http://www.dvforteachers.com Tim Merritt's DV news and tips for every educator Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:16:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en !{float: left; margin: 12px 18px;}/images/soundtrackpro.jpg(Soundtrack Pro 2 does so much for you so easily - remove cicadas or outboard engine noise. Excellent.)! At Studio Daily, Lonzell Watson provides his concise method to "Remove Unwanted Noise from Clips in Apple Soundtrack Pro 2":http://www.studiodaily.com/main/training/trainup/9635.html. No audio samples, but a clear step-by-step with screenshots ... http://www.dvforteachers.com/2008/07/08/remove-unwanted-noise-with-apple-soundtrack-pro/ !{float: right; margin: 12px 18px;}/images/SwitchToMac.png(Mac OS X over Windows)! "The Blog from Another Dimension":http://blogd.com/wp/index.php offers this advice for those going "From Windows to Mac: Three Biggest Tips for Switchers":http://blogd.com/wp/index.php/archives/3859: bq. _Having helped several people make the switch from Windows to Macs, I have seen pretty clearly some common problems people have when ... http://www.dvforteachers.com/2008/07/07/the-blog-from-another-dimension-%c2%bb-from-windows-to-mac-three-biggest-tips-for-switchers/ !{float: left; margin: 12px 18px;}/images/color-icon.png(Color, Apple's color-correction application, part of Final Cut Studio)! Ahh, formats. There are so many: still using DV tape? Or have you switched to a DVD-based MPEG-2 format? Maybe you use a hard-drive or flash-memory kind of camcorder? Whichever you use, do you know the ins and ... http://www.dvforteachers.com/2008/07/07/color-workflows-andrew-balis/ !{float: right; margin: 12px 18px;}/images/ZZ618B5783.jpg(Yikes I'm in a social network)! Come back to this "NECC2008 Classroom 2.0 Birds of a Feather page":http://www.necc2008.org/forum/topic/show?id=1997968%3ATopic%3A11027 linked here to find what links people post. I've also put it in my feed reader*. Yes! I asked for help in choosing some of these tools to model ... http://www.dvforteachers.com/2008/07/01/classroom-20-birds-of-a-feather-necc-2008/ !{float: left; margin: 12px 18px;}/images/necc2008logo.jpg(NECC in San Antonio - this is where I'm blogging from)! I posted most of my notes about Saturday's EduBloggerCon at NECC at my "wikispaces wiki":http://dvforteachers.wikispaces.com/NECC2008, and I'll be coming back here to reflect and think through some of it. I've started a "Ning network":http://dvforteachers.ning.com/, too, and ... http://www.dvforteachers.com/2008/06/30/blogging-from-necc-2008/ I'm trying to set up "Flock":http://www.flock.com as my blogging tool from within "NetNewsWire":http://www.newsgator.com/Individuals/NetNewsWire/. I've set up my accounts, and this ought to just work. I tried it "almost two years ago":http://www.dvforteachers.com/2006/08/30/a-test-post-with-flock/ but didn't find it should replace my default browser, "Camino":http://caminobrowser.org/. http://www.dvforteachers.com/2008/06/26/blogging-from-flock/ !{float: right; margin: 12px 18px;}/images/DiskUtilityIcon.png(Disk Utility, your friend and mine)! All computers have disk drives. All disk drives are machines. All machines will, eventually, break down. (It's kind of a rule - moving parts, friction, heat, wear, entropy, etc.) Robert Palmer of "The Unofficial Apple Weblog":http://www.tuaw.com/ gives _extremely_ valuable information on ... http://www.dvforteachers.com/2008/06/26/tuaw-tip-what-to-do-when-a-disk-goes-bad/ !{float: left; margin: 12px 18px;}/images/CompresstoYouTube.jpg(Prep all kinds of video for YouTube)!:http://www.squidoo.com/youtuberight A quick link to a thorough piece on compressing for YouTube: How To Make YouTube Videos Look Great. The author covers several methods, platforms, and compressors, including Divx, Flash, and QuickTime, and provides links to samples. Very well done - ... http://www.dvforteachers.com/2008/06/23/how-to-make-youtube-videos-look-great/ !{float: right; margin: 12px 18px;}/images/fcpfaqthumb.jpg(Click to go to Part 3 of Shane Ross's FCP FAQ)!:http://library.creativecow.net/articles/ross_shane/fcp_faq3.php Via Creative Cow's newsletter, I learned of Shane Ross's "Ultimate FCP FAQ, Part 3":http://library.creativecow.net/articles/ross_shane/fcp_faq3.php. After scanning it, I realized this was a good list of tips that can really save time and aggravation. "Part 3?" I said ... http://www.dvforteachers.com/2008/06/19/creative-cows-ultimate-fcp-faq/ !{float: left; margin: 12px 18px;}/images/AudioGainAdjFCP.jpg(A simple and brilliant tool, once you know how it works)! Gain Adjust: Absolute vs Relative Audio In Final Cut Pro A simple and beautiful tool for adjusting the volume of selected clips throughout an entire Final Cut project, without going through to do it by hand. Oh ... http://www.dvforteachers.com/2008/06/18/gain-adjust-absolute-vs-relative-audio-in-final-cut-pro/