iMovie iPad App

Rebekah has written some great notes to help you with creating an iMovie using your ipad.  

Go to this link to view them.  HERE

Green Screen - Mellini Pillay

 This Friday morning Techie Breakie PD was presented and prepared by Mellini Pillay.  Thanks Mellini!

To use the green-screen effect:

1. Record video in front of an evenly lit, solid bright green or blue backdrop. Download onto iphoto and then import it into iMovie. To use photos drag onto your desktop and then drag into imovie .

When you record, do the following for best results:

• Make sure the subject of the video isn’t wearing anything green and don’t include anything green in the shot other than the backdrop. If possible, use multiple lighting sources to eliminate shadows on the subject being recorded.
• Record a moment at the end with the subject out of the frame. This indicates to iMovie what should be cut out when the video is superimposed.
1. Make sure Advanced Tools are turned on. (Open iMovie, open Preferences and select Show Advanced Tools)
2. Open the project you want to add the green-screen effect to or start a new project.
3. Add an image (downloaded from the internet or iphoto, etc) to the project.
4. In the Event browser, select video (a frame range or an entire clip) that you recorded in front of the green backdrop or a photo taken in front of the green screen.
5. Drag the selection directly over the image—and release the mouse button when you see a green Add (+) symbol.

7. In the contextual menu that appears, choose Green Screen or Blue Screen.

The green-screen or blue-screen clip appears above the video clip in your project, as shown below.

You can drag it to a different spot within the clip, or to a different clip, to reposition it. You can also drag the ends to lengthen or shorten it. To drag an end, move the pointer over it until the pointer changes to a resize pointer, and then drag.

8. To more effectively mask areas of the green-screen clip, click to select the clip in your project (so that its border turns yellow). In the viewer click Cropped, and then drag the handles at the top or bottom of the viewer to more tightly enclose the subject of the video.

Anything outside the highlighted area in the green-screen clip is removed from the picture. Be sure not to crop out areas that the subject moves into at any point during the green-screen or blue-screen clip.

9. To produce a better-quality effect, double-click the green-screen or blue-screen clip in the Project browser to open the inspector, and then select “Subtract last frame.”

This action works only if you’ve included a moment at the end of the green-screen or blue-screen footage with the subject completely out of the frame.

10. Play back the effect by placing the playhead (the red vertical line) anywhere before the blue- or green-screen clip in the Project browser and then pressing the Space bar.

Press the Space bar again to stop playback.

To delete a green-screen clip:

Click to select the green-screen or blue-screen clip in the Project browser (so that its border turns yellow), and then press Delete.

Sound from the original clip and the sound from the green-screen or blue-screen clip play simultaneously. You can reduce the volume of either clip so that sound from the other clip stands out.

You can edit green-screen the same way you edit standard clips in your projects. For example, you can trim them using the Clip Trimmer, adjust their audio and video, crop them, and add video effects to them. You can also reposition or trim them using the Precision Editor.

Kidpix drawings can be used to create movies with the Green Screen option.

• Kidpix pictures can be exported into imovies by
• 1.In Kid Pix, choose Export to iMovie from the File menu.
• 2.The Kid Pix: Export to iMovie dialog appears.
• 3.Type a name for the frame and select the location you want to export the frame to.
• 4.Choose Movies option then export.
• 5.Open imovie. Choose import from the File menu.
• 6.Choose Movies and then find your file and import.

·      Drop one picture over the other and choose the green screen option. Remember that both pictures need to have a blue or green background for the green screen option to work.

Making iMovies on an iPad

Rebekah led our Techie Breakie on how to make iMovies on an iPad.  Thanks Rebekah.  Here are her great notes!  Make sure to give it a go.  It's far easier than you'd ever think!

Here is a link to the latest iMovie I made with my class.  Click HERE.  I recorded their comments using my iPad and took the photos using my iPad.  Then I went into the app and clicked on each video clip and photo that were now in my iPad's photo gallery.  I added music from the preloaded selection, and presto!  a movie was made!  On the home screen for iMovie, at the bottom are buttons to upload your movie to a place of your choosing.  I put them on Youtube and they are viewable to the people who I share the link with.

Term One PD

In Term One 2014 the eLearning Team have provided numerous opportunities for PD for the staff.  On Teacher Only Day in January, we had a whole staff session providing differentiated PD for staff on Google Apps for Education.  Basic instruction in Google Docs and Gmail was available for those wanting to learn the basics.  A bit more advanced was available for those who were already familiar with the basics and were ready for more.  A session on how to set up a Google site and a blog was provided for teachers ready to explore using these tools for sharing their students' learning and classroom activities.

Throughout the term, extra PD has been provided on Friday mornings before school.  These sessions are run by the eLearning team each taking two weeks to share their knowledge on an area of eLearning.  Attendance at these PD sessions is voluntary and available to any staff who are interested. Also during the term there have been two after school sessions provided for teachers who would like to set up a google site and blog.

Notes and instructions for most of the sessions have been posted on this PD blog and can be found by searching the labels.

Creating Google Sites and Blogs with Cheryl

Teachers learnt how to set up their own google site with links to resources, websites, photo galleries and a class blog.  They have also learnt how to blog from their ipads, smart phones and computers.

Getting Googley with Ryan.  

Google basics and more.  Learning how to put our documents in folders, work within gmail, create google docs, presentations, draw and much more.

Going crazy with QR Codes with Sarah.  
Learning how to create QR codes and link them to websites such as Youtube movies, books, authors, theme etc.  The resources the teachers make are being collected on our Staff Disk to be shared with all of the staff.

Incredible iMovies with Rebekah
Teachers will learn how to use their iPads and the iMovie app to create exciting movies that document students' learning.  Once the teachers are familiar with how easy it is to make a movie, they will be able to share this with their students so that their students can produce their own movies to share their learning.  Movies can easily be uploaded to Youtube and shared with parents and the global community.  Linking our Youtube movies to a QR code will enable us to share our learning around the school.  We are excited about the potential available with this eLearning tool!

Going Green screen with Mellini
Our school has a green screen and video equipment that is currently used by the news team.  Any staff who are interested in trying it out with their students are welcome to attend this session to learn how to use the green screen for their own productions.