Full Site Screen Capture in iOS 14

This helpful trick will allow you on your iOS device *running 14.4 or higher in most cases* the ability to capture and PDF entire websites. As a bonus, you can use this feature in tandem with the “Reader” mode in iOS Safari to capture websites cleanly, which is helpful if you are just needing the…

Ep. 2 – Digital Alchemy Live (Work In Progress)

Building from my post on “Piloting with OBS,” in this live stream I test out bringing in a guest from Microsoft Teams into OBS, with the live stream going to Microsoft Streams. Things to still work out Video latency recording from Teams/Zoom et.al into OBS (this might just be a limitation coming from my graphics…

Must…Have…More…Space!

As midterms roll around, we all have been creating more content no than perhaps any other quarter in history. You and your computer’s hard drive now might be finding yourselves in a tight spot; literally. Making videos, screen shots, docs, etc. as an educator or as a student take up a massive amount of hard…

Using a secondary mic? Here’s how to auto sync it to your video.

Four major video editor apps, four different names for the same function: Automatic audio sync for secondary audio to a video. If you caught my video on studio setup in ‘AV tactics for the at-home educator,’ you may have caught that I use two different mics depending on what I’m recording. When you use a…

Zoom as a Podcaster

Looping back to the original Covid-19 Tactics post, this series breaks down the several steps and tips to setting up Zoom as an audio recording source; and then how to bring those audio files into an audio editor to produce a podcast for your class. This technique is used in podcasting often, even before Covid-19,…

@Home Studios & Teaching and Learning in the New Normal

After writing the Covid-19 Tactics post, I’ve had quite a bit of feedback and questions. So around those questions, for faculty and students, I wanted to share a more personal view on working with AV at home. In it, I show how I have my ‘studio’ set up to do these videos; and more importantly…

A Technologist’s Guide for Students Online

Building on the initial Covid-19 Tactics posts, this time this is geared more towards students looking for creative tools for AV and collaboration. Software: Video HitFilm (FXHome) – Mac/PC “Basics” YouTube playlist by FXHome Blackmagic Davinci Resolve – Mac/PC/Linux iMovie – Mac Windows 10 Video Editor – PC Super lite on editing tools, but can…

Editing 102: EdTPA & Censoring Effect

Following the post Editing 101; EdTPA & Final Cut, need to censor out a face in your video? This tutorial will walk you through the steps to quickly, and as easily as possible, apply a static or dynamic (tracking) censor effect to a segment of video. Things to remember:

Editing 101 : EdTPA & Final Cut Pro

Following the Camera 101 tutorial, here is a brief tutorial on how to use Apple’s Final Cut Pro to edit your video and prep it correctly for the EdTPA portfolio site. Things to remember:

Plotagraph- how to motion effect stills like a Harry Potter newspaper

As I mentioned in my previous post on Patreon , with Plotagraph’s new free “social” user accounts, you might be wondering how hard it might be to animate a photo you have. This gif shows how easy it pretty much is. You start by adding anchor points on your photograph that you want either animated or still. The…