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#*JPEG or TIFF is best
 
#*JPEG or TIFF is best
 
#*Image dimensions of at least 1280 pixels wide are best
 
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#*Frame images to be "landscape", NOT "portrait"
 
# Audio
 
# Audio
#* edited and normalized in Audacity
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#* Edited and normalized in [[Museum-mausoleum Audacity|Audacity]]
#* uncompressed WAV or AIFF files are best
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#* Uncompressed WAV or AIFF files are best
  
 
===Best practices===
 
===Best practices===
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* Use [[File Space Overview| networked file space on Orca]] or cloud based storage as a backup for your local copies
 
* Create folders and sub-folders to organize your media
 
* Create folders and sub-folders to organize your media
* Use networked file space or cloud based storage as a backup for your local copies
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* File naming: Don't use special characters (except - or _) or have really long file names
 
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** Ex. "photo of strange artifact.jpg" would be much better named as " strange-artifact.jpg"
  
  
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[[Museum or Mausoleum - iMovie]]
 
  [[category:2011-2012]]
 
  [[category:2011-2012]]

Latest revision as of 16:52, 1 March 2012

You will be creating multimedia presentations using a combination of media tools. Audacity for editing your audio, iMovie for combining still images with audio to create a video file.

Media

  1. Still images
    • JPEG or TIFF is best
    • Image dimensions of at least 1280 pixels wide are best
    • Frame images to be "landscape", NOT "portrait"
  2. Audio
    • Edited and normalized in Audacity
    • Uncompressed WAV or AIFF files are best

Best practices

  • Use networked file space on Orca or cloud based storage as a backup for your local copies
  • Create folders and sub-folders to organize your media
  • File naming: Don't use special characters (except - or _) or have really long file names
    • Ex. "photo of strange artifact.jpg" would be much better named as " strange-artifact.jpg"


Museum or Mausoleum - iMovie