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Printing
Printing a Booklet from InDesign Black & White, Color Printing Plotter Printing Station 11: CD/DVD/BluRay printing
Video
Introduction to iMovie Windows Movie Maker Backing up iMovie Files Upload Videos from a Video Camera on Mac Introduction to Final Cut Pro X Advanced Final Cut Pro X Final Cut Pro X - Backing Up Files Final Cut Pro X: Control playback quality and performance Create Subtitle in Final Cut Pro X Adobe Premiere Tips and Tricks for Recording Video Interviews Creating and Adding Subtitles to Videos Chroma Keying with iMovie and Final Cut Pro X Making a Video from Start to Finish How to make a digital story Resources to Create 3 Minutes Video Video Formats Guide Multimedia File Formats
Audio
Using Audacity to Record Audio in DMC Audio Studio Using Audacity to Record/Edit Audio Using Audacity for Noise Removal Using Camtasia 2
Graphics
Introduction to Adobe Lightroom - workshop handout Introduction to Illustrator - workshop handout Illustrator Advanced - workshop handout Illustrator - Creating Promo Flyer - workshop handout InDesign Tutorial Introduction to InDesign - workshop handout InDesign Advanced - workshop handout Blender - Creating a 3D model in Blender - workshop handout Blender - Animate Blood Cells in Blender - workshop handout Creating a Poster with InDesign - workshop handout Creating a Digital Illustration in Photoshop - workshop handout Introduction to Photoshop Photomerge with Photoshop Fixing and Enhancing Images with Photoshop Using Wacom Intuos4 Digital Pen Tablet with Paintbrush Poster Creation Guides Creating an Action for Batch Processing in Photoshop
Scanning
Using the DocuMate 152 Scanner Scanning to PDF with Flatbread Scanner Scanning using Epson GT-15000
Creating Electronic Text & Others
Adobe Acrobat & PDF Scanning Documents To PDF Transcribing With Express Scribe Scanning Book Chapters, Magazines and more to PDF OCR a PDF Document with Adobe Acrobat Pro X Adding Text to a PDF File
Research
Using Zotero to Manage Your Reference Data Introduction to EndNote Introduction to Data Visualization and Infographics Handout Presentation Datavisualization.ch Selected Tools http://selection.datavisualization.ch/ Check a work for color blind visibility http://vischeck.com/ Visualizing Small Sets of Data with Excel and Google Chart Introduction to Tableau Public Handout Workshop data Excel file Link to the published DMC Equipment Circulation Data Viz Creating Digital Illustrations for Your Research Presentation I Presentation II Workshop I Workshop II Best strategies for using cameras in archives and then processing the images taken A Quick Guide on Using SnapStream Using Juxtapose for Before/After Image Comparisons
MS Office Applications
How to Create a Whiteboard Animation Video in PowerPoint Using PowerPoint Effectively in Your Presentation How to Animate and Record Audio in Microsoft PowerPoint 2011 Creating A Poster In PowerPoint Creating a Single Page Flyer in PowerPoint on PC Creating a Single Page Flyer in PowerPoint on Mac Creating a Pecha Kucha Presentation Using PowerPoint Presentation Handout Introduction to DMC in Pecha Kucha format Excel Guide

Station & Studio Guides
Station 3: Convert DVD to Digital Files Station 5 - VHS --> DVD VHS --> Computer DVD ---> Computer HDV miniDV / SD miniDV --> Computer Station 8 - Digitizing Audio Cassette Tapes Station 9 (Viewing Station): Covert VHS to DVD Converting miniDV to DVD (Entire) Converting miniDV to DVD (portion) Converting PAL VHS into NTSC DVD on Station 9 Station 7, 8, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17 Using Roxio Creator to Create Audio CD and Data Disc, and to Duplicate Disc. Stations 10-14 and 16 - Scanning into PDF with Flatbed Scanner Station 11- CD/DVD/BluRay Disc Duplicating How to Create a CD/DVD label with SureThing CD Labeler Scanning Document with Epson V600 Station 12 - Scanning Image/Document with Epson V700 Scanning Slides with Epson V700 Station 13 - Using the DocuMate 152 Scanner Using the Epson Perfection GT-15000 Stations 13, 14, and 16 - Photomerge with Photoshop Station 16 - Using the DocuMate 162 Station 17: Using the DocuMate 272 Scanner DMC Video/Photography Studio DMC Audio Studio
Equipment
DMC Equipment: Azden 305/310LT UHF On Camera Body Pack System DMC Equipment: Azden WMS-PRO Wireless Microphone System Guide DMC Equipment: Presenting with Epson EX5200 Projector Remote Control DMC Equipment: Recording Interviews, Lectures, Music Performance, or for Auditions with the DMC Equipment DMC Equipment: Canon XA10 audio set-up when recording a leture or an interview DMC Equipment : Tips of Using DMC Wacom Intuos Pen Tablet DMC Equipment: Zoom H4N Audio Recorder Guides DMC Equipment - Tips for Using Blue/Green Screen Tips and Tricks for Video Recording M ounting SideArm onto Manfrotto Tripod Vello Freewave Plus Wireless Remote Control Tutorial
Web & Photography
Creating a Web Site Using CampusPress Export CampusPress Website and Beyond Photography Photographing Fragile or Old Books V ideography Studio Interview Setup
Sources for Free Media
Creative Commons Search - search media that is licensed under Creative Commons. Creative Commons licenses allow that material to be shared and reused under terms that are flexible and legally sound. There are six CC licenses. Noun Project, https://thenounproject.com/. A fantastic resources to find icons related to the concepts you need to visualize in your infographic design. Most of the icons are free for use under CC. (Credit example, for instance, Created by author first name, author last name from Noun Project). WikiMedia Commons - an online host site for Creative Commons images, sounds, and other media. Google Images , Settings -> Advanced Search, usage rights -> free to use or share. Richard Harrington's Blog - a list of free images websites. digCCmixter Music Discovery Jamendo, The World's Biggest Free Music Library Incompetech - large library of CC music. Only requirement is that you copy+paste the credits into your work! Penn State's Media Commons Free Media Library Sound effects resources from the School of Visual Arts in New York City http://sva.libguides.com/soundeffects Images in the public domain for which there is no fee or licensing: Government photos: State and federal images are in public domain and are free to use. One way to locate them is through Flickr. Flickr -> Search -> Licenses -> U.S. Government Works Library of Congress: A great source of images. Many images are in the public domain. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collections/ Publicdomainpictures.net http://publicdomainpictures.net The photo archive at Gimp-Savvy.com http://gimp-savvy.com/PHOTO-ARCHIVE/ If the work was published in the U.S. before January 1, 1923, you are free to use it in the U.S. without permission. - See more at: http://fairuse.stanford.edu/overview/public-domain/welcome/#sthash.aUAdGZLx.dpuf Rice specific images you can also use media from the following sites as long as you attribute to the original source. For instance, put “photos - courtesy of Rice University” in the credits of your video. Rice Image Library http://www.rice.edu/imagelibrary/ University Archives and Rice History http://scholarship.rice.edu/handle/1911/64041 Fair Use FAQ http://cmsimpact.org/resource/fair-use-frequently-asked-questions/ Examples of Successful Fair Use http://cmsimpact.org/resource/examples-of-successful-fair-use-in-documentary-film/ Attribution Best Practices http://guides.lib.uci.edu/art/art_attribution
Others
Resources on Creating a Whiteboard Animation Creating Animations with Adobe Flash Screen Capture Software Media Release Forms media-release-presenter-Rice.pdf media-release-director-Rice.docx Sample media release forms from other organizations Click Release forms for documentary productions, then go http://kino-eye.com/download/David-Tames-Release-Forms.pdf http://www.artsandbusinessphila.org/pvla/documents/Documentaries.pdf
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