Week 2 Assignment

I haven't really used a lot of video editing software before, so this was all new to me. I briefly have used Animoto and iMovie. I used them withouth using any tutorials. I learned how to use them just by playing around with it until I achieved what I thought I wanted. It definitely is something that takes a lot of time to learn how to use. I decided this week to use Final Cut Pro X for my editing software this week. I had wanted to try some other software, but I am a mac user. I wasn't able to download some of the software at first. So I found the Final Cut Pro X, it was made specifically for mac. :) I watched a YouTube tutorial on how to do some basic editing. It was similar to iMovie, but it had some different options on it. The interface was similar. After watching the tutorial I was able to edit a few short videos together to make a 30 sec. short "movie". I think this will be helpful for future learning, in that I will be able to use it in our assignment for the next few weeks. It definitely takes patience and time to write and rewrite scripts. I can see where collaboration with others will help in the video editing process. I will also be able to show other people basic use of the program; maybe even in the classroom. I will use the file extension wav for my files.

Jana Dugas
EDLD 5363 ET 8038