Hi,
When a UK gadget company launched a competion to win prizes based on Youtube hits, I entered, but I didnt have time to go out and shoot anything specific, so I made this film using footage from the Prelinger archive, free footage! The brief was that it had to be a film about your love of USB flash drives, dongles or whatever we call them. I thought it might be quite funny to make an advert if USB drives had existed in the 1950's!
The Prelinger archive is amazing, searchable and full of old "out of copyright" footage. I watched a few clips and downloaded them. Then I converted them using MpegStreamClip and FFmpeg, two great free programs! I then imported the footage into iMovie and cut it with no problem. I created a track of music in Garage band, tailoring the length of the track to the length of the rough cut. The trimming of footage within iMovie is easy to get to grips with and the tutorials online are great! I was up and running in no time. Often, as I'm used to FCP and Avid which are pro software, sometimes "domestic" applications are frustrating due to their simplicity, but iMove seems to allow the more advanced users room to flex, and it's not too intimidating for new users. A great ap.
I recorded the voice over using a USB headset via the VO tool in iMovie.
As a video editor I found iMovie a breeze to use and with enough functions to make it a useful editing tool. The export tool now features "export to YouTube - with the login section built in. Compared to early versions, or even the featured packed Final Cut Pro - I found iMovie the best way to cut something quickly and get it onto Youtube with the minimum of fuss.
Here is the link to my film, the end result. Take a look and leave a comment!
Andy.
When a UK gadget company launched a competion to win prizes based on Youtube hits, I entered, but I didnt have time to go out and shoot anything specific, so I made this film using footage from the Prelinger archive, free footage! The brief was that it had to be a film about your love of USB flash drives, dongles or whatever we call them. I thought it might be quite funny to make an advert if USB drives had existed in the 1950's!
The Prelinger archive is amazing, searchable and full of old "out of copyright" footage. I watched a few clips and downloaded them. Then I converted them using MpegStreamClip and FFmpeg, two great free programs! I then imported the footage into iMovie and cut it with no problem. I created a track of music in Garage band, tailoring the length of the track to the length of the rough cut. The trimming of footage within iMovie is easy to get to grips with and the tutorials online are great! I was up and running in no time. Often, as I'm used to FCP and Avid which are pro software, sometimes "domestic" applications are frustrating due to their simplicity, but iMove seems to allow the more advanced users room to flex, and it's not too intimidating for new users. A great ap.
I recorded the voice over using a USB headset via the VO tool in iMovie.
As a video editor I found iMovie a breeze to use and with enough functions to make it a useful editing tool. The export tool now features "export to YouTube - with the login section built in. Compared to early versions, or even the featured packed Final Cut Pro - I found iMovie the best way to cut something quickly and get it onto Youtube with the minimum of fuss.
Here is the link to my film, the end result. Take a look and leave a comment!
Andy.