EQUIPMENT & SOFTWARE

The Department has everything you need (go to this link, then select "Equipment" on the left hand side menu, using your UW NET ID to login) but feel free to use your own technology if you have it.

- Video:
Pretty much anything goes (Flip, Point & Shoot camera with video, DV camera, etc.)

- Still: any available still camera (personal or UW-stocked).

- Video Editing: Sony Vegas Movie Studio Platinum. I'll be teaching the basics of editing with help from UW's Catalyst, but if you decide you would like to use a different platform, that's fine. As long as the final product is outputted to a common video format (tbd.), it doesn't matter how you get there. I'm also happy to provide individual assistance outside of class to help refine your techniques.

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Online Distribution: YouTube, FlipTheMedia.com.

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Soundtrack production: Apple GarageBand/Soundtrack Pro, Adobe Soundbooth, music in the public domain or music that we can freely license.

If any or all of this makes little sense to you now, don't worry, we'll explain it all in class.