Step 4: Movie Editing
Students combine the images from their group and audio from the teacher into a movie editing program. This can be done by each individual student or this can be one step that is done on one device by the group. The key is that students need to time the audio to the images that have been created.
This is the step where the software or app that you select dictates the procedure! We have our own step-by-step tutorial for Windows Movie Maker, which is what we used for our videos at the beginning of our channel creation. Note: We currently use a different program that is not free. You can see what we use now here.
Remember, the tools change all the time. As of July 2016, these are our FREE favorites for a variety of platforms:
Windows Devices:
-Windows Moviemaker (there is now a replacement tool for this)
Apple Devices:
-iMovie
Android Tablet/Device:
-PowerDirector
Chrome App or Website Based:
-WeVideo
I notice you animate some portions of your videos. How do you do this?
We get this question a lot. Our videos are mostly a series of comics, but sometimes they contain minor animations. We do not use a fancy animation program. We create an image, save it, reopen it to make a slight change (such an image rotation or position change), save the new image, and repeat--- and we eventually end with a series of images that may appear animated once put into a movie editing program. Are you interested in trying this out? We would suggest naming your images numerically in sequence as shown below. As an alternative, you can actually put them in a free GIF maker. Our favorite free GIF maker is http://gifmaker.me. You can read more about our GIF animations here.
This is the step where the software or app that you select dictates the procedure! We have our own step-by-step tutorial for Windows Movie Maker, which is what we used for our videos at the beginning of our channel creation. Note: We currently use a different program that is not free. You can see what we use now here.
Remember, the tools change all the time. As of July 2016, these are our FREE favorites for a variety of platforms:
Windows Devices:
-Windows Moviemaker (there is now a replacement tool for this)
Apple Devices:
-iMovie
Android Tablet/Device:
-PowerDirector
Chrome App or Website Based:
-WeVideo
I notice you animate some portions of your videos. How do you do this?
We get this question a lot. Our videos are mostly a series of comics, but sometimes they contain minor animations. We do not use a fancy animation program. We create an image, save it, reopen it to make a slight change (such an image rotation or position change), save the new image, and repeat--- and we eventually end with a series of images that may appear animated once put into a movie editing program. Are you interested in trying this out? We would suggest naming your images numerically in sequence as shown below. As an alternative, you can actually put them in a free GIF maker. Our favorite free GIF maker is http://gifmaker.me. You can read more about our GIF animations here.
