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Understanding Video File Types: Codecs, Containers, and Outputs

TechSmith Camtasia

While the word “compression” can conjure images of pixelated video, the process is both necessary and efficient with modern digital cameras. The codec of your original video file is often determined by your camera or screen recorder, which you may or may not have control over in your camera settings. Compression is your friend!

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9 Free Tools That Help Me Build Better E-Learning

Rapid eLearning

There are also times I like to layer my narration with ambient sound or different effects. In either case, it’s easy to shoot video with a simple digital camera and edit it without a lot of expense. For rapid elearning converting to the SWF and FLV Flash formats are important and Format Factory supports this. FLV Player.

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Lights, Camera, Action.Learn

Integrated Learnings

You don't just pick up a camera and go at it. You'll want to set up the cameras and microphones and place them in the positions they'll be used during the filming. You can find effects that will remove background noise, balance out the volume and much more. If you've never done it before, it can be a very intimidating task.

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A Way With The Fairies

Learnnovators

In 1917, 9-year-old Frances Griffiths and her 16-year-old cousin, Elsie Wright, borrowed Elsie’s father’s camera to take a photograph of the fairies they claimed lived down by the creek. From the get-go, the map was so high level it was effectively useless. When I scanned my iPad’s camera over the rose… Voila! She appeared.

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A way with the fairies

E-Learning Provocateur

In 1917, 9-year-old Frances Griffiths and her 16-year-old cousin, Elsie Wright, borrowed Elsie’s father’s camera to take a photograph of the fairies they claimed lived down by the creek. From the get-go, the map was so high level it was effectively useless. When I scanned my iPad’s camera over the rose… Voila!