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K-State Online video tutorials and quick-reference guides

Posted on by Cathy Rodriguez

Do you need to brush up on your K-State Online skills or do you want to learn something new? Check out the K-State Online video tutorials. The following are a few examples of available tutorials:

If you prefer print format, various quick reference guides are available. If you have any questions or need assistance with K-State Online, contact Cathy Rodriguez (cathyr@k-state.edu) or Sarah Silva (gr8ful@k-state.edu).

Mini-presentation videos from Teaching, Learning and Technology Showcase

Posted on by Swasati Mukherjee

On March 13 at the Teaching, Learning and Technology Showcase, three Kansas State University faculty members gave mini-presentations in the Flint Hills Room at the K-State Student Union. Each presentation was a duration of 30 minutes.

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Free, online course starts March 22: Connecting with Social Media

Posted on by Cathy Rodriguez

The Information Technology Assistance Center is offering a free, online course on “Connecting with Social Media.” This seven-week course begins Tuesday, March 22, and is designed to introduce K-Staters to the fundamental concepts and uses of various social media tools. The course requires pre-registration.

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Green screen (Part 3): Editing video using Sony Vegas 8

Posted on by Shalin Hai-Jew

(Editor’s note:  This is the third in a series on the Media Development Center’s new green screen, which is available for K-State students, faculty, and staff to use on still images and video.)

The third and last segment provides a brief overview of how to “key” video using a green screen. The “chroma-key” feature is available on virtually all commercial video-editing software programs. This segment will highlight how to use Sony Vegas 8 to create the “green screen” effects.


Fred Darkow poses during the green-screen video
Fred Darkow poses during the green-screen video


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Green screen (Part 2): Editing still images

Posted on by Shalin Hai-Jew

(Editor’s note:  This is the second in a series on the Media Development Center’s new green screen, which is available for K-State students, faculty, and staff to use on still images and video.)

This segment will address how to edit still images to change the background for the green-screen effects.

GreenScreenTriptych

First, open Adobe Photoshop. Open the particular image that you would like to change. (Anthony Cobb is modeling in the image below.) Continue reading “Green screen (Part 2): Editing still images” →

Green screen (Part 1): Using the green (+blue) screen at the MDC

Posted on by Shalin Hai-Jew

(Editor’s note:  This is the first in a series on the Media Development Center’s new green screen, which is available for K-State students, faculty, and staff to use on still images and video.)

People who go to the Media Development Center (MDC), 214 Hale Library, may have noticed a large green (or blue) screen near the entryway in the past few months. This is known colloquially as a “green screen” because it allows graphic artists and video editors to change the backgrounds of images. For example, this is the tool that allows meteorologists to share information on moving weather systems.

A green screen is used in professional broadcast television studios to capture a person or people in the foreground while the background image may be dynamic. Then, the background may be “keyed” (chroma-keyed) or eliminated, and different backgrounds put into the place of the green/blue screen.

New green screen (blue on reverse side) and lights available for use in the Media Development Center
New green screen (blue on reverse side) with lights for K-Staters to use in the Media Development Center

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Spotlight: Five-minute videos

Posted on by Cathy Rodriguez

5minVideopediaThe “5min Life Videopedia” website (www.5min.com) has a plethora of five-minute instructional videos covering many different categories, such as home, food, music, travel, technology, and more.

You can create your own videos and upload them to the site, or add existing videos to your own website with a few easy steps. You can either have a single video that’s related to your page or you can add a video thumbnail strip that displays multiple videos related to your page. In both cases, the VideoSeed tool analyzes the content of your pages and then displays relevant videos.

For starters, check out this video that gives a tour of Windows 7.

Create videos easily with Jing

Posted on by IT editors

Have you ever wanted an easy way to make videos on your computer? Ever thought video screen capture would be great, but think it would too hard to figure out how to create the video, put it online, and stream it?

Jing is here to help. Jing provides an easy-to-use three-step process to:

  1. create a video
  2. upload it to a server
  3. embed or link to the video on a webpage or in an e-mail

After installing and running the Jing program, a small, sun-like icon appears at the top of or in the corner of your desktop. Upon clicking it, you have three options — you can capture, see your recorded history, or adjust the settings.

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