Burning a DVD

I used iDVD on my Macbook Air with an attachable DVD burner (Mac) to complete this assignment. iDVD allows you to burn the movies to a dvd, create a menu using various themes and even add music to the Menu page. You can also add chapter pages as well.

The program is good but a little buggy. I tried to add a PowerPoint to the disk and it froze instead of telling me that I couldn't do it. Additionally, I had trouble understanding the button creation. I'm going to explore this further.

Steps I took:

1. Opened iDVD.
2. Saved project as Guthrie Digital Story - 2008
3. I chose a theme - Stretch Man.
4. I selected project tree.
5. I dragged each movie into the tree. (imports movies into project)
6. Select Return
7. I selected drop zones. (imports stills into interactive menu)
8. I selected buttons to show on the menu.
9. I selected Media.
10. I dragged music from iTunes into my menu.
11. I clicked on Burn to Dvd.

All-in-all it's a pretty easier software just a little buggy.

Software Used for My Digital Story

Creating my digital story on Bias or Propaganda in Journalism required several software/web programs:

1. iMovie - digital story creation
2. Audacity - audio editing/manipulation
3. GraphicConverter - converting .gif to .jpg
4. Preview - cropping photos
5. MediaConverter - YouTube to .mov file
6. iTunes - music screening
7. Celtx - storyboard
8. MSWord - script

My digital story can be seen at http://www.steveguthrie.net/6137/dg2.html

My Engines Of Our Ingenuity Episode - 1448 Guillotine

This is the final draft of my Engines of Our Ingenuity Episode 1448 - Guillotine.

It was fun to do, but a lot of work...and that was with the script already recorded.

Enjoy....

Using Audacity to create and edit audio files

This is an mp3 file that I created using Audacity (audio editor), Jamendo (royalty free music - Life's Path by Mindthings), and BooMP3 (free audio hosting). I'm "OK" with the final product. My frustration is mostly focused on the microphone at this point. I'm sure with more practice though that it will get better.

Couple of notes:

1. The beginning has a fade in, and the ending has a fade out.
2. Though it may sound like I've smoked a pack of cigarettes (I don't smoke), it's only the sound of me fighting allergies.

Here is the linked file on BooMP3 - Boomp3.com