24 Hour Room

A. Training Assignment:

1. In Final Cut, edit a 30 second (or longer) video that includes:

• text over black
• text over video
• a cross dissolve transition
• a sound effect
• background music

2. Export your movie as a web-friendly quicktime file.

3. Upload it to vspace.

4. Email me the link.

5. Save the file as you’ll need it for part four.

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Vassar YouTube Contest Winners

Congratulations to “Vassar” team Alex Levy ‘12 and Kelley Van-Dilla ‘12, the first ever Vassar YouTube Contest Winners! View their video below:

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If you are shooting video with a little digital camera like the Flip Video, it is real easy to rotate the camera ninety degrees when your are taking pictures. The problem comes later when you are editing and your video is sideways. What do you do?

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I will explain many things but I don’t have time right now.

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Here is a link for more helpful tips

Can’t Capture? Try this:

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Ever needed to grab a video from YouTube for an academic project?

Or convert between audio or video formats on the fly?

Compress a video?

Now there’s MediaConverter.org!

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In the Media Cloisters, we have a VHS to DVD converter and burner.

It is located in the back by the digital sender (the bulk emailer).

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Many students and teachers use iMovie to create digital films for classes.

The Media Cloisters will happily provide tutorials or workshops.

We have develops an iMovie guide to assist you in your iMovie projects.

If you look at the Staff Schedule, you can see when students are available to assist you.

This video was created with the help of many wonderful Vassar students, the new student orientation committee and the Media Cloisters.


2008 Vassar Library New Student Orientation from Baynard on Vimeo.

If you have any feedback you’d like to share, please contact Marisa Goudy or Baynard Bailey.