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1. Event Library Last Import MA i 2013 New Event 4 29 13 B New Event 4 22 13 B New Event 2 24 13 New Event 2 12 13 New Event v 2012 vare B New Event 5 5 13 Overlap Four Corners Scrolling Credits New Event 2 18 13 z BB New Event 2 18 13 4 I 7 fit Nero ae eat tare Drifting Sideways Drift Vertical Drift 2 39 8 selected 52 59 total Once you drop a title into the manager a popup will let you choose the color style In this example we will use the Gradient style iMovie File Edit Clip View Text Share Window Help amp 8OoC i DA 93460 Tue20 51 Kyle Gibb Q i Project Li hem to this area Title Text Here Subtitle Text Here Four Corners Scrolling Credits fext Here Vertical Drift Next you ll want to select the clip or clips from your video and drag it into the project The yellow box shows the beginning and end of the clip being selected Edit Clip View Text Share Window Help Seoec i F4 93 Tue20 51 KyleGibb Q i iMovie File iMovie Project Library Project New Project s Title Tex Press the Space bar to play Event Library 188 Last Import Centered Lower Third Once you ve added in all the clips you want you may want to add ending credits or something similar Again this can be found in the title selector The Scrol2. VA 24061 0292 United States E mail fireman vt edu Work 540 231 3405 References Dalton Jeffrey E Skip Menu Video Network Operations Virginia Tech n d Web lt http www vbs vt edu gt 13 Mrch 2013 14 More Info Services include interactive video conferencing multimedia production as well as streaming media Dustin James C Spotlight On Spotlight On Virginia Tech Learning Services lt http www is vt edu gt 2 Feb 2013 More Info Provide equipment tours consultations and assistance with audio and video troubleshooting Staff Search VTechWorks Browsing by Issue Date Virginia Tech Library Services 20 Feb 2013 Web lt http vtechworks lib vt edu gt 08 May 2013 More Info Contains collections communities and publications related to Virginia tech that users can browse 15
3. equipment as well as connect our equipment to the room s equipment In order to adapt to how soon the first seminar was we got the camera as quickly as possible to figure out how the equipment worked 12 Skills Acquired This project was focused on parts of multimedia that most of our members had not worked with before From the web development perspective we learned a lot about building internal Virginia Tech pages with correct branding as well as uploading systems and embedding videos into web pages For the actual video editing we learned many professional video creations with effects that are a standard in today s multimedia world We learned to use tools such as iMovie Final Cut Pro and camtasia in order to deliver professional grade results Some other techniques included sound clippings pacing color leveling and transitions During the recording of the interviews we learned to utilize high end cameras with wireless microphone systems We learned about camera angles live image sharpening and zooming effects that made the video more dynamic as recording Finally for the one on one interviews we also learned posture distance and voice emphasis in order to make for a smooth entertaining and accurate interview Acknowledgements We received a lot of help throughout this project and we wanted to mention some of the people that aided us through the semester Thank you for the chance to work on this project and all the help you h
4. for viewers to understand what the presenter was discussing It is not really necessary to get close up views of the presenters faces for these videos so another recommendation would be to make sure the shots are wide enough to capture the entire projection This could also help with the 1 recommendation in cases when the presenter does not give the recorders his her slides Finally it may be worth taking a close up of the presenter and then later combining that footage with the slides to create a hybrid video showing both This would require more work on the part of the people recording the presentation they would have to follow the presenter with the camera and the video editor need to link up the slides with the talk but the resulting benefit may outweigh the additional work Groups recording these seminars in the future may want to consider these trade offs and plan accordingly 11 Lessons Learned Timeline Schedule In this project we learned how to work in groups outside of a classroom scene as all the information was requested by a client Our original timeline was parallel to the scheduled seminars we were recording Our schedule involved first recording the seminars every Friday from 11 15am to 12 15pm Next conduct a 15 minute one on one interview with the speaker either right after the seminar or later that afternoon during the Meet the Speaker session in McBryde Following the interview we extracted and edited the vid
5. 12_2013 Friday April 12 2013 Last Import F 3 M 2013 S New Event 4 29 13 New Event 4 22 13 lan 7 TE LC anl B New Event 2 24 13 Centered Lower Third New Event 2 12 13 New Event v i 2012 R we New Event 5 5 13 Overlap Four Corners Scrolling Credits New Event 2 18 13 Day 2 New Event 2 18 13 Day 1 T y Text Here Drifting Sideways Drift Vertical Drift Zoom a This option exports the video as an MPEG 4 For different export formats you can use the Export using QuickTime option from the Share menu You can also select various sizes to export the video in we used Medium as our client told us that he didn t want the video to be high resolution Smaller file size also means it is easier for users to stream it You should make sure to keep a backup of the iMovie project so you can export at a higher resolution later if needed iMovie Project Library Export As New Project La Q al gt 2 lt E ell v S Desktop AVCHD E AVCHD 2 Oste 19_Apr m4v FAVORITES E Dropbox f l Clarke_ B gt Applications Clarke Osterweil 19 Apr webm eal S Consel e Documents Downloads H Movies J Music Pictures E B a iPod iPhone iPad tv Computer Size to Export _ Mobile Medium e U e Last Import Large JHD 720p vi 2013 New Event 4 29 13 HD 1080p New Event 4 22 13 Apr 122013 New Folder B N
6. CS Seminar CS 4624 Virginia Tech Blacksburg VA May 8 2013 Kyle Gibb Derek Ong Sivani Parbadia Glen Tona Clients Professor Manuel A Perez Quinonez mperezqu vt edu Ryan Chase rchase cs vt edu Nathan Hall nfhall vt edu Table of Contents Executive SUMmMary sese eee eee eee eee eee 3 Users Wat ahs TT 3 Developers Manualuinusmera skred ENEE rE eane EEEE EENE EPE EEEE EEA EEEE ani iaie eS 5 Suggestions for Future IMPFOVEMENL ccccccssssssseecceccccaaesseeeceeecessauessseeeeeeessuaeasseeeeeeeessuaaeseeeeeeeeaaas 11 Lessons Learned sss eee eee eee 12 Timeline Geel O essere eee E eee eens 12 Problems Solutions eee 12 Skills Acquired sss 13 Acknowledgements nnnrannrrarnrnrrrrrrrrrrrrrsrsrsrrersssssssssssssssssssrsssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssne 13 Ree 14 Executive Summary Computer Science seminars are a very educational and interesting aspect that the CS department offers to the students attending the university as well as staff faculty and visitors There are numerous occasions in which many students are not able to attend the seminars Taking this into consideration our group was responsible for the digital video recording and editing of the CS Seminar talks This allows for students to re watch a seminar if they can t remember all the information Each seminar is held on Friday at 11 15am in Torg 2150 We recorded each CS Seminar edited it and posted it to the VTechWorks we
7. VirginiaTech University Libraries VTechWo rks Invent the Future VTechWorks Home College of Engineering Department of Computer Science Computer Science Seminar Series Browsing Computer Science Seminar Series by Issue Date Browsing Computer Science Seminar Series by Issue Date Jump to a point in the index Choose month z Choose year z Or type in a year Go All of ViechWorks Sort by issue date Order f descending PP Communities amp Collections By Issue Date Now showing items 1 18 of 18 suts 20 TE Authors Uns Virginia Tech Student Presentations Subjects Endert Alex Sathre Paul 2013 05 06 This Collection By Issue Date Science at Extreme Scale Challenges in Data Management Analysis and Visualization Nowell Lucy 2013 05 06 Management analysis and visualization of extreme scale scientific data will undergo radical change during the coming decade Coupled with changes in the hardware architecture of next generation supercomputers explosive Authors Titles Subjects Meta models of Confidentiality Kafura Dennis 2013 05 06 Login Register Design Driven Software Development Consel Charles 2013 04 25 Last just click the link to the seminar you would like to watch and the video will be embedded at the top of the page Developers Manual Once you shoot the raw video you will need to edit it using a video editing program We used iMovie on a Mac laptop Yo
8. ave provided We truly appreciate the guidance we ve had this semester Manuel A Perez Quinonez Client Assoc Department Head for Graduate Studies Assoc Professor Computer Science 2202 Kraft Drive Office 1125 Virginia Tech Blacksburg VA 24060 United States E mail mperezqu vt edu Work 540 231 2646 Ryan Michael Chase Client Lead Systems Engineer Computer Science Department 2202 Kraft Dr Blacksburg VA 24060 E mail rchase vt edu 13 Work 540 231 1396 Nathan Hall Very helpful in guiding us on how to upload videos and how to edit the page VTechWorks Librarian Client Library 0434 University Libraries Digital Library and Archives Blacksburg VA 24062 United States E mail nfhall Qvt edu Work 540 231 1751 Edward Fox Aided in video development client contact and assisted in recording during one seminar Professor Computer Science 2160G Torgersen Hall Virginia Tech Blacksburg VA 24061 E mail fox vt edu Work 540 231 5113 Jeffrey E Dalton amp his staff from TV Broadcasting Services Provided tutorials in video audio editing and interview setup lighting and posture Multimedia Producer Director Senior Video Broadcast Services 288 Whittemore Hall Blacksburg VA 24061 E mail daltonje vt edu Work 540 231 8987 James C Dustin Aided in renting and teaching how to operate recording equipment Operations Coordinator InnovationSpace 1140 E Torgersen Hall Blacksburg
9. bsite that is located at this link http vtechworks lib vt edu handle 10919 19036 This project has been an ongoing project as seminars and talks are held every semester The main purpose along with what was described above is to attract more people to Computer Science and support the Computer Science department based on research discussed in the seminars Having these seminars uploaded onto a website that is easily accessible will generate interest in the computer science field as well as give people already in the field something potentially new and interesting to think about In order to accomplish this task our group had to have some kind of prior knowledge of videography and video editing User s Manual In this section we will explain the steps to watch the videos online First navigate to the URL http vtechworks lib vt edu handle 10919 19036 This will bring you to the main page in which the videos are hosted This page however only has links to the five most recent submissions In order to view all the videos click the By Issue Date button on the left side of the page under the This Collection title If VirginiaTech University Libraries VTechWorks Invent the Future VTechWorks Home Student Works CS4624 Multimedia Hypertext and Information Access CS4624 Multimedia Hypertext and Information Access Browse by E E By Issue Date Authors All of VTechWorks e Titles Communities amp Coll
10. ections e Subjects By Issue Date Authors Search within this collection I Go Titles Advanced Search Subjects This Collection CI gt Ch This collection contains the final projects of the students in in the course Computer Science 4624 Multimedia Hypertext and Information Access taught in Spring 2012 at Virginia Tech This course taught by Professor Ed Fox is part of the Human Titles Computer Interaction track the Knowledge Information and Data track and the Media Creative Computing track The curriculum introduces the architectures concepts data hardware methods models software standards structures technologies and issues involved with networked multimedia e g image audio video information access and systems hypertext and hypermedia electronic publishing virtual reality Coverage includes text processing search retrieval browsing time based performance synchronization quality of service video conferencing and authoring Authors Subjects Login Register Recent Submissions View Statistics Disaster Video Gallery Project Fesseha ZeleAlem 2012 05 10 The goal of this project was to collect YouTube videos for carefully selected events The videos were manually collected and verified to be relevant to the specific events The collection together with short description Then if you would like to see the most recent videos change the Order drop down menu to descending and click Update B
11. eo after which we then uploaded online We also made website updates throughout the semester Our plan was to get each video uploaded within three days of the recording Problems Solutions Often times we ran into problems due to lack of communication with the client with each other or malfunction of the equipment In general we learned to adapt to these issues and made a team effort in order to ensure good performance For instance if the client did not mention camera recording angles then we asked them what angles they would like us to us thus ensuring that after the video was recorded the client liked the position The quick changes in schedule also made the team more flexible Each member had a specific task and we made each other available to help with certain circumstances and last minute changes This allowed for an efficient and dynamic group In order to prevent future problems we would try and identify what hadn t been working thus far and change our methods accordingly One of the most important lessons we learned is that when you are dealing with clients we needed to be in constant connection for every seminar recording and interview as plans usually changed Another major lesson we learned is that we need to plan as far in advance as possible since clients can be very busy people The project started very quickly and we needed to be in complete understanding of the room s video and audio equipment and obtain our own recording
12. ew Event 2 24 13 640x360 Event Library B New Event 2 12 13 New Event i Overlap Four Corners Scrolling Credits B New Event 5 5 13 S New Event 2 18 13 Text Hore BR New Event 2 18 13 w R ey E 7 f Drifting Sideways Drift Vertical Drift 23900 Ge OTe Finally we want a WebM format video for streaming on VTechWorks We downloaded a simple program called Miro Video Converter to do this you simply select the WebM format and drag the video you want to convert into the specified area amp Mira Video Converter Help O L FS sert Tue21 00 KyleGibb Q i PJ Clarke_Oster well webm E Clarke_Oster weil r m4v Endert Sathre 26 Apr m4v 2 Lewis_8 Feb D Miro Video Converter LET Kafura 3 May recording Consel 22 Fe m4v b m4v 5 E Ne Sather Intervi untitled ew 2 r m4v folder Show File Evans 1 Feb m v To convert drag a video file here c e FA Kafura_3_May m4v Nowell 12 Ap r m4v WebM vp8 ma Feng 15 Feb Lewis 8 Feb Feng 15 Feb m v Endert Sathre Untitled txt _26_A webm G D Consel 22 Fe Evans_1 Feb All that remains is to upload the videos and any other material you might have such as the lecturer s slides to the VTechWorks website for users to access For one of the videos we had a Camtasia capture which normally allows you to combine a camera recording with a screen recording from a computer However the
13. ling Credits title is a typical one to use for end credits Drag it onto the back of your project to add it you can also change the length by double clicking on it iMovie File Edit Clip View Text Share Window Help Aase 0 A 4 936 Tue 20 51 KyleGibb Q i iMovie R Project Library Project New Project Show Fonts Starring Iris as Bridgette s starring be Inspector Tore as Ivo Duration 4 05 Bridgette as Iris Title Scrolling Credit S P Ivo as Tore 1 34 total rre ET re orr Event Library Apr 12 2013 Friday April 12 2013 fi Last Import me senhen MOAL vi 2013 New Event 4 29 13 New Event 4 22 13 New Event 2 24 13 rS F Ta R F i Centered Lower Third New Event 2 12 13 New Event New Event 5 5 13 Overlap Four Corners Scrolling Credits New Event 2 18 13 Day 2 S New Event 2 18 13 Day 1 rT SS ra r Ej 6 TA 1 Text Here Drifting Sideways Drift Vertical Drift Zoom The video should now be finished and needs to be exported Go to Share gt Export Movie from the menu iMovie File Edit Clip View Text Window Help Media Browser iTunes O 8 4 93 Tue 20 51 KyleGibb Q iMovie Project Library YouTube Facebook Vimeo CNN iReport s Title Tex Export using QuickTime Export Final Cut XML Remove from 1 34 total Event Library Apr_
14. screen recording was not centered correctly and was unusable We ended up having to manually create images for each slide and add them to the video one by one This took a huge amount of time so we would not recommend using this strategy for future seminar videos Instead recording one video that captures both the presenter and their slides at once seems to be a more efficient approach The cameras we used were all of the same type from VT s Knowledge Works At the time of writing we no longer have access to these cameras but they can be easily obtained by groups in future semesters by reserving them far in advance of each seminar talk We only used one camera for each recording as that was the number Knowledge works allowed us to rent It may be worth looking into using multi cam setups in future semesters but this would greatly add to the editing time required to produce the final videos to put on VTechWorks Here is a table listing details of each seminar we recorded Date Presenter Talk Length Size of m4v Size of webm 1 Feb 2013 David Evans 49 49 611 MB 138 MB 8 Feb 2013 Clayton Lewis 1 08 04 836 MB 183 MB 15 Feb 2013 Wu Feng 1 08 24 840 MB 185 MB 10 22 Feb 2013 Charles Consel 59 31 730 MB 161 MB 12 April 2013 Lucy Nowell 54 46 502 MB 293 MB 19 April 2013 Lee Osterweil 1 06 28 816 MB 182 MB Lori Clarke 26 April 2013 Alex Endert Paul 42 26 520 MB 115 MB Sathre 3 Ma
15. u may wish to use a different program The instructions below are for iMovie for other software look online for guides First you will need to import the video from your camera into iMovie This can be done from File gt Import from Camera New Project New Event Import from Camera Project Properties Finalize Project Space Saver x Ja o o E Analyze Video Optimize Video le Giese Eee RL BL se Ee R r Se SS seso rl Se Next you will want to create a new project This can be done by clicking on the symbol at the bottom right of the project library window which is in the top left corner iMovie File Edit Clip View Text Share Window Help ee 4 A e 954 Tue 20 48 KyleGibb Q i 800 iMovie Name New Project Aspect Ratio Widescreen 16 9 Frame Rate 30 fps NTSC Automatically add Cross Dissolve ork L 4 Film Noir Friendship olida mm 7 Create You will now see the project manager in the top left You may want to add a title segment to the beginning of the video which can be done by clicking the T along the right side of the window and dragging a title into the project iMovie File Edit Clip View Text Share Window Help amp 3e2e c oo A A 94 I Tue 20 50 Kyle Gibb Q i eoo iMovie 5 Project Library Project New Project S roject select video or photos and drag them to this area
16. y 2013 Dennis Kafura 58 25 717 MB 148 MB In general each video took about an hour to one and a half hours of editing to make sure that the audio and video throughout were of sufficient quality to look up the information required for the titles to edit any clips together and to export the videos to the required formats There were occasional audio issues especially in the interview sessions but because it was generally issues caused by the recording equipment very little or nothing could be done to salvage these parts Because we only used one camera there was no need to merge video from any other sources than that camera Suggestions for Future Improvement One issue that we had when recording the seminars was that it was difficult to reliably get the presenters lecture slides so we could upload them to VTechWorks along with the recording More effort should be placed on making sure these slides are obtained in future semesters Some suggestions include reaching out to the presenter ahead of the lecture using a flash drive to gain a copy directly before or after the lecture or more strongly following up after the lecture to get the presenter to email a copy It is best to contact the speaker as early as possible and only get the slides post lecture as a last resort Along with getting copies of the slides another issue we had was not capturing the entire slide projected onto the wall behind the presenter in the video making it harder
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