Blogging and digital storage
Blogging is a terrific way to publish your latest work, whether it’s writing or photography. You can start your own student blog very easily by following these instructions found right here:
http://oit.umass.edu/blogs/blogs_get_started.pdf
Need extra storage for all your digital assets? As a student here, you have 250 megabytes available to you with your UDrive. Instructions on using your UDrive can be found here:
http://oit.umass.edu/udrive/index.html
Just photos
The most valuable photographic tutorial came with your camera. It’s the owner’s manual. Don’t have it? You can easily retrieve it in pdf form by simply putting the camera’s name and model number into a search engine. Most manufacturers have them online.
Looking for information about all the features offered by Picasa? Check it all out right here:
http://picasa.google.com/support/bin/topic.py?hl=en&topic=14609
Just sound
Audacity is the recommended software for sound because it is an industry-wide standard. Two tutorials are listed here:
http://www.oit.umass.edu/workshops/tutorials/digitalaudio/audacity_basics.pdf
Here is also a fine, somewhat broader view of sound technology used by photojournalists, information about tools and more stuff about Audacity graciously provided by Will Yurman of the Rochester (NY) Democrat and Chronicle.
Sights and sounds…together!
Windows Movie Maker
If you’re a PC user, you’ll use Windows Movie Maker to combine images and sounds during most of the semester. It’s very easy to use and a fine tip sheet is right here:
http://www.oit.umass.edu/workshops/tutorials/digitalvideo/movmake.pdf
If you are using Windows Live Movie Maker, you might like to watch this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZZij3NNyVg
This is another one about WLMM from Mindy McAdams of the University of Florida:
http://www.slideshare.net/macloo/windows-live-movie-maker-big
iMovie
If you’re an Apple owner, you’ll want to use iMovie, a part of the iLife suite. Handy tips on using iMovie may be found here:
http://www.oit.umass.edu/workshops/tutorials/digitalvideo/imoviefull.pdf
Soundslides
Will Yurman provides two more valuable tutorials here for Soundslides.
For those of you who are advanced with web technology, you might be interested in this:
COPYRIGHT STUFF
Here is vital information on copyright laws for here in the U.S.A.! It only scratches the surface but it’s very important! Don’t steal other peoples stuff and make sure you protect your own!!
Hi there!
Here is the link to the copyright lecture. Please pay close attention to the information about Creative Commons as well as everything else. Have a great weekend!
https://udrive.oit.umass.edu/dvandal/photojournalism397P/Copyright.pdf
Dennis