NABJ Media Institute - Val Hoeppner Materials
October 31, 2008
It was great having you all here in Nashville at the Freedom Forum Diversity Institute for the NABJ Media Institute. I hope you are as excited about multimedia journalism as when you left the Diversity Institute.
I have put together some of the materials I used during my sessions with you and have added the Multimedia Equipment (2654) download to this post. In the Multimedia Toolbox you will find the Soundslides tutorial, Photoshop tutorial and the Final Cut Pro tutorial available for download.
Below are some of the materials we discussed during the Institute.
Audacity is a free sound editing program available at audacity.sourceforge.net. The program allows you to do multi-track audio editing. There is a helpful tutorial and manual you can download.
When exporting an mp3 from Audacity you need a small program called lamelib. When uploading audio files to the web or uploading audio to Soundslides you will need an mp3.
Soundslides is an audio slideshow program that allows the user to “concentrate on the story, rather than the application”, according to their website. The download is free and fully functional in demo mode. You will need a licensed copy of Soundslides to unlock the “Made With Soundslides Demo” tag on your projects. There are two versions, Soundslides and Soundslides Plus. I recommend Soundslides Plus because it offers audio slideshows, lower thirds, motion (pan and zoom), template control, IPTC captioning, full-screen playback and non-audio slideshows for $69.95. The Soundslides version costs $39.95 and allows audio slideshows, template control and IPTC captioning.
PowerPoint
The two PowerPoint presentations I used during our sessions are in the galleries below. Clicking your mouse on the presentation advances the slides. Refresh the page to start at the beginning of each presentation.
Multimedia Toolbox I
Multimedia Toolbox II
Final Cut Tutorial - PDF
October 16, 2008
Download Val Hoeppner’s Final Cut Tutorial, a step-by-step guide to producing a video project using Final Cut software. Click the link to download. DownLoadFinalCutPro_DOC (573)
Soundslides Tutorial - PDF
October 16, 2008
Download Val Hoeppner’s Soundslides tutorial, a step-by-step guide to producing a Soundslide project. Click the link to download. DownLoadSoundslides_DOC (468)
Photoshop - Prep Photos for Soundslides
October 15, 2008
Download Val Hoeppner’s tutorial on Adobe Photoshop and preparing images and title slides for Soundslide projects. Click the link to download. DownLoadPhotoshop_DOC (423)
