What kind of project will you make? Choose a medium that best conveys the information that you want to share. Your medium, or the type of project, will include all of your modes. Some possible options are presentations, websites, essays, videos, comic strips, collages, and art installations.
The Workshop, located on the lower level of Cabell Library, has a variety of resources to help create creative projects. Students can borrow equipment to create their own content and access all of the paid software listed below on the computer workstations. The Workshop also has helpful staff on hand to assist.
Image or photo-based projects can take many forms. Some projects might need to be a photo-essay while others are made into an infographic. You might use these image resources as part of your project but ultimately choose a different medium, like presentation or web-project.
Presentation software can be used for many different types of projects. Create a visual presentation that will accompany a talk or create a more robust presentation that functions similar to a video. Presentation software can even be used to make photo essays. For help creating a record presentation, refer also to the video section of this guide.
There are many video editing programs, some free and some that cost money. Our favorite free video editing program is VideoPad, which is what we recommend for most class projects and people new to video editing. Our favorite professional software is Adobe Premiere Pro, which is available on all of the computers in The Workshop.
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VideoPad (Free - ) - a video editing application developed by NCH Software for the home and professional market. Our favorite free video editor. Download the PC version / Mac version | ||
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Quicktime (Free - ) - Quicktime comes free on Mac computers and can be used to record video or sound easily. | ||
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iMovie (Free - ) - a video editing software application included on most Apple computers (often must be purchased separately for tablet devices). iMovie can only include two layers of audio and video but is still very powerful and can support green screen editing. | ||
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Windows Movie Maker (Free - ) - a video editing application included on most Windows machines and devices. It was officially discontinued in January 2017, however, can still be found on most computers running Windows 7 or 10. It is extremely limited and can only support one video and audio track at a time. | ||
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Adobe Premiere Pro ( - ) - This is a professional editing software that has a little bit of a learning curve at the beginning but is extremely powerful. It can be accessed on the Video Editing machines in The Workshop or purchased through a subscription to Adobe Creative Cloud. Our favorite video editing program. | ||
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Final Cut Pro X ( - ) - This is a professional editing software that is a little more accessible than Adobe Premiere, but only available on Apple machines. It can be accessed in The Workshop or purchased through the Apple App Store. |
There are many sound editing software available, most of which fall under the label of a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW). Basic sound editing is possible in most video editing programs. Reaper is our favorite free sound editing software.
Composing for the web and making websites can be a rewarding way to explore multimodality. There are many tools available for you to build a webpage at any skill level. You might already be familiar with Ram Pages, VCU's blog system run by WordPress.
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