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CLASS 1SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 2007
USING THE BUILT-IN 'START/STOP MOVIE TO DISK'
FUNCTION
No real life cameras needed
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Why We Are Here

• to practice the fine art of machinima
  (3D real-time video capture)
• to share our story
• How will we share our story?
• Create video clips
• Upload video clips to online video hosting site
  with editing options (www.jumpcut.com)
• Create a shared movie project open movie
• Contribute clips that document our experiences
• Use our shared voice - our story
• Create individual variations from the raw footage

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Online Editing Hosting

• In Class 2 www.jumpcut.com
• Participate in our open movie
• Create individual accounts for practicing
• Email our video clips to the library famous
  account
• Open the movie and edit, play, learn
• Account created for Library Famous!
• Username libraryfamous
• Password paparazzi
• Email libraryfamousygkpcs_at_upload.jumpcut.com

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Sharing our Ideas

• Develop a storyboard to lay out our experiences
  graphically organize our story
• Use free storyboard software
• Contribute snapshots from Second Life
• Organize our story
• FREE Storyboarding Software
• Atomic Learning http//www.atomiclearning.com/sto
  ryboardpro
• (macs or PCs)

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While we are learning

• Meet at least twice per month for hands-on
  sessions
• Share our ideas and stories
• Increase our confidence skills working with
  machinima in SL
• Rotate presentation /instruction role
• Collaborate and create a product that is bigger
  and better than any one of us could do
• Help each other (software, acting, sets,
  locations)
• Volunteer to do demos, exhibits, events at the
  Machinima Institute on the ALA Arts Island
• Be part of the Library Famous Paparazzi! Team to
  cover events for Second Life Library (one year
  anniversary, Renaissance Island)

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Our Story

• We have experienced unexplained temporary changes
  to our SL browsers

Reportings of being stuck in SL with no exit
function (physically mentally)
and Second Life menu features options are
showing up in Real Life
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Hands-onBefore we start
Clear up the Screen --gt

• Red Arrow / Beam
• Click on map button or View World Map
• Click on CLEAR button (right side of screen)
• Chat Bubbles
• Click on Edit Preferences General Tab
• Under Show Names click Never
• Mouse Sensitivity
• Click on Edit Preferences Input Camera
• Increase mouse sensitivity

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Change Preferences forUsing Mouselook ShortcutM

• Close Chat text entry field
• Edit Preferences
• Under Chat tab select checkbox
• Close chat after hitting return
• When filming this will allow you to use the
  shortcut for Mouselook M
• (otherwise, use View Mouselook)
• Use ESCAPE key to get out of Mouselook

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Hands-on Test Clips for PCs

• PCs Only
• HIDE / Show Interface CTRL - ALT - 1
• Shoot / Stop Movie CTRL - SHIFT - A
• What Else?
• Film at a higher resolution (640x480 or more)
• Todays test clips (5-10 seconds)
• 320 x 240 pixels or 640 x 480

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Hands-on Test Clips for MACS

• MACS Only
• Hide / Show Interface CMD - Option -1
• Shoot / Stop Movie CMD - SHIFT - A
• What Else?
• We usually use a higher resolution (640x480 or
  more)
• Todays test clips (5-10 seconds)
• 320 x 240 pixels or 640 x 480

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Quick Lookup

• PCs Only
• HIDE / Show Interface CTRL - ALT - 1
• Shoot / Stop Movie CTRL - SHIFT - A
• MACS Only
• Hide / Show Interface CMD - Option -1
• Shoot / Stop Movie CMD - SHIFT - A
• What Else?
• If you have lots of memory film at 640x480 (or
  larger)
• Todays test clips (5-10 seconds)
• 320 x 240 pixels or 640x480

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Shoot Test Video Clip

• Preferences
• Get rid of chat bubbles
• Select option to CLOSE chat after hitting enter
• File Menu
• Set window size (small) to reduce file size
• Shortcut Keys
• Get rid of User Interface (UI)
• Shoot Movie
• (Start/Stop Movie to Disk)
• Stop Movie!
• Get back UI

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