March 9-11, 2020: Good Luck Mr. Geerdes

Creating a Movie in Corel Video Studio

1. Open a new Corel Video Project a. Click on the Edit Tab at the Top of the Windowb. Click to Browse Button

c.2. Add an Intro Effect with a Caption like Mr. Geerdes’ Family (Make it 5 Seconds long by Double Clicking the Effect and setting the time to 5 seconds.

a. Add a Caption on the Intro Slideb. Click on the Select Text Type from the Edit Tabc. Choose a Text Type and Drag and Drop to the Text Trackd. Set the Text length to match the Intro Effect length (5 seconds)

3. Go to your Family Tree folder (Drag and drop the pictures in the correct order for your movie)e. Double Click each Picture f. Set Picture length to 7 seconds

4. Adding Captions to each pictureg. Click on the Select Text Type from the Edit Tabh. Choose a Text Type and Drag and Drop to the Text Track under the picturei. Set the Text length to match the Picture length (7 seconds)j. Repeat for all picture (6-10 pictures)

5. Remember you must go ABOVE AND BEYOND!k. Use the Transition Button to add transitions between picture (1 second)l. Use the Pan and Zoom Feature (FX Button) on your pictures by Dragging and Dropping a

Pan and Zoom Feature on top of each picture.m. You can change the slide duration by going to (Text Tools/Format Tab/Adjust Group)

6. Adding a Credit to the end by using one of the Intro Effects with a Text Caption in the Text Trackn. Make the Credit Slide 5 seconds longo. Make the Caption length 5 seconds as well

7. Save the Corel Movie project file in your Family Tree folder!p. Name it your First and Last Name

8. THIS IS NOT A MOVIE FILE YET, BUT JUST A PROJECT FILE. THIS IS THE ONLY FILE THAT YOU CAN USE TO EDIT YOUR MOVIE BEFORE SAVING! IT IS A COREL VIDEO PROJECT FILE! IF YOU SEE ERRORS IN THE MOVIE YOU MUST FIX THEM BY OPENING THE COREL VIDEO PROJECT FILE, FIXING THE ERRORS, AND RESAVING THE PROJECT FILE IN YOUR FAMILY TREE FOLDER.9. Rendering the Corel Project file to a video

q. Go to the Share Tabr. Select MPEG-4s. Change file name to your first and last name (ex. Todd Geerdes)t. Change Data Path to save the rendered video in your Family Tree Folderu. Click Start Button

Final PowerPoint Project Consists of the Following:Collage on Slide 1 Family Information on Slide 2 Family Movie on Slide 3

Click on Slide 1 and under Transitions Tab/Advance Slide/Uncheck On Mouse Click/Check Automatically After and Set time to 20 Seconds.Click on Slide 2 and under Transitions Tab/Advance Slide/Uncheck On Mouse Click/Check Automatically After and Set time to 20 Seconds.

1. Insert Movie into Slide 3 of your final PowerPoint presentation.a. Open your final PowerPoint Project, click on Slide 3, click on the Insert Tab/Media Groupb. Choose Video on my PC then insert your movie from the Family Tree folder.c. Click on movie in slide, resize to full size of slided. Save the Final PowerPoint to your family tree folder as your first and last name

2. Use Screencast-O-Matic to Convert PowerPoint to MP4 format and Save As your first name, last name, and Screencast (ex. Todd Geerdes Screencast) (See Directions on my Website)

3. Open the MP4 from Direction 3 in Corel Video studio by right clicking on it and Open With Corel Video Studio.

4. Add Voice Over (At a minimum you must narrate your captions on the Collage, Title on Family Tree, and video picture portion of the Corel Movie)a. Click the Record/Caption Optionb. Make sure the Playhead is starting at the beginning of the moviec. Click Voice Overd. Turn input volume all the way upe. Record your narration for the video-Click Start to Record and Spacebar to stop.f. Double Click on Narration (Turn Volume up to 400-500)

5. Adding music to the movie a. Drag and Drop an MP3 file to the Music Track (Can use Free from My Website or the Corel

Video Studio music files)b. The MP3 file should be saved in your Family Tree Folderc. Set the Music Track length to the length of your project movied. Listen to the Corel Movie Project file and adjust the music volume. Maybe as low as 5-10. You

will have to listen, so you just have low background music and loud enough narration.

6. Save the Corel Movie project file in your Family Tree folder!a. Name it your First and Last Name Final Family Tree

7. THIS IS NOT A MOVIE FILE YET, BUT JUST A PROJECT FILE. THIS IS THE ONLY FILE THAT YOU CAN USE TO EDIT YOUR MOVIE BEFORE SAVING! IT IS A COREL VIDEO PROJECT FILE! IF YOU SEE ERRORS IN THE MOVIE YOU MUST FIX THEM BY OPENING THE COREL VIDEO PROJECT FILE, FIXING THE ERRORS, AND RESAVING THE PROJECT FILE IN YOUR FAMILY TREE FOLDER.

8. Rendering the Corel Project file to a videoa. Go to the Share Tabb. Select MPEG-4c. Change file name to your First and Last Name Final Family Tree (ex. Todd Geerdes Final

FamilyTree)d. Change Data Path to save the rendered video in your Family Tree Foldere. Click Start Button

9. Submit the Final Family Tree Video through Google Classroom (Add from Computer).