Digital+Storytelling+-+Desktop+or+Digital+Tools+for+my+Digital+Story

Assignment #3 Desktop of Internet Tools for My Digital Story
Expected time to complete: 15-45 minutes

Now that you have a "storyboard" it is time to make sure that you have the images that you will need to create your video. Please note the Technical specs for Animoto videos.



Note the specs for "images"



Normally, the *.jpg format works the best. So, when you are looking for, or creating your image, make sure you are creating a *.jpg photo image. There are various ways that you can locate or create the digital photos that you will need to include in your video:

To locate Creative Commons Photos, go to Flickr creative commons collection or "Pictures" at @http://www.sitepoint.com/30-creative-commons-sources/ for the various suggested websites. You can search for and download the photo's you would like to use. Remember to note the name of the photographer and how they would like to be credited for their photography.
 * With a digital camera, photograph the people, locations, etc. that you want to include in the video. Then download these photos to your __#|computer__. Use photo releases with ministry projects, especially when children are involved.
 * Use your __#|cell phone__ or your smart __#|phone__ to photograph the"pictures" you want to include. Once downloaded to your computer, you will be able to use these photos in your film.
 * If you have old photographs that you would like to use that are not in a digital format, locate a "scanner" that you can use to create a "digital format" for the photo.

When you have all the images you will use for your video, just indicate below that you are ready to create your video. If you have any questions about finding or creating your images, please list them here: EXAMPLE: Alison Smith-Please God, help me to do this- Name: Pat Ruthemeyer Comment: Ready to give this another try. First project did not work out. Have a list of potential audios from Animoto that should work with the storyline developed. Will try to use images gathered from internet for a previous project. It would be helpful if the notes from this section were all compiled into a single printable resource that could be put with my binder from this course. I am afraid that I will never be able to remember all of the material (or alternate resources in addition to Animoto) presented in this section to apply if I want to create another animated video at a later date! Alison Smith I way over thought this project I think I had enough photos for a 2minute video-did a lot of editing.

Name: Terri kerley Comment: I don't know why this was so difficult but I could not figure out how to get the flickr pictures to my computer to use them. I must be doing something wrong. After spending way too much time, I just used pictures I had in my own files and changed my storyboard so I could complete this project. But I still need to figure out flickr!

Your Name: Claudia McIvor Comment: I am almost ready to make my movie but I don't think I have enough images yet.

Name: Mary Pat Austing Comment: Ready to give it a try.

Name: Cara Stolarczyk 8/2/13 Comment: I have my pictures and will create my 30 sec video in sometime in the next few days using Animoto.

Deanna Bartalini All images ready to go.

Joan Fye I took one day and worked on my Animoto story; I had a lot more content and pictures than I needed. Great outcome, though!

Laura Sams Found images and plan to create my story over the next few days.

Mary Ellen Singer I have my photos but Animoto says they are the wrong format. I will work on that...

Elizabeth Girton I did not understand the specs so just jumped in with both feet and figured out what would work on Animoto by trial and error. I have a lot more story than time on Animoto!

Ed Reising Took awhile to get photos picked and scanned. Then internet server went down... Not sure if 30 seconds is long enough!

Anne Marie Prangley I don't know why but I really struggled with this assignment. I think I was envisioning an Oscar-quality project. Finally, I simplified my expectations and completed the 30 sec. version. I'm looking forward to making a longer video in the future.

Julie Scott 30 second video - I had no idea all of the work that goes on behind the scene. Took a while to find just the right images. I'm the type to jump in and figure it out ... but glad to have the instructions to go by. Animoto was fun to use, and will definitely share with Parish.

Tara Dibble Images procured. ..

Patti Gehred Had my pictures ready, got the song uploaded, but would only make a 23 sec. video. . . hope that is okay. Maybe the music overloaded something.

Susan Bellotti I have my pictures ready, no music selected but jumping in to try!

Bob Wurzelbacher I have my photos ready, but I'm just concerned I'll run out of time.

Karen Burford Everything is ready to go!

Kim Adamson I have more than enough photos - so here it goes.

Sarah Pascual Got my images. Took me a while to remember which hard drive I had them on (I have eight, hard drives that is). :)

Claire Hamilton Have collected the images I want to use and the music. Will double check documentation on pictures, then see if I can put everything together

Jan Von Handorf After thinking about this for some time now, I’m finally ready to make the video.

Loretta Nazario I'm at work - I will finish this at home this weekend where all my images are.

Teresa Phillips I have decided I don't want to make an animoto of family for this. So, I'm changing my storyboard to "God in the World" and using photos from our missionaries and immersion trips. All ready to go.

Terri Moser: When I uploaded all the photos I took at the ministry Sunday showcase, I discovered I had the wrong setting on the 32 photos and had to run them through Photoshop to try to save them. It took a l-o-o-o n-g time but I drew upon the virtue of fortitude and carried on. I renamed them to help facilitate my uploading to Animoto, which sped up that process!

Patti Kamper: In the interest to time…or so I thought, I chose to use Flickr. I found this to be another time trap. Too many choices!

Marty McClain: My pictures are ready. I am use to using other programs for making movie files, but am willing to give Animoto a try.

Susan McGurgan Had fun searching for the right images and matching them up with the text. 30 seconds forces you to use concise language and strong images. Fun!

Barb Blanco It was fun looking through the beautiful images, recalling memories, and putting it together in my storybook.