Producing Effective Screencasts
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The document outlines a session agenda on producing effective screencasts, emphasizing the importance of selecting the right recording tools, organizing content, and optimizing presentation setups. Led by Richard Harrington, who has extensive experience in video production, the course offers practical advice on various aspects of recording, from audio quality to screen resolution choices. It highlights benefits and drawbacks of screencasting while providing technical details on equipment usage and audience engagement strategies.
Producing Effective Screencasts
- 2. Session Agenda ● Choosing the right recording tools (software vs. hardware) ● Organizing your content ● Setting up your presentation computer ● Selecting a microphone for recording ● Using a pro camera via Thunderbolt or USBC ● Optimizing slides
- 3. Producing Effective Screencasts with Richard Harrington facebook.com/ RichHarringtonStuff linkedin.com/in/ richardharrington twitter.com/ rhedpixel
- 4. Description Sharing the content of your screen has become a standard for both prerecorded and live video. Whether you’re teaching software, giving a slide presentation, or hosting a business meeting this is a great technique. Rich Harrington has been producing screencasts for 20 years and clients including Apple, Adobe, Microsoft, Skylum, and many more. In this course, he offers practical advice for organizing, producing, and running a screencast or webinar that works with most hosting platforms. He explores choosing the right software tools and web cameras. Learn how to get the best video and sound from a computer screen.
- 10. Richard Harrington I'm a visual storyteller exploring the fusion of photography and video. I'm also a husband & father
- 11. Vital Statistics • Author 40+ Books • Author 200+ Video Courses • Publisher of Photofocus & ThinkTAP Learn • Conference Speaker • Business Owner • Photographer
- 13. Past Projects • America Online • American Diabetes Association • American Israel Public Affairs Committee • American Red Cross • Apple • Children's National Medical Center • Department of Veterans Administration • Drobo • Federal Communications Commission • Google • lynda.com • Microsoft • Skylum • Smithsonian Institute • Under Armour • US Air Force
- 14. Advisory and Consultant Projects • Television Networks • ABC News • CNN • Discovery Channel • Major League Baseball Network • NASCAR • Turner Networks • Technology • Adobe Creative Cloud Advisory Board • Apple • Athentech • Pearson Education • Skylum Software
- 18. Mobile Video Experience • Understanding Adobe Photoshop • Final Cut Help • Photoshop for Video • Secrets of Style with Kim Foley • Peachpit Press Author Tips • Tech on the Road • Google Web Toolkit • Photoshop CS4 Sneak Peek • Producing Video Podcasts
- 19. Mobile Video Experience • OnMicrosoft • OnNetworking • OnOpenSource • OnSecurity • OnSoftware • MacBreak Work • Inside Mac (consulting) • Photoshop User TV (consulting) • MommyCast (production)
- 21. Screencasting
- 22. Screencasting • Very cost effective • Use a good microphone • Use a capture application • Create a quiet environment • Practice before you record
- 23. The Benefits of Screencasting • Popular genre • Allows for educational content to be easily shared • Works well for B2B content • Extremely low costs • Low bandwidth delivery
- 24. The Drawbacks of Screencasting • Can be hard to consume at lower bandwidth due to compression artifacts • Content is often less polished • Can be a cluttered genre • Difficult to standout and brand
- 27. Choosing the right recording tools
- 28. Recording the Screen Software tools
- 29. Mac Screencasting Software • ScreenFlow • iShowU • QuickTime • Camtasia for Mac • Snapz Pro X
- 30. PC Screencasting Software • Snaggit • Camtasia • CamStudio
- 31. Studio B Our Basic Studio
- 51. Media Factory Studios Our Full-Service Studio
- 66. Project Objectives • Schedule • Performance • Cost
- 67. Detailed Outline
- 68. Documentary Photo Techniques with Photoshop and After Effects Author: Richard Harrington Target Course Duration: 2h Course Description: In this course, author Rich Harrington explores the world of documentary storytelling, using various techniques in Adobe Photoshop and After Effects to transform damaged photos into brand-new works of art. Basic image editing techniques in Photoshop such as toning, cropping, sharpening, and resizing are covered. The course also shows how to add movement to photos in After Effects, helping to create a dramatic story. Target Audience: Intermediate Target Delivery: Q2 2017 Topics include: Understanding resolution Organizing photos with Adobe Bridge Renaming files Working in the right color space Removing damage with the healing and cloning tools Making Content-Aware Scale and Fill repairs Controlling focus with blurring and sharpening Correcting alignment Restoring contrast with Curves and Levels Importing images in After Effects Using Ease and keyframe assistants Adding vignettes Rendering animations
- 69. Documentary Photo Techniques with Photoshop and After Effects Outline: 0.0 Introduction 0.1 Welcome 0.2 Using the exercise files 1.0 Organize Your Photos with Adobe Bridge 1.1 Adding ratings to images 1.2 Checking focus in a photo 1.3 Using review mode to check your images 1.4 Batch renaming files 2.0 Understanding Resolution 2.1 Resolution requirements for video 2.2 Requirements for panning and scanning 2.3 Using the Place command to size an image 2.4 Doubling an Image 2.5 Batch processing with the Image Processor Script 3.0 Working in the Right Color Space 3.1 Requirements for video 3.2 Batch converting images 4.0 Removing Damage 4.1 Removing damage with the Clone Stamp tool 4.2 Removing damage with the Healing Brush tool 4.3 Removing damage with the Patch tool 5.0 Content-Aware Repairs 5.1 Using Content-Aware Scale 5.2 Removing objects with Content-Aware Fill
- 71. Managing Course Development • Have a concept • Have a plan • Have a process
- 72. Have a Concept
- 73. The Five W’s for Refining a Concept • Who—Who is going to watch the program? Who is going to host the program? • What—What topics will the program cover? What genre or format will it use? • Where—Where will the program be recorded? A studio? On location? • When—When will the program come out? Daily? Weekly? Monthly? • Why—Why would a viewer subscribe/buy? Why would they come back?
- 74. Analyze the Market • Who is your competition? • What makes your video different? • What can you do better? • Who do you want to attract? • What weaknesses does your competition show? • How can you take advantage of these?
- 76. Have a Plan
- 77. Questions to Ask • Make-Up of Audience? • Connection Speeds? • Embedded into Page? • Downloadable? • Portable? • Protected?
- 78. Balancing Production • Carefully choose acquisition format • Select talent carefully • Keep it short • Rehearse before recording
- 79. Have a Process
- 83. Setting up your presentation computer
- 85. Screen Resolution Choices • 4:3 (1.33:1) • Old computer monitor standard • Common until 2003 • 16:10 (1.6:1) • 1280×800, 1680×1050, and 1920×1200 displays • Popular between 2003—2008
- 86. Screen Resolution Choices • 16:9 (1.77:1) • 1280×720, 1366×768, and 1920×1080 displays • Became standard in 2010 • 4K Resolution • Gaining in popularity • Digital Cinema Initiatives is 4096×2160 (1.9:1) • Ultra High Definition is 3840x2160 (1.77:1)
- 87. Screen Resolution Choices • Think about the viewing audience • The rise in online video makes 16:9 most popular • Some software platforms only support specific resolutions • Consider recording options and future playback
- 88. Removing Distractions and Embarrassment • Computer • Hide clock • Clear desktop • Minimize fesktop pattern • Hide dock/taskbar • Cleanup shortcuts • Dedicated user
- 89. Removing Distractions and Embarrassment • Web Browser • Clear history • Remove cache • Hide unused tabs • Hide favorites/bookmarks
- 90. Selecting a microphone for recording
- 91. Audiois Key • Recording high-quality audio is essential. • When shooting video, people tend to spend the entire effort focusing on the images and leave little time or resources dedicated to ensuring that good audio is recorded. • This is a mistake that many come to regret once they start the editing process.
- 92. Audio is Key • Despite how good your video looks, in the end if your audio is bad, the whole production will come off as amateurish. • People can forgive bad video, but stop watching when they cannot hear. • You will fail to retain the viewers you worked so hard to attract.
- 94. Using a pro camera via Thunderbolt or USBC
- 96. Plugging in Power • To supply power, plug a standard IEC power cable into your Blackmagic Web Presenter’s power input on the rear panel. • When powered, the status indicator at the bottom right corner of your Web Presenter’s front panel will illuminate.
- 97. SDI PGM OUT STEREO IN L USB WEB CAM HDMI LOOP OUT R HDMI IN SDI IN SDI LOOPOUT LINE/MIC IN ANALOG AUDIO IN
- 99. Plugging in Video • Next, plug your source video into the Blackmagic Web Presenter’s SDI or HDMI video inputs. • There are both loop SDI and loop HDMI outputs and you can use these outputs if you want to connect Web Presenter in line with a video connection to other equipment. • For example, you could loop the SDI output to a deck or monitor or you could connect Web Presenter in between a computer’s HDMI output and the HDMI input of a video projector.
- 100. Plugging in Video • There is also a program SDI output and this will output video after the SDI and HDMI switch, but before the down conversion to 720p video. • This SDI program output is the same resolution as the video inputs, so is perfect for connecting to a deck for master recording.
- 101. Plugging in Video • Blackmagic Web Presenter supports 12G-SDI and will automatically switch between SD, HD and Ultra HD all the way up to 2160p60 when the video input changes. • You can input virtually any video signal and it will convert the signal to 720p video for the USB video, which is both high quality but also very low data rate for streaming video. • What this means is you can do your production in higher resolution 1080 HD or Ultra HD but the web presenter will take care of lowering the resolution and frame rate for you, all within the single unit.
- 102. SDI PGM OUT STEREO IN L USB WEB CAM HDMI LOOP OUT R HDMI IN SDI IN SDI LOOPOUT LINE/MIC IN ANALOG AUDIO IN
- 103. Plugging in Audio • The SDI and HDMI inputs include audio, however there are also 2 additional analog audio inputs. • The XLR audio input is a mono input that lets you plug in microphones. It’s a single channel mono input because microphones are mono and when you connect to this balanced XLR audio input the audio will be sent to both left and right audio channels internally.
- 104. Plugging in Audio • The second analog audio input is a HiFi input using RCA connectors. • This input is good for computer audio or audio from a music source such as smartphone, music player, audio mixer or even a CD player.
- 105. Plugging in Audio • All audio sources will be connected to an internal stereo audio mixer and all blended together. • If you don’t want audio to be included from any specific audio source, then please ensure you disconnect the analog audio sources, or turn down audio from HDMI sources such as computers. • Otherwise any audio on any of the inputs will be blended together and sent to the USB audio output.
- 106. Reducing Audio Interference • Remove cellphone from area • Disable cell reception • Avoid microphones crossing power cables • Turn off connected drives and extra devices
- 107. SDI PGM OUT STEREO IN L USB WEB CAM HDMI LOOP OUT R HDMI IN SDI IN SDI LOOPOUT LINE/MIC IN ANALOG AUDIO IN
- 108. Connecting to your Computer • Now that you have plugged in your video and audio sources, connect your Blackmagic • Web Presenter to your computer via its USB port. Your computer will instantly recognize the unit as a USB webcam source.
- 109. Using Teranex Mini Smart Panel
- 110. Using Teranex Mini Smart Panel • An optional Teranex Mini Smart Panel can be mounted to the front of your Web Presenter, replacing the original front panel. • The Smart Panel buttons allow you to switch sources, together with a built in LCD so you can monitor the input video and status information, such as the input video source, video format, plus the USB output frame rate.
- 111. 1 MENU Source Video Format USB 1 MENU HDMI 525i59.94 NTSC 30 fps 2 VIDEO 2 VIDEO SET AUDIO SET AUDIO
- 112. Installing the Teranex Mini Smart Panel • Installing your optional Smart Panel is easy and because the panels are hot swappable, you don’t even need to turn off your Blackmagic Web Presenter when installing it. • Remove the two M3 screws on each side of your Web Presenter’s basic front panel using a Pozidriv 2 screwdriver and gently pull the panel away from the front of your Web Presenter.
- 113. Installing the Teranex Mini Smart Panel • On the inside of the basic panel, you’ll notice a small clear plastic tube attached to the bottom corner. • This tube directs light from the LED inside the Web Presenter toilluminate the status indicator on the basic panel. • This tube should stay attached to the basic front panel.
- 114. Installing the Teranex Mini Smart Panel • Align the connector on the rear of the Smart Panel with the adjoining connector on the face of your Blackmagic Web Presenter and gently push the Smart Panel towards the unit until the connectors are firmly seated. • The Smart Panel should make a firm connection and fit neatly inside the face of your Web Presenter. • Re-insert the M3 screws from the original panel.
- 115. 1 2
- 116. Control Buttons • When the smart panel is attached, the switching feature is enabled on your Blackmagic Web Presenter. This means when you are broadcasting, you can press buttons 1 and 2 to switch between the SDI and HDMI input sources. • Pressing ‘1’ will select the SDI input, and pressing ‘2’ will select the HDMI input.
- 117. Setting up a physical switcher and using software switchers
- 126. Case Study
- 144. Optimizing slides
- 145. Optimizing Slides for a Webinar • People scan; they don’t read word-for-word • Use shorter bullets • Avoid open captions for the thinking impaired • Increase font point size to address compression • Boldface important terms “keywords” • Use links & images
- 146. Why Use Images? • Visual Interest. Appealing images attract viewer’s attention and encourage them to stick around to watch the show. • Layout. Images can be used to break up long blocks of text and create hierarchy to the content. • Information. Visuals can add a lot of information to a slide
- 147. Images for Your Slides • People are far more likely to look at slides with an image than without one • Don’t borrow images or content from other blogs or online content • Use images in public domain (Government, Wikipedia Commons, Flickr) or your own images • Use stock sites like Adobe Stock
- 148. Royalty Free Images • Pay a one-time fee to use the image multiple times for multiple purposes • No time limits on when the image can be used • No exclusive rights of a Royalty-free image • Less administrative tracking issues
- 154. ADOBE PREMIERE PRO 2020 NEWFEATURES
- 155. PUBLICBETAACCESS
- 156. The Public Beta is for those who want to share their feedback directly with Adobe by testing new fixes and features during product development. Beta builds are available in the Creative Cloud Desktop app as separate installations. You can run Beta builds side-by-side with the released versions of the applications. PUBLICBETA ACCESS KEY CHANGES TO SETUP AND PREFERENCES
- 158. The roll-out of the Beta apps takes place in small, randomized increments, and will ultimately be available to all Creative Cloud members within a few months. Beta apps send Adobe information about how you use them. Your regular app settings do not apply to Beta apps. PUBLICBETA ACCESS KEY CHANGES TO SETUP AND PREFERENCES
- 159. - System information, such as devices, operating system, amount of memory installed, and screen resolution - Adobe product information, such as version number - Information about your documents (but not the content in your documents) - Document usage information, such as how many times you open a document - How you interact with the applications and how the Adobe applications interact with your content, including features used and the options selected. COLLECTEDBETA INFORMATION KEY CHANGES TO SETUP AND PREFERENCES
- 161. - A macOS change - Use the “System Default” option in the Audio Hardware preferences to automatically switch to changes in the OS audio device settings. - Perfect for connecting headphones, AirPods, or plugging in a USB microphone. - Can be configured separately for input and output. - Enable desktop apps to automatically switch to the current system audio device when changed. AUTOMATICALLY UPDATEAUDIODEVICES KEY CHANGES TO SETUP AND PREFERENCES
- 163. Filter the Effect Controls Panel to show only changed parameters or parameters with keyframes. Add a new keyboard shortcut to select filtering mode in the Effect Controls Panel: Select Next Effect Controls Properties Filter. • Show All Properties • Show Only Keyframed Properties • Show Only Edited Properties FILTERTHEEFFECT CONTROLSPANEL EDITING IMPROVEMENTS
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