As an aid to a journalism training session I agreed to give, I created a short PowerPoint that is aimed at journalism students.
Windows Live Movie Maker Tutorial
Windows Live Movie Maker is quite different from its predecessor — Windows Movie Maker (not “live”). It is less versatile in several ways. To answer my own questions about WLMM, I did quite a lot of searching on the Web. To spare others the trouble and share the answers I found, I made a two-page PDF with links:
Windows Live Movie Maker Tips (PDF, 128 KB)
If you have any helpful WLMM links to suggest, please add a comment.
In honor of the brand-new Olympus VN-8100PC digital voice recorder (see it now at B&H), I made a new, very brief how-to page today:
Olympus digital audio recorders and your Mac
There are still some sadly uninformed people who claim Olympus recorders do not work with the Mac OS. They are wrong!
While I strongly recommend that you invest in the Zoom H2 recorder (see it now at B&H), if you’re on a tight budget, the newer* Olympus recorders are your next best option. I’ve been using a VN-5200PC for several years now. It’s with me pretty much all the time in my purse, and it’s none the worse for being bumped around.
* The ones that save WMA files and include a USB connection.
FireFTP is a free FTP (file transfer protocol) plug-in for the Firefox Web browser.
Because it is a browser plug-in, FireFTP works the same way on Windows, Mac or Linux.
To learn how to use FireFTP in eight easy steps: View the tutorial (one page).
