#722 Create a GIF in Camtasia
Here is a quick tip on how to create a GIF using Camtasia using the latest version (free 30-day trial available and educational pricing).
Category: Media literacy
The capacity to critically read communications in a range of digital media – text, graphical, video,
animation, audio, haptic etc. At higher levels, the capacity to appreciate audience, purpose, accessibility,
impact, modality and to understand digital media production as a practice and an industry. Ability to
collate and repurpose media giving due recognition to originators.
#717 Adobe Podcast audio enhancer
Often when I record audio it is not in a studio and I get all sorts of background noise. Sometimes I sound like I am down a well. Adobe has a product in beta format at the moment called Adobe podcast and one of the tools is the enhancer. At the moment you can sign… Continue reading #717 Adobe Podcast audio enhancer
#711 Insert a Cameo in PowerPoint
Easily add a video of yourself talking over a slide using the Insert – Cameo feature in PowerPoint. Here’s how:
#709 Extract text from a table
Recently I have been converting word documents that had transcripts in tables. In order to make the documents more presentable I wanted to take the text from the tables and utilise as regular text in the document. This initially meant quite a bit of cutting and pasting. After a few errors were I cut the… Continue reading #709 Extract text from a table
#703 Install new fonts on Windows
In this video, we show you how to add new fonts on a Windows computer. It’s really easy. You download the font you want and then drag and drop it in Settings.
#701 Three quick tips in MS Video
In this video, I’m going to show you three quick things in MS video (some old, some new):
#696 Adobe Express: Free transparent background maker
This is a really handy, free tool that you can use to easily make the background of your image transparent. Really useful if you don’t have access to Photoshop and you need to make some quick edits.
#695 Remove the darkness (remove the black bars from a video)
In my previous post, I mentioned one way to remove black bars from video – by simply flipping your phone (or tablet) portrait. In this new post, we’ll use the Microsoft Video (Photo) app as an alternative. This example will show you how to for both images and video. It’s not perfect but it’s better!
#693 Flip it (Your phone)
Okay so it’s a little bug bear of mine… When I see people shooting video on their phone in portrait mode. It’s so much better if you just rotate your phone for viewing video / recording video and also taking certain photographs – otherwise you can end up with the black bar syndrome. Any black… Continue reading #693 Flip it (Your phone)
#676 Copy a Menti presentation from one account to another
Here is a super-easy way to copy a Menti presentation from one account to another. It took me a while to figure out how to do this but once I did it was really easy.
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