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The PPE Presentation; October 18, 2007
Materials from Presentation:
Podcasts Mentioned in Presentation:
Podcasting Resources
Start Podcasting right away with these
basic tools
Microphones (all platforms, all uses)
- Inexpensive USB Microphone - Logitech
Desktop Microphone (around1 $20)
- Better USB Microphone #1- Samson
CO1U (around $80)
- Better USB Microphone #2- Blue
Snowball (around $100)
- Plug your existing mic into your computer - iMic -
(around $30; if you've already got a simple mic, but
it's not USB, this is an adapter)
Macintosh - Audio Only Podcast - Record to your Mac
- Free Audio Recording Application - GarageBand (allows
mixing and creates finished file)
- Free Audio Recording & Editing Application - Audacity (open
source for Windows and Mac)
- Inexpensive Audio Recording Application - QuickTime
Pro ($30 for the "pro" version that allows
recording and multi-format export)
- Wonderfully Flexible Audio Recording Application - Audio
Hijack Pro (if it makes noise on your Mac, you
can record it; great for recording multiple sources
on one computer)
- Free RSS Generator - VODCaster (makes
RSS feed generation easy)
- Free FTP Software - Fetch (free
to education users)
Macintosh - Enhanced Podcast - Record to your Mac
- Excellent "All-in-one" package for enhanced
Podcasts - ProfCast (take
your existing presentation and create an enhanced podcast,
complete with RSS feed creation and file uploading)
- Free Audio Recording Application - GarageBand (allows
mixing and adding of images, links and metadata, then
creates final file)
- Free RSS Generator - VODCaster (makes
RSS feed generation easy)
- Free FTP Software - Fetch (free
to education users)
Windows - Audio Only Podcast
- Free Audio Recording & Editing Application - Audacity (open
source for Windows and Mac)
- Free Audio Recording Application - Windows
Media Encoder - (free; allows for capture of audio)
- Inexpensive Audio Recording Application - QuickTime
Pro ($30 for the "pro" version that allows
recording and multi-format export)
- Free FTP Software - SmartFTP
- Free RSS Generator - FeedSpring
Windows - Enhanced Podcast
Enhanced Podcasts on Windows in a reasonable alternative
to the Mac's ProfCast - SnapKast ($100,
very similar to Profcast in that it can take PowerPoint
slides and integrate them into presentations)
Other Podcasting Resources
Podcast Directories:
- Podcast
Alley - One of the oldest podcasting directories
- Podcast
Net - Another large directory of podcasts
- IndiePodder -
An "independent" podcast directory (not
that the others aren't, but...
Audio Resources
Microphones, Mixers & Sound Cards (computer sound interfaces)
Location Recorders
- iTalk
Pro - This is cool; a small mic that plugs into the
bottom of your iPod (iPod Video or iPod Nano) and turns
it into a stereo recorder. Next time you sync your iPod
to your computer, your Mp3 files transfer! (~ $45)
- M-Audio
Microtrack - A high-quality digital audio recorder
(~ $500)
- Samson
H-4 Handy Digital Recorder - A less expensive high-quality
digital audio recorder (~ $260)
- iRiver
Mp3 Players - iRiver makes Mp3 players that also feature
voice recording (starting at ~$70)
Software for Recording & Mixing Podcasts
Audio Utility Software
- Soundflower -
Soundflower is a free Mac OS X system extension that allows
applications to pass audio to other applications. Useful when
trying to get more than one audio source to a recording application.
- Line
In - A useful Mac OS X utility that helps you use the "line
in" (microphone) jack on your computer for any audio
input (think tape decks, record turntables, etc)
- Sound
Source - A Mac OS X menu item that allows you to easily
change the audio input on your computer.
- Levelator -
Amazing; Free software that runs on Windows or OS X (universal
binary) that adjusts the audio levels within your podcast
or other audio file for variations in levels.
Music for your Projects:
- Freeplay
Music - Royalty-free music that you can use in your
Podcasts
- Podsafe
Audio - Music created specifically for use in Podcasts
- Podsafe
Music Network - More established than the above resource,
another place where you can download good music created
specifically for use in Podcasts or other shared media.
- Freesound -
An "open-source" style resource for free music
- Triple
Scoop Music - low-cost, royalty-free music specifically
designed for photographer's presentations
Storyboarding Resources:
Tips for Audio Recording :
- Recording Sound on your Computer - A very good, brief
overview of how to record sound of all sorts on your
computer. If you've never done it before, this is a good
place to start for information, especially for Windows
users.
- Part
1 - Hooking up Hardware (Microphones, Tape
Decks, Etc)
- Part
2 - Figuring out software
- Brian Storm on Gathering Audio - Brian Storm of MediaStorm has
some great pages on gathering audio for media projects
- Mastering
the Craft - A great set of tutorial pages about
audio from the Association of Independents in Radio.
They also have some great links
that can be found here
- Microphones
101 - From Apple; A beginner's guide to Mics and
Macs. Probably a bit of "overkill" for your
project, but great info for the future if you decide
to start getting serious about sound.
- Digital
Audio Principles - From the Lynda.com training
website; some freebie samples of their online audio
class
- Build
a field audio recorder for under $100 - A nice "do
it yourself"
project for high-quality field audio recording
- Dave
Schroeder on Lynda.com - Dave Schroder's online "course" on
digital audio. The first few lesson bits are free (and
quite good) you've got to pay for the rest.
- The
Pen is Mightier than the Mic - A nice piece by
an author who is making his transition to the spoken
word.
- Recording Sound on your Computer - A very good, brief
overview of how to record sound of all sorts on your
computer. If you've never done it before, this is a good
place to start for information, especially for Windows
users.
- Part
1 - Hooking up Hardware (Microphones, Tape
Decks, Etc)
- Part
2 - Figuring out software
- PC
Recording - A nice tutorial site about how to record
any audio to your computer.
- Sound
in the Story - A really fine long-ish (21 pages)
PDF on the art of location recording, mostly from the
creative standpoint (what to do as opposed to "how" to
do it)
Movie / Slideshow / Storytelling Resources
Software for Slideshow Authoring
iMovie
- iMovie -
Comes with every Mac and is easy to use for both images and
audio. Allows panning and zooming of images. Makes QuickTime
movies that can be played on computers, on the web or exported
to iDVD for distribution on DVDs.
Soundslides
- Soundslides -
This inexpensive ($40 & $70, depending on version) flash-based
software (Mac & Win)
has become a defacto standard for multimedia presentations
for online newspapers. It makes only Flash files, not QuickTime
or any other format, so it's may not be the right choice
if you want to distribute your story on DVD or CD-ROM.
.
Others
- Final
Cut Pro - The Big Dog of slide show production. Here's
a nicely done how to demo video by Brian Storm
- iPhoto -
While iPhoto doesn't allow you to do much with regard to
changing of image-by-image timing or transitions or audio,
it does do a pretty spiffy job of making a QuickTime movie
out of your photographs. Great for a quick "test" of
your ideas. iPhoto is installed on our Macs.
- iPhoto
Tutorial - Using iPhoto's slideshow options
- Killer
iPhoto Slideshows - From MacWorld Magazine, a
great tutorial on some hidden cool features in iPhoto
- Make
a Movie from your iPhoto Book - Amazing, but
true... you can take the book project you made a
few weeks ago and turn it into a QuickTime movie
with this tip.
- Aperture
Slide Shows - A nice article about making slide shows
out of Apple's Aperture software
- PhotoToMovie -
Sort of like iMovie, but without the video capabilities.
A very powerful, yet easy-to use tool for making motion
(with audio) out of still photographs (Mac & Win).
- FotoMagico -
A silly name for a very nice package that makes movies
from still photos (Mac only)
- ProShow
Gold - A Windows only software package that's sort
of like iMovie, but doesn't do video, just animated still
images
- Moviemaker -
A freebie from Microsoft
- Authoring
Tools - A nice overview of several useful authoring
tools for Mac and Windows
- JumpCut -
An online, web-based video editor that looks a lot like
iMovie. You upload photos, audio and video and edit online.
You then
"publish" your movie to JumpCut's website, but
you can eventually embed that movie in your own site if
you choose.
- FilmLoop -
An interesting software/server product. Downloadable software
creates a slideshow (with no audio, sadly) that then gets
uploaded to the FilmLoop website where it can be viewed
and shared. You can also use the URL for the slideshow
on any other server.
Software for putting your Story on a DVD
- Apple's
iDVD - A tutorial on the easiest way to get your
slideshow on a DVD that can be played on a computer or
on a DVD player.
- Easy
DVD Creator - While there are about a bajilion options
for creating DVDs on the Windows platform, Roxio's product
is one of the leaders
Ideas and Inspiration
Resources that discuss podcasting as an education and communication
tool
Inspirational Examples
Great Audio (As Inspiration)
- SoundPortraits.org -
Amazingly good audio documentaries by an independent
production company dedicated to telling stories that
bring neglected American voices to a national audience
- American
RadioWorks - ARW is public radio's largest
documentary production unit; it creates documentaries,
series projects, and investigative reports for
the public radio system and the Internet.
Examples of Digital Storytelling Movies & Slideshows:
- Stories
by Dana Atchley - The guy who first showed
me the power of sound and images was Dana Atchley.
You'll need to click on the movie screen to play
the movies. Use the links at the bottom of the
page to select a few of his other stories.
- The
Photography Channel - Photographic Storytelling
for Electronic Media... these are very strong examples
of what's possible
- Brothers -
An example of the power of a well-written text, archival
images and a bit of new video footage in this touching,
tragic story
- Barista -
Done in Soundslides; a simple set of images that
uses location recording effectively
- Dallas
Morning News State Fair - Click the links for "Slideshows" on
the left side of the page
- Essence
of Atmosphere - A nice show from New York Times
photographer Nicole Bengiveno
- Community
Digital Storytelling - Ordinary folks from
Georgetown, Kentucky use archival images to tell
stories about their lives
- Digital
Stories from Arizona - Great, simple stories
from students (not necessarily photographers) from
Scottsdale, AZ
- Chicago
Tribune - a page of multimedia stories
- Iraqi
Kurdistan - An excellent still-photo slideshow
that takes advantage of rapid image sequences (ya
gotta sit through an ad first)
- Four
Years On - A photojournalist's take on events
of 9/11 four years after the date (click picture
to launch show)
- Magnum
Photographers In Motion - A nice set of Magnum
photographers' photographs. Also
available as a Podcast here.
- Stefan
Rohner - Rohner's B&W slideshow "Humans"
- Couple
Lacks Sight, Not Vision - A Soundslides example
with voice over
- Wrestling -
Pro wresting mixing music and on-site recorded sound
- Coryn -
Simple images, simple images, clear voice over and
a powerful message
- Dulcimer
Festival - Nice mix of images and sound
- Granada,
Nicaragua - A short Soundslides show that has
some great animation/editing effects
- Punk
in Drublic - Check out all the different formats
that this presentation is available in. Note the
tradeoff in size vs. quality. Also note the very
cool use of a stationary camera and moving subjects
- Life
Through Time - Franz Lantig's and engaging
work in a beautifully told story format
- Media
Storm - A very interesting clearing house for
multimedia content
- Visual
Edge - A website for a workshop for journalist
storytellers with some great stories. Also be sure
to check out the lessons
page.
- Bridges
to Understanding - Photographer Phil
Borges has established a cross-cultural storytelling
program that's designed to help people learn about
other cultures. Here's
a great example of what they are doing.
- Soul
of Athens - Great stories about Athens, OH
- On
Assignment - Excellent combination of audio
and still images to tell the story of the California
Democratic Party State Convention
- The
Crossing - An audio/visual story about a railroad
crossing tradgedy
- Interactive
Narratives - a nice clearing house for multimedia
presentations
Digital Storytelling Resources:
Created for PhotoPlus Expo- October
2007
Jeff
Curto
www.jeffcurto.com
www.cameraposition.com
http://photohistory.jeffcurto.com
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