Digital Commons at Penn State

Because iMovie 09 no longer encapsulates media into the project file like iMovie 06, the procedure to backup an iMovie 09 project and media is slightly different than just copying a single file to the Digital Commons Server.

iMovie 09 will autosave all of its data into the users Movies folder. You will notice that there are a number of folders created. Each one has a special purpose and must not be renamed or else iMovie 09 will stop working.

The iMovie Events folder contains all of the media imported into a project.

The iMovie Projects folder will contain all of the actual edit information.

If you have Shared a project out to another program, it may also appear in your Movies folder.

VisualHub allows you to easily convert Digital Video
(DV) files to other formats. This is useful if you need a Windows
Media File (WMV) for a Powerpoint Presentation. Launch VisualHub
and follow these 3 easy steps:

1. Choose the format you wish to convert to. In this case
click on WMV.

2. Drag your .DV file or Hi-Quality .MOV that you exported
from iMovie to the VisualHub Source window.

3. Press Start. VisualHub will convert the source file and
place the new file into the same location as the original file.

If you are exporting from Final Cut Pro and you want your video to fit on a CD then using Compressor is a good way to ensure that it does.

1) First Click on your timeline in Final Cut Pro then Click FILE > EXPORT > USING COMPRESSOR

2) Compressor will automatically load up, now you want to locate the H.264 Settings file and drag that into your sequence. The H.264 settings file can be found under APPLE > FORMATS > QUICKTIME

3) Now we need to click the ENCODER tab in the Inspector.

4) Here we will click the Settings button Beside Video, this will open the quicktime options window. Here you will want to click "RESTRICT TO" under Data Rate: and type in a number starting with 3000. (Note: if your video is short this number will need to be higher and if your video is longer it will need to be lower)

This tutorial will explain the steps to exporting a CD-Rom sized quick time file from iMovie. Please note that iMovie does NOT burn a cd with your video, all iMovie will do is export your footage to be appropriately sized to fit on a CD-Rom.

1)Once you are done editing your footage in iMovie you can click on File > Export.

2) Now an export screen will pop up, click on the QuickTime icon across the top and then move down to the "Compress Movie For" drop down arrow. Here you will choose CD-Rom.

3) Next you can click the share button at the bottom and you will be prompted with a save screen, choose where to save your file and Type in a name. Now you can save it and burn it to a cd.

(Tip: If you save your file to the desktop and insert a blank CD you can simply drag the Movie file to your cd to burn it.)

Digital Commons Orientation

Duration: 40 Minutes

Equipment Safety

• How to handle the lights including heat warnings and not touching the lamps (Use Sand bags to prevent lights from falling over)
• Camera Lens Cover
• Tripod Quick Release (Click or Lock into place and test before letting go)

Equipment Overview

• Camera uses and limitations
• 3 point lighting setup (we can set this up prior to the training and just show them how it works)
• Function of the Podcasting microphones
• Functions of the Editing Systems

Time Management

• Pre-Production
• Production
• Post-Production

ISO 9660-1 is the standard format for MS-DOS CD-ROMs, and is readable on Mac, Windows, and UNIX machines. However, it requires the following constraints on file names:

Music files for an audio CD can be saved in any audio format, though compressed files (like MP3s, AACs or WMAs) will have less quality than uncompressed files (like AIFFs.) The total time estimate for these files and the pauses between files must be less than 74 minutes per CD (or 80 minutes with some CD media.)

We do not check the data or the copyright of any data that we record to CD. Copyright issues remain the responsibility of the person supplying us with the data.

Here are some Web sites that will help you understand copyright issues:

A "glass master" is a glass disc etched with CD data in a process similar to photography or screen printing; it is the first step in the injection molding manufacturing process that is used to mass-produce CDs. Since our equipment can only write data to preformed plastic blank media, we cannot create glass masters. We can, however, write your data to a plastic CD, enabling you to test your application on a locked medium and to send the application CD to a duplicating house in lieu of sending a hard drive.

Our setup is capable of writing only one CD at a time. We encourage people needing multiple copies to have them made through the Computer Store's Media Duplication Services.