaPcZ4EAs
See foley work on A Prairie Home Companion: SFX/Rhubarb script, March 21, 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdZQ0fjhTlA
Willhelm Scream http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdbYsoEasio
Night of the living dead sound replacement (foley artist) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLUy3wyB7vQ
Pirates of The Caribbean- Complete Sound Replacement (Foley Artist) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5vctMnGq-c
” All cartoons use music as an integral element in their format. Nearly all cartoons use it badly . . . .” — Chuck Jones http://www.awn.com/mag/issue2.1/articles/goldmark2.1.html
GarageBand (Mac) http://www.apple.com/ca/garageband
Cubase (PC, Mac) http://www.steinberg.net/en/products/cubase/start.html
Presonus Studio One Artist (PC, Mac) http://studioone.presonus.com/
Ableton Live (PC, Mac) http://www.ableton.com/
Protools (PC, Mac) http://www.avid.com/US/products/family/Pro-Tools
Melodyne (30 dy trial version) for OS X and Windows http://www.celemony.com/cms/index.php?id=melodyne
Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ install the LAME library so you can export to MP3 Audacity Manual Audacity Tutorial from the Audacity site Audacity tutorials on YouTube Creating a simple podcast with Audacity (this has good basic editing instructions) Screen cast of basics of recording and using layers, effects. envelope tool in Audacity
Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
install the LAME library so you can export to MP3
Audacity Manual
Audacity Tutorial from the Audacity site
Audacity tutorials on YouTube
Creating a simple podcast with Audacity (this has good basic editing instructions)
Screen cast of basics of recording and using layers, effects. envelope tool in Audacity
Audio Sources
Internet Archive Audio Collection – look for the old time radio shows and live music collection http://www.archive.org/details/audio
Incompetech Royalty Free Music http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/
78 RPMs and Cylinder Collection- good for the silent movie era assignment http://www.archive.org/details/78rpm
ccMixter http://ccmixter.org
Jamendo http://www.jamendo.com/
Screen Recording
Software for recording screen action to publish as a video, useful for tutorials.
Camtasia http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.html
SnagIt (free trial versions available) http://www.techsmith.com/snagit.html
Open Source / Free
CamStudio http://camstudio.org/
Jing http://www.techsmith.com/jing.html
screenr http://www.screenr.com/
Microsoft Expression Editor (Windows) http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=24601
Fraps http://www.fraps.com/
Video Editing
UMW Digital Video site http://video.umwblogs.org/
Video School 101 (vimeo) https://vimeo.com/videoschool/
The Basics of Video Editing: The Complete Guide (LifeHacker) http://lifehacker.com/5785558/the-basics-of-video-editing-the-complete-guide
About.com Desktop Video http://desktopvideo.about.com/
Comparison of Video Editing Software (Wikipedia) http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_video_editing_software
iMovie (Mac) http://www.apple.com/ilife/imovie/ Apple iMovie tutorials http://www.apple.com/findouthow/movies/ Editing with iMovie tutorial https://vimeo.com/videoschool/lesson/33/video-101-editing-with-imovie About.com How to Edit Video in iMovie iMovie tutorials on YouTube
iMovie (Mac) http://www.apple.com/ilife/imovie/
Apple iMovie tutorials http://www.apple.com/findouthow/movies/
Editing with iMovie tutorial https://vimeo.com/videoschool/lesson/33/video-101-editing-with-imovie
About.com How to Edit Video in iMovie
iMovie tutorials on YouTube
Windows Movie Maker http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-live/movie-maker-get-started Movie Maker tutorials on YouTube About.com Windows Movie Maker Tutorials [ Older version 2.6 ] many people prefer this version
Windows Movie Maker http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-live/movie-maker-get-started
Movie Maker tutorials on YouTube
About.com Windows Movie Maker Tutorials
[ Older version 2.6 ] many people prefer this version
Adobe Premiere trial version http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/tdrc/index.cfm?product=premiere_pro
Adobe After Effects trial version http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/tdrc/index.cfm?product=after_effects
Final Cut Pro (Mac, trial version) http://www.apple.com/finalcutpro/trial/
Vegas (PC) http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/download/trials/vegaspro
MPEG StreamClip Probably the most useful for creating clips from downloaded videos http://www.squared5.com/
Videopad (Mac/Windows) http://www.nchsoftware.com/videopad/index.html
VideoLAN Movie Creator (Mac, Windows, Linux) http://trac.videolan.org/vlmc/
Wax (Windows) for special effects like After Effects http://www.debugmode.com/wax/
Wevideo http://wevideo.com
Memplai http://memplai.com/
Creaza http://www.creaza.com/movieeditor/
Pixorial http://pixorial.com
3D Open Source / Free
Blender http://www.blender.org/
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