Five Text to Voice Free Applications

Many computer users take advantage of text-to-voice programs to make their computer tasks easier. With a voice command we can execute a task which otherwise might take a combination of keyboard-key presses and mouse clicks. For more information check out 5 Excellent Text to Voice Free Applications at SmashingApps.com

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Storyboarding: Digital Storytelling

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Developing your Digital Story

Pre-writing: brainstorming, collecting images, researching, outlining, and storyboarding
Drafting: creating a script and developing form
Revising: modifying images and organization
Editing: timing, images, and narration
Publishing: the final product

What is Storyboading?

Storyboards are visual representations that aid in the the creation process of digital storytelling. Storyboards layout images in sequential order to [...]

The Pigeon: Impossible Podcast Looks At Making A 3D Animated Film

The Pigeon: Impossible video podcast takes a look at what goes into making a 3D animated cartoon short.

The cartoon, above, has received over 3 million views on YouTube alone. It’s a comic romp on the idea of a secret agent getting sidelined by a pigeon.

The “making of” video podcast for Pigeon: Impossible [...]

MP4Cam2AVI Easy Converter

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MP4Cam2AVI Easy Converter

MP4Cam2AVI is a MP4/MOV to AVI repackaging tool for digital photo-video cameras, it makes their clips editable in VirtualDub, MovieMaker and other AVI editors. No video recompression, no quality loss, fast operation (5-20x realtime), no [...]

Green Screened

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President’s Day at Macalester College

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This article is reposted from CollegeWebEditor.com.   Please read the original article and follow the comments and related articles there, this repost is for use in my class.

You might have already heard about this YouTube video as several higher ed bloggers (mstonerblog, The Old College Try and edustir among others) and twitterers have mentioned it this week.

President’s Day at Macalester College is a 5-minute online video featuring President Brian Rosenberg.

Not your traditional college president video at all.

This online video is a humorous insider’s tour of Macalester College where the president does all sort of things to showcase the school and its spirit.

Take the time to watch it now if you haven’t yet.

Released on President’s Day – just 4 days ago, the video has more than 15,000 views – it’s not a huge hit in YouTube terms, but it’s definitely a popular video that resonated with the MAC community as some of the comments on YouTube prove it.

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Converting HD MP4 format files for use in Adobe Premiere CS3

From Steve’s Digicam Forum

http://forums.steves-digicams.com/sanyo/153974-adobe-premiere-cs3-turorial.html

I don’t own it but I was asked to help with a setup so I thought I would post this. This is based on the HD1000 with 720p@59.94fps. I have 3 ways of converting files for importing to premiere but I will teach you the “lossless” way. This is for a [...]

Five Reasons Your Podcast is Technically Challenged

5 Reasons Your Podcast Technically Sucks
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Aviary Releases Online Audio Editing: Myna

Podcasting redid the standard “Create your own multi-track ringtone” project using the tool Aviary just released last week: an  online audio editor call Myna.  http://aviary.com/tools/myna

The class voted it extremely easy to use, and useful for basic audio editing.  No doubt as more filters get added, we will find it useful for even more.  Additional comments indicated [...]

Portland Area YouTube Sensation

Hillsboro YouTube sensation looks for mainstream fame

by Wendy Owen, The Oregonian

Thursday August 06, 2009, 6:35 PM

Abby Metty/The OregonianHillsboro teen Savannah Outen has fans as far away as Kuwait and Australia but doesn’t yet have a record label. She plays a song she wrote during a visit to Coyote’s Bar & Grill in Hillsboro.

HILLSBORO — Savannah Outen is looking for her big break. The thing is, the 16-year-old singer is already famous.

Outen has more than 38 million hits on her collection of 40 YouTube music videos. If that were a CD, she would have the Recording Industry Association of America’s diamond album hanging on her wall, just like Celine Dion or ZZ Top. Continue reading Portland Area YouTube Sensation