Intro to iMovie

I learned many things about iMovie through this short tutorial. I learned basic things like adding picture, video and music into your movie. I also learned how to add a title and scrolling credits to the end of your movie. I learned how to add effects to your movie (mainly pictures) such as fade, fade to white/black, and many more.

What are titles and transitions?
You can insert a title to the beginning of your video to introduce what your video will be about. You can also add titles with a name over a video clip. For example, if you had interviews in your video you could put a title in the lower corner of the video clip that said their name and what they are in the video. (Ex. customer, employee, etc.)

A transition is something that you can add into iMovie to transition between pictures or video. There are numerous transitions to chose from when creating your movie. Some examples of transitions are fade to black/white, circle, wipe, etc. These are put into your movie in between two pictures/clips, transitioning through both pictures/clips.

Can you do voice - overs? 
In iMovie, you are free to do voice overs when creating your movie. This tool allows you to record your voice and then place it anywhere in your video. This could be used in any type of video to create a more professional product.

Video Unit

I have learned many things from this video unit. I am working on my final project right now and it is going very well. I learned many things about iMovie. I learned how to split clips, how to add affects, how to add music, and how to make a video that looks professional. Knowing these things helps me to better understand iMovie and how to make a movie. For my final project I am working on making a short movie about the library. I interviewed the librarian and a student that was working in the library at the time. I am working on making it look as professional and audience appropriate as I can. Knowing the things I learned through the video unit is helping me a lot with making this video.

News Report Podcast Review

I recently made a news report podcast by using garage band. The process was fairly simple and it all went very well. I found a little clip on garage band that I used as background music for the introduction of my podcast. Then I recorded myself reading the topic I chose. I chose an article about the Sochi Winter Olympic Games. The article was about "hotel horrors" in the hotel that the athletes and some visitors are staying at. Those horrors included, bees in their honey, toilets that you couldn't flush your toilet paper down (so you have to put them in a bin next to the toilet), beer colored water, no wifi, no lock on the guest room doors, no tv's, and no curtains on their showers.

I believe the quality of my presentation is very professional. I think it is professional because I edited out any mistakes. Some mistakes I edited out were: "um", "like", and other words that aren't professional. I think she should use it on air because people would like to listen to it and it is professional. This is a process that I would possibly like to help out with in the future. I liked being able to read an article "on air" and I think I would enjoy doing that in real life.

Ethics

I read an article about ethics and photo editing. In the article they gave two definitions: Ethics and Aesthetics. Ethics are a set of rules that we set for ourselves that define good or bad. Aesthetics are things that involve nature of beauty, art and taste, and things that are pleasing in appearance. This is how the article described these two words. Photo editing has been around ever since the beginning of pictures. I think that ethics are a very important concept for people to understand. Editing photos is a very difficult and risky task. I think people should understand their own ethics and think about what they are doing before they continue on with it.

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Ethics Article

Sound Intro and Hearing Loss

I recently watched a video on the Today Show about hearing loss. I also watched an introduction to our sound unit. I learned that sound travels in waves, and you can measure sound in Herz (HZ), and decibels (DB). I also learned that you can amplify any sound that you have to make it quieter or louder.

The Today Show video was about adult hearing loss. It featured a man who was losing his hearing at an early age due to the use of headphones in his younger years. He grew up in a time where headphones were very popular. This is what caused his hearing to grow weaker. He went to the doctor and the doctor prescribed him with an earpiece to help him hear better. Hearing loss isn't curable but it can be slowed down. This video made me wonder if my hearing is being weakened by the use of headphones in my life. I will really consider my exposure to headphones and take into consideration, my hearing for the rest of my life.

Photoshop Editing

I recently finished my final picture edit for our photo shop unit. I learned a lot of new things during this unit. One of my favorite things was the clone stamping. The clone stamping is used to take a person/object out of the picture. For this, I used a picture of hot air balloons and our task was to erase all of the balloons from the picture. First I selected the clone stamp tool. Next I moved my curser next to a balloon and hit option click and it took a stamp of that part of the picture. Next I moved my curser over to the balloon where I continuously moved across the balloon clicking on it to erase the balloon. As I was going through the balloon, I option clicked multiple times to get a more accurate look at the end. Soon enough the sky began to show through the balloon and the balloon was gone. The clone stamp tool helps you to erase a person or object from a picture that is unwanted.

The second tool I really like was the cut out tool. This tool helps you to cut out a person or object from a picture so that there is not surrounding picture or background. For this I used a picture of one of the Nebraska Volleyball players. To do this I selected the lasso tool. The lasso tool helps you to draw a line around the object which will then cut it out of the photo. I drew a line with the lasso tool around the person in the picture. Then it removed the person from the picture. Next I used the blur tool to soften the edges of the picture and get rid of some of the excess background. The cut out tool helps you to cut out a person or object in a photo.

Here are the before and after pictures of the balloon photo where I used clone stamping: 

Here are the before and after pictures of the person that I used the cut out tool on:

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Sharing Photos

Sharing Photos Through iPhoto
I learned many things about sharing photos through iPhoto. When emailing photos, you must compress the photo so when the person opens it, the photo isn't over the whole screen. This is also a part of email etiquette. I also learned that you have to reduce the quality to the lowest one.

I also learned how to create a slide show using iPhoto. It is a very simple task. All you have to do is select all of you photos that you want in the slide show and then click the slide show button on the bottom of the screen. From there you can edit the settings, music, time on  each slide etc.

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Photo Editing

Welcome to my blog portfolio for media! I am currently learning about organizing and editing photos with iPhoto for our first unit in my Multimedia class. I learned many things from the video tutorials that I watched. I learned that there is an album called a smart album. This album is a place where you can make an album that holds pictures of a certain condition. For example: if I wanted to place all of my pictures from the date of May 1st in an album, I would go to the smart album and make that condition for that album. This would bring all of my photos from May 1st into that album. I also learned that you can make your photos larger by just sliding a button on the bottom of the screen.
- Emilee Anderson

Free Use Photos Assignment

Name of website: Free Digital Photos
Link: http://www.freedigitalphotos.net
Terms of Use: http://www.freedigitalphotos.net/images/terms.php

One interesting item from the terms of use:
If a person wants to sell merchandise with one of their pictures on the item, the person must purchase an extended license. This license allows you to use that image and sell items with that image on it.

Interesting facts from the two videos:

• There is a long process if you wish to use something that does not have free use
• You must get permission from the owner if you wish to use something without free use
• Copyright happens automatically