1. Video Editing for the
Brookfield Public
Library Staff Day
Mick Jacobsen
mjacobsen@skokielibrary.info

2. What we will cover
• Videos in Libraries
• Stuff
• Flip cameras and tripods
• Portable Hard Drives
• Green Screen
• Microphones
• Windows Movie Maker
• iMovie
• Hands-on time

3. What we won't cover
• Final Cut Pro 7 or X
• Adobe Premium Pro
• Adobe After Effects

4. • Over 800 million unique users visit YouTube
each month
• Over 4 billion hours of video are watched each
month on YouTube
• 72 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every
minute

5. Ubiquity of Video
• CNN-YouTube presidential debates for the
2008 election
• Starting businesses with
Kickstarter/Indiegogo
• What do you use video for?

6. What should
libraries be
doing?

7. The Hardware

8. Flip Cameras

9. Tripods

10. Lacie 250G rugged portable hard drives

11. Yeti Mic

12. The Software

13. Windows Movie Maker Live

14. Using Windows Movie Maker
• Import
o Video
• Finish WMV
o Save to Computer
o Images
o Save to CD
o Audio
o Send in email
• Edit Effects o Sent to the Web
o Transitions
o Send to DV camera
o Titles and Credits
o Auto movie

15. iMovie
Mac only, requires
iLife $32 or Free

16. Awesome Scale

17. Where

18. Edit
• Music and Sound • Cropping
Effects • Voice Over
• images • Slow Motion
• Titles • Instant Replay
• Transitions • Slow Motion
• Backgrounds • Fast Forward
o Green screen

19. Some others
• Youtube
• Animoto http://animoto.com/

20. Skokie Library Video Bootcamp
• http://blogs.skokielibrary.info/bootcamp/

21. Thank You
Mick Jacobsen
mjacobsen@skokielibrary.info

22. Hands-on Time!
• Create a 1-3 minute video
• Use a Flip Camera and tripod
• Use iMovie or Windows MovieMaker Live to
edit
• Share (if we have time)