Welcome to the West Valley College Digital Audio/Video Class. This class is a great introduction to Audio and Video on the computer. We will learn how to make different types of videos, compress them for web, i-Pods, DVD's. How to upload videos to web sites like youtube and other web video marketing sites. I have been working on the material for this class for 3 years. Most of the instruction will be in the form of online video instruction. You will view the videos and try the concepts presented. There is alot of material presented in this class. I have both Macintosh and Windows instruction. Some of you may not have the same software that I am presenting. I do not expect you to watch everything. Just watch the parts that get you to your goals. This does not mean I don't expect you to do the assignments. What I mean is if you have a certain video that you are doing for your job, do that for the assignment. Being frustrated. Yes you will be. Video editing software can be complicated. You will have hardware issues. Plugging in things to your computer may not work the first time. I still have problems getting video cameras to capture. Please be patient. I will try to answer your questions as best I can. I do not have windows Vista or the Mac 10.5. I use windows XP and Mac 10.4. Much of the software and hardware should work if you have the proper software installed on the computer.
Goals for the class
- Learn how audio and video are used for marketing on the Internet. We will do some research into different web video sites. Read some articles on how video is being used as a marketing tool.
- Learn to connect a web cam. Use software and hardware to communicate through a web cam over the Internet.
- Take pictures with a digital camera for a video story. Yes a plain digital picture camera.
- How to download music from CDs and music web sites.
- How to record your voice/narration over a video.
- How to write and format script for video and film.
- How to connect a video camera to computer. Download video and edit with video editing software.
- How to capture video from a DVD and put on you computer.
- How to duplicate a DVD.
- How to connect a music keyboard to computer. I cannot teach you how to play music, but I do connect keyboard and play into computer.
- How to fix audio. yes you recorded that video with a terrible hissing sound.
- How to compress video for web sites and DVD.
- How to make a DVD menu.
- I am sure there is more to this class. Like fixing video color, how to shoot, how setup lights, stuff like that.
Wow this seem like a lot to cover in a 3 units class. You will not have to do all of this. Learn what you need for your job or the skills you want to get out of the class.
Next read the syllabus.
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