March 2008
Beginner
230 pages
7h 45m
English
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STITCH TOGETHER VIDEO CLIPS INTO SHORT MOVIES
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Type of user Suggested software Degree of retrievability
Birthday party parent;
occasional capture
Computer Finder with
movies stored in dated
folders
Fair, if folders are labeled consis-
tently and there aren’t too many
movies to keep track of
Budding filmmaker Apple iPhoto or Adobe
Bridge
Good; movies are easily orga-
nized and can have user-added
metadata to aid in retrieval
Movie maven Microsoft Expression
Media
High; robust database solution
with plenty of metadata and
playback options
Movie management solutions
For those who don’t want to use movie management software, create easy-to-remem-
ber names for the folders you store your movies in, and give them their own location on
the hard drive so that you don’t have photos and movies mixed in together.
You can also use software to help you keep movies organized. Adobe Bridge (Mac and
Windows), which is bundled with Adobe Photoshop CS2 and later, allows you to browse
thumbnails and preview movies you have stored in a folder. is is more convenient
than opening each movie to discover its contents.
Apple’s iPhoto (Mac) is an excellent movie manager. In addition to enabling playback via
QuickTime, iPhoto lets you add keywords and descriptions, and create custom albums
for storage. It’s an excellent way to organize and enjoy the video you capture.
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