Faculty Tutorials
Lighting and Shooting Using a Green Screen
Lighting for a green screen can be tricky and it is important that you have a very even light on the screen behind your subject. If you do not have an even amount of light on the screen it will make it much more difficult to key out the green color. Block out any...
Downloading Licensed Stock Audio Assets
Before you can license any Adobe Stock Assets, you will need to fill out the Adobe Stock request form. Please note that Premium Stock Assets (Premium Images, Video, and Audio) are not available with your Penn State Adobe account and require special approval. This...
Using Movie Captioner to Create Captions for YouTube
Movie Captioner allows you to create captions for a video and then export a caption file that can be uploaded to Youtube. What movie captioner does is load your video and replay a few seconds of the video over and over allowing you to type what you hear. This tutorial...
How to Share Your Computer Screen with Media Commons
Sharing your computer allows the Media Commons consultants the ability to view and control your computer. This is useful if you are unsure of how to explain the problem or have no idea what is wrong. This lets the Consultants actually see and control your machine,...
One Button Studio Opens at New Kensington
Starting on April 3rd, students, faculty and staff are able to take advantage of the quick and painless video production capabilities of the One Button Studio as the New Kensington campus has just become the resource’s newest home. Work began on the One Button Studio...
Setting Mic Levels on the Mac
This tutorial will show you how to adjust microphone settings on a Media Commons iMac or any other mac computer. Make sure the audio source is connected to the computer. Click the Apple logo in the menu bar at the top of your screen and select System Preferences....
Importing Still Images for Stop Motion Animation With Final Cut Pro X
This tutorial will show you how to import a number of sequential image files so you can create animations at various frame rates. Download Workshop Files (135 MB)Video normally plays at 29.97 or 30 fps (frames per second) frame rate. Each individual frame or still is...
Importing Media and Starting a New Project
This tutorial will cover how to import media files into events in Final Cut Pro so you can begin a new project.Importing Media Files into Events The first thing you will need to do to begin working in Final Cut Pro X (FCPX) is to import or capture media files into...
Basic Editing
This tutorial assumes that you have imported video or other media and created a new project and are now beginning to assemble your project.Viewing and Selecting Your Clips Before you begin, determine which footage you want to use in your project. The example used in...
Using Video Transitions
This tutorial will show you how to find and apply transitions to your Final Cut Pro Project. There are a wide variety of transitions you can choose to use between clips in your video. For an academic or professional video, you will primarily want to use the Cross...