Making videos in PhotoBooth and embedding them into posts (helpful for iMovie as well)

1) On your Mac, open Photobooth (icon pictured here) by finding it in your dock or in Applications. This program can capture still images or video.

2) If you want, add effects (sample shown here) to still images. This feature works best when you are in front of a solid, simple background.

3) Make a video by clicking on the button marked with a flim strip on the left below the screen, and wait for the countdown.

4) To upload the video within a post or page you need to use the add media button above the text editor (it has an image like camera with a music note and says “add media”). Once your file is uploaded, click on it and copy the File URL which appears in a text box (should have */file/* somewhere in the url, and should end in .mov). Don’t actually insert the files, but grab the URLs (ie: copy them using command+C). And make sure you’re not grabbing the link to the attachment page, but to the file itself.

6) Then write the post and embed the video by clicking the Q button on the toolbar (for Quicktime). It will ask you for that URL you grabbed (ITFs and admins, make sure the Viper Video Quicktags plugin is activated and Quicktime is enabled as a button in the Viper Video Quicktags Settings).

This will work with iMovie, or any other movie filmed with a Mac program as well! (All mac-produced videos will be classified as mp4.)

iMovie Tutorials

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These “advanced” screencast tutorials will help you add visual and audio effects to your iMovie project. *Note: If the screencast freezes frequently, wait for the progress bar at the bottom to fully load before hitting play.

  • Part 1: How to trim clips, split clips, freeze frames, and add chapter markers, all by right-clicking on the clip in your Project window.
  • Part 2: How to create visual effects for your movie using Clip Adjustments and Video Adjustments.
  • Part 3: How to crop, rotate, and add a Ken Burns effect to your video clips.
  • Part 4: How to add and edit basic audio files, such as sound effects and music, to your project.
  • Part 5: How to create voiceovers, how to detach the audio from a clip in your Project window, how to add just the audio from a clip in your Events window, and how to adjust sound levels.

Video Tutorials

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WordPress (which hosts our Eport system) has created video tutorials for some of the basics. If you need a refresher, check these out:

Writing and publishing a post

Saving and returning to draft posts & pages

Adding an “About Me” (or any other static) page

Adding categories and tags to your posts

Embedding photos, video & audio into your posts