This week I explored the creation of video resources. Video editing and creation is not a topic that I am too familiar with. I have always had a very hard time with technology in general but video and photo editing has always been particularly difficult for me to grasp. With the help of our presenter Rich McCue, who is part of the Digital Scholarship Commons at the University of Victoria, I was able to learn a few great editing styles and techniques. Rich McCue led us through a one-and-a-half-hour audio and video lab during our most recent class meeting. Within this lab, we were shown different editing techniques, resources, apps, and websites to help us. The two main sites we used were iMovie, Audacity, and Microsoft ClipChamp. Due to the fact that I use a Macbook, I mainly focused my attention on the iMovie resource. To begin we were given an introduction to the purpose of video editing and how it can be a very useful tool within the classroom setting. Next, we were given tutorials provided through the University of Victoria website on the use of each website we would be trying out during our lab. Each of these tutorials provided in-depth instructions on how to begin, what to do, the intro to the different settings, and so much more. After following the instructions we had a choice to either create a graphic of our choice from the internet, use the video clip provided to us, or use a video clip of our own. Many peers in my class got very creative using many different videos that they had found themselves from different platforms as well as videos of their own which were in their iCloud, but as I am very new to this I chose to use the clip which was provided. Following the tutorial carefully I was able to get creative and begin editing this clip.
Though it may not be the most outstanding video editing it was very fun and a great way to get started gaining some knowledge in this field. It was a bit harder than I had thought it would be but by playing around with iMovie I was able to grasp the basic concept of the app. Following a tutorial such as the one provided to our class(https://uviclibraries.github.io/video-editing/) I feel is the best tip I could give for a beginner such as me. Even if you are not using this for academic or professional purposes it is still a very engaging and interesting skill to learn, so I say give it a try!
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