A training site for multimedia and online journalists
NEW! Mindy McAdams's new, improved Windows Movie Maker Tutorial
iMovie users: See "iMovie Help" below
Make Internet TV: A guide to how to do almost anything with video
Video Tips for Still Photographers, by Regina McCombs (one-page PDF)
Top 10 Mistakes of Rookie Filmmakers, by videographer Bill Pryor
Shooting on the Go: Avoid shaking, jumpy video by learning how to steady your camera -- without a tripod
Filmmaker's Tool Kit: Creating a Movie with Web 2.0: Advice about many free online tools for production and post-production
Production School -- MetaCafe: A lot (really a LOT) of nice, SHORT tutorials, on video, about video
Download seven video clips to use in editing a sequence: Video Examples
Five Shots, 10 Seconds: Use the five-shot method and the 10-second rule to shoot video that is easy to edit!
Unlocking iMovie '09 -- Lots of help here (see also Unlocking iMovie '08)
News Videographer -- Angela Grant's blog
VideoJournalism -- Cyndy Green's blog
Mastering Multimedia -- Colin Mulvany's blog
Newspaper Video -- discussion forum on Yahoo! groups
Mindy McAdams's new, improved Windows Movie Maker Tutorial (you can view it at Slideshare)
Step by step guide: How to convert an MOV file to AVI for use in WMM
From Microsoft, but good anyway:
If you are using Windows Vista, see this page for Windows Movie Maker help
Note that iMovie '09 is significantly better than iMovie '08, so it's worth it to upgrade iLife if you have the '08 version.
The key to getting control of editing with iMovie '09 is to use the "Precision Editor" feature.
Ken Stone's Final Cut Pro: More than just FCP tutorials; also audio, DVD burining, hardware reviews, compression tips -- and more!
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