Making Flash movies using Quick time and Adobe Flash encoder



Filming Niagara Falls in winter 2009. Still getting accustomed to using my Sony HD 10.2 mega pixel HDR-CX12 camcorder.
Very sunny day.
Imported to iMovie 08. Edited to remove sound in the second section of the clip. You could hear people walking past.
Three different versions:
1) Shared as Quicktime movie File size 4.7 MB
Quicktime plugin required to view.
2) Using the Quicktime movie file produced above, the file was exported it to a Flash file using Quicktime Pro
Settings
Video: 700 kps data rate: On2 VP6 codec Audio : 64 kbps rate mono. Crop size 480 x 360
FTP the file to server.
Saved draft of this to insert a “flv” file in this post. Inserted url for flv (using WP-FLV plugin. Flash file size size 5.6 MB
Quicktime pro flash movie

3) Adobe Flash encoder: same settings
Video: 700 kps data rate: On2 VP6 codec Audio : 64 kbps rate mono. Crop size 480 x 360 File Size 5.6 MB. The code for this post includes a second flash movie but it may not appear. Curious to know if I can play 2 flash files in the same post?

Images4Education - learning experience



As part of my commitment to life long learning, I have signed up for a six-week online workshop offered through the Electronic Village Online, Exploring Images in the 21st Century Classroom.

I plan on using the classroomblogging.com site to record my experiences through out the workshop. It is a free and anyone can join. It is a packed class with over 180 participants but there is lots of room considering the workshop is online and self directed.

Here is a descriptor of the workshops.

You will be introduced to various online image manipulation tools and will learn how to effectively incorporate these resources into their teaching practices. You will explore how images can be used in educational settings for photo sharing, storytelling, slideshows and comics creation, as well as understand how Creative Commons licensing can be beneficial for classroom use. By the end of the workshop, you will have the chance to develop a plan to begin incorporating digital production into their lesson plans.

Reading the contributions from Berta, one of the participants in her blog post
about taggalaxy I made this image just for fun.
It was incredibly easy to create - I went to the web site www.tagglaxy.com entered a tag or term in the input field when prompted. (in this case I used the word parent). I then used Skitch Free and excellent screen capture application for Macs.

Uploaded just like any other picture to this blog post. It is a very impressive image.