Digital Commons at Penn State

Adobe Presenter 7 Basics

This workshop will introduce you to the online video editing and publishing software Kaltura. This training is intended for those new to video editing or who need a cross platform, web-based solution for their multimedia projects . Some of the topics that will be covered are:

Objectives:

• Capturing video and still images into Kaltura
• Splitting, cropping and arranging clips
• Add titles, transitions and video effects
• Editing audio, and adding your own audio tracks
• Publishing options for the web

Capturing footage from an iSight into iMovie

Capturing from an iSight works the same as capturing from any other source. First you need to switch to capture mode and then select Built-in iSight from the drop down menu.

Next click the Record with iSight button

You will now see your footage added to the clip window.

The following rooms have podiums which are specially equipped to allow recording from podium microphones (including wireless lav mics) directly into the podium computer.

You can find information about software you can use to record your lectures, and how to publish your podcasts, on the Digital Commons Podcasting page.

Building & Room Number:

Ag. Eng. 124
Armsby 215
Borland 110
Borland 111
Borland 112
Buckout 112
Boucke 214
Business 2
Business 3
Business 4
Business 5
Business 6
Business 7
Business 8
Business 9
Business 10
Business 102
Business 103
Business 104
Business 105
Business 106
Business 107
Business 108
Business 109
Business 110
EES 114
Ferguson 3
Ferguson 5
Ferguson 103
Ferguson 105
Ferguson 111
Ferguson 202
Ferguson 205
Ferguson 210
Food Sciences 133
Forestry 112
Forum 102
Forum 105
Forum 108
Forum 111
IST 113
IST 203
IST 210
Rackley 104
Thomas 100
Thomas 101
Thomas 102
Thomas 104
Thomas 110
Thomas 111

GarageBand 09 comes with a wide array of jingles and sound effects to make your podcast pop. To add an intro, outro or sound effects:

1. Click the Eye icon to open the Loop Browser.

2. Select a category, like Jingles, and then choose from the subcategories.

3. Click on a sound’s name to hear a sample.

4. When you’ve found the correct sound, click its name and drag it to the Jingles track in GarageBand.

5. Let go and the Jingle track will render. You may need to move your audio tracks around to accommodate the new addition.

Ducking

It may be necessary to lower the volume of backing tracks to more easily hear the spoken narration or dialogue. Lowering the volume of some tracks to make others easier to hear is called "ducking." GarageBand 09 automatically gives your vocal tracks priority to any underlying sound effects. However, you may want to change the order of ducking if you have two vocal tracks or need a sound effect to stand out.

Setting Up a Podcast Project
1. Open GarageBand

2. Select New Project on the left and Podcast on the right. This will open GarageBand in a podcasting configuration.

Setting the GarageBand Audio Source

1. When GarageBand has launched, choose GarageBand > Preferences.

2. Click the Audio/MIDI tab and then choose Audio Input.
Note: Make sure it is set to your microphone if you are not using the Built-in Audio (as a line-based microphone or internal mic.)

3. Check the input and monitor settings for the track you want to record into. Double-click on the track and adjust the input and monitor settings in the bottom right area of your GarageBand window. Recording Levels are also set here.

Capturing from an iSight camera:

1. From inside iMovie 09 press the Camera Import Button on the left side of the screen.
2. Choose "Built in iSight" from the camera drop down box in the import window.
3. Press the CAPTURE button.
4. On the next screen you can choose to add your footage to an existing event or create a new event. An event is a folder for easily organizing your clips.
5. Press Capture to begin recording your footage into iMovie. This process will take approximately the same amount of time as the length of your footage.
6. Press stop to complete your recording.

Choose a Track
GarageBand 09 is a multitrack editing program. The new podcast that you’ve created will open with a male voice track and a female voice track as well as numerous sound effect tracks. Choose the appropriate vocal track for your podcast’s primary voice.

Start to Record
1. Press the red Record button to begin recording from the microphone or external source. As soon as the Record button has been pressed, begin speaking or press the play button on the external source.

2. If everything is set up correctly, a waveform will appear in the track showing the volume of the audio from the recording. Note: You will not hear voice or music play through the computer speakers while recording, only during playback.

3. To stop recording, first quit speaking or stop the external source, then press the Stop/Play button in GarageBand 09.