ENHANCING CAMTASIA 7 VIDEOS
WITH BLUFF TITLER, AUDACITY,
AND VISUAL COMMUNICATOR 3
Presented by S. Jeff Cold, Assoc. Professor
Utah Valley University
WHY CREATE YOUR OWN MATERIAL?
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Fair Use for Education exception to copyright
laws are extended to F2F education. Not so
much for online even if it supplements F2F. It
depends on whether the copyrighted work can be
duplicated easily.
Fair Use for Education only gives you up to 3
minutes or 10% (whichever is less) of motion
media without permission.
The RIAA under the DRMA is really going after
people who share music.
WHY CREATE YOUR OWN MATERIAL?
--RESOURCES
http://www.campusdownloading.com/
A video for educators created by the RIAA
 http://www.adec.edu/admin/papers/fair10-17.html
A guide for using multimedia under the Fair Use
for Education policy
 http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty
/distguid.htm
Educational Fair Use guidelines for Distance Ed
 http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty
/confu.htm
CONFU: 1997 Conference on Fair Use
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AAAH…CAMTASIA
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Most of what I do is capture Linux techniques in
a Virtual Machine (VM)
Hint: Turn off hardware
acceleration.
Example:
http://cold.tc.uvu.edu/stream/hw4project/hw4project.html
IT JUST DOESN’T MATTER !
It doesn’t matter which LMS you use because the
movie gets linked to a streaming server.
 I use both Blackboard and Moodle (Go Hostgator!)
 --Resources
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VideoLAN free streaming server for Linux
http://www.videolan.org/
 Windows Media Server 9 series
(no *extra* cost)
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/how
to/articles/webserver.aspx
 Techsmith’s Screencast.com (2 GB free space)
https://www.screencast.com/
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OTHER TIMES I DEMONSTRATE HOW TO DO
A TASK IN WINDOWS:
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http://cold.tc.uvu.edu/stream/1100audacity/audac
ity.html
Demonstrates to INFO 1100 students how to use
Audacity
AUDACITY!
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Free audio editor
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
You need an additional piece called LAME to
save in .mp3 format
http://lame.buanzo.com.ar/
I often narrate while capturing a screen. Then I
de-couple the video from the audio. I may make
a script from the first audio, then re-record the
narration on Audio Track 2 in Camtasia. I can
use Audacity to fix narration mistakes.
A POOR MAN’S SOUND STUDIO
Pat Ormond and I both made our own portable
sound booth.
 Resources—
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Cloth storage cube, Target, $10
 Scrap sound-proofing foam, free--with a please
 Samson C01U USB mic, stand, screen, $65 eBay used
http://www.samsontech.com/
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WHERE TO GET ROYALTY-FREE MUSIC
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Soundzabound has royalty-free music for educators
via the Utah Pioneer Library
Royalty-free means someone pays a one-time fee and
then has the rights to use the music without
additional charge.
 Sometimes new artists will release royalty-free music
 Music older than 1922 is in the public domain. There
is no recorded U.S. public domain music. This site
has other music that is royalty-free
http://www.pdinfo.com/
SIDENOTE: PUBLIC DOMAIN MOVIES
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Many of the older
black-and-white
movies are in the
public domain.
http://pdmdb.org/ is a
database of public
domain movies, but
they don’t sell content
http://www.fesfilms.co
m/masters.html is a
nice place that sells
content, $30 /DVD
AUDACITY !
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HAMMERTIME!
DEMONSTRATION!
USING BLUFFTITLER
BluffTitler allows you to quickly create short
intros to your Camtasia movie
http://www.outerspacesoftware.com/blufftitler.html , ~$57 U.S.
 The nice thing about BluffTitler is that the
movies are already made, you just put in your
information
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BLUFFTITLER
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HAMMERTIME!
DEMONSTRATION!
USING VISUAL COMMUNICATOR 3
FOR GREEN SCREEN WORK
A webcam will work, but your best bet is to use a
Mini DV digital camcorder with an external mic
port and a firewire port
 RobZ recommends a Canon ZR960, ~$210 used
http://schooltvmadeeasy.com/vendors.cfm?subpag
e=547531
 Also:
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Use manual focus with remote
 Position camera just behind the laptop screen
 Keep std. 4:3 ratio, no widescreen
 No tape required, the movie is stored on the laptop
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USING VISUAL COMMUNICATOR 3
FOR GREEN SCREEN WORK
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Green or Blue screen will work, but the trick is:
THE LIGHTING
You want to remove shadows from the Person and
the green screen
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Use 2 Lighting Zones:
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Zone 1 puts light on the green screen itself
USING VISUAL COMMUNICATOR 3
FOR GREEN SCREEN WORK
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Use 2 Lighting Zones:
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Zone 2 puts light on the Person
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A soft box light setup works best, with the light at the
Person’s 2 o’clock
USING VISUAL COMMUNICATOR 3
FOR GREEN SCREEN WORK
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The back of the Person should be min 3 ft. away
from the green screen
USING VISUAL COMMUNICATOR 3
FOR GREEN SCREEN WORK
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HAMMERTIME!
DEMONSTRATION!
USING VISUAL COMMUNICATOR 3
FOR GREEN SCREEN WORK
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Resources—
Adobe Visual Communicator 3, $136
http://www.academicsuperstore.com
 Green screen with stands and lights, $145 eBay
 Softbox light, 1000w, $90, eBay (use CFLs, not
halogens)
 DVD Training Videos, $60
http://schooltvmadeeasy.com/
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GOALS
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I want to have fun while teaching.
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I want my students to have fun learning.
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I want to provide extra material my students can
access 24x7 over the Internet.