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Session II: The Magic of Stories (pictures, animation, movies)
SESSION I IS ARCHIVED AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE...
TransferBigFiles (to send videos and other large files): http://transferbigfiles.com
Stick Figure Animation using Pivot: http://www.geocities.com/peter_bone_uk/pivot.html
Story Board (to plan a movie or animation): http://www.schoolhousevideo.org/Pages/Storyboard.pdf
Storyboard and Video Tutorials online at http://kidsvid.altec.org and http://windowsmoviemakers.net
Stop-action Animation (claymation) using the free Animator 1 downloaded from http://www.littlebsoftware.com
ClayAnimator.com where you can find free software and tutorials on stop-action animation: http://www.clayanimator.com/english/menu.html
Stop-action/motion Examples: Best of Aardman | Aardman Films (Studio & More) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Tutorial
Movie Making using iMovie (Mac) or the free Movie Maker (PC: http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/nisa/moviemaker.htm)
Free online editing with http://jaycut.com, http://www.fliptrack.com, http://scrapblog.com, http://www.eyespot.com, http://www.muveemix.com, and http://www.motionbox.com
RIP CDs for Background Music using the free AudioGrabber downloaded from http://www.audiograbber.com-us.net
Create Soundtracks using Magix Music Maker Basic: http://www.download.com/3001-2170_4-10698848.html?spi=e413409cfbb98c9527a2c955c4a679e1
Edit Sound including MP3 files using Audacity: http://audacity.sourceforge.net
Record Sound (from YouTube, etc.) using MP3MyMP3: http://www.mp3mymp3.com/mp3_my_mp3_recorder.html or Audacity (above)
EXTRA: Blue Screen (Chroma Key)
Blue Screen Transition File for Windows Movie Maker: http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=39567
Tutorial: Create an Outer Space Blue Screen Animation: http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/PapaJohn/117/Blue-Screen_Outer_Space_Clips.aspx
RenderSoft Virtual Reality Editor: http://pachome2.pacific.net.sg/~jupboo
Videos: Blue Screen Tutorials & Samples:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRsevEQlA3Mhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L78_GEx9Fhs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQNJxJawZ6I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RZnF_BhnOs
Session III: Life is a Game (video game design)
*Video Game Design using free software from http://scratch.mit.edu and/or http://www.yoyogames.com/gamemaker
Plus Icons, Clip Art, and More Clip Art.
Other Possibilities
Audio/DJ Mixing using free software from http://www.ableton.com/live-le or http://www.kreatives.org/kristal
Digital Photography using PhotoShop Elements and free software from http://photobie.com, http://irfanview.com and http://gimpshop.com
as well as free online with http://fotoflexer.com, http://www.picnik.com, http://flickr.com and http://collagr.com.
Podcasts using ableton live and kristal (above) and/or the free http://audacity.sourceforge.net and and free http://podomatic.com website
3-D Modeling using the free http://sketchup.google.com and the free TrueSpace from http://www.caligari.com plus placing models in the free http://earth.google.com
Morphing Images (movie of one photo turning into another) using the free Sqirlz Morph from http://www.xiberpix.com
and the free Popims Animator (formerly SmartMorph) from http://www.popims.com.
Create a Floorplan at http://www.floorplanner.com
Create a Virtual Puppet Show after downloading free software from http://vpups.com
Create Slideshows with Music: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx
Collaborative Storytelling using KidPad: http://www.download.com/KidPad/3000-2132_4-7420510.html?tag=lst-1
Flash Animation using LiveSwif: http://www.download.com/Liveswif/3000-2068_4-10502700.html?tag=lst-1
Projects Planned for 2007-2008
Session I: Getting Connected (e-mail, web pages, avatars)
E-mail using http://gaggle.net (filtered e-mail)
SafeKids Online Safety Rules at http://safekids.com/kids-rules-for-online-safety
Web Pages using http://weebly.com (free website builder)
Cartoon Self-Portraits/Avatars from http://illustmaker.abi-station.com/index_en.shtml and http://avatars.yahoo.com
South Park characters at http://images.southparkstudios.com/games/create/sp_game.swf and http://www.sp-studio.de/sp-studio.swf
Simpson characters at http://simpsonsmovie.com and at http://www.milkandcookies.com/link/41026/detail/
Wanted Posters at http://www.glassgiant.com/wanted
Animate Your Avatar at http://www.gizmoz.com
Make Animation at http://www.aniboom.com/ShapeshifterMain
Cartoon Making at http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/comic/index.html and http://toondoo.com
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